Ken Ficara

Music, writing, photography and other smatterings.

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More of Bodys Isek Kingelez’s intricate miniature cities. (at MoMA The Museum of Modern Art) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq8SXzpF56b/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=h5lcemuvalg6

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Bodys Isek Kingelez’s intricate miniature cities are tiny urban utopias, full of hope and faith in people. Perhaps the saddest one is his 1991 miniature of a hospital and research institution dedicated to AIDS (SIDA). Created when Bush I was in office and refusing to help. (at MoMA The Museum of Modern Art) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq5pNOjlXzD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=b1v2qyclvzz1

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Sunrise on the Q train. (at Manhattan Bridge) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqw5ijxlpKy/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=bpc70zt88d4e

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Amen Corner and Paternoster Row around St. Paul’s. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqju1oHFCCK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=e7c8vh95hj0y

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Shrouds of the Somme — 72,396 figures covered in shrouds hand-sewn by one man, representing British Commonwealth soldiers killed at the Battle of the Somme who have no known grave. (at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqVCoS8FMjk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=95qdwdxyyegb

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Michael Rakowitz’s re-creation of the Lamassu, an Iraqi archaeological treasure destroyed by ISIS. Part of his project “The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist,” it’s made from empty cans of date syrup. (at Trafalgar Square) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqTNezNF8x6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1iyfzu2hfjqty

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Snow falling on tree guards (Plaza Street, Brooklyn) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqNv81zFY6t/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=agzvsmyz3hcc

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Manhattan Bridge, 7am. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp1zUVRlFYf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=eg02g52i7vu2

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Water cups lined up and waiting for the marathoners on Fourth Avenue. (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpyLT6kldb-/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xs80c7oycmne

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The former Domino Sugar factory. (at Williamsburg, Brooklyn) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpvLQuLFzf_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1bgbgushwp1d

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Fall is the filter. (at Prospect Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpqJqMGlfAt/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=f32r9lyvbnwb

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Tony Trischka closes out “Clinch Mountain Backstep.” #ashokancenter (at The Ashokan Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpdUhq4FOVC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1godlodecrfc3

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“It takes a village to tune a banjo.” But it takes a file to tune a harmonica. #ashokancenter (at The Ashokan Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpckCojlIXl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=gsvl00gzvq93

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No swimming in the water supply, please... (at Ashokan Reservoir) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpag0malpLw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4wt4ravgxnld

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The Shard as sun dial. (at The Shard London) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpN6p4onIEx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=134shn38obnhh

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Morning in Lower Marsh. (at London Waterloo station) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpL3ks5nJoy/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1p09kpp3hgqip

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at Waterstones https://www.instagram.com/p/BpKZ3jEniCK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=158ffu5j2n269