Entries tagged with 'art'
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To continue the theme of weird, artsy Jan Švankmajer films, this one-minute video tells the love story of two slabs of raw meat. What starts out so beautiful—the slabs tango on the cutting board and playfully toss flour at each other in new couple bliss—ends in tragedy. A sizzling frying pan tragedy. Švankmajer is a pretty "out there" Czech filmmaker who has a few cinematic fetishes, one of which is raw meat. (He also likes rusty screws and puppets.) One of the first things I did when living in Prague was see his film Sílení, which also involves stop-motion scenes with raw meat. At first the images startled me, but eventually you look past the threat of intestinal worms...
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Photograph from balsamia on Flickr Don't let that melted ice cream go to waste—it can be repurposed as an ephemeral piece of artwork! Painting a version of Edvard Munch's The Scream is especially appropriate. [via Swiss Miss] Related Photo of the Day: Nat King Cole Slaw Latte Printer Art...
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If Starbucks and Staples got married, they might birth this latte printer machine. Recently featured at a graphics trade show in Los Angeles, the OnLatte repurposes your standard inkjet printer to use caramel syrup instead of ink. Nothing says good coffee like a foamy recreation of the winged Pegasus. [via the Kitchn]...
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The next time you slather the creaminess on toast, please realize: butter has another noble purpose. Inspired by the life-sized butter reconfiguration of Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson, we wanted to dig deeper and better understand the curious art form. Butter Sculptures: A Brief History Tibetan Buddhists were first to bestow upon us the butter sculpture. Covering monastery altars and family shrines for years, the intricate offerings are still sacred today. Monk artists work in extremely cold conditions to avoid the inevitable melting issue. During the 19th century, the tradition spread to North America where butter sculpting has become a standard at state fairs. One of the most recognizable and beloved is Butter Cow, first created at the Iowa State...
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For his Think Globally, Act Locally performance video, Brooklyn-based artist William Lamson put on a mask embedded with firecracker-stuffed bananas and filmed himself lighting each fuse, causing the bananas to explode. What's the message? ArtSlant says, "The banana, a classic agent for slapstick pratfalls, has also now come to represent the pitfalls of corporate farming practices." I say, "Bananas are evil and must be destroyed." I'm probably wrong....
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16-year old U.S. Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson has a lot to be proud about having just won the silver medal in the women's gymnastics individual all-around competition. But before then, she already had a nearly just as important accomplishment on her list: being made into a life-sized butter sculpture. Butter Shawn Johnson will be on display at the Iowa State Fair in the Agriculture Building until this Sunday, the 17th. [via Neatorama]...
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Album covers looked so much cooler before CDs were invented. Or weirder. BizarreRecords.com aims to document the "strange & wonderful album covers" of the world in scientific categories such as Nordic Adventure and Teen Dance Party. There's no category for food, but check out some of my favorite food-related covers after the jump:...
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Contemporary art and beer aren't two things you'd naturally pair together, but for the last 20 years, Beck's has supported up-and-coming artists by showcasing their work on beer bottle labels. Some big-time names you might recognize today have had labels: Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, and Jeff Koons. This year, Beck's collaborated with London's Royal College of Art for its Beck's Canvas initiative. The bottles above feature the work of four of the college's graduates. They'll be available nationwide August 1, for a limited time only. Who knew beer could get so artsy? [via The Dieline]...
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Clockwise from top left: "Fresh Flower Jelly" by Tonkin Liu, and "Wobbly Bridge" by Foster + Partners, "Eden Project Jelly" by Grimshaw, and "Copper St Paul's Mould" by Bompas & Parr. The winners of this year's Architectural Jelly Design Competition have been revealed in all their colorful, wobbly, semi-translucent glory, with top prize awarded to "Fresh Flower Jelly" by Tonkin Liu. An auction raising money for architectural aid charity will allow those interested to buy photographs of the top entries and the actual molds themselves. Article 25. [via notcot]...
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