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Submission thanks to Josiah (holding it down in the Mission)
Music from vinyl that hopefully keeps Amoeba Records afloat: Bill Evans, Monk, Bowie.
Photo: In the Upper Haight, artist unknown
More Xsacto goodness
>NEW< Joshila Dhaby from Mauritius
>NEW< Not Kilroy from Lyon, FR
One COVID-19 piece from Texas
COVID-19 pieces in the Upper Haight
Strange ones in the Mission
One COVID-19 piece from Brazil
Joshila Dhaby is a self-taught Mauritian artist. Originally working with watercolor and acrylic, Joshila turned to spray paint and started painting on walls and metal sheets. She uses a ‘tape and masking process’, stencils and layers to create rich paintings with bold fields of colors.
How did April end so fast? I know, by not leaving the flat.
Photo: Stay the F--k Home, by PolarBear
Several more from Xsacto
New submissions from Joe Wackerman
>NEW< Joshua Wingerter (NOLa)
>NEW< alessio-b (IT)
>NEW< PolarBear (FR)
>NEW< Recycled Propaganda (UK)
>NEW< TRUST. iCON (UK)
>NEW< Unify Artist (UK)
Western Addition (NoPa), SF, CA
Upper Haight, SF, CA
Valencia St., SF, CA (thanks, Josiah)
Eclair (just one)
fnnch (just one)
"Let’s just do it man, see what happens.” This is the philosophy of Josh Wingerter, self-made artist and entrepreneur from Westwego, Louisiana, a small town right outside of New Orleans. Josh’s early roots in his artistic process started while he was working in artist Keith Eccles’s studio, who Josh credits as a huge influence on his artwork. Despite the lack of professional training or schooling in the arts, Josh managed to wow Eccles with his work. A customer stopped by the studio one day and noticed Josh’s work.
Street artiste pochoiriste
Réalise des pochoirs multi-layer sur les murs et sur des matériaux trouvés dans la rue.
Welcome back, xsacto! It has been too long. Also, thus ends the 2020 TXMX submissions (unless I pull pics off of his Flickr)
Photo: xsacto's Alfred E. Zappa, with the walking birds (chirp, chirp).
fnnch gets in on the COVID-19 reaction
>NEW< Anagard, Indonesia
>NEW< Seileise (Hamburg DE)
>NEW< Zelos (Hamburg DE)
Rolf and le Loup (just one)
Rude (just one)
Just Another Day on Aerosol Earth
(hi-res image here: NASA's Astronomy Photo of the Day)
Model Visualization Credit: NASA Earth Observatory, GEOS FP, Joshua Stevens
It was just another day on aerosol Earth. For August 23, 2018, the identification and distribution of aerosols in the Earth's atmosphere is shown in this dramatic, planet-wide digital visualization. Produced in real time, the Goddard Earth Observing System Forward Processing (GEOS FP) model relies on a combination of Earth-observing satellite and ground-based data to calculate the presence of types of aerosols, tiny solid particles and liquid droplets, as they circulate above the entire planet. This August 23rd model shows black carbon particles in red from combustion processes, like smoke from the fires in the United States and Canada, spreading across large stretches of North America and Africa. Sea salt aerosols are in blue, swirling above threatening typhoons near South Korea and Japan, and the hurricane looming near Hawaii. Dust shown in purple hues is blowing over African and Asian deserts. The location of cities and towns can be found from the concentrations of lights based on satellite image data of the Earth at night.
NASA's Earth Observatory has a page on aerosols, showing optical depth. They have a mov file showing optical depth from 2000 to 2020, with select and compare options. According to the site, "tiny solid and liquid particles suspended in the atmosphere are called aerosols. Windblown dust, sea salts, volcanic ash, smoke from wildfires, and pollution from factories are all examples of aerosols. Depending upon their size, type, and location, aerosols can either cool the surface, or warm it. They can help clouds to form, or they can inhibit cloud formation. And if inhaled, some aerosols can be harmful to people's health."
Alice travels continuously and her preferred canvases are city walls. The Roman artist, both a street artist and painter, as well as an illustrator and set designer, has developed different threads in her research, from narrating feminine vitality to manipulating the three-dimensional possibilities of her work. She moves from urban explorations to installations using found materials.
