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It’s a beautiful, brutal life in this award-winning animation from 1977
In the short film Bead Game (1977) by the acclaimed Indian-Canadian filmmaker Ishu Patel, stopmotion animation of coloured glass beads offers a beautiful yet dark vision of life, characterised by brutal cycles of competition and consumption.[…]
An Amusement Park-Themed Animated Short by Fernando Livschitz Goes Off the Rails
The fate of riders on roller coasters and ferris wheels takes an unexpected turn in “Beautiful Chaos”, a new short from Fernando Livschitz of Black Sheep Films (previously). We won’t give too much away, but the minute-long animation uses digital … Continue reading
Megaliths in the Bath House Ruins: Interactive Digital Installation by teamLab – Faith is Torment
This interactive digital installation entitled Megaliths in the Bath House Ruins by Japanese art collective teamLab features artwork continuously rendered in real-time by a computer program on megaliths that appear to emerge out of the floor. The artwork is continuously … Continue reading
Banal Moments Contorted into Surreal Stoneware Sculptures by Genesis Belanger
Genesis Belanger twists and stretches familiar objects into surreal scenarios with her stoneware, porcelain, and concrete sculptures. The Brooklyn-based artist frequently depicts detached limbs, misplaced teeth, and unusually located food in her work. One sculpture shows a mustard-topped hot dog … Continue reading
Rainbow-Streaked Interventions by Elsa Tomkowiak Add Intrigue to Covered Bridges and Lakes
Elsa Tomkowiak creates color-focused installations that divide the rainbow into designs that span bridges, light-filled corridors, and large-scale sculptures on water.Tomkowiak’s work is currently exhibited as a part of the second edition of Annecy Paysages in southeastern France. For the … Continue reading
Kathryn
A film by Bas Berkhout. Kathryn Engberg (25), the third generation artist in her family, was exposed to art from a very young age. Watching her mother and grandmother paint and spending time in their respective studios was a regular … Continue reading
Vorticity 2 (4K)
Two years in the making. I made the tough decision last year to save everything I shot that spring and combine it with whatever storms I captured in 2019 and make the best possible time-lapse film I could. It was … Continue reading
Thousands of Miniature Mirrors Dazzle and Refract in Multi-Media Sculptures by Lee Bul
Korean artist Lee Bul examines shared human consciousness in a variety of forms, creating tentacled sculptures, futuristic chandeliers, and other large-scale forms that refract the audience through tiny mirrored tiles. The installations and sculptures are at once inspired by the past … Continue reading
Yulia Brodskaya Reveals Her Process of ‘Painting With Paper’ in a New Book
We’ve featured the paper-centric work of Yulia Brodskaya several times on Colossal, and the U.K.-based artist continues to hone her craft with increasingly large-scale portraits. Three recent portraits, Seeing, Seeshall, and Pull to the Light, all feature larger-than-life busts of female … Continue reading
LEXGO on Instagram: “He sat by himself, patiently weaving his vision into reality. ”
247 Likes, 6 Comments – LEXGO (@lexgophotography) on Instagram: “He sat by himself, patiently weaving his vision into reality. . . . For more than one-and-a-…” Source: LEXGO on Instagram: “He sat by himself, patiently weaving his vision … Continue reading
Neighboring Communities Playfully Connect Atop Neon Pink Teetertotters Slotted Through the U.S.-Mexico Border Wall
Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello have long worked in activating structures in projects that blur the line between art and architecture. The Oakland-based duo, who self-describe as pursuing “applied architectural research”, also have a longstanding interest in the United States-Mexico … Continue reading
Melancholy Creatures Explore Imagined Worlds in Wistful Murals by Hayley Welsh
Hayley Welsh’s playful murals pair imaginative creatures with universal messages of uplift and encouragement. Often featuring furry, plump critters that seem to be hybrids of dogs, rabbits, and teddy bears, Welsh’s subjects peer through periscopes atop mechanical fish or aboard paper … Continue reading
