The International Organization for Migration – IOM – decides to put a spotlight on the abduction of humans which would amount to the number of 4 million per year. The creative idea of this facility is basically the disappearance but intelligently. With scaffolding, the appearance of some wall of South Africa is shown to simulate the …
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Tokyo-based artist Koshi Kawachi recently demonstrated his “Manga Farming” technique — which uses old manga as a growing medium for vegetables — by cultivating a crop of radish sprouts in an installation at the Matsuzakaya department store in Nagoya.
During Akiko Ida and Pierre Javelle’s youth, the term ‘Stop playing with your food!’ must have fallen on deaf ears. And let’s be thankful for it. Because now, the husband and wife food photographers, who work under the name Minimiam (meaning MINI YUM), spend their days transforming everyday foods into whimsical, storied landscapes. Akiko and Pierre find …
Britta Riley and Rebecca Bray tend to Brooklyn’s first window farm. This form of urban agriculture is catching on in cities around the world, as downtown farmers go online to share techniques for growing greens indoors. Here for more
Jacques Carelman used his humor to create these “Impossible Objects.” They were published in a catalog in 1969, representing regular objects reinterpreted to the limit of absurdity in their original function. You can find more impossible objects here. | Via
Thirty Days NY is a gallery project bringing together artists of all mediums for a chance to put up some amazing work, have great conversations, perform spectacular music and share ideas with the world. The gathering space is located at 70 Franklin Street in the heart of Tribeca. It’s a beautiful place. You should stop …
Each year around Easter, the Washington Post holds its Peeps Show contest where readers across the nation submit elaborate dioramas incorporating everyone’s favorite Easter treat, Marshmallow Peeps. This year’s sugary creativity included more than 1,100 entries with an UP-inspired display nabbing the top prize. Definitely swing by the Peeps Show gallery to check out all …
Bucky Bar is a spontaneous and temporary public building made entirely of umbrellas. Visitors were asked to show up with an umbrella at an outdoor location on a Friday night in Rotterdam, NL. With the help of a team of architects, the umbrellas were then used to build a fully equipped bar, complete with DJ …
To celebrate St Patrick and put forward its Shamrock Shake, McDonald’s enjoys a tradition of 50 years. Every year, the Chicago River and the Calumet River are adorned with a green Irish, incidentally us a very strange but is explained by an anecdote. To verify that there have leaks, the plumbers of the city of …
Artificial Smile is a collaboration between Stefan Stubbe and Andreas Schmelas realized in the summer semester 2009 at “Digitale Klasse”, University of the Arts, Berlin. The camera ‘Artificial Smile’ plays with the notion of perfection and auto-retouch. Created as a picture apparatus, it shows only smiling people’s picture to be taken, irrespective of their former emotional state. The team …
My Money, My Currency by Hanna von Goeler: “My currency work originated in California, while I was studying at UC Davis. I was very interested in camouflage at the time. This interest led me to create my first paintings on dollar bills, between 1992-94, in which I camouflaged/painted images onto and into bills. A death in …
“Please watch your step” by japanese artist Yasuhiro Suzuki was one of four public installations organized by the digital public art project at the haneda airport in toyko. suzuki’s floating human shaped balloon was an experiment in getting users to participate in public art. for many, airports can be a place devoid of human emotion with …
Curation of hotel room art is not such a new idea, but The Standard Hotel family extends this concept from the walls to the LCDs that occupy each room. “The Standard Hotels and Creative Time are proud to introduce an in-room video art exhibit featuring the work of 10 renowned international video artists, debuting on March …
