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An Enormous Skeleton Emerges in the Middle of a Mexican Street for Día de Muertos

In celebration of Día de Muertos on November 1, , Raymundo Medina built a massive skeleton that appears to be lurching out of the pavement on a street in Santa Cecilia Tláhuac, Mexico. Piles of crumbled concrete at the places … Continue reading

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OVERRUN

Plunging into a dark place, an ant falls to the ground with a rude shock. We follow this ant’s journey through a disturbing and dangerous, yet fascinating world, and it’s quest to find a way out… DIRECTED BY Pierre Ropars … Continue reading

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Ginger Baker & Fela Kuti: How Two Neurotic Musicians Made The Best Music Nobody Heard

Bandsplaining In the 1970s, English Drummer Ginger Baker drove across the Sahara Desert to meet Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti. What followed were some of the most incredible jazz & rock recordings of all time, as well as some heartbreaking setbacks.

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Complex Societal Issues Conveyed in Minimalist Editorial Illustrations by Eiko Ojala

Illustrator Eiko Ojala (previously) tackles complex topics with masterfully simple images. Though his work often appears to be made with layered paper, the artist clarifies on his website that he works digitally, building each image from scratch. Cleverly using negative … Continue reading

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Some corals ‘killed’ by climate change are now returning to life | New Scientist

Warm water can leave corals looking dead – but in some cases polyps still survive deep in the coral skeleton and in time they can return the coral to life More: Some corals ‘killed’ by climate change are now returning … Continue reading

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The Monochrome Experience: Subtle Situations

Seeing a photograph is a visual and intellectual pleasure. Just like reading a good book, just like listening carefully to an immortal concert or opera. Sometimes relationships are established between the elements of the image, certain contrasts, a kind of … Continue reading

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BHOY // Short Film

BHOY is a teenager forced to mature in a savage world ruled by a God Whale. Watch it in 4K. shortoftheweek.com/2019/10/03/bhoy/ — Written, Directed and Animated by Podenco Music and Sound Design: Carles Chiner, Pasqual Rodrigo, Zendra Additional Animation: Luis … Continue reading

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Born Free – “The Bitter Bond”

An animated story for the Born Free Foundation about the bond between a lion keeper and her cub. Sign the petition to help South Africa’s lions be born free and stay wild: bornfree.org.uk/bitter-bond

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A Woman Like Me

A deafblind Danish woman travels to Nepal to meet a woman with the same condition in the hopes of communicating and engaging in a cultural exchange. A Woman Like Me is a remarkable demonstration of the delicacy and complexity of … Continue reading

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Quirky Juxtapositions Capture Imperfect Human Moments in Photographs by Shin Noguchi

Photographer Shin Noguchi spends his time, camera in hand, in Japan’s public spaces, observing and seeking out candid moments that reflect the humorous, heartbreaking, and bizarre realities of the human experience. Noguchi shares with Colossal that he values the existential affirmation of … Continue reading

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