predator made of spare parts
Reader Guram from the Republic of Georgia spotted this statue at a...veterinary/pet convention. "It's like a hybrid of Terminator/Predator made from machine parts," writes Guram. It's also like a hybrid of win and more win. Just look at that inventive bicycle change use! (via kotaku)
le wednesday: discipline, lust and human furniture (nsfw)
The surrealistic paintings of Tetsuya Ishida (1973-2005) explore the dark side of modern life. (via pinktentacle)
A combination of steel, LEDs, solar electronics and a sick mind are all Randy Polumbo needed to craft these perverted lamps which are ideal for any bachelor pad. Invite a bunch of your lady friends over and see how many of them can sit on it simultaneously. (via gearfuse)
Exactly what you think it is. (via mademoiselle javel)
the prince and his katamari in bronze
Nine pounds and eight inches of an amazing, everlasting version of Katamari Damacy's Prince carrying the weight of his world, created as Mark 'everfalling' Ellis's Academy of Art University Sculpture 1 class project. (flickr, via wired)
graffomat
Forget about the times where you would run out of paint in the middle of the night and there would be nothing you could do about it. Graffomat is here for you 24 hours a day, located easily accessible on almost every street corner in your neighborhood.
GRAFFOMAT is entering the market with a new state of the art graffiti supply vending machine! (graffomat.com, recommended by @tlvlp)
limbo: german expressionism meets the indie game industry
LIMBO, one of the most captivating titles to emerge from the tidal waves of indie platformers appears on XBLA this Summer. If you want a brief summary, some amazing visuals and gameplay, check out the GDC 2010 interview with one of the creators, Mads Wibroe. We haven't exactly been following up on the indie game scene (shame on us), but that is one piece of excellency that you will need to grab. (via indiegames)
ov futuristic sacred spaces and laziness
Basic photographic technique is sufficient to capture the beauty and strength of a subject. That's what photographer Christoph Morlinghaus says when asked about his work with churches and sacred spaces he takes photos of. Does that make me oldschool when I believe that even with student level technology you can make award-winning pictures if your mind had already taken them and the photos are just secondary renderings? Taking it two steps forward, does it mean that newschool is predestined to forget even when all technology is literally at their fingertips and in their pants? Being a herald for neckbreaking speed for the last decade (and then some) it's sort of strange to nod at all that. Just ponder but a minute on that. There is one thing that keeps the world as it is, one thing that acts better than any universal glue ever invented: and that's laziness. If you're lazy, you'll never open the front door and venture out and see what's there you've never touched or never could because there was no effort to reach anywhere. Oh. Yes. Churches and how they look Photoshopped, but they're not. Go fathom. (muuuz.com via @honeymooncroon)
augmented sculpture by grosse8 & lichtfront
augmented sculpture is an art installation that combines three-dimensional sculpture and 2-D projections by lichtfront and grosse8. the project was recently presented at imm cologne 2010 where viewers could see the piece in action. the project consists of an abstract geometric form that is spiky and jagged all over. (more at grinding.be)
nuit blanche: a hyperreal fantasy
Nuit Blanche explores a fleeting moment between two strangers, revealing their brief connection in a hyper real fantasy. (Nuit Blanche by Arev Manoukian, director via boingboing
abstrakt: free experimental art game for iphone
Abstrakt, created by a group of students at the French games and media school ENJMIN, is a free application that allows players to interact with abstract art and music. (...) Each of the game’s included art pieces can be touched and dragged in order to add color, rearrange geometric elements, or reposition lines. (...) Abstrakt contains artwork from Paul Klee, Vassily Kandinsky, and Piet Mondrian, with each piece offering different mechanics and interactive elements. (via bestiphoneappmatic)
brent stirton's photos of vanishing ethiopian tribes
Brent Stirton is a senior staff photographer for Getty Images and a LIFE.com contributor who routinely spends nine months of the year on assignment, all over the world, covering everything from narco-wars in Afghanistan to "fog harvesting" in Nepal. In 2007, Stirton spent two weeks in Ethiopia's Omo River Valley, documenting tribal groups that still live largely as they have for centuries. "This is a woman of the Mursi tribe, wearing boar's tusks, which traditionally would be considered men's decoration. The Mursi women are famous for their clay lip plates, a symbol of beauty. A woman would literally have a little hand bag with three or four of them featuring different designs. Sort of their own version of Prada." (via life.com)
2009, missing post #21: malevolent mechanized pets
Next time you see a seemingly ordinary house cat or backyard crow, consider Ryan Abegglen's mechanical beasts. These robotic soldiers of fortune are outfitted with an amusing array of abilities, from cheetah-blood powered combustion engines to explosive turd bombs. (ryan abegglen via io9(
2009, missing post #15: the lady gaga david lachapelle photo shoot
Part The Winter Market, part Metropolis.. and you know the rest. Lady Gaga's new photo shoot with David Lachapelle - grab the rest here on the updated mashkulture link, including Tesla punishment coils and - how to effectively and cartoonishly fall out of a wheelchair. (M1k3y believes I triggered some malware alert with the celebritysmackblog link.)
2009, missing post #5: principles of geometry + antivj
AntiVJ has been working on a new format for French retro-futurist electronic producers Principles of Geometry. Using stereoscopy (technology used in IMAX cinemas to watch visuals with 3D glasses) they produced a 50min long real-time journey through space. An exciting experience and a real visual counterpart to the band's space/epic soundtrack. (via antivj, music at myspace/principlesofgeometry)
2009, missing post #2: openland, on the verge of the comtemplative sway
Quote, Openland is a reflective docufiction loosely guided by issues surrounding micro states and its derivative definitions, unquote. Directed by Patrick Defasten Doan, music by Andrew Coleman. Through intertwining interviews, meta-narratives, and digital landscapes, Openland unfurls a dialogue between consciousness, individuality, and collectivity. If the two trailers here in this post left you craving for more, do check out some extra footage in Defasten's vimeo stream or bite into his Flickr stream.
DEFASTEN believes in remodernist ideals and the nihilist difference of our alleged unified society. In the future, the alphabet does not exist.
Focusing on digital animation, DEFASTEN delineates parallels within information, space, and the urban landscape at the intersection of digital media practices. This direction reflects an interest in the fragmentation of media, contemporary society, and the post-modern condition.
openland.ca
minus 012, fridge baby moodsetters and the second way out
Adrianne Curry, first winner of America's Next Top Model posts naked picture of herself playing World of Warcraft. (via kotaku)
Urban freestyle teenager romp in a generously Finnish manner, timetravelling without moving back to the end of the nineties, the fuzzy door between warehouse couture and street physical bubble aura manipulation, as presented by the nightshift of the Pacebreaker radio crew.
The webstore of Warren Ellis and his accomplices, including the unholy "Where's My Fucking Coffee" device.
art: the freaky singing animatronic heads
These creepily realistic face molds are attached to servos controlled by computer. They come from the twisted mind of artist, Nathaniel Mellor, and are part of an art piece being sold at Art Basel Miami Beach 2009 for $75K. (via gizmodo via metamute)
scifi warrior queen cage match portrait
One of the most pressing questions for young women who are about to enter the warrior battle ring for the first time is what to wear. What goes with armor? Luckily, fashion designer Rachel Freire has the answer. (via io9)
