ziggy stardust | the v&a . . .

ny times | what was behind david bowie’s genius ? his archive . . .

when david bowie died in 2016, he left an archive of about 90,000 items, carefully cataloged & boxed. they are now at home at the a vast warehouse in east london hackney wick, stratford; the david bowie centre . […]

posted 21 October 2025

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tim hunkin & the secret life . . .

a tim hunkin video, remastered from the original pal tape from 1987, about the secret life of washing machines . . .

tim hunkin | the secret life of washing machines

tim hunkin’s mark-making bicycle . . . 
tim hunkin’s website . . . 

posted 14 October 2025

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indian summer | biel bienne . . .

ines & matthew: bözingenstrasse | rue de boujean 13ch-2502 biel bienneswitzerland

posted 23 September 2025

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untitled, number ninety-seven . . .

untitled, number ninety-seven . . .

untitled |ˌənˈtītld|adjective1 (of a book, composition, or other artistic work) having no name.2 (of a person) not having a title indicating high social or official rank:lesser untitled officials.

mio: matthew’s inanimate objects.

l’empire des lumières | the empire of light:homage to rené magritte at the schadaugarden nursery, in the karl koch strasse,bott: […]

posted 13 July 2025

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untitled, number ninety-six . . .

untitled, number ninety-six . . .

untitled |ˌənˈtītld|adjective1 (of a book, composition, or other artistic work) having no name.2 (of a person) not having a title indicating high social or official rank:lesser untitled officials.

mio: matthew’s inanimate objects.

homage to m.c. escher at gantrischstrasse nr. 24,

bott: berner oberland tuna town . . .

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posted 8 July 2025

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untitled, number ninety-five . . .

untitled, number ninety-five . . .

untitled |ˌənˈtītld|adjective1 (of a book, composition, or other artistic work) having no name.2 (of a person) not having a title indicating high social or official rank:lesser untitled officials.

untitled, number ninety-five . . .

mio: matthew’s inanimate objects.

the ubiquitous german sicherheits tauchsieder . . .

the safety immersion heater | berlin’s […]

posted 4 July 2025

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the invention of the oloid & . . .

the invention of the oloid & paul schatz . . . 

the world can be turned inside out, the world has rhythm. this perspective from thesculptor, technician & inventor paul schatz |*1898 †1979| offers a new perceptionof geometry, three-dimensional space, & mechanical engineering. schatz made thediscovery that the five regular, platonic bodies are invertible & moveable. […]

posted 9 May 2025

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iconography | symbols of religion

• an excerpt: religious suffering is, at one and the same time, the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering. religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. it is the opium of the people . . .

karl marx […]

posted 20 April 2025

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