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2.12.2010

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Up Close and Personal

Beautiful NatGeo quality video work from Austrian multimedia artist Clemento. Be sure to check out his other stuff too.



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2.03.2010

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Birds play guitar better than most people

For an upcoming show at the Barbican Art Gallery, French artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot has set up an environment for finches to be musicians. By setting up electric guitars to be the only perches for the birds to stand and play on, they are left with little choice but to make music. What's astonishing is that the little birds seem to enjoy it and try to enhance the sound more by using sticks. This is a fascinating exploration into the relationship of music to all living things in the world. I would love to see this but unfortunately I don't think I will be in London anytime in the near future.



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1.28.2010

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Oh baby!


An amazing glipse inside (literally) the life cycle of other mammals.
More pictures can be found > HERE <

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12.23.2009

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Birds, in concert

This is the first time I've really seen this phenomenon on video. Too bad it's such low quality but still beautiful to watch. There's a photographer, I think Italian, who does some great black & white photos of this sort of thing too. Sorry, couldn't find the name in the few minutes I had to post this...was in Seed Magazine about 6 issues ago.

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11.15.2009

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Light Art Performance Photography


This is some of the best examples of this kind of work that I've seen. Beautiful, well thought out compositions by this team of German photographers simply called LAPP. Check out more of their work and learn more about them at their site > HERE




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8.13.2009

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Warped space


I'm really feeling this project. I've seen similar methods of using optical illusion to transform architectural space and have wanted to explore that stuff myself. This is just one of the best landscaping solutions I've ever seen for a tight space. Great work by Faulders Studio from Berkley, CA.

You can see more images of this project > HERE <

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8.06.2009

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I can explain..


Scientists seem to be confused about these 'mysterious' columns of light appearing in the night sky of Sigulda, Latvia. I have carefully examined the pictures online and can say that aliens are definitely here. Those are obviously beams of light from alien spacecrafts. Trust me, I'm an expert. The real question is why they decided to reign down on Latvia? Click HERE to see more evidence and read the article.

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1.22.2009

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more naked lady artwork..



Remember the post from the summer with those beautiful paintings using naked ladies? (click here for reminder) Well, here's some newer work by Korean artist Kim Joon. He's made these great wall papers on naked people and incorporates logos from Big international brands. I'm not sure if they're commissioned works or a statement about corporations branding our identities as humans. His work is mainly digital prints using his original body paintings as the source. Really good stuff. Check out more of his work at KimJoon.co.kr



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1.10.2009

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It's about damn time...


Thank you science! Finally I can have a pet just long enough to love it and be sad when it dies in just 1-3yrs time. Scientists have cloned sheep, grown teeth in petri dishes and teleported metal. So, some of these mad scientists got together and thought this would be a great idea. You get the best of both worlds: you get a pet programmed to your needs AND you get to question humans' involvement in nature, life and death. This reminds me of that lesson that's taught to kids...you know, the one where the parents buy the kid a pet chicken, let the kid start to love it, then chop it up and eat it for dinner. Wait...you weren't taught that lesson?! Well, it was a good lesson and a delicious meal. This has me thinking..what do GenPets taste like?

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9.15.2008

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Ants are smarter than you are

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9.14.2008

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What it's like for a man

I live in a cave that makes time stand still. This explains why I don't catch on to some things until after everybody else. Case in point, the "Who's Gonna Save My Soul?" video by Gnarls Barkley. I've liked this song since I first heard it but the video is really powerful. I'm soooo glad I don't feel like the dude in this video. (been there, done that, never again) Ugh....I could go on and on about what's wrong with women and how they fuck with our minds (and their own) but I will refrain. Watch the video-


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8.01.2008

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The other side


Global warming exists. Nobody will deny that. The problem is that we have being led to believe that it is all due to humans. This is not the case. I'm one of these people that likes to know 'why?' so I've done some researching into this matter quite a bit over the last year. People really thought I'm crazy when I said that there is no way global warming could only be due to humans. I remembered learning about the earth having several shift in climate in various regions long before humans and certainly millions of years before this new industrial era. What really amazes me though is that a lot of people that would deny that humans are not solely at fault are also people that denounce the way in which advertising has infected our society. Well folks, the human-caused global warming campaign is one of the biggest advertising scams ever!

