May 15, 2009

Photos from Above: Punking satellites & more

• Dig Alex MacLean’s Dinghies Clustered Around Dock.
• Real-Life Dead Pixel in Google Earth: Helmut Smits “somehow came upon the decision to burn an almost 3-foot by 3-foot square of ash into the grass somewhere out there in the world in the name of art in public places. When it’s viewed from 1 kilometer above the ground (3,280 feet), it looks just like a dead pixel on your monitor at home.” [Via]
• Hubert Blanz’s splintered airport collages make me think of Charles Demuth’s Figure 5 in Gold.
• Rod Wynne-Powell recently posted a large gallery showing London from above.