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moralnihilism: Fox River Derivatives by Peter Hoffman Fox River...

Tue, 14 May 2013 05:32:46 -0400

Fox River Derivatives by Peter Hoffman

Fox River Derivatives is a series that questions our relationship with our natural resources. The images are part of a larger experiment that utilizes water and fossil fuels in the actual image-making process.

Video

Mon, 13 May 2013 08:05:58 -0400

beautymagnified: A truly weird animal by Arthur Anker on...

Thu, 02 May 2013 19:16:40 -0400

beautymagnified:

A truly weird animal by Arthur Anker on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
A thalassematid echiuran from Madang, Papua New Guinea, an odd animal that constantly changes its shape, is “never the same” … these 6 photos show the same individual, I also made nice videos of the remarkable peristaltic movements

likeafieldmouse: John Foster - Sparkle Palace Cocktail Table...

Thu, 02 May 2013 19:13:00 -0400

likeafieldmouse:

John Foster - Sparkle Palace Cocktail Table (2012)

danbourke: Andy Warhol, Oxidation Painting, 1978. Copper...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:41:02 -0400

danbourke:

Andy Warhol, Oxidation Painting, 1978. Copper metallic pigment and urine on canvas; 76 x 52 in (193 x 132 cm).

Also known as “Piss paintings,” Warhol worked on the Oxidation series from 1977 to 1978. He worked by spreading canvases out on the floor and coating them with a copper paint, which he would typically direct his assistants or Factory visitors to urinate on while the paint was still wet. Over time, the uric acid would oxidize the metal in the copper paint and create an attractively shimmering patina. Although the act of urination might seem to be the ultimate gesture of desecration, Warhol ironically insisted on the importance of artistic skill in their creation, explaining that “they had technique, too. If I asked someone to do an Oxidation painting, and they just wouldn’t think about it, it would just be a mess. Then I did it myself — and it’s just too much work — and you try to figure out a good design” (A. Warhol, quoted in I’ll Be Your Mirror: The Selected Andy Warhol Interviews, edited by K. Goldsmith, 2004, p. 327). Warhol particularly loved having his assistant Ronny Cutrone contribute these works, “because he takes a lot of vitamin B so the canvas turns a really pretty color when it’s his piss” (A. Warhol, quoted in The Andy Warhol Diaries, ed. P. Hackett, 1989, p. 55). He was so inspired by the painterly effects he achieved through the use of urine as a substitute for paint that he even experimented with brushing urine onto the canvas, although he gave up after finding it too difficult.

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efedra: Hanging Construction, 1920 by Alexander Rodchenko

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:39:55 -0400

efedra:

Hanging Construction, 1920 by Alexander Rodchenko

devidsketchbook: EYESCAPE BY RANKIN London-based photographer...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:31:39 -0400

Photographer John Rankin | Posted by devidsketchbook.com

Photographer John Rankin | Posted by devidsketchbook.com

Photographer John Rankin | Posted by devidsketchbook.com

Photographer John Rankin | Posted by devidsketchbook.com

devidsketchbook:

EYESCAPE BY RANKIN

London-based photographer John Rankin (tumblr) - “Synonymous with compelling portraiture, Rankin’s lens captures, creates and unveils icons. Rankin made his name in publishing, founding the seminal monthly magazine Dazed & Confused with Jefferson Hack in 1992. It provided a platform for innovation for emerging stylists, designers, photographers and writers. The magazine went on to forge a distinctive mark in the arts and publishing spheres, and developed a cult status forming and moulding trends, and bringing some of the brightest lights in fashion to the foreground.”

KOSMICA x Astroculture The Arts Catalyst, 50-54 Clerkenwell...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:37:00 -0400

KOSMICA x Astroculture

The Arts Catalyst, 50-54 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1M 5PS

Wednesday 15 May 2013, 6.30pm (doors)

This month’s KOSMICA, curated by Jareh Das, focuses on Astroculture as a cultural history of outer space and extra-terrestrial life in the twentieth-century imagination. We will bring together space enthusiasts who have wide-ranging interests that include performance, cosmology, Afrofuturism, science fiction literature, music, mythology and philosophy.

The evening will include a performance by artist Kapwani Kiwangs and a short film screening followed by a conversation between Kapwani Kiwangs and Dr Nick Campion about cultural cosmology theories around Astroculture. (NOTE: Kapwani Kiwangs’ performance will not be livestreamed or filmed).

zoetica: Music is Math series - complexity graphics by Tatiana...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:06:19 -0400

zoetica:

Music is Math series - complexity graphics by Tatiana Plakhova

tumblropenarts: http://osmilbracosdosol.tumblr.com

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:03:02 -0400

tumblropenarts:

http://osmilbracosdosol.tumblr.com

the-star-stuff: Incredible Photographs of Fractals Found in the...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 02:51:50 -0400

the-star-stuff:

Incredible Photographs of Fractals Found in the Natural World

Fractal is described or characterized as “self-similarity.” Self-similarity refers to the reiteration of a specific pattern where a fragment of the object, figure or illustration appears similar to the whole. This trait is observable in the fern leaf, rivers, galaxies, clouds, video feedback, crystal growth and financial markets.(1)

Here are some of the most stunning examples of these repeating patterns that look the same no matter how far you zoom in or out.

atomstargazer: Mars Closup

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:30:12 -0400

atomstargazer:

Mars Closup

todaywaslovely: Beautiful words from Carl Sagan.

