A LIVING VISION UNFOLDING

Biophilia & Blackness

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FLAG (2021) by Lorraine O'Grady

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Lorraine O’Grady, Mlle Bourgeoise Noire leaves the safety of her home, 1980–83/2009.

©LORRAINE O'GRADY/ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK/COURTESY ALEXANDER GRAY ASSOCIATES, NEW YORK

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Lorraine O'Grady (1934-2024). Photos from her 1982 performance piece "Rivers, First Draft"

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5,500-Year-Old Sumerian Star Map“For over 150 years scientists have tried to solve the mystery of a controversial cuneiform clay tablet that indicates the so-called Köfel’s impact event was observed in ancient times. The circular stone-cast tablet was recovered from the 650 BC underground library of King Ashurbanipal in Nineveh, Iraq in the late 19th century. Long thought to be an Assyrian tablet, computer analysis has matched it with the sky above Mesopotamia in 3300 BC and proves it to be of much more ancient Sumerian origin. The tablet is an “Astrolabe,” the earliest known astronomical instrument. It consists of a segmented, disk-shaped star chart with marked units of angle measure inscribed upon the rim.

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Alison Saar (American, 1956) - Reapers (2021)

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Antti Laitinen, 2D Tree (3), 2017.

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The strange underground economy of tree poaching

A new book dives deep into the fascinating criminal world of tree theft and efforts to combat it.

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beautiful mossy floor near the spanish steps in rome

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Nigerian designer Olalekan Jeyifous imagines vertical shanty towns for central Lagos. “I am viewing slums with different eyes”.

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sacred lily pad underside

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Garden at Adachi Museum of Art, in Japan

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Architectural Photography by Simone Bossi – Photography – Design. / Visual.