Monthly Archives: April 2010

My Literature: A Peek Under the Hood

Posted on 04/29/2010 by fluxboston

  Only within the past two years have I come to realize what a bizarre and unfortunate relationship I had developed with the written word. Skipping the See Spot Run years, things really started to derail in high school when … Continue reading →

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Ann Hirsch at Somerville Open Studios 2010

Posted on 04/22/2010 by fluxboston

                                            MAY 1st + 2nd, Sat – Sun., 12-6 “The Ecstasy of Pigs” mixed media automaton, 2007 (it moves!) I met Ann Hirsch in 2008 at the Somerville Open Studios when the original Flux was a series of thoughts firing … Continue reading →

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Maybe Live in Paris

Posted on 04/22/2010 by fluxboston

               Maybe live in Paris with him. Maybe spend your days in another bright loft with your cats and your fruit, your quiet piles of books, your gazes out the window at people punctuating sidewalks … Continue reading →

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via The 400 Blows (1959, dir. Francois Truffaut, scene online

Posted on 04/20/2010 by fluxboston

via The 400 Blows (1959, dir. Francois Truffaut, scene online here) “I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself.” -Francois Truffaut [Old Hollywood]

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I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious. The important thing is not to stop questi

Posted on 04/20/2010 by fluxboston

-Albert Einstein [Written in a letter to Carl Seelig, one of his biographers.]

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Where you should be this weekend. Saturday April 17th:Hourglass Grand Ope

Posted on 04/16/2010 by fluxboston

Where you should be this weekend. Saturday April 17th:Hourglass Grand Opening x “Paint Pens in Purses” Sadie Hawkins Show Ahem.(jump down for summary): Pabst Blue Ribbon and “Paint Pens in Purses” brings you: Hourglass Tattoo Studios + PBR Gallery’s Grand … Continue reading →

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Making Biscuits vs Wannadies

Posted on 04/16/2010 by fluxboston

About a year ago I made the most amazing youtube mash-up discovery Step 1: Queue up the cat video on mute. Step 2: Queue up Wannadies-“You and Me Song” full sound. Step 3: Click play on both videos at the … Continue reading →

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Michael Dumontier & Neil Farber, Inc.  Animals With Sharpies, 2009 

Posted on 04/15/2010 by fluxboston

Michael Dumontier & Neil Farber, Inc.  Animals With Sharpies, 2009  (click image to enlarge) can’t pick a favorite.  made me smile ♥

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A Carnival of Brutalized Delights

Posted on 04/14/2010 by fluxboston

In perusing my usual photo-dump sites I came across Epoch Organic, a series by Chad Wys on Behance.  I thought this body of work was interesting not because of applied technical skill by any means, but as someone who is … Continue reading →

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The new (aspiring) marchand-mercier on the block

Posted on 04/13/2010 by fluxboston

Why, hello—Flux is back!  Cue fanfare. End fanfare. I have decided to ditch the weekly art event updates(which for those of you unfamiliar, was the original site’s primary focus) and keep things easy, breezy, and bloggy. When I originally launched … Continue reading →

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