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My name is Valerie. I am currently a grad student in Communication Studies (interested in art institutions and the internet) who thrives in a realm of yummy smells, instant and speedy wifi, and the artists, designers and thinkers who make everything worthwhile. Welcome to my website.

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Posts from September 2008

The blogosphere is rich and mysterious

Here and there I have been discovering some new blogs that I feel passionate enough about to immediately add to my feed reader (Bloglines Beta).  In the meantime I have also been weeding out the blogs I no longer read actively, all part of my routine system of organizing my online habits to make them [...]


Three sculptural artworks to inspire urban life

Brazilian artist Nele Azevedo’s outdoor installation ice sculpture of melting men: hundreds of ice figures dissolving in the day’s sunlight.

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Lace Fence, by Dutch Design House Demakersvan:

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Wim Delvoye’s photographic mountains consist of inscribed messages on mountains of a massive scale.  (Photographic manipulations).  These messages seem like written notes we write to each other as reminders or [...]


artists: midori yamada

more webby stuff = my strategy to post much more frequently.
The artwork of Midori is simple but eloquent.  Detailed drawing, subtle watercolour tonalities, and the dramatic use of black and white.  Check out more in her extensive gallery.

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Settling in

Posts have been scarce lately what with my camera lens being broken, settling into my new apartment, and beginning graduate school after having taken a year off.  I can feel my brain getting into gear again (all of that dust being blown off from the areas that weren’t being used for travelling and working) and [...]