A collection of writings about place space writing and art …
Instead of cigarettes, these old mechanical vending machines in the Netherlands now dispense one of a kind, handmade artworks. Each Pakje Kunst. or pack of art, costs just €4 and supports local artists and art programs. The two year old project, which was inspired by the similar Kunstautomat project in Germany, has two dozen vending machines dispensing art surprises in […]
The story is not in the words; it’s in the struggle. — Paul Auster, The New York Trilogy. (Penguin Classics; Reissue edition, March 28, 2006) Originally published 1987.
Photography is a ship carrying light and space and heading toward the future. Read on Places Journal
Stencil Art – Herrengasse Salzburg, Austria, 2017
Photography by Marcus D. Niski © 2018
Copyright in all original works remains with the individual creators
Luna Park, St. Kilda, Melbourne, Australia
Image © Marcus D. Niski 2018
Luna Park, St. Kilda, Melbourne, Australia
Image © Marcus D. Niski 2018
The European Restaurant, Spring Street, Melbourne.
Image © Marcus D. Niski 2018
One of the acknowledged precursors of Surrealism, the work of French caricaturist J.J Grandville was featured in Documents magazine and is discussed at length in Walter Benjamin’s vast and fragmentary study of the urban redevelopment of Paris by Baron Haussmann, The Arcades Project (Passagen-Werk). He rose to fame in 1828 with Les Métamorphoses du jour, a book with […]
© All images Marcus D. Niski 2007-2018. Copyright in all original works remains with the individual creators.
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