This song caught my ear last night while trying to unfollow some Facebook friends who flood my newsfeed with their spammy "like and share" posts. It's from Cheats, a seven-member indie-rock group from Manila fronted by real-life couple Jim Bacarro and Saab Magalona. Their bio says their influences range from LCD Soundsystem to Radiohead and the Spice Girls, but this particular track reminds me of The Joy Formidable.
I can't remember when I first became entranced with Eric van Straaten 's 3D-printed sculptures. I think I stumbled onto his work through tumblr when I was searching for new artists to follow. Eric's attention to detail is pretty amazing, and the image of the eroticized child-woman is familiar throughout his work. Most of his hyper surreal pieces are 3D-printed in sandstone material, which are created by laying down a thin layer of gypsum powder and using a binding agent and color inks to print a pattern onto it. Once the entire model is printed, it is withdrawn from the print bed and the excess powder is removed. The model is then sealed and ready for display. "I think that the girls I create in my work are visualizations of my own feelings, fantasies and thoughts," the Dutch artist explains. "The girls actually look like someone I (used to) know and the different ‘portraits’ tell something about what I think of myself in regards to her or women ...
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