Inside Ron Muecks Studio
Ron Mueck hatte zunächst für Jim Henson als Puppenspieler in der Sesamstraße und der Muppet Show gearbeitet, war maßgeblich an den Effekten von Hensons Labyrinth beteiligt und verlieh Ludo seine Stimme. Seit Mitte der 90er macht der Mann Kunst in Form von gigantischen, lebensechten Skulpturen von Menschen. Von April bis September hat er nun eine Ausstellung in Paris am Start, für die ihn Fotograf Gautier Deblonde in seinem Londoner Studio abgelichtet hat, ein paar mehr Bilder gibt’s bei Designboom.
The Giant Eye of Brooklyns Watertower
Schönes Projekt von Marcos Zotes für das Bright To Light Festival in New York: Ein riesiges, sich bewegendes Auge, projeziert auf den Milton Street Wasserturm in Brooklyn. Saurons Barad-dûr meets 1984 meets Tripods aus War of the Worlds. Sehr schön! Hier der Flickr-Stream, dort die Website des Festivals und noch das Video hinterher:
(Youtube Direkteye, via Publique)
CCTV/Creative Control seeks to question the oppressive mechanisms and discourses implemented in the city through the temporary appropriation of public space. The intervention consists of a video projection displaying an over-sized eye onto the lower surface of the 10-storey-hight Milton Street water tower in Brooklyn, New York. Still the highest point in the area, until it is dwarfed by new gentrification plans, the water tower exists as a relic of the neighbourhood’s industrial past. The intervention temporarily transforms this iconic landmark into a discernible CCTV tower, raising questions of private control over public space in the urban context.
Giant Frog found and eaten
Ich weiß nicht, was da dran ist und das Bild ist zu unscharf, um da Photoshop-Arbeit auszumachen, aber angeblich haben sie in Malaysia einen 20kg-Frosch gefunden und ihn – gegessen.
Showing an image of the gigantic creature taken with a cell phone camera, a Chinese man claims that the photo was taken a fortnight ago at a mountainous area in Gemencheh, Malaysia. The frog was huge in size and tipped the scales at about 20kg, the normal weight of a seven or eight year-old child.
The man added, his friend offered to buy the frog for 500 Malaysian Ringgit (£100) but the Orang Asli demanded RM1,000 (£200) instead. As the friend did not have enough money with him at the time, he went home to get more money.
“When my friend returned to the Orang Asli’s house with the money, he discovered that the giant frog had been slaughtered and eaten. It was also learnt that the Orang Asli fell ill after consuming the frog and until today.
Bookmarks for July 22nd: Pizza Jingles, Tom Waits for no one, Why People eat Dirt
Pudgies Pizza Radio Jingles 1970s & 1980s – YouTube: Pudgies Pizza is a chain of pizza restaurants located in Upstate New York and parts of Pennsylvania. To me, this was the only pizza there was. <br />
Here's two radio jingles that bring back the memories of when all it took was a slice of pizza, some sunshine and smile on your face to make everything A-OK! I like the 70s jingle the best; short, catchy and funky! In typical 80s fashion, the jingle was doubled in length and the drums machine is pounding away while girls work out in leg warmers. But hey, it's all good. By the way, you'll hear mention of "Horseheads" in the 80s song. Horseheads is a small town in New York. Seems each Pudgies battles for superiority with other Pudgies!
Make: | Are Google+ Hangouts the Next Hackerspaces?: For makers, something interesting started to happen almost immediately with the video collaboration feature. The video chat within Google+ is called “Hangouts” and you can have up to 10 people interact via video, text chat, YouTube, and screen images. Within the first week, makers started to experiment with Google+ Hangout video, and I immediately helped arrange the first “DIY electronics show-and-tell.” It was like a mini Maker Faire, Instructables front page, and hackerspace all rolled into one.
The Ruins of Villa Epecuen – Alan Taylor – In Focus – The Atlantic: Back in the 1920s, a tourist village was established along the shore of Lago Epecuen, a salt lake some 600 kilometers southwest of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The resort town, named Villa Epucuen, soon had a railroad station, and it thrived for several decades, peaking in the 1970s with a population of more than 5,000. Around the same time, a long-term weather event was delivering far more rain than usual to the surrounding hills for years, and Lago Epecuen began to swell. In 1985, the salty waters broke through an earthen dam, and Villa Epecuen was doomed. A slow-growing flood consumed the town until it reached a depth of 10 meters (33 feet) in 1993. The wet weather later reversed, and the waters began to recede in 2009. AFP photographer Juan Mabromata recently visited the ruins of Villa Epecuen, met its sole inhabitant, and returned with these images.
