Annoyingly Pleasurable

archiemcphee:

“Using just colored sand, artist Joe Mangrum beautifies streets and museum floors in major US cities. What’s most amazing is that this artist comes up with his highly detailed, often symmetrical pieces without any advance planning. Instead, every design is improvised by “the inspiration that comes from the day.” This week, Mangrum will be part of SOFA New York’s show called Swept Away, where he will create his signature works in sand. The exhibition sounds particularly interesting because it deals with live, site-specific installations made of ash, dust, sand and dirt.”

Visit My Modern Metropolis to watch video of Joe Mangrum at work on his awesome sand art.

reachinginfinity:

architectura:

Hagia Sophia is a former Orthodox patriarchal basilica, later a mosque, and now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. From the date of its dedication in 360 until 1453, it served as the Greek Patriarchal cathedral of Constantinople, except between 1204 and 1261, when it was converted to a Roman Catholic cathedral under the Latin Patriarch of Constantinople of the Western Crusader established Latin Empire. The building was a mosque from 29 May 1453 until 1931, when it  was secularized. It was opened as a museum on 1 February 1935.

disturbingly:

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(Source: theartofanimation)