The Lake House

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Papajohn Sculpture Park in Des Moines Iowa

Installation over the course of six months –

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Open to visitors since September 2009, the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park features artwork by 21 of the world’s most celebrated artists.

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The 4.4 acre park, located within a major crossroads of the urban grid, creates a pedestrian friendly entranceway to downtown Des Moines. This accessible setting, coupled with the skilled landscape design and caliber of the art, makes it unlike any other sculpture park in the United States. The Pappajohns’ contribution of 27 works for the park is the most significant donation of artwork ever made to the Des Moines Art Center.

For more information on the park and other sculpture parks –

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/pappajohn-sculpture-park

http://www.desmoinesartcenter.org/visit/pappajohn-sculpture-park.aspx

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A little rural decay investigative photographing. If you are trying to find this boat it’s beached next to Roadside Daiquiris, just look for the blue gorilla.

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About as far south as you can go into Bayou Lafourche in a small town, Golden Meadow, rests a shrine built by Joffery Cochennic in 1979-80 to acknowledge the moment in 1974 when the Virgin Mary appeared to him in a local church. Cochennic observed the virgin as being 5 ft. 8 inches tall, with beautiful deep blue eyes.

Walk through the shrine – http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=d7c27586-63d1-44aa-ade4-38e21f70d505

History of shrine – http://www.oocities.org/heartland/9358/index.html

guerilla playgrounds

I have a slight swinging addiction, I’m okay with it.

“The Red Swing Project started in February 2007 as an urban intervention within the city of Austin, Texas. Our swings are made of red painted wood and hung using retired rock climbing rope. Over the years, we have hung over one hundred red swings in the USA, India, Thailand, Brasil, Taiwan, South Korea, France, Spain and Portugal.”

 

because you can never post too much on tree houses…

Scheduled to be revealed in 2012, in an unnamed major city. Fingers crossed Baton Rouge.

http://www.thecoolhunter.com.au/treelife

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on the corner of 18th and north there is a building with four walls, but the lack of roof and unquie feeling of space allows it to make the cut

the shell of this building frames a working courtyard with metal works hidden amongst the work in progress. run by David and guarded by Jack.

walk through it yourself @ http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=cb10b54a-df6d-4e0b-bce0-ab28b5148cbf

technology helps illustrate tragedy

Before And After: Street Views In Joplin

   http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/

Now possible…

Ten Future Technologies That Already Exist – check out this video

http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/10-future-technologies-that-already-exist/uf3yyv76?q=10+Future+Techonologies+that+already+exist&FROM=LKVR5&GT1=LKVR5&FORM=LKVR1

Self-defense against murderous robots…must read

Research stops robots stabbing humans

“Some people don’t believe a robot uprising is ever possible. But a team of researchers at the Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics in Wessling, Germany, knows better, and hasundertaken a research project to try and stop robots from stabbing people.”

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-06/3/research-stops-robots-stabbing-humans