Billionaire in Abu Dhabi makes his name visible from space
BibliOdyssey: The Artillery Book – 16th century explosives and fireworks
World’s heaviest spider title challenged at Museum | Natural History Museum: The contenders were the Hercules baboon spider, and the current Guinness World Records (GWR) holder for world’s heaviest spider, the Goliath bird-eater.Museum bug expert George Beccaloni was contacted by GWR life sciences consultant Karl Shuker after reports of a possible rival. Karl asked George if he could check the size of the Hercules baboon spider as the Natural History Museum has the world’s only known specimen and George is the author of the Museum book, Big Bugs Life-Size.GWR Editor-in-Chief Craig Glenday came in to adjudicate when George measured the two spiders. Using a jar of alcohol and the Archimedes' Principle, both specimens were submerged to discover the volume of alcohol they displaced, and therefore the volume of their bodies.
Visualizing TV Dialog Using Closed Caption Data
Tom Waits For No One – Animated 1979 … John Lamb – YouTube: Tom Waits performed in 1978 live at the La Brea stage in Hollywood, photographed and rotoscoped.The original live action was shot with 5 cameras – 2 high, 2 low and one hand held.. shot by Dan O'Dowd and crew..The music from "The One That Got Away" blared in the background as Tom sang the lyrics. Donna Gordon is the dancer performing as the stripper, 6 takes and 13 hours of video footage were edited to make a 5 1/2 minute live action short which we turned into animation. A total of 5,500 frames were captured, re-drawn, inked and painted by hand onto celluloid acitate to create this film.
The WWI British Biplane on a Rooftop in Lower Manhattan – Metropolis – WSJ: For years, Shawn Hakimian has wondered why a World War I fighter plane sits on the roof of 77 Water Street.
Marlowe on Vimeo: We explore the life of a collector, artist and retired teacher and his history with a 40-year old Dodge Charger.
Why Some People Eat Dirt : Discovery News: After examining 482 cases of human geophagy and 330 records of the practice among animals in a meta-analysis, researchers led by Sera Young of Cornell University discovered that eating dirt had little to do with being hungry or seeking minerals the body might be lacking. Rather, the team found that geophagy may help stave off pathogens in the gut, especially for pregnant women and pre-adolescent children.
Bringing Parkour Back to Nature – Verzasca Run – YouTube: [Brausehersteller] relocated four of the world's top free runners from their urban turf to the place where parkour got its start: the great outdoors.Obstacles abound as far as the eye can see along the turquoise waters and elephant sized rocks of the Verzasca Valley in Switzerland – making it the perfect parkour playground.
The longest and shortest Videos on Youtube (571 Hours!)
What is Steampunk? | ChristWire: Steampunk is a new sexual fetish that is sweeping across hipster groups in liberal urban areas. It is a sub-genre of hipsters that like Star Wars, books from the wild west, and World of Warcraft.<br />
Steampunks like to pretend that they live in a futurist Victorian era with a hint of MMO cosplay and emo-like makeup and hair styles. It is like a acid overdose of a raped and ravaged version of a Julius Vernes novel. Think Mark Twain and Disney having a red headed, atheist step child.<br />
Steampunkers dress up like mechanical human train robots and goto festivals like “Burning Man” where they can have “steam sex” with other steampunkers. It is almost what a 1800′s version of Transformers porn would look like, or a back in time 4chan furry sex convention.
Miniature Hong Kong Exhibition July 2011 – a set on Flickr: Super cool mini models of old Hong Kong.
YouTube DMCA Takedown Grabs Track For Eminem | TorrentFreak: “I Just got a f*%king CRAZY email,” Skepta tweeted last Thursday. “I don’t know if I should be angry or privileged. This explains why the f*%k YouTube took ‘Dare To Dream’ off.”” It happened like this.
