Spent the afternoon at the Rhode Island School of Design Art Museum. Saw lots of wonderful visual eye candy but the view from an upper floor window onto the courtyard was chef’s kiss.

#RISDArtMuseum #RISD

@colossal @nifta having watched Shepard’s first foray into ‘big art’ at #RISD it is both remarkable at how far and wide it has spread, and how it looks the same after the first ‘Obey’ billboard featuring Andre/Buddy Cianci appeared in 1990.

#BuddyCianciHasAPosse

I'd love to see RISD sports mascot Scrotie show up alongside the frogs...

#Providence #RISD #NoKings

I was at the #RISD Museum yesterday to see the exhibit of #Philippines textiles made from pineapple fibers. But I walked down the hall and found this huge metal lace wall!

They call it needle lace but I'm pretty sure those are bobbin lace sections....?

https://risdmuseum.org/art-design/collection/lace-fence-201453

#BobbinLace #NeedleLace

Those Three Little Words | RISD Thesis Film

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The #artist Michael Townsend and his #SecretRoom within the #Providence Place Mall near #BrownUniversity

My view, as a "Brown parent", is that the owner of the mall should allocate a free studio space to local #artists, #RISD fine art students, and Brown #music students, thus gaining communal #goodwill, and more importantly, notoriety on the local, national, and perhaps even global, levels. Imagine the societal benefits that would accrue from this simple commercial gesture that incurs almost no costs to the benefactor....

https://youtu.be/Ro55fKJb1M0?si=kWehSpBcEjCK9Jej

He Built A Secret Home In A Mall, And Lived There For 4 Years Before Being Discovered

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“Passersby on the northwest corner of Thayer and Angell Street might have noticed a new addition to their route: a binocular tower viewer. When peered into, the tower simulates the perspective of people with four visual conditions: glaucoma, cataracts, diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration.”

#blindness #ArtInstallation
#ProvidenceRI #RISD #BrownUniversity #BDH
https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2024/11/the-blind-urban-subject-stands-at-attention-on-thayer-street
The Blind Urban Subject stands at attention on Thayer Street

The art installation encourages passersby to see the world through the perspective of people with four visual conditions.

The Brown Daily Herald

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Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, 2024

📷 Nikon N6006 70-200mm lens
🎞️ Ferania P30
⚗️ D-76 1:1 for 13.5'

#believeinfilm
#itistimeforfilm
@filmferrania
#FilmFerraniaP30
#risd
#filmisnotdead

The Peoples Pervert has chuckles, words of wisdom about existence, and encouragement for artists and weirdos. The 15 mins to watch this is worth it.

https://www.openculture.com/2024/09/john-waters-risd-graduation-speech-real-wealth-is-life-without-aholes.html

#JohnWaters #RISD #commencementSpeech #2015 #Wealth

John Waters’ RISD Graduation Speech: Real Wealth Is Life Without A*Holes

John Waters' rollicking commencement speech at The Rhode Island School of Design offered up some good one-liners and a few pearls of wisdom, though phrased, quite naturally, in an irreverent way. Ready for some sage advice on what really counts as wealth?

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And here are some more pictures:
1. The only one of the two of us, which I had to get at home after because I was too focused on the parade while we were out.
2. A group of #RISD students, I think, marching with signs supporting Palestine.
3. The Boston #SistersOfPerpetualIndulgence
4. The standard corpo pandering. Tostitos didn't even *try* to dress up their trucks. I almost wonder if they just got lost during delivery.