Links we like, September/October 2008

No Tears Magazine

They say: 'No Tears magazine is a submission-driven internet art & illustration magazine. The aim of No Tears is to publish contemporary art, which is made to give happiness, to provoke, to document, and to experiment with form and content discovering purely new and already existent eternal truth of life, universe, time, and sense. It is a colorful mix of illustrations, street art, and photography. The magazine is distributed freely in digital format and it's available for the readers in pdf format to download and share. Once you have downloaded it, you can distribute it freely to show it to everybody! To view No Tears you need a computer, Adobe Acrobat Reader and eyes.'

We say: Dayfour contributor Alnis Stakle is a member of the editorial board of this interesting internet magazine, the second issue of which is out now. Check it out at www.notearsmagazine.com

Grand Unified Theory, by Enrico Sacchetti

He says: 'This project depicts scientific instrumentation, in particular various particle accelerators including the Large Hadron Collider (LHR), the largest of it's kind. Other experiments photographed include; Opera, LVD, and Luna which are working to unlock thesecrets of Dark Matter and Dark Energy. My interest is two fold: The project explores the dichotomy of how physicists must utilise some of the largest instruments ever constructed to discover the most minute and esoteric particles in the universe. Additionally, the photos also try to deal with how humans utilise and shape their working/living space and environment.'

We say: Enrico Sacchetti is an old friend and contributor to the very first issue of Dayfour (to be online again soon.) Lately he has moved away from fashion to shoot more architecturally-inspired projects. He shot these spectacular images late last year at the LHR near Geneva, Switzerland. www.es-photography.com

Dark Sky Magazine

They say: 'Dark Sky Magazine is an online source for literature and art. Publishing from Charleston, South Carolina [USA], we feature weekly issues in which 1 writer, 1 poet, 1 film review, 1 photographer, and 1 2D artist contribute to our goal of reaching a local and international audience. By showcasing a variety of work on a weekly basis, we strive to exhibit the sensibilities of our eclectic readership, as well as provide numerous publishing opportunities for artists.'

We say: This is a beautifully designed site, with a delightful mix of words and pictures. Photographs are presented almost like short stories or visual poetry – and they change every week. www.darkskymagazine.com

Swissmiss

She says: 'My name is Tina Roth Eisenberg. I am a "swiss designer gone NYC". swissmiss is my visual archive of things that "make me look."'

We say: Once in a while you come across something with enough energy and creativity to give your own draggy afternoon a kick in the pants. Swissmiss is a constantly-changing online scrapbook of ideas and images, designed and curated by Tina, whose visual appetite – for quirky, clever, fascinating, odd, classic bits of design, photography, you name it – is awesome. www.swissmiss.typepad.com

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