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02 Jun 19:23
Dancing Shadow Sculptures by Dpt. and Laurent Craste [Updated]
by Christopher Jobson
![Dancing Shadow Sculptures by Dpt. and Laurent Craste [Updated] shadows projection porcelain light kinetic sculpture ceramics](http://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dancing-2-colossal.gif "Dancing Shadow Sculptures by Dpt. and Laurent Craste [Updated]")
![Dancing Shadow Sculptures by Dpt. and Laurent Craste [Updated] shadows projection porcelain light kinetic sculpture ceramics](http://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dancing-1-colossal.gif "Dancing Shadow Sculptures by Dpt. and Laurent Craste [Updated]")
Parade is an interactive art installation concevied by ceramacist Laurent Craste and digital agency Dpt. for the Chromatic festival in Montreal. At first glance the piece looks rather mundane: two misshapen porcelain vases sit atop a pedestal inside a wood cube, lit from above by an industrial light. But move the light and suddenly the magic happens as shadows projected from the vases animate to life. What a fun piece.
Update: Of course things like this are never as simple as they appear. Dpt. explains further that the animated “shadows” are coming from a hidden projector which tracks the movements of the faux light source. We’ve been tricked! But I suppose that’s kind of the point.
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29 May 18:58
Newswire: Scientists have found the most efficient way to hold and eat a hamburger
by Marah Eakin
Damiani.guilhermeImportante
Japanese researchers have discovered the perfect way to eat a hamburger. Three “experts in fluid mechanics, engineering, and density” went on Japanese TV show Honma Dekka!? in an effort to “try to figure out the best way to hold and eat a large hamburger.” The group did a comically large amount of research for their project, including constructing 3-D models of burgers that examined how, say, the bun interacts with lettuce or cheese.
Ultimately, though, the group concluded that there is one solid, preferred way to eat a burger: thumbs and pinkies on the bottom, middle three fingers on top. The uniformly spread fingers help keep the burger together at all times, thus keeping the contents from mushing out preemptively. [via Foodbeast and Kotaku]
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29 May 16:10
Adorable Plush Octopus Backpack Gives Tentacled Hugs
by Nicole Wakelin
Damiani.guilhermeBig hit in Japan
Who couldn’t use a few extra hugs, especially when they come from an adorable plush octopus backpack? Tumblr user Jen made this backpack but, sadly, it is not for sale. So you’ll just have to love him from afar and be jealous of all the octopus hugs she’s getting.
(Pipedream Dragon via Boing Boing)
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29 May 14:40
Conrad Jon Godly’s Abstract Mountains Drip from the Canvas
by Christopher Jobson
sol H, 2012, 35×35 cm
sol H, detail
sol 13, 2013, 35×28 cm
sol 16, 2013, 75×60 cm
sol 43, 2013, 85×70 cm
sol 56, 2013, 47×40 cm
sol 15, 2013, 67×50 cm
tony wuethrich satellite, zürich
When looking at Swiss painter Conrad Jon Godly’s mountainous paintings, it takes a moment to truly appreciate the incredible skill behind what seems to be such an effortless application of paint. Up close the landscapes appear to be a thick, almost random mix of blue, white and black, the result oils mixed with turpentine to create a thick impasto that Godly often leaves dripping from the canvas. Take a few steps back (or just squint your eyes a bit) and miraculously you might as well be looking at a photograph of the Swiss Alps. It’s a visual trick that the artist has perfected in both small and large-scale paintings over the last few years.
Godly studied as a painter at the Basel School of Art from 1982 until 1986, but then worked as a professional photographer for 18 years. He only returned to painting in 2007 and it would seem his photographic work has had a subtle influence on his abstract painting. The artist most recently had exhibitions at Gallery Luciano Fasciati and Tony Wuethrich Gallery in Switzerland, and you can see many more paintings on his website. (via OEN, A Wash of Black)
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29 May 14:39
jedavu: In London, Clever And Witty Street Messages That Tease...
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29 May 14:06
Brazilians Hate the World Cup. Brazilians Are Role Models.
by Hamilton Nolan on Gawker, shared by Barry Petchesky to Deadspin
Damiani.guilhermevia Osiasjota. Daora
Brazilians do not just hate the World Cup theme song ; with the world's biggest sporting spectacle just weeks away, it's becoming clear that Brazilians hate the whole fucking World Cup. Why can't we all be like Brazilians?
28 May 18:41
Everybody's Story
Damiani.guilhermebonitinho
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28 May 17:53
Every planet in our solar system could fit between earth and the moon
by Abraham
Damiani.guilhermeUniverso = extremamente desorganizado =/
It just so happens that if you add up the diameters of every planet in the solar system but earth, the number is less than 238, 555 miles. Which means that if you could fit them together nice and snug, you could line them up between here and the moon…
(via Reddit)
27 May 16:34
Vietnamese Landscapes Painted by Phan Thu Trang
by Christopher Jobson
Born in Hanoi, artist Phan Thu Trang paints decorative landscapes inspired by images of the city and Northern villages of Vietnam. In her colorful yet minimalistic paintings she works with limited colors and textures, focusing on only bare essentials to create each piece centered around billowing, pointillistic trees. See more of her work over at ArtBlue Studio in Singapore, and if you enjoyed these also check out Lieu Nguyen Huong Duong. (via Art of Animation)
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26 May 16:33
inkdefense: hexgoddess: starkinglyhandsome: thegoodsonisbad: ...
it is the boy. he has eaten this pancake. he will never come back to us now.
TRUTH TALK: this is the best Hellboy story Mignola ever wrote
yeah i think this is some of my favorite comics dialogue ever made
this truly is our blackest hour
Pancakes are stronger than Jesus
my friend Nottingham and I can be relied on to shout “PAM-CAKES!” on command because of this strip
and can i just say how much i love that Mignola portrays Pandemonium here as a bunch of demons just yelling and screaming at each other. too perfect.
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21 May 19:29
bunnyfood: Cat Fort vs. Invading Corgis
Damiani.guilhermeWar... war never changes
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21 May 16:41
Trapped by linkbait
by Seth Godin
After reading a magazine article by a freelancer, I clicked over to his blog. It was part of a bigger media site, and it contained more than a hundred articles.
Every single one of them was formulaic. The standard linkbait headline:
([Integer between 5 and 10] WAYS to [action verb like avoid or stumble or demolish] [juicy adjective like stupid or embarrassing or proven] [noun].)
Every article was edited to exactly the length thought to maximize page views and every single article was boring. Sometimes he got to end his headlines with a question mark, but that was the extent of the humanity involved.
Daily, this talented writer trades in his art for what feels like a job writing. But he's not writing, he's not building a following, he's not doing work that matters. He doesn't actually have a voice, he's doing piecework, work that will be replaced by someone else's output as soon as his boss can find someone cheaper.
He'd be way better off doing highly-paid work as a plumber for a few hours a day, and then doing real writing in his spare time.
Practice doesn't make perfect. Meaningful practice makes perfect, even if you don't get paid for it.
21 May 16:30
Estos evangelicos son unos lokiyos sayayines
Damiani.guilhermevai Goku!
Estos evangelicos son unos lokiyos sayayines