Lucas Isawa: Koinobori

By combining traditional Japanese Carp-shaped wind socks with paper lanterns, artist When walking through a room full of them, as I did right before his exhibit closed at the Museu de Casa Brasileira in São Paulo this past week, I got the amazingly surreal feeling of swimming through water, watching all these delicate fish silently twist to and fro in response to the slightest of …

Earth Art Exhibit: Nils-Udo

by Kyle Small Part of the Earth Art Through 13 October 2008 Royal Botanical Gardens 680 Plains Road West Burlington ON L7T 4H4 map Canada tel. +905 527 1158

Branislav Kropilak Contemporary Photography

Branislav Kropilak's portrayals of modern technology and industry are far too alluring to be considered dystopian. And yet, if one were to seek a literary correlate to his photography, one might readily find the work of J.G. Ballard a suitable mirror. Achingly beautiful and hauntingly perfect in their composition, Kropilak's digital depictions of airplane landings, lobbies, parking garages, billboards, and factories question the psychological impact …