Posts by Eugene Kim

Eugene Kim

Eugene Kim is the Editor-in-Chief of My Modern Met. In May, 2008, he co-founded the website to create one big city that celebrates creative ideas. His mission is to promote a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.
October 14, 2011

The Spanish Guitarist by El Mac

El Mac has been on fire lately. Using intricate lines and patterns, the street artist put up this wonderful mural of a man passionately strumming his guitar. The piece was completed for the Avant-Garde Urbano festival in Tudela, Spain.

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September 11, 2011

Massive Pushpin Portraits

At first glance, Eric Daigh's artwork appears to be a low-resolution portrait, but upon closer inspection, onlookers can see each piece is made up of thousands of colored pins. Combining creativity along with hours of diligent application, the Michigan-based artist uses 25,000 to 100,000 pushpins to create each piece! As a process artist, Daigh starts by taking a series of photographs of his subject.

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August 26, 2011

Floating Japanese Tea House

Talk about Feng shui! American architect David Jameson built this amazingly tranquil floating tea house, which also functions as a dining room, meditation area and a stage for the family's musical recitals. Hanging like a Japanese lantern in the garden of a suburban home northwest of Washington D.C., visitors enter through a 10 cm-thick wooden door, where a faceted timber ceiling points down into the center of the room.

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August 4, 2011

Giant Opera Stage in the Middle of a Lake

Floating above the water on Austria's Lake Constance is one of the most impressive opera sets ever designed. The Bregenz Festival has been creating these sets since 1946 for its trademark Opera on the Lake production, which has a 6,800 seating capacity. The magnificent set featured here is from Andr Chnier, the most famous work by the Italian composer Umberto Giordano.

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