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Visual Sounds of the Amazon: Digital Lifeforms that Respond to Audio Recorded in the Amazon Rainforest | Colossal
Australian artist Andy Thomas (previously here and here) presents his first installment of Visual Sounds of the Amazon, a responsive artwork that alters its visual shape based on audio Thomas collected from the Amazon rainforest. The animation sequence is one that … Continue reading
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Tagged animation, Art, Australian, comparison, creatives, Culture, Life, nature, rhythm, South America
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A Secret Work Studio Suspended Below a Highway Overpass by Fernando Abellanas | Colossal
Spanish furniture designer Fernando Abellanas has carved out a new creative home in a section of Valencia that isn’t the typical artist neighborhood: he’s built a studio affixed to a highway underpass. The workspace is complete with a desk and chair, as … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, comparison, construction, creatives, Culture, Technology
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Islands Digitally Composed From Images of Abandoned Sites by Fabio Araujo | Colossal
Brazilian designer Fabio Araujo digitally composes images of abandoned sites to create undesirable islands, small patches of earth ripped up from long neglected corners of civilization. The series, Abandoned Places, exists both as image and video as Araujo animates discrete … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Brasil, Brazil, brazilian style, comparison, construction, creatives, Culture, infrastructure, rhythm, sculpture, Urban
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How a sketch on a piece of paper became an £85m rail bridge – The i newspaper online iNews
It began with a series of simple, hand-drawn sketches on a piece of A4 paper and became an £85m rail bridge. These rough pencil drawings were an architect’ Source: How a sketch on a piece of paper became an £85m … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, comparison, Economics, England, Life, Manchester, Network Rail, Politics, Salford, Technology, travel, Urban
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Giant Dabs of Thick Oil Paint Captured as Hyperrealist Colored Pencil Drawings | Colossal
Australian artist Cj Hendry (previously) tricks the eye with her hyper-realistic drawings, works that recreate the appearance of thick swabs of brightly colored paint. To achieve the dimensionality and sheen of fresh oil paint she layers dry pigment atop colored … Continue reading
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Notation Knives: Listen to Cutting Edge Music From the Renaissance | Colossal
It’s not exactly musical chairs, but this Renaissance-era cutlery can carry a tune at any table setting. Dating back to the 16th century, these extremely rare knives are engraved with musical scores complete with lyrics. On one side is a … Continue reading
Early humans may have seen a supervolcano explosion up close | New Scientist
Two ancient teeth found on Sumatra suggest early humans were there when the island’s supervolcano erupted 71,000 years ago Source: Early humans may have seen a supervolcano explosion up close | New Scientist
Floating Cloud: An Electromagnetic Cloud That Hovers on Your Desktop by Richard Clarkson | Colossal
Floating Cloud is the latest “weightless” creation from NYC-based artist and designer Richard Clarkson who has long been fascinated by the shape and form of clouds that he translates into audiovisual devices. The Floating Cloud is held in place by … Continue reading
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How To Live To 100, According To Science
By 2050, the UN estimates that as many as 3.2 million people will live to 100 compared to 316,000 in 2011. Also, a 2013 study from the University of Massachusetts found that 25 year olds today can … Source: How … Continue reading
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23 Temple Street: Miniature Sculpture by Joshua Smith
An intricate miniature sculpture of a building on Hong Kong’s Temple Street by South Australian artist Joshua Smith. Source: 23 Temple Street: Miniature Sculpture by Joshua Smith
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Tagged Art, China, comparison, creatives, Culture, infrastructure, Metropolis, Street Art, travel
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