From Virtual Beginnings, Lee Sangsoo’s Spirited Creatures Emerge in Pristine Resin and Steel | Colossal

MAY 29, 2024 KATE MOTHES

“Rabbit (Pastel)” (2023), pigment on resin, 27 x 26 x 42 centimeters. All images © Lee Sangsoo

With painstaking attention to detail, Lee Sangsoo (previously) renders minimal lines and colorful facets into spirited rabbits, perky cats, and elegant swans. The Seoul-based artist works with digital imaging tools to create virtual mockups of each sculpture before translating them into 3D-printed resin or stainless steel. The raw material is then coated in pastel hues or natural gradients, bringing to life siamese cats or vivid parrots.

“Swan, Head Turned Sideways” (2023), paint on resin, 60 x 30 x 62 centimeters

Lee is fascinated by the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the evolving, complex relationship between virtual and physical experiences. He often repeats similar motifs in different colors, playing with the idea of replication and focusing on precision. “As long as people can appreciate and be moved by my ideas and way of expressing them, it doesn’t matter whether they are real or virtual,” he says. […]

“Yellow Parrot (Hanging)” (2023), pigment on resin, 25 x 23 x 70 centimeters

The artist with “Deer on the Rock” (2023), urethane paint on stainless steel, 243 x 98 x 238 centimeters

 

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How Did Birds and Crocodilians Escape Extinction?

It’s the end of the world as we know it and birds and crocodilians will be fine? How is it possible that they survived the extinction event that killed all of their closest relatives including all of the non-avian dinosaurs? Let’s take a look at what exactly killed the other dinosaurs and what made birds and crocodilians different from their doomed cousins

#clintsreptiles #dinosaurdecember #dinosaur .

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Pandas Aren’t Bears (They’re Closer To Walruses)

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ions and tigers and bears and walruses! Oh my! If the Carnivora is not the coolest and most diverse clade of mammals on the planet, it is certainly the clade most likely to eat you! And the thing is that from the hyena to the skunk, the fossa to the seal, if there isn’t something in this clade for you, you’re on the wrong channel!

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The world’s first process for making zero emissions cement

Concrete is the second most-used substance on Earth, after water, and it’s responsible for 7.5% of total carbon emissions – triple that of aviation.
Decarbonising cement – the carbon-hungry component of concrete – is a massive challenge. But Cambridge researchers have come up with a solution.
They’ve developed a method to produce very low-emission concrete at scale – an innovation that could be transformative for the transition to net zero.
Find out more at cam.ac.uk/cement-recycling

The research was supported in part by Innovate UK and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

Reference:
Cyrille F Dunant, Shiju Joseph, Rohit Prajapati, Julian M Allwood. ‘Electric recycling of Portland cement at scale.’ Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07338-8

#Concrete #Cement #Decarbonisation #NetZero #CarbonEmissions #CambridgeResearch #CambridgeUniversity #CambridgeUni #Cambridge #UniversityOfCambridge

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Here’s Everything To Know About NYC’s Reverse Manhattanhenge

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The battle between British and American English

ime for a transatlantic war of words! In this edition of Words Unravelled, Rob and Jess expose the differences between British English and American English and try to understand why they exist.

👂LISTEN: https://podfollow.com/words-unravelle…
or search for “Words Unravelled” wherever you get your podcasts.

==LINKS==
Rob’s YouTube channel:

/ robwords
Jess’ Useless Etymology blog: https://uselessetymology.com/
Rob on X: x.com/robwordsyt
Jess on TikTok: tiktok.com/@jesszafarris

#etymology #wordfacts #English

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‘100 for the Ocean’ Brings Together 100 Photographers from Around the World to Support Marine Conservation | Colossal

MAY 28, 2024 KATE MOTHES

Kori Burkhardt, “Between Two Worlds” (2022), Moorea, French Polynesia. All images © the photographers, courtesy of 100 for the Ocean

100% of net proceeds support three under-funded and under-recognized nonprofit organizations focused on ocean conservation.

In 2023, the inaugural 100 for the Ocean event raised more than half a million dollars toward ocean conservation, and this year it’s back with 100 world-renowned photographers and artists making a global difference. From June 1 to 30, you can purchase prints for $100, with 100% of the net proceeds supporting three under-funded and under-recognized nonprofit organizations focused on ocean advocacy and action.

Emmett Sparling, “A Slice of Heaven in the Tuamotus” (2024), Tahanea, Tuamotus, French Polynesia

This year, recipients of funding include Coral Gardeners, focused on coral restoration; New Zealand-based Young Ocean Explorers, inspiring school-age children to protect and cherish the world’s marine environments; and Oceans Initiative, which communicates data and urgency around threats to British Columbia’s Salish Sea.

Founded by Paul Nicklen, Cristina Mittermeier, and Chase Teron, 100 for the Ocean dovetails with the work of SeaLegacy, an organization illuminating stories about the earth’s vast watery expanses through photography and filmmaking. SeaLegacy partners with countless scientists, artists, and nonprofits around the world to make tangible, lasting progress toward protecting the planet’s delicate ecosystems.[…]

Claudio Contreras Koob, “Beak to Beak” (2014), Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

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Empty Oil drums is exchange for fruits and vegetables

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Didn’t expect this beautiful dinosaur bird to sound like this! 😳

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This Invention Made Disney MILLIONS, but Then They LOST It!

Four years ago, we learned about Disney’s magic prism that created the best transparency mattes. We thought that prism was lost… until we found it.

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