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![The images of eyes, unblinking and the size of buildings, stared down from the slum on a hill - Rio de Janeiro’s oldest favela, Morro da Providência - and into the heart of the city. They emerged mysteriously, in the summer of 2008, not long after three young men from the community were murdered. The Brazilian Army and a powerful narco-mafia were implicated, and, when the news broke, residents of the favela rioted. For years, they had been living in near total social isolation; taxis did not go up the hill, nor did ambulances, not even the police. Half a dozen buses were destroyed during the riots, but afterward an uneasy calm took hold, and that is when the eyes began to appear.
- Raffi Khatchadourian writes about the street artist JR and his global experiment to help people be seen [subscription required]. Above, a photograph by JR from the series “Women Are Heroes.”
newyorker:](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv12vhslFt1qav5oho1_500.jpg)
The images of eyes, unblinking and the size of buildings, stared down from the slum on a hill - Rio de Janeiro’s oldest favela, Morro da Providência - and into the heart of the city. They emerged mysteriously, in the summer of 2008, not long after three young men from the community were murdered. The Brazilian Army and a powerful narco-mafia were implicated, and, when the news broke, residents of the favela rioted. For years, they had been living in near total social isolation; taxis did not go up the hill, nor did ambulances, not even the police. Half a dozen buses were destroyed during the riots, but afterward an uneasy calm took hold, and that is when the eyes began to appear.
- Raffi Khatchadourian writes about the street artist JR and his global experiment to help people be seen [subscription required]. Above, a photograph by JR from the series “Women Are Heroes.”
Love this.
Every year without fail I see Yellow Pages (or whatever the printed directory equivalent in your country/city) piling up in apartment building lobbies. They stay wrapped in cellophane for months.
Lonely and abandoned.
So considering how insanely wasteful this is, I always love to see examples of artists recycling these things into something beautiful.
So thank you Kristiina Lahde.
What other examples have you seen of artists recycling these directories?
“Philippe Petit’s 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers always had something of the miraculous. Five years after 9/11, it seemed like a fitting way to represent the strength of the human spirit, even when faced with tragedies.”
- Art Editor Françoise Mouly on “Soaring Spirit,” by John Mavroudis and Owen Smith, Sept. 11, 2006
![The History of Darth Vader, as part of the History of [Blank] series.
H-57 are design geniuses. Love this.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq01hmlJqE1qaw7iao1_1280.jpg)
It’s all a point of view
London-based designer Joseph Egan did this incredible piece of anamorphic typography as part of his final project while studying at the Chelsea College of Art & Design.
The skill involved to conceptualise the positioning of this installation, is incredible.
Did you love your spirograph as a child? This ‘drawing machine’ is gravity’s version. Simple, hypnotic, beautiful.
Paris vs New York: Love it.
Beautiful art, illustrating the difference between two beautiful cities.
Moleskine art. Just beautiful.. wish my moleskine’s were full of this amount of creativity.
