While Ivan Lovatt creates sculptures from chicken wire, Mattia Trotta uses steel. Both artist also employ different techniques. Trotta starts from a skeleton of steel wrapped around with wire. One by one, these wires are tangled and compacted to fill the casing.
For Skreber, natural disasters, car crashes and near-miss train accidents become monumental icons of beauty. He found a vehicle-testing facility in Ohio and choreographed both accidents. “It was fun to do, awesome and super-intense,” he said. This work gives you an opportunity to see the things like in a dream. It’s clean and polished and abstract." [viaThis is London]
The Grimsvotn volcano began erupting on Saturday, sending clouds of ash up to 12 miles into the air. Below are some stunning pictures capturing natures most violent phenomenon. (Vilhelm Gunnarsson/AFP/Getty Images) Vehicles are covered in ash near to Kirkjubaearklaustur, approx. 260 km from Reykjavik, Iceland, Monday, May 23, 2011. (Brynjar Gauti/Associated Press)
Goudy compared letters are organisms and typefaces to species and classified them similar to biological taxonomy.
Ladrymbai, India A crane lifts miners out of a 300-foot-deep mine shaft. Ladrymbai, India The wages offered for mining coal lures many children to leave school and work. Ladrymbai, India A boy carries coal to be crushed as he works at a coal depot. Ladrymbai, India Workers cross a bridge to load coal onto a truck. Ladrymbai, India Twelve-year-old Abdul Kayum carries coal to be crushed. Ladrymbai, India A miner makes his way through a tunnel....
Dan Witzis one of the most prolific artists working on the streets of New York City today. Apart from street art, Dan Witz also does realistic paintings involving night scenes and low-light portraits. I found his Mosh Pits series particularly curious because it was realistic and surreal at the same time. Mosh Pits Witz was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1957. He was educated at Cooper Union and Rhode Island School of Design....
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The event which began in 1990 has been running regularly since 1995. This year it was held in Trondheim in Norway on May 15. It is the third time Mr Weisser has emerged as champion. Photograph: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images
In New Vegas, that means areas like the Las Vegas Strip and towns including Nipton and Goodsprings.
G. B. Shaw as “Arms and the Man” Jorge Luis Borges as The Secret Miracle R.P.
The world’s largest video game museum was opened early this year in Berlin. Guests at the museum have their choice of several original installations. Another original and interesting installation is PainStation. The game is an adaptation of the classic “Pong”. Physical punishment is an integral part of the game. The player loses as soon as he or she removes his or her left hand from the related surface.
The result is a fascinating look at the lives of bureaucrats. It seemed to be un-photographable, Banning recalls. But what started as a tedious project ended with an introspective reflection into bureaucratic methods around the world. There is so much to be found in these photographs, says Banning. Before the bureaucrat knew quite what was happening, the shoot was over. India, Bihar Sushma Prasad (b. Monthly salary: 5,000 rupees ($ 110, euro 100)....
Ever since he found the hill in 2007, hes photographed it hundreds, probably thousands of times. Yet every time, the hill looks different. I have never seen a hill presenting so many different looks. My weekly walks would always lend it self to being on the path the hill was located on. There was something so intriguing about how the locals would interact with it. To see more photographs from this project, check outhis website....