After “Dare to Dream” was put up on YouTube one of its early listeners was Jimmy Iovine, founder of Interscope records. Recognizing quality, Iovine had plans in his mind for Skepta’s track so, with help from parent company Universal, they had YouTube remove the song on copyright grounds. Armed with cash Interscope approached Boy Better Known, a group and record label founded in 2005 by Skepta and the team behind Dare to Dream. “Being in an industry where money talks, everybody involved in the ‘Dare To Dream’ project came to a conclusion to sign it to Interscope,” says Skepta.
So who is the lucky recipient of the track? None other than Interscope giant Eminem.
The 10.000-Years Clock
Die Long Now Foundation baut grade in einem Berg auf Jeff Bezos (Amazon) Grundstück eine Uhr, die 10.000 Jahre ticken soll und von Zeit zu Zeit eine kleine Melodie spielen wird, jede einzelne davon einmalig in ihrem 10 Millenia-Zyklus. Hier die Website von Bezoz zur Superclock, hier die Website der Long Now Foundation, Bild oben ist der erste Prototyp, der derzeit im Science Museum in London steht und am 31. Dezember 1999 anfing, zu ticken.
Von Kevin Kelly:
There is a Clock ringing deep inside a mountain. It is a huge Clock, hundreds of feet tall, designed to tick for 10,000 years. Every once in a while the bells of this buried Clock play a melody. Each time the chimes ring, it’s a melody the Clock has never played before. The Clock’s chimes have been programmed to not repeat themselves for 10,000 years. Most times the Clock rings when a visitor has wound it, but the Clock hoards energy from a different source and occasionally it will ring itself when no one is around to hear it. It’s anyone’s guess how many beautiful songs will never be heard over the Clock’s 10 millennial lifespan.
The Clock is real. It is now being built inside a mountain in western Texas. This Clock is the first of many millennial Clocks the designers hope will be built around the world and throughout time. There is a second site for another Clock already purchased at the top of a mountain in eastern Nevada, a site surrounded by a very large grove of 5,000-year-old bristlecone pines. Appropriately, bristlecone pines are among the longest-lived organisms on the planet. The designers of the Clock in Texas expect its chimes will keep ringing twice as long as the oldest 5 millennia-old bristlecone pine. Ten thousand years is about the age of civilization, so a 10K-year Clock would measure out a future of civilization equal to its past. That assumes we are in the middle of whatever journey we are on – an implicit statement of optimism.
Giant Ice-Transformer
@Gamemoredude twitterte grade: „8m grosser Optimus Prime aus Eis! #Nerdgasm made by my Brother #proud http://twitpic.com/3bk7el“ Nerdgasm indeed! (via @znerol)
Giant Giant Gumball-Machine
Ein gigantischer Automat voller Giant Gumballs. Dream come true für nur 3900 Dollar.
Giant Tagging-Marker
Das Graffiti-Kollektiv Everfresh Studio aus Australien hat einen gigantischen, funktionierenden Marker gebastelt. Mir dünkt, als ob Godzillas nächste Vandalismus-Tour etwas anders aussehen wird.
La Machines Walking Gardens in Dessau
Nächste Woche findet in Dessau das 13. Farbfest statt, dass sich dieses Jahr einen ziemlichen Steampunk-Anstrich gibt und bei dem auch La Machines Walking Gardens zu sehen sind, über die ich hier schonmal gebloggt hatte.
Andreas vom Bauhaus Dessau schreibt mir: „Für die Expedition baut La Machine einen Hybriden aus Flugmaschine und viktorianischem Gewächshaus, ein Ungetüm aus Glas und Eisen, das hier in Dessau landen wird. An Bord eine ganze Reihe von Botanikern, Technikern, Navigatoren in geheimer Mission. Spätestens ab Freitag, den 3. September sollen die Franzosen in der Stadt sein.
Das Ganze gehört zum Programm des Dessauer Farbfestes, das das Bauhaus gemeinsam mit der Stadt jedes Jahr veranstaltet. Heuer gibt es dazu Flugmaschinen, Dampf und Eisen, Aether, Tesla, Mystizismus. Das Bauhausgebäude selbst wird sich dazu am 4. September in ein phantastisches Luftschiff verwandeln. Die Freunde der Fährnis, jener internationale Aeronautenclub, bekannt aus Thomas Pynchons “Gegen den Tag”, werden das Gebäude am Abend des 4. September entern und damit, so der Plan, gegen Mitternacht in den weltweiten Äther starten. Endlich soll das Bauhaus wieder seiner eigentlichen Bestimmung folgen: obskuren Forschungsaufträgen und tollkühnen Abenteuern in der Hohlwelt.“
Grüne Luftschiffe erobern Dessau (Bild via Wired, danke für den Reminder an Clockworker)
The Space Invader-Walk
(Dailymotion Direktinvader, via )
Streetartist Space Invader hat für die Ausstellung „Viva la Revolucion: A Dialogue with the Urban Landscape“ 21 seiner Pixelalien-Arbeiten in San Diego so angebracht, dass sie auf einer Karte in der richtigen Reihenfolge abgelatscht, einen riesigen Space Invader ergeben und im Gegensatz zum Viral „Biggest Drawing in the World“ kein Fake.
