Here are two more fascinating YouTube videos exploring the relationships between national flags. Their creator goes only by the name Vexillographer. "Transforming Transnational Flags" by Vexillographer, published 11 March 2012. 30 national flags. Produced in Microsoft PowerPoint. "Construction Paper World Flags" by Vexillographer, published 16 February 2015. 22 national flags. A mistake: "You might… Continue reading Transforming Transnational Flags
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Nathan Hoang’s Epic FOTWANDIPUB
In 2010 Nathan Hoang, aka The Moosehead, aka DisasterPieceTheatre, while recovering from a knee injury and inspired by the flags appearing in TV coverage of the FIFA World Cup, created Flags of the World: A Non-Digital Interactive Pop-Up Book. He then filmed himself (presumably) opening each page and showing its interactive magic, all set to music (appropriately enough, the… Continue reading Nathan Hoang’s Epic FOTWANDIPUB
Flags by Oh Land
Here is the video for Nanna Øland Fabricius's song "Flags" from her latest album, "Earth Sick". As one might expect, the video features a number of flags -- her own creations: Oh Land: Flags (2014). Lyrics: It’s incredibly handsome, The teeth so white You smile to the cameras And speak for your rights While I empty… Continue reading Flags by Oh Land
Art Warning the World
Art Warning the World is a collaborative online manifesto of sorts created by New York-based French artist Klaus Guingand and 201 collaborators, each in a different country. The work centers around Guingand's prophetic warning: Quand le mot liberte disparaitra des dictionnaires il sera trop tard pour regir. (Which he translates as: When the word freedom ceases… Continue reading Art Warning the World
Vexilloid Tabloid #51
Issue 51 of our newsletter, The Vexilloid Tabloid, has arrived. As always, it's available as a PDF file on this site. You can also get it and future issues delivered to your inbox by emailing your request to subscribe@portlandflag.org. VexTab 51 features: The Oregon Flag Registry (Ted Kaye) Las Banderas de Nuestros Hijos (book review) The Portland Ska… Continue reading Vexilloid Tabloid #51
What’s that Flag? (from VexTab #37)
By Patrick Genna This quiz was popped on PFA members at the November [2012] meeting. Answers in the next issue... [Vexilloid Tabloid #38] Name the U.S. state flag which... has a constellation has a pelican has a walking bear has a Union Jack is similar to the Dutch flag but with a charge is similar… Continue reading What’s that Flag? (from VexTab #37)
Where the Portland Flag Flies
Over the past few years I have been compiling a list of places in Portland that fly the city's flag. When it started in 2011 the flag could be seen only in a handful of places: city hall, the Portland Building, Pioneer Courthouse Square, the Oregon Convention Center, Jefferson Office Park, and the Portland Timbers' stadium (only… Continue reading Where the Portland Flag Flies
A Vexillological Monoalphabetic Sentence?
Maria Popova's review of Timothy Donaldson's visual history of the alphabet, Shapes for Sounds (cowhouse), includes the following "appendix" from that book: It may be a sequence, but it's not a sentence. It contains one, though. What is it?
Parsons’ Flag for London
Jonathan Parsons is a British artist who works in the medium of flags (as well as sculpture, painting, and others). One of his most colorful creations was a new flag for London (2003): I decided that a flag for the new city state should be very colourful to reflect the city's huge diversity. 'Flag for London', in… Continue reading Parsons’ Flag for London
UK Parliament Flag Project
To celebrate the 750th anniversary of the Montfort Parliament, the UK Parliament is hosting a nation-wide flag design project for British schoolchildren (ages 7-11). The children are given a brief primer on flag design (including a video) developed by flag artist Jonathan Parsons, and then asked to create a flag to represent their local community. Although students… Continue reading UK Parliament Flag Project
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