Present & Correct picks the best of this week's art on the web June 10, 2015
This series, shot by Danila Tkachenko , explores the landmarks and ruins of the Soviet Union's quest for technological advancement. Shot during the winter for maximum apocalyptic bleakness.
Scientific storage at far North Photography by Danila Tkachenko Water contamination test at the lake around the previously closed scientific city Chelyabinsk-40. In 1964 there was the first nuclear catastrophe, one of the largest in history and equal in scale to Chernobyl, but it stayed secret. Photography by Danila Tkachenko Antenna built for interplanetary connection. The Soviet Union was planning to build bases on other planets, and prepared facilities for connection which were never used and are deserted now Photography by Danila Tkachenko Airplane – amphibia with vertical take-off VVA14. The USSR built only two of them in 1976, one of which has crashed during transportation Photography by Danila Tkachenko Tropospheric antenna in the north of Russia – the type of connection which has become obsolete. There were many of them built in far North, all of them deserted at the moment Photography by Danila Tkachenko
Javier Deriba is decorating abandoned, grey plots of land with fun geometric patterns. Inspired by tiles but actually stencilled and spray painted in location. It is not confirmed whether Javier takes bathroom commissions.
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We love these 4" parties courtesy of Matthias Van Arkel . His layered, swirly, polished resin cubes are unique and beautiful.
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Agence Eureka has the most outstanding Flickr stream – this week we share with you a pastel filled type book which would make Wes Anderson proud and an amazing collection of vintage advertisments .
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Sadly not unveiled in Apple's PowerPoint presentation this week, Pierre Cerveau's concept for the 1987 iPhone . Kickstarter anyone?
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