In The Valley of Silicon

This your brain on the computer

Boston Art: Where marathon bomber #1 died. - Imgur

critink:

Up in the rice terraces of the Cordillera mountain range of the Philippines live the last few tattooed women of Kalinga. Traditional tattooing is seen as archaic and painful by the younger generations of Kalingas. As an Indigenous group that has successfully fought against colonizing forces, it is losing the practice of traditional tattooing because of the changing perspective of beauty and interpretations of the practice by outside scholars.

Studies on the tradition interpreted the practice to show that men were given tattoos because of brave acts during tribal wars while the women were given tattoos just to decorate their bodies. Men who attempt to get traditional tattoos without acts of bravery are shunned by the community and are now unable to continue the practice without facing criminal charges from the government. Women are unconstrained by the same reasons but are struggling to continue the practice because of the pervasive western interpretations of aesthetics that changed the perceptions of “beauty” in Kalinga. To the women of Kalinga, the batok or the tattoo goes beyond beauty and prestige but it is symbolic of the traditional values of women’s strength and fortitude.

The traditional tattoo is an indigenous body art, an expression of the psychological dimensions of life, health, love and it defines local perceptions of existence. Sadly there is now a decline of the traditional art among indigenous women brought about by the changing perspective of the meaning of the tattoo and its stigmatized practice. It is now considered a vanishing art along with the gatekeepers of the knowledge associated with it.

The Last Tattooed Women of Kalinga by Jake Verzosa. Jake Verzosa is a freelance photographer based in Manila.

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Every Day of My Life is a visualization of my computer usage statistics from the last 2.5 years. Each line represents one day and each colorful block is the most foreground app running at the given moment. Black areas are periods when my computer is not turned on. Seeping patterns (or lack of them) and time of holidays and travel (longer gaps) can be therefore easily identified.

All data was gathered using Tapper - a small OSX app logging my application usage written by Dean McNamee. It was later visualized by me using Plask environment.

fuckyeahmoleskines:

Sonic Screwdrivers from the show Doctor Who.

Close ups on my Tumblr: http://ignitethesky.tumblr.com/

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cyberpunknoise:

Highlights from Art Basel 2012, Pace Gallery
Robert Irwin, All That Jazz, 2011 
Contemporary-Art-Blog

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laughingsquid:

Cartoon Network’s 20th Anniversary Exhibit at Jett Gallery in San Diego

laughingsquid:

Fresh Cthulhu

laughingsquid:

Color Jam by Jessica Stockholder

photojojo:

We love these camera installations by André Feliciano! André fittingly describes himself as a “gardener of art.”

Camera Gardens by André Feliciano

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bitterbreath:

Steampunk Monroe.

laughingsquid:

Computer Dialog Box Street Art by Jilly Ballistic

laughingsquid:

Ai Weiwei Ends Yearlong Probation

martinekenblog:

Illustration by Philipp Banken

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