Posts by Pinar Noorata

Pinar

Pinar Noorata is the Managing Editor at My Modern Met. She is a writer, editor, and content creator based in Brooklyn, NY. She earned her BA in Film and Media Studies from CUNY Hunter College and is an alumnus of the Center for Arts Education’s Career Development Program in NYC. She has worked at major TV, film, and publishing companies as well as other independent media businesses. When she isn’t writing, editing, or creating videos herself, Pinar enjoys watching movies, reading, crafting, drawing, and volunteering at her local animal shelter.
Art
May 20, 2012

Giant Whale Spotted in Argentinean Forest

Argentina-based artist Adrin Villar Rojas knows how to make a big statement. In 2009, Rojas constructed a massive public installation titled My Family Dead that depicts a whale in the middle of a forest in Ushaia, Argentina. The scene is a disturbing spectacle of a dead animal carcass that leaves the viewer saddened and baffled. How does an entire whale wind up in the woods?

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Art
May 17, 2012

Suspended Books Magically Fill Swiss Tunnel

Romainmtier is a small Swiss village that borders France. It is known for its modest population and picturesque town whose architecture is reminiscent of the Roman Empire. Like a small European village straight out of a movie, Romainmtier holds a charming annual used book fair that takes place at the town church, which is rich with Romanesque architecture.

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Art
May 13, 2012

Layered Landscapes Made of Graphite, Tape, and Resin

LA-based mixed media artist Brooks Shane Salzwedel assembles beautiful natural landscapes, often featuring some form of majestic architecture like bridges and oil drilling towers. The artist primarily works with graphite, tape, and resin to produce these layered images, giving each one a three-dimensional feel. The separation that defines the difference between foreground and background is expressed through a sheet of fogginess.

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Art
May 4, 2012

Radiant Shoe Lace Murals Explode with Color

If you liked artist Federico Uribe's Pencilism sculptures and paintings, you'll get a kick out of his creative shoe lace art. The inspired artist simply loves to work with multihued ordinary objects, as evidenced in these series of works aptly titled Shoe Laces. The massive murals are, on average, approximately six feet in height and made of a wide array of shoe laces, varying in length.

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