Lace to the Top

[View email in browser]( | [Forward to a friend]( | [Become a member!]( [A weekday update of art & visual culture.]( Letter from the editor: For the artists among you, please consider [submitting your work]( to the winter issue of [Create! Magazine]( curated by yours truly. I can’t wait to see what you share. This promises to be a really exciting issue. Read more below! Thanks to our friends at [Field Notes]( we have a cache of United States of Letterpress notebooks we’re giving to all new annual Colossal Members. [Join more than 1,000 members today]( and we’ll ship you a set of three while supplies last. Download Hundreds of Frames from Studio Ghibli Animations for Video-Chat Backgrounds for Free Thanks to [Studio Ghibli]( you can hide piles of laundry and errant messes while videoconferencing from home with one of 400 stills from classic animations. The renowned Japanese animation studio recently released an online archive of images for free download. [READ MORE]( Miniature Mixed Media Lace Works Depict Pastoral Scenes in New Work by Ágnes Herczeg Working within a scale of just a few inches, Hungarian artist [Ágnes Herczeg]( threads together fragments of wood, seeds, and wire with delicate lace work to form pastoral scenes inspired in part by her surroundings in a small town near the river Danube. [READ MORE]( Neural Networks Create a Disturbing Record of Natural History in AI-Generated Illustrations by Sofia Crespo [Sofia Crespo]( describes her work as the “natural history book that never was.” The Berlin-based artist uses artificial neural networks to generate illustrations that reveal unsettling combinations. [READ MORE]( A Moment of Stunning Choreography and VFX Shares the History of the Little Rock Nine through Dance In a powerful interpretation of Elizabeth Eckford’s historic walk to school in 1957, dancer [Kendi Jones]( moves gracefully along a sidewalk. [WATCH]( An Intricate Lace Mural Envelops the Facade of a French Fashion Museum A new mural by Warsaw-based artist [Nespoon]( celebrates the rich history of Calais through an oversized lace piece that envelops the facade of a factory. [READ MORE]( A Shark Swimming in a Heart-Shaped School of Salmon Tops 2020 Drone Photography Contest The [2020 Drone Photography Awards]( garnered an arresting collection of aerial shots, and among its winners is a serendipitous image of a heart-shaped school of salmon. [READ MORE]( Affected by a Central Force, Dancers Perform Implausible Bends on a Perpetually Spinning Stage “Celui qui tombe,” or he who falls, is an illusory performance from self-described circus artist [Yoann Bourgeois]( that opens with six dancers on a spinning platform. [WATCH]( International Open Call: Submit Your Art to Create! Magazine’s Winter Issue We’re thrilled that our editor-in-chief, Christopher Jobson, is curating the winter issue (#24) of [Create! Magazine](. Submit your work before November 1. [FIND OUT MORE]( [Instagram]( [Twitter]( [Pinterest]( [Tumblr]( [Vimeo]( [Website]( [Email](mailto:hello@colossal.art) [RSS]( This is the October 6, 2020, issue of our daily update. Thank you for subscribing. This email is supported in part [by our members](. You also can [adjust your preferences]( or [unsubscribe](. Vote animation by [Linzie Hunter](. Published with love from Chicago. 6177 N. Lincoln Ave #314 / Chicago IL 60659 ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