[nonostantement #114] - burned celebrity culture / independent magazines & coronavirus / helpful links for artists
Now with zero #THEDARKSIDE links!
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a weekly newsletter with captivating, appealing and nice stuff found all over the Internet.
Hi, I am Joele and I just learned how to check if the water heater broke and, yes, mine is definitely broken. So, I can now help you also with that, if you need that kind of expertise, apart from my usual job of designing online strategy for brands.
By the way Barcelona, the city I live in, is still a ghost town.
#PEOPLE
[Video] - Subvisual Subway: The Art of New York City's Bacterial World
”Typographer and illustrator Craig Ward heard an urban legend that ‘using the handrails on the subway is like shaking hands with 100 people.’ He decided to test that theory by sampling the bacteria on subway lines around New York City and photographing his findings. The results were striking and unconventional ‘portraits’ of NYC commuters.”Celebrity Culture Is Burning
”The pandemic has disrupted relations among the masses, the elites and the celebrities who liaise between them.”What are your plans for the corona pandemic? What do you intend to do to fill the time? A solo performance from home on the piano?
Nick Cave replies “For me, this is not a time to be buried in the business of creating. It is a time to take a backseat and use this opportunity to reflect on exactly what our function is — what we, as artists, are for.”[Video] - USSR: Grocery store uncut
”This is one videotape I found and was able to convert. Moscow 1990-91”The Virus Changed the Way We Internet
”In the past few years, users of these services were increasingly moving to their smartphones, creating an industrywide focus on mobile. Now that we are spending our days at home, with computers close at hand, Americans appear to be remembering how unpleasant it can be to squint at those little phone screens.”How Are Independent Magazines Navigating COVID-19?
”Publishers are postponing release dates, suspending print runs, and focusing on online in order to engage with readers.”Virus haunts the destitute living on the margins
”In a housing complex in the Moroccan city of Sale, over 900 people live in crowded rooms without running water or an income to support them. While the North African country entered total lockdown in mid-March, self-isolation and social distancing are a luxury that families in this complex cannot afford.”[Video] - Ghost Town: A Delivery Rider in the Empty Streets of Barcelona
”While Spain is in a lockdown, delivery workers like Mauricio are riding the empty streets providing a service for their fellow citizens. Many of those doing deliveries are undocumented migrants with no or insecure contracts, without sick-pay or protective gear, risking their health in order to make ends meet. Mauricio guides us through the deserted streets of Barcelona, while telling us about his new reality.”COVID-19 Crisis Resources for Creatives: A Giant List of Helpful Links for Artists
Why I’m not making COVID19 visualizations, and why you (probably) shouldn’t either
”How many infections were their in Wuhan, where the virus originated? Answer: no one knows”
#PHOTOGRAPHY
'It has become our sanctuary': The calming power of nature in a pandemic
”Pictures capture the solace that people are finding in the outdoors.”Portraits of quarantine
”I took my drone and photographed quarantined people in their homes through their windows.”
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