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Maps, Everyday Ephemera, and Watercolor Drawings Record José Naranja’s Travels with Fantastic Detail

Colossal

The artist and author is an avid tourist and dedicated observer, and he saturates the blank pages of his Moleskines with watercolor and ink drawings of airplanes, film characters, and maps. The artist’s latest book, The Nautilus Manuscript , is available now, and you can follow updates on his work on Instagram.

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April 2023 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

Colossal

Image © Kelsey McClellan Every month, Colossal shares a selection of opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. Twenty artists will be invited to participate in an exhibition that will take place in Tel Aviv in November 2023. Deadline: April 16, 2023. BST on April 14, 2023.

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Digital Renderings Collage 3D Objects into Futuristic Self-Portraits by Artist Omar Aqil

Colossal

Lahore, Pakistan-based artist Omar Aqil ( previously ) digitally assembles technology, 3D objects, and textured masses into figurative collages for his series Self-Portraits 2050. Find more of the artist’s sculptural renderings, which include a variety of abstracted figures and colorful assemblages, on Behance and Instagram.

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The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Selects Winning Proposal for its New Waterfront Home

Azure Magazine

Chaired by New York-based architect and principe of WXY Architecture + Urban Design Claire Wiesz, the jury also included landscape architect Claude Cormier and Sobey award-winning artist Ursula Johnson.

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Whimsical Tableaux Set in the World’s Most Beautiful Landscapes

Feature Shoot

“Traveling outside the country was strictly forbidden,” the artist recalls. Meanwhile, the Dead Sea is dying, with some experts predicting it will dry out by 2050, and the Salton Sea is shrinking.

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Meltdown Flags Visualize the Climate Crisis’s Toll on Glaciers Worldwide

Colossal

Canada’s middle section begins at full width in 1995 before condensing in both 2020 and 2050. Created by the digital design studio Moby Digg , Meltdown Flags also functions as an online tool replete with statistics about the percentage of glacier retreat from 1995 to 2050, the nation’s population, landmass, and emissions. .”

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Fragmented Garments and Body Parts Drift Away From Steel Sculptures by Regardt Van Der Meulen

Colossal

The artist writes: I am fascinated by human mortality and the fleeting moments we spend here. Dematerialising” (2020), steel, 2050 milimeters. One often forgets how fragile life and our environment is. We think we are part of a binary relationship with nature when in fact we are one.

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