“Be gentle with that cat”, the camping lady told us, “He is 21!” “Does everybody in Hallstatt live this long?”, I asked, fully anticipating the answer. “Of course. Look around, you will understand why!” I initially wanted to put together an extensive travel journal about Hallstatt, elaborately describing my/our experience…
Rice field art or tanbo art is a Japanese project originated in the village of Inakadate, Aomori in the Tōhoku region. It all started in 1993 when the locals searched for a way to revitalize their village and to develop tourism. After they realized that cultivating rice is an old…
Arcadia National Park is located in Maine, in the North-Eastern part of the US and covers a large portion of Mount Desert Island and other small but beautiful islands. Including amazing woods, pristine lakes and a part of the Atlantic ocean shore, Arcadia National Park is a treat for the…
Said to be the result of a massive volcanic eruption, Giant’s Causeway is a place of scenic views and impressive basalt columns in Northern Ireland, about two miles (3 km) away from Bushmills town. When you travel here, be aware of the strong waves, as they might get you soaked…
Although the Telectroscope had a short existence (May-June 2008), this is a famous installation that once linked London (near Tower Bridge) and New York (Brooklyn Bridge). The modern art installation was constructed by Paul St George, a London based multimedia artist and sculptor who stated his inspiration was a project developed by his…
Parkour is a physical discipline originating from France (founded by David Belle) in which the runners chooses a route in the surrounding environment and attempts to negotiate obstacles in the most efficient way, using only their body. Parkour can be practiced in any environment, but the most popular are the…
Photo by Jhadow The Wieliczka Salt Mine is located in Wieliczka, a town near Krakow in southern Poland. It is considered one of the oldest salt mines in the world, since it continuously produced table salt from the Middle Ages (13th century) until 2007, when was transformed into a museum.…
Liu Bolin or “The Invisible Man”, as he is well known by the international media, is a Chinese artist known for taking photographs of himself, painted in order to blend in with the background. In his famous artwork series called “Hiding in the City”, Liu manages to camouflage himself in…
Jim Denevan is an American artist who creates temporary land art mostly on sandy beaches and dry lakes from all over the world. He’s using natural surface as a canvas to create massive scale drawings in sand, ice and earth. The interesting part is that Jim draws these large scaled…
1.Ice Age – in Dun Laoghaire, at the “Festival of World Culture” You probably all heard about 3D street painting or even got “stuck” in such a fantastic scenery. For now, we won’t get into the history and other definitions of these specific contemporary art expressions, as we plan on…