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Pay phone in Düsseldorf, Germany, 1972.

(Deutsche Fotothek)

Here's an artwork in LAMINATOR Vol. 1 zine (which has arrived in your mailbox by now if you're local!): A painting called Midway Geyser Basin of Yellowstone by artist Constance Volk (Oak Park, Illinois). Her statement:

"I create textured paintings intended for touch. My paintings begin with a clay foundation, forming channels that allow liquid prismatic oil to flow and marble as it cures, resulting in creations that have the appearance of stone and metal. I call this technique 'channelling'. The channels of these paintings, featuring Yellowstone National Park, form solvable mazes, intended to be travelled by fingertip."

Constance will also have a solo exhibition at Oak Park Public Library where you can see this piece (and others) in person. The show opens today, with a reception tomorrow, and will be on view through April 14. Congratulations, Constance!

LAMINATOR (c) Jenny Lam 2024

FROM :  northwestphotag1  -  YELLOWSTONE, Wyoming, USA - Beautiful Nal Park

Site plan of the Worldbridge Trade and Investment Center. Baltimore, Maryland - Emilio Ambasz. 1992

Pierre Cardin’s Bubble Palace In Cannes, France by Antti Lovag.

Built between 1975-1989.

This is Francis Kéré, an architect from Burkina Faso and at least in my eyes, the patron saint of "afro solar punk". He builds using local, sustainable materials, and uses the education he received in Germany to improve on traditional methods already known. His first project was a school in his home village, built to enable other children to receive an education like he once was. The school has a self-cooling mechanism that does not require AC and was built cost effectively together with the community. This year he won the Pritzker Prize. You know what, just watch his TED Talk, I highly recommend it.

VR at NASA's Ames Research Center, 1989.