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:24:53 -0400

todaywaslovely:

Beautiful words from Carl Sagan.

ucresearch: The GIFs above are from this beautiful video (made...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:21:41 -0400

ucresearch:

The GIFs above are from this beautiful video (made with footage shot by NASA and ESA using the Cassini spacecraft).

Planetary scientist (and UCLA alum) Dr. Ashwin Vasavada participated with the Cassini mission to Saturn: he played a major role in science planning for Saturn atmospheric imaging.

audeamusly: The recent unprecedented video footage of a giant...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:32:40 -0400

audeamusly:

The recent unprecedented video footage of a giant squid filmed in its deep ocean habitat has renewed interest in the enormous — and yet still mysterious — species. It’s believed that giant squid (genus Architeuthis) can grow up to 55 feet long. The individual captured on video via a small submarine located in the North Pacific Ocean was about 30 feet long and silver and gold in color, marine biologist Edie Widder, who helped to shoot the footage, said. Her colleague Tsunemi Kubodera added that the squid was missing its two longest tentacles. Cephalopod experts are intrigued by the world record footage.

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jewsee92: When Neuroscience becomes art. Neuroanatomy and...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:30:39 -0400

jewsee92:

When Neuroscience becomes art.

Neuroanatomy and neuroscience were never so interesting, especially when you don’t have to “visualize” them on an atlas, but you can admire their beauty and perfect organization in an Asian sumi-e style.

These paintings represent, in order:

Synaptogenesis - Formation of synapses between neurons, cells electrically excitable, that allows information’s transmission.

Hippocampus - Important part of the limbic system, correlated to the consolidation of information from short-term memory to long-term memory. In Alzheimer’s disease, it is the main region of the brain to suffer damage and waste.

Retina - A light-sensitive layer of the eye, with neurons interconnected by synapses.

Cortex - The outer surface layer of the cerebrum, composed of gray matter. It is so advanced in humans that it is organized in “gyri”, achieving maximum mass with minimum volume. Cortex develops memory, attention, thought, language and consciousness.

Neurons.

Neuroscience art is realized by Greg Dunn.

Photos Source: http://www.gregadunn.com/.

crystallizations: Agalma by Zoran Todorovic (entire process...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:25:35 -0400

crystallizations:

Agalma by Zoran Todorovic (entire process 2003-2005)
Performance/Action

Series of events and a final museum installation which involve soaps made using the artist’s skin and fat.

discoverynews: vanished: Alan Friedman - HD Photos of the...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:23:58 -0400

discoverynews:

vanished:

Alan Friedman - HD Photos of the Sun

Beautiful textures of our nearest star.

artandsciencejournal: Penelope Umbrico’s ‘Suns from...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:56:00 -0400

artandsciencejournal:

Penelope Umbrico’s ‘Suns from Flickr’

Upon searching the word ‘sunsets’ on flickr Penelope Umbrico discovered more than half a million photos of sunsets that had been shared by people from all around the world. Selecting a few hundred from this vast collection she created the ‘suns from Flickr’ installation in which the selected photos were placed side-by-side forming a huge wall of suns.

What I find most interesting about this piece are the questions it raises about technology as an artefact and our use of it (in all its varying forms) for the representation of natural phenomena. The sun in all its ubiquity has and continues to be photographed via the many different types of photograph technology; many of these photographs are then shared on the internet on websites like flickr, facebook and of course tumblr. Umbrico, whether intentionally or inadvertedly, lays emphasis on the underlying veneer of irony that characterises nature photography. Photography as a medium of artistic expression has indeed impressed upon us many of the often-fleeting splendours of the natural world, splendours that are sufficiently ephemeral to render the capturing of them in time, through photography, more of a worthwhile pursuit. The sun however is and will, to the best of my scientific knowledge, always be here – the giver of life and warmth so completely eternal, it begs the question: why are there so many photos of it?

‘Suns from Flickr’ is currently on display as part of the ‘Landmark: the Fields of Photography’ exhibition now on at Somerset House in London: http://www.somersethouse.org.uk/about/press/press-releases/landmark-the-fields-of-photography

- Adrian Deen

Mors ultima linea rerum “You flourish in wealth, and...

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 06:02:00 -0400

Mors ultima linea rerum

“You flourish in wealth, and boast of the society of the great and powerful; you rejoice in the beauty of the body and the honours which men pay to you. Consider yourself, that you are mortal, that you are earth, and into the earth you shall go.”