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Japan’s Ice Aquarium
Posted on Janeiro 25, 2011 - Filed Under Experience, Research and Documentation, Trends | Leave a Comment
The Kori no Suizokukan (Ice Aquarium) in Kesennuma, northeastern Japan, packs about 450 specimens of marine life frozen in large columns of ice bathed in blue light. Some 80 species, including saury, octopuses, crabs, and skipjack, are preserved in lifelike poses. They seem to be swimming in ice.
Opened in 2002 in the Uminoichi seafood market, [...]
Lisa Congdon – A collection a day 2010
Posted on Março 2, 2010 - Filed Under Research and Documentation | Leave a Comment
This is a blog documenting a project that will span exactly one year, from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010. On each of those 365 days, I will photograph or draw (and occasionally paint) one collection. Most of the collections are real and exist in my home or studio; those I will photograph. Some [...]