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erik kessel

24 hrs in photos

2011

a new installation at the amsterdam foam gallery by erik kessels takes a literal look at the digital deluge of photos online by printing out 24 hours worth of uploads to flickr. the result is rooms filled with over 1,000,000 printed photos, piled up against the walls.

“we’re exposed to an overload of images nowadays,” says kessels. “this glut is in large part the result of image-sharing sites like flickr, networking sites like facebook, and picture-based search engines. their content mingles public and private, with the very personal being openly and un-selfconsciously displayed. by printing all the images uploaded in a 24-hour period, i visualise the feeling of drowning in representations of other peoples’ experiences.”

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Contemplation - Marcos Cárdenas

Spanish, b.1973 -

Oil on wood panel , 50 x 50 cm.

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stephen dweck

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Donkey getting some shade on a hot sunny day in Greece - photographer unknown

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“Handring” by Karl Fritsch Silver with Lab Created Synthetic Gems

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Rooms by Design, 1989

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Cat and kitten door knocker, Clun, England

This unusual door knocker from Clun, England, features a mother cat carrying her kitten — sculpted in cold, weathered bronze, yet full of tenderness.

Equal parts whimsical, eerie, and adorable, it feels like something out of a forgotten fairytale.

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“The onyx is inlaid with mother of pearl in flourishes of vines and flowers.”

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Detail from the “unswept floor” mosaic made by Heraclitus, showing a mouse eating a walnut. 2nd century CE, now on display at the Vatican Museums.

Imagine trying to clean this floor–or even walk across it–and constantly wondering, “Wait. Is that one REAL?”

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You only need to hang mean bastards, but mean bastards you need to hang!

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“I don’t dodge guilt.

That woman deserves her revenge—

and, we deserve to die.”

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Sketches by Gustav Gaudernack, 1910

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Shen Shaomin.

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mother of pearl & abalone tile

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Akashi of the Tamaya.  Ukiyo-e woodblock print, early 19th century, Japan, by artist Hishikawa Ryukoku

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Madzia Zalewa.