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The Fleshy Fairytales of Peihang Huang

April 1, 2012by laurajb Leave a comment

I recently came across the amazing (and young!) Taiwanese artist PEIHANG HUANG 黃沛涵 . She talks about her art being a representation of the collision of Chinese, Japanese and American cultures […]

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art, general brilliantness, places i've been
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The music is the message

October 10, 2010by laurajb 1 Comment

“Like a soundtrack to your thoughts, it’s always nice to know that someone is listening.” – Brooke Dowd Sacco of IncredibleThings.com Playing on the psychoanalysts understanding that if you leave […]

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art, curiouser, general brilliantness, tunes

Our mobile mobile

December 4, 2009by laurajb 1 Comment

Upcycling. Its environmentally responsible and cheaper than the usual Christmas tat, so at LBi we decided to put our 150-odd old HTC mobiles from a recent upgrade to good use […]

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art, general brilliantness, LBi, social
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Dain 1943 – who hell he?

August 12, 2009by laurajb 1 Comment

Caught this great little piece of street art in Shoreditch yesterday, and thought I’d try to find out the story behind the man… but to no avail. I DID however […]

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art, curiouser, London
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The absolute delight of the 4th Plinth

July 7, 2009by laurajb Leave a comment

I’m loving the constant stream of oddities upon the plinth as part of Gormley’s ‘One and Other‘ at the moment. My favourite one has to be Oliver Parsons-Baker, a marine […]

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art, London
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A sweet tweet…

May 30, 2009by laurajb Leave a comment

For those that want to make their Twitter just mean that little bit more, a brilliant site where you can request a Tweet on paper to be sent to the […]

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art, curiouser, general brilliantness, social

Are we human? Or are we dancer?

May 26, 2009by laurajb Leave a comment

Well, I for one have always imagined that a slightly beardy and bespectacled boy lived inside my machine (probably not to these ends exactly, but hey ) so I was […]

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art, general brilliantness

Posterboy – New York’s answer to the Shoreditch Decapitator…

January 28, 2009by laurajb Leave a comment

There’s something really appealing about the mash-up of broadcast and outdoor media for artistic/social commentary purposes – it often brings out some painful truths. From old-school audio-pirates like Douglas Kahn […]

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advertising, art, general brilliantness

Living data

January 23, 2009by laurajb Leave a comment

The intersection of data and representation is an rich area soaked in wonderfully tactile, beautiful visual and visceral experimentation… but these data sculptures, based on the moods of the artist […]

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art, general brilliantness, ideas and inventions, social
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The Revolution Continues…

December 31, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

And I finally get to experience it at the “new” Saatchi gallery in Chelsea. What a great spot! The exhibition is well worth a look – it doesn’t include some […]

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  • 2008: One Show Interactive
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