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Saturday, September 18, 2010

Christian Egger

“O.T. [Untitled] (why be something that you are not, when I can be something what you like…)”, 2010 by Christian Egger.

Friday, September 17, 2010

Growth rendering device
This system provides light and food in the form of hydroponic solution for the plant. The plant reacts to the device by growing. The device in-turn reacts to the plant by producing a rasterized inkjet drawing of the plant every twenty-four hours. After a new drawing is produced the system scrolls the roll of paper approximately four inches so a new drawing can be produced during the next cycle. This system is allowed to run indefinitely and the final outcome is not predetermined.

72 stems
72 stems is an installation that responds to the airflow in a space and the presence of people by emitting chirping sounds. The device uses 72 dried Queen Annís Lace stalks to detect subtle changes in airflow created by movement throughout a space. The stalks are connected to a device, which was programmed to chirp when a movement is detected. As the activity and movement in the space increases the chirping becomes more intense and the cumulative sound begins to layer and become more complex. When the movement ceases, the stems slow down and eventually stop their chirping chorus and await their next stimulation.

Monday, September 13, 2010

Pin hole camera DJ

Hungover owls

Robot Lobster?

Maker Jim Henson in 1969: HOWTO make a puppet

Paradox Box

PHANTOM PAYN DAYS - Paradox Box from Tara Sinn on Vimeo.

Dustin Wong - Infinite Love preview from Thrill Jockey Records on Vimeo.

CSLSX - We Ought To Be Together from CSLSX on Vimeo.

Mathemagic - Breaststroke from EyeBodega on Vimeo.

STELLAR OM SOURCE "ISLAND BEST" from OLDE ENGLISH SPELLING BEE on Vimeo.

Fuck You

How to dress well

How To Dress Well - "Ready for the World" from Jamie Harley on Vimeo.

Here’s a new clip from master found-footage manipulator Jamie Harley, in which he perfectly aligns some unidentified, vaguely creepy images with the blurry, unsettling vibe of How To Dress Well’s “Ready For the World”

Inside our world

Dope art

This beautiful micrograph shows crystals of dopamine - the chemical released when we do naturally rewarding things like eating and procreating. Dopamine also affects brain processes involved in controlling movement, mood and memory.

Spike Walker, last night's winner of the Royal Photographic Society's Combined Royal Colleges Medal, produced this image by passing polarised light through dopamine crystals. How the crystals refract the light varies depending on their orientation within the sample, causing them to reflect light at different wavelengths. Using this technique highlights more detail in the crystal structure than regular observation through a microscope.