Happy Friday! Have a look at what we're reading, viewing, and gawking at on the internet.
The latest fashion muse? That'd be Mr. Peanut. (NYTimes)
Would you embrace a stranger for the sake of art? These photos are fascinating. (Juxtapoz)
How would John Travolta screw up your name? Find out by Travoltifying your moniker! (Slate)
An in depth look at one San Francisco coffee shop's design aesthetic. (Dwell)
And a look at the San Francisco gay community of the 1980s. (The Bold Italic)
Almost everyone you will ever talk to has a strong opinion about illegal immigration. Whether they're for or against it, everyone is biased toward one side or another. Married documentary filmmaker duo Jacob and Jennifer Tapia, of Handrawn Pictures LLC, have created a documentary that isn't.
Citizens* is not pro or anti immigration, and does not have any sort of bias toward any nationality, culture, or political stance.
"The film shows the benefits of both sides [of the immigration debate], how [immigration] works in some areas, and how it's causing problems in others," Jacob Tapia said. "The film is about what's happening and how it affects those who experience it daily. The message is that we as humans need to work together and take care of each other."
In our digital age, people sometimes lose sight of the beauty surrounding them and rarely take time to discover uncharted territories. WanderArt is a new start up, based in San Francisco, that attempts to bridge the gap between technology and discovery. The start up aims to expose public art that often goes overlooked, making it accessible to everyone with a phone or computer. An accompanying app launched last month hosts a database of public art that the creator Lindsey Davis and developer Jack Humbert, have identified during walks throughout San Francisco.
The app also allows users to add public art that they've discovered and to add "reflections," about a certain art piece by checking in at the location of the work. Davis hopes that the app will reveal sculptures, murals and other street art excluding advertisements or graffiti. She says she thinks that WanderArt will connect users who have witnessed the same piece and will generate a conversation about art. In tech savy San Francisco, she noticed that there was not a digital community for art outside.
"It's not that I don't think that there's enough art," says Davis, "but people need to be able to find what's already there." WanderArt hopes to fill the digital void of a street art database and to inspire people to share and discover art together.