I will say, however, that the intent is for the right reasons and I do not believe the people behind that train of though are seeking to steer people in a wrong direction. The threat of us as humans causing the earth to fail is large enough to make people more conscious about the way they consume and discard objects. Because of this higher sense of awareness it has forced companies to, once again, be more responsible both socially and environmentally. It is great to see the changes being made because of this threat and I advocate these efforts to promote more recycling, upcycling, sustainability and so on. Yes, we have done A LOT of damage to the earth and we do need to acknowledge this and change our ways. There is no denying that humans do contribute a percentage to global warming but guess what- so did the dinosaurs. Pollution and global warming are both separate and intertwined topics facing our modern societies.

My point is that I just wish that the public were told both sides of this story. People should also take a few moments to do some of their own research and balance out what they learn. I'd like to hear what some of you think about this.

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7.31.2008

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Fishing the way psychos do it: Heli Fishing

I saw this last week and forgot to post it. Basically, these guys were bored of just catching really large game fish the old-fashioned way and apparently the good ol' method of c-4 explosives just doesn't do it for them anymore. So, they decided the next logical choice would be to catch fish by diving out of a helicopter. Makes sense to me.

Yeah, I know you must be thinking, "what a waste of money & gas!" See, but now their internet celebrities and that is sooooo worth the cost of a helicopter rental and fuel.

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7.29.2008

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Earth: a scary place to live



Like most planets, earth too can be a terrifyingly beautiful place. One can't help but to look in awe at the intense beauty and forces that our planet constantly shows us. These pictures taken by Carlos Gutierrez of the Chilean volcano, Chaitin, eruption in May was one for the record books. It spewed ash 12miles (about 19k into the air) and released ash and thick lava for about a week. The most astonishing visuals were seen during a 'dirty thunderstorm' surrounding the volcano.

Read and see more pictures from this event:
here
here
and here

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7.26.2008

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Sea slugs


National Geographic is more than just a magazine used a source for 'boobies' for pre-pubescent boys. The take pictures of lots of other naked stuff in the world too. Their photography is always top-notch and never gets old. I haven't checked this site in about 6 months but it's not like they add a new gallery that often either. Highly recommended!

In the picture is part of the Toxic nudibranchs series. You can see the rest of that gallery here.

Be sure to browse around National Geographic .com too! But beware, you will be trapped into looking and reading for hours!

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7.19.2008

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Liquid Lady

One of my students showed me this earlier. It makes my back hurt just watching it. We just figured she's replaced all her natural joints with robotic ones. I guess that makes her an android.

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7.08.2008

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Grass photographs

Heather Ackroyd & Dan Harvey have been doing some amazing art with grass since the late '90s. The most notable being their explorations in photographic photosynthesis. After realizing that the color of grass can vary greatly depending on the amount of light it gets they developed a process to make negatives to allow for this process. Read more about them and their process here

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7.06.2008

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A couple more reasons why NY is better

There's always good stuff going on in NY but here's a couple that will be going on for a while so those of us not cool enough to live in NY can still make time to see. I was really upset that I couldn't make it to MoMA for "Design and the Elastic Mind" and I wish I could attend some of the Buckminster Fuller Institute's events but here's a couple that I'm looking forward to not missing. If any of you plan on going, let me know.

NYC Waterfalls by Olafur Eliasson
You should really check out more of Olafur Eliasson's work. He's does amazing and inspiring installations all over the world.


Playing The Building by David Byrne. 
If you didn't already know it, David Byrne is a genius. Although I know that many of us may have had this idea, he's the first I've seen to something like this on this level.

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6.28.2008

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Good to know: I'm not the only person with this theory

I'm not a scientist by any means although I love learning about scientific things. I am however into thinking about logical or practical theories to explain things. Such as, aliens really coming from the center of the earth and not the center of the universe...you know hard core logic based on fact and empirical evidence. We don't even know where the center of the universe is. Sorry ladies, you are not the center of the universe. That would defy logic and based on the evidence it would appear that the earth remains completely still and everything is moving around us...so, there you go, the center of the earth is where aliens come from. 

Ok, back to serious reality land is the pangea theory and plate-tectonics. Even as a kid i thought it made more sense that the earth was at one point much denser and the surface was all land. Seriously, how else would all the land mass go back together  unless the earth was smaller but contained the same mass. Plus, the earth is heating up and as things heat up they expand. Therefore, it would make sense that the earth is in-fact expanding. I stopped sharing this with people since it is an unpopular theory and was tired of it being called crazy, weird or dumb. I'm not surprised to learn that other people have thought this but am pleased to see that some lunatic made a video. It's ok that I call him that because  he is...c'mon, he's a comic book author! Those people are scare me more than animals that look like plants.

Here's a video of this theory..

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6.24.2008

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