Space Of Suspense

Mark Khaisman: "I work on the light easel, applying translucent brown packing tape on clear Plexiglas panels, the layers built up to create degrees of opacity."

Okay, don't click on the link yet; just stop for a second and imagine how that would look. Visualize in your mind the absolutely best, most mind-blowing art that could come of that description.

Done?

Whatever you're imagining right now, I bet you a dollar it's not even close to as cool as this:

http://www.inliquid.com/artist/khaisman_mark/khaisman.php

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The BBC's 100 Things We Didn't Know Last Year

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2008/01/100_things_we_didnt_know_last_3.shtml

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A history of Granta magazine:

http://books.guardian.co.uk/interviews/story/0,,2233674,00.html

Buried in the article is news that the archives of the magazine will be online soon...