That’s right, my very own finely crafted and hastily consumed skull-shaped spinach pie has achieved immortality and adoration with its inclusion on the prestigious Skull-A-Day website.
I know what your thinking – how does it feel to be so successful?
In Bb 2.0 is a collaborative music and spoken word project conceived by Darren Solomon from Science for Girls, and developed with contributions from users.
The videos can be played simultaneously — the soundtracks will work together, and the mix can be adjusted with the individual volume sliders.
From Pink Tentacle:
In the 18th and 19th centuries, sideshow carnivals known as misemono were a popular form of entertainment for the sophisticated residents of Edo (present-day Tokyo). The sideshows featured a myriad of educational and entertaining attractions designed to evoke a sense of wonder and satisfy a deep curiosity for the mysteries of life. One [...]
The new short film by Blu
an ambiguous animation painted on public walls.
Made in Buenos Aires and in Baden (fantoche)
blublu.org/
blublu.org/sito/video/muto.htm
music by Andrea Martignoni
produced by Mercurio Film
assistant: Sibe
“An edition in the ongoing series METHODS & APPARATI for Social Facilitation and Mood Elevation”
From Ken Freedman’s great collection of velvet art at the WFMU studios.
UPDATE: If I am understanding correctly, a WFMU Marathon pledge of $365 or more during Ken Freedman’s show right now will put you in the running to OWN this amazing work of art!
Andy Warhol eats a hamburger in New York, 1968.
Why does it sound like people are rioting nearby?
InterestingIdeas.com has an amazing collection of roadside art, many of which I recognize from the Chicago area.
Is it any surprise that so much of America’s great art can be seen from the window of a passing car, in the melange of shop signs, billboards and cheesy buildings, in the personal monuments people make in their [...]
Face paint videos by artist James Kuhn.
See the whole amazing, bizarre set of 120 videos!
One of “30 illustrations from the book Elektroschutz in 132 Bildern. These diagrams outline causes of electrical accidents.” See the full set at Bre Pettis’ Facebook page.
Bicycle Tornado is a sculpture by artist Christopher Fennell.
I wanted to build a tornado out of old houses. (I still do!) While in line waiting to vote, I started up this conversation with one of the vice presidents of the university. I said tornado, she said Wizard of Oz. I paused and gaped; “I am [...]
While searching my mess of bookmarks from the past 5 or so years, I stumbled across a site I hadn’t visited in a few years, and proceeded to bleep and bloop and buzz and whir away the next few hours. Some of them use Shockwave, which usually bugs me – I had to install it [...]
Pferdzwackur’s Tin Man by Matt Sahr is a surreal retelling of the Wizard of Oz, from the Tin Man’s point of view.
Listen to the first chapter:
#1 We meet an untimely doom, and a scarecrow.
Buried Alive is an amazing, and amazingly creepy installation by Carlos & Jason Sanchez, built from “Glass, Wood, Metal, Plexiglas, Foam, Silicone, Paint, Fiberglass, Servo Motors, Relay Timers, Servo Rcorder, Steamer, Moe Hair, Human Hair, Water.”
Beginning tomorrow, February 21, Carlos & Jason Sanchez will be exhibiting large-scale photography at DNJ Gallery in Los Angeles.
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