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fernando pessoa

Multiple Fernando Pessoa - Photo: Mário Pires

Yesterday was Fernando Pessoa birthday, so i made a little homage to his 3 best known heteronyms.

I used Camera+ to take the photos, of some book covers with his picture, processed them in Halftone and layered them in Photoforge2.

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I highly recommend this book if you are interested in any form of art, it’s millions times better than a “how to be like anybody else…” manual.

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Recently added to my library

by Mário Pires on 06/08/2010 · 1 comment

in Art,Artes,Books,Livros

I added these books to my library, actual physical books are a thing i can’t do without. Be it on-line, or on a local bookstore i can’t resist them. I feel the need to constantly augmenting my understanding of art and it’s world, so that i can became better as a creator and workshop trainer.

arte e instinto

art & instinct

Art and instinct is something i could not pass, i am an instinctive person, not a 100% rational type.

diario da bicicletabicycle diaries

David Byrne is someone we all can learn from, i have been following his blog for ages now, so the minute i saw this book i had to buy it!

perception and imagingwalter benjamin

These two are more thoeretical, but i wanted to read them for a long time, digital reproduction upgrades mechanical reproduction, but i suspect the conclusions should be identical, Walter Benjamin would be right at home in the XXI century.

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Penguin Great Ideas e um cheirinho de Bairro Alto

by Mário Pires 16.09.2006 Livros

Durante um dia ou dois pensei também escrever alguma coisa acerca pequena polémica sobre a qualidade de entretenimento do Bairro Alto. Não escrevi nada porque não encontrei uma imagem do Catacumbas Jazz Bar (local que recomendol) com que queria ilustrar as minhas breves notas, e depois a vontade passou. Pensando bem, é uma questão muito [...]

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Same old story, morning glory

by Mário Pires 18.08.2006 História

Comprei este livro há umas semanas muito baratinho numa conhecida cadeia de livros francesa e tenho estado a aumentar os meus poucos conhecimentos sobre uma região que há séculos é fonte de problemas globais. Entretanto começou (de momento em hold) a invasão do Líbano e fomos fustigados com propaganda e irrelevância de quase todos os [...]

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Those were the days IV

by Mário Pires 02.06.2006 Artes

Missel de Lyon. 1400-1450 Lista de tarefas de um blogger desconhecido (a vermelho os aniversários de blogues conhecidos com a respectiva data)

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Those were the days IV

by Mário Pires 30.05.2006 Artes

Imitation de Jésus-Christ, Thomas

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