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action figures,  art photography,  porcelain
February 22, 2012

Crashing porcelain figures by martin klimas

This photography series of porcelain figures are shot at breaking point just at the objects hit the ground. The brilliant photographer set up the shot such that the wired camera such that it tripped the shutter’s release when the porcelain…

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beijing,  bookworm literary festival,  cabaret,  china,  performance,  the bookworm,  the opposite house beijing
February 20, 2012

Bookworm Literary Festival 2012

This year’s Bookworm International Literary Festival 2012 will take place March 9-30, featuring three weeks of book talks, panel discussions, workshops and live performances featuring guests from across China and around the world. The Opposite House, Beijing will be hosting…

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beijing,  exhibition,  hong Kong,  hotels,  leica,  photography,  travel
February 17, 2012

Leica x Swire Hotels photography exhibition 24 Feb – 4 March

Following the initiatives of working with local creative talent, Swire Hotels’ House Collection: The Opposite House, Beijing and The Upper House Hong Kong have collaborated with Leica camera, commissioning four local photographers, two from the respective cities to photograph the…

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geometry,  love stories,  mixtape,  novels,  reading
February 14, 2012

5 Love Stories Told in an Unconventional Way

Revisiting some books, old and new and some ideas for summer beach reading. 1.Schematics: a Love Story, Julian Hibbard Geometry and graphs to explain love “this book probes at how elemental and enormous love can feel” 2. Important Artifacts and…

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