Giant Rainbowlaser-Cat summoning Killer-Bees kills ‘em all in Team Fortress 2
(Youtube Direktcat, via MeFi)
Was passiert, wenn Gamemap-Bastlern langweilig ist? Genau, sie platzieren gigantische Katzen mit Laseraugen im Game, die Killerbienen auftauchen lassen und Bomben kotzen. WHOA!
People make maps in Team Fortress 2 specifically for grinding achievements. Bleak, joyless rooms of endlessly spawning bots and resupply crates, where people don’t play the game, they game it. But in one of these, achievement_all_v4, the author’s added a surprise. A violent, horrific, hilarious surprise of biblical proportions.
Das schönste: Valve ist begeistert und versucht, den Macher der Map zu ermitteln, um ihn irgendwie zu belohnen für diese Awesomeness in Essenz. Unbedingt bei PCGamer vorbeischauen, da gibt’s noch mehr Clips: Laser death cat punishes Team Fortress 2 grinders
Riesenkrabbenhäutung timelapsed
(Youtube Direktkrabbe, via Pink Tentacle)
Dieses possierliche Tierchen (© Heinz Sielmann) ist eine japanische Riesenkrabbe, die laut Wikipedia mit Beinen auch mal 3,7 Meter breit werden kann. In diesem Video häutet sie sich, die Action startet ab circa Minute 0:50. Frischfleisch für die Meeresfrüchtepizza, sozusagen. Ich weiß, ich bin furchtbar.
La Machines giant flying Gardens
La Machine, das waren die mit den riesigen Elefanten und der gigantischen Spinne von Liverpool, haben ein neues Projekt am Start: Riesige, durch die Gegend latschende, „fliegende“ Gärten. Das Ding nennt sich Aéroflorale und eine zweite Version davon soll im Herbst irgendwann, irgendwo auch durch Deutschland latschen. Sweet!
Living Machines: Verdant Art-Tech Contraption Descends Upon France (via Clockworker)
Vorher auf Nerdcore:
Die gigantische 15-Meter-Spinne von Liverpool
Die gigantische Spinne von Liverpool [2]
Peter Carrs fantastische Giant Spider-Fotografien
Shortfilm: King Crab Attack
(Youtube Direktcrab, via Quiet Earth)
Den Trailer zum Kurzfilm „King Crab Attack“ hatte ich bereits vor einer Weile gepostet, dachte aber nicht, dass da noch wirklich was kommt, denn der Kurzfilm ist selbst wie ein Trailer produziert, weshalb ich den Trailer zum Trailer-Kurzfilm für den Kurzfilm selbst hielt und nicht für einen Trailer, wo noch ein Kurzfilm (wie ein Trailer produziert) hinterherkommt. Verstehste?
Gregoire Sivan’s KING CRAB ATTACK (2010) is a full short film done as a trailer, referencing 1950s giant insect flicks. It stars Jean-Pierre Martins (La Vie en Rose), Serge Dupire, Charlotte Marin, Etienne Chicot, Martine Fontaine and a bunch of really big crabs. Produced by Caïmans Productions, with post-production work by Sabotage-Studio.
Transgenic giant crabs attack the beaches of Trouville. The evil Raymond Santos, owner of a nearby processing plant, seeks to increase his company’s profitability by mucking about with the genetic structure of ordinary crabs, which proceed to do what all good self-respecting critters do in those circumstances: they grow to an enormous size and go on a rampage of destruction. They are uncontrollable. Basile Garaud, a member of the coastguard, conducts an investigation into the matter.
Giant Slugs
Ich hatte keine Ahnung, dass es tatsächlich afrikanische Riesenschnecken gibt, aber es gibt sie!
