Claire Pentecost is an artist/activist focusing on food, soil, and bio-engineering; and a professor of photography at SAIC (the School of the Art Institute of Chicago). For Proposal for a New American Agriculture, she placed a US flag in a composting bin in her basement in Chicago, removing and photographing it after worms had transformed most… Continue reading Proposal for a New American Agriculture
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Edith Dekyndt’s Transparent Flag
Artist Edith Dekyndt was born in 1960 in Ypres, Belgium. She lives and works in Tournai, Belgium and Strasbourg, France where she investigates methods of perception and phenomena on the verge of the invisible, via installations, video art, drawings and photography. (From the artist's bio at http://zerogravity.empac.rpi.edu/dekyndt/.) This transparent flag was part of her video… Continue reading Edith Dekyndt’s Transparent Flag
What’s that Flag? (from VexTab #33)
By Patrick Genna Originally published in The Vexilloid Tabloid #33, April 2012
Heart Flags
Happy Valentine's Day! Update: Here's another heart flag, inspired by the New Directions space probe to Pluto.
Flag Mnemonics
From MemeCenter
Mother of Flags
From We Know Memes - an example of "rage comics".
Polandball
Here's another flagmeme from 2009 that has demonstrated some staying power: Polandball. From Know Your Meme®: Polandball is a cartoon character drawn in the shape of a ball with the color schemes of the Polish flag (white & red). It was originally featured in the multi-pane comic series that became popular in /INT/ (international) board… Continue reading Polandball
Paul The Octopus
Here's a cephalopodic flag meme from 2010. Paul the Octopus was a common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) that lived at the Aquarium Sea Life Centre in Oberhausen, Germany, best known for successfully predicting the outcomes of Germany’s 2010 World Cup matches. In a divination, Paul would “predict” which team would win a match by choosing to eat a… Continue reading Paul The Octopus
Dance Dance World Revolution
Here's an internet flag meme from 2009. Dance Dance World Revolution is an avatar dance meme featuring anime characters dressed in the color schemes of different country flags. It began as a fan artist’s tribute to the anime series Hetalia: Axis Power on DeviantArt and spread to Youtube, where it reached an international status with… Continue reading Dance Dance World Revolution
What’s that Flag? (from VexTab #32)
Originally published in The Vexilloid Tabloid #32, February 2012
Portland Flag Association 