Despite his varied talents, Leonard Nimoy will forever be linked with the logical Mr. Spock. Spotted by “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry when he appeared on Roddenberry’s NBC Marine Corps. skein “The Lieutenant,” Nimoy was offered the role of Spock and co-starred in the 1965 “Star Trek” pilot “The Cage.” NBC execs liked the concept but thought the pilot too cerebral, so they ordered a second pilot of the Desilu production with some script and cast changes (only Nimoy made it through both pilots). The series finally bowed on NBC in the fall of 1966. After three seasons, it was canceled in 1969 but would go on to be a hit in syndication, spawning films and other TV iterations and gaining a huge following of fans known as Trekkers or Trekkies.
Banksy has finally revealed the location of the first piece which is Gaza in Palestine. Inspired by a sculpture of Niobe, a Greek mythological figure, the first piece is entitled “Bomb Damage” and obviously with Banksy, the placement is just on point. Niobe’s children were killed out of spite and then in her mourning she turned into a stone that was constantly weeping.
On top of that, the elusive British street artist took the opportunity to reveal four new pieces which you will be able to find around Gaza.
Two quotes were enclosed with the images of the new stenciled pieces:
Gaza is often described as ‘the world’s largest open air prison’ because no-one is allowed to enter or leave. But that seems a bit unfair to prisons – they don’t have their electricity and drinking water cut off randomly almost everyday. — Banksy
A local man came up and said ‘Please – what does this mean?’ I explained I wanted to highlight the destruction in Gaza by posting photos on my website – but on the internet people only look at pictures of kittens. — Banksy.
Source: Street Art News
The Prime Ministership of Tony Abbott has led to a kind of mini-Renaissance among Australian writers, artists,cartoonists and satirists, who now find themselves with a wealth of material to work with. One such group inspired to new creative heights is Abbottsolutely Hopeless, who are channelling their rage at the government into putting giant, Obama-style “HOPELESS” posters featuring the Prime Minister’s face up all over the place. The first one went up on Regent Street in Sydney’s Chippendale on Monday morning, and it’s so good that the tradies tasked with putting it up took photos of it once they were done.
Before the age of memedom — before LOLcats and Lil Bub and Grumpy Cat and Henri, le Chat Noir — there was ukiyo-e.
Typically, we associate the centuries-old Japanese art form with wood print masters like Katsushika Hokusai and Hishikawa Moronobu, who rendered everything from “Great Waves” to Edo-era erotica. But, as a recent exhibition has graciously pointed out, cats played a surprisingly prominent role in the work of Japan’s illustrators in the 17th century on. Behold: “Life of Cats: Selections from the Hiraki Ukiyo-e Collection.”
Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833–1904), The Story of Otomi and Yosaburō
![Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861), Parody of Umegae Striking the Bell of Limitless [Hell] from the series Fashionable Cat Games, 1848–54.](http://geekgirl.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/slide_405990_5070516_free.jpg)
