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Hullo, again!
Yesterday I created my first robot/mech/drone that is poseable, but still stands up at the same time. The design can be improved upon of course. I would love to hear any suggestions that you have.
-Noel
Btw, do you think I should be posting two days in a row? I don't want to be spamming you guys.
Part of a complex for Alectra Utilities, a power and water supply company owned by and supplying several municipalities in Southern Ontario
A take off on Magritte's "The Man in the Bowler Hat" on a utily box in Arezzo, Italy
This image was on, as best as I could tell, some kind of utility box near the entrance to a building in Arezzo, Italy. I recall first becoming aware of similar things in Florence a few years ago, where I saw (and also photographed) an image of composer Giuseppe Verdi. (Verdi wears goggles in that image, which is the signature of an artist known as “Blub.”) I like them quite a lot — for their combination of whimsy, references to great art in everyday circumstances, and how they disrupt what can be a somewhat plain visual environment.
This was not the only one we saw in the Arezzo. As we walked around the small central area o the town we saw others with a variety of different themes. (You can find many more images by the artist, Mauricio Rapiti, on social media and elsewhere.) In this case, it wasn’t just the image itself that caught my attention, but also the way it interacts with the lines of the wall on which it is placed.
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I'm a bit obsessed with manhole covers and drains, and couldn't resist this one with a puddle of rain water :)
Aarhus Harbor, Denmark, 2019. Leica iif, 50/3.5 Industar-50 collapsible. Adox Silvermax100 developed in homemade Agfa 17 stock.
Detail is dialed down to the most simple possible. Three complications: activity rings in the upper left corner (they're greyed out b/c the face is locked right now), current temperature in the upper right corner, and day + date on the face.
Each morning I change the accent color, usually to match my shirt, because why not?
I will no longer throw away 'utility photos'. dennissylvesterhurd.blogspot.com/2022/10/utility-photos.html
In 1979, utility workers accidentally cut into a petroleum line in Culver City, California, creating an explosion that leveled half a city block. Since that time, utility workers have developed a code engineers or construction foremen spray paint on the street to denote unseen hazards beneath the surface to help workers avoid accidents during construction projects. They use both colors and shapes to create their nomenclature, which, to a an ordinary pedestrian, can seem like a mad graffiti artist's chaotic manifesto, a work of art inspired by Cy Twombly, or something reminiscent of the paintings found on the walls of caves. In any case, this is how one might decipher the code: red = electric power lines, cables, conduit and lighting cables; orange = telecommunication, alarm or signal lines, cables or conduit; yellow = natural gas, oil, steam, petroleum or other flammables; green = sewers and drain lines; blue = drinking water; purple = reclaimed water, irrigation and slurry lines; pink = temporary survey markings, unknown/unidentified facilities; white = proposed excavation limits or routes. (Information paraphrased from various sources, including 99percentinvisible.org) * #urban #urbandetails #sidewalk #language #spraypaint #concrete #construction #graffiti #art #foundart #film #pentax6x7
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