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Using More Than 4,000 Pieces of Paper, Artist Lisa Lloyd Painstakingly Constructs Birds and Butterflies

Employing tweezers to place each bit of paper, London-based artist Lisa Lloyd (previously) meticulously assembles birds and butterflies. Her realistic sculptures feature geometric pieces that are arranged in a pattern by color and then glued in place. Lloyd’s birds are constructed … Continue reading

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Clay Faces Twist and Warp on Human Bodies in Mixed-Media Film by Sam Gainsborough

Animation director Sam Gainsborough’s new mixed-media film contorts and melts characters’ faces, altering and shaping both how they see and how they’re viewed. Facing It depicts a man struggling with relationships to his family and friends, his social anxiety, and his … Continue reading

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Two notes, one voice | Anna-Maria Hefele | TEDxGenova | Anna-Maria Hefele | TEDxGenova

No technical glitch, no audio system failure: what you’re about to hear in this extraordinary talk is totally real, and totally human. It is a technique we can all be trained for, and our speaker Anna-Maria Hefele is one of … Continue reading

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Meet The Black Man With Two Biological White Parents

The strange but true story of Anthony Lennon. The man that was born to two white Irish parents, but he looks like a mixed race man. We also discuss Sandra Laing the South African born Black woman, also born to … Continue reading

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Illustrations by David Alvarez Reflect the Intersection of Fantasy and Reality

When working in black and white instead of a muted colour palette, Mexico-based artist David Alvarez (previously) manages to still create illustrations rich in texture and contrast. Layers of graphite and charcoal on white and cream coloured paper form complex shadows. Highlights … Continue reading

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‘Beyond Mountains, More Mountains’ for 55DSL © MMXII

Directed by CANADA Produced by CANADA / Vice / Partizan Darkroom for 55DSL © MMXII

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Cities in Focus | Los Angeles Metro: Promoting Mass Transit

For Los Angeles Metro, marketing isn’t just about increasing the bottom line. It’s about reducing traffic, cleaning the air and making people’s commutes in this auto-clogged city a bit less stressful.

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Towering Holographic Dinosaurs Stalk the Streets of Paris in Projections by Julien Nonnon

A T-Rex is inhabiting the streets of Paris. Artist Julien Nonnon has given life to extinct creatures in his latest work, “Prehistoric Safari,” by using video-mapping technology to project images of the dinosaurs in the Jardin d’Acclimatation, a long-established Parisian … Continue reading

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Felted Bacon Sizzles and Wooly Bread is Sliced in Breakfast-Themed Fiber Animations by Andrea Love

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Andrea Love (@andreaanimates) We’ve all heard that we should incorporate more fiber into our diets. But did our doctors mean… wool? Andrea Love is on the front lines of nutritionally dense … Continue reading

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