Art
A Little Light Weirdness
First up is a story I have been trying to track down for over a week. Chichester Town Council in the UK were unable to remove a garbage bin that had been illegally dumped in a four-inch deep stream, because they did not have anyone qualified to use wellington boots (Chichester Observer).The three man crew of a specially eco-refitted yacht, had to be rescued from hurricane force gales on the outward leg of a voyage billed as the "Carbon Neutral Expedition" and designed to raise awareness of green issues. Their rescuer? An oil-tanker delivering 680,000 barrels of crude (The Guardian).
The CEO of the company that supplies and installs most of the speed cameras for the UK Highways Agency has been banned from driving for six months after he was caught speeding at over 100 mph (The Times).
Sikhs serving in the UK police force are looking to develop a bulletproof turban so that they can meet the requirement to wear protective headgear of the force's armed response units without having to break their religious prohibition not to remove them (The Telegraph).
Finally, plans for a Berlin Monument of National Unity, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall, had to be scrapped after the spoilsport jury rejected all the entries as too weird. Not one of the 538 submissions from members of the public, which included a 30 meter high gilded banana, a German version of the Statue of Liberty holding a Rubik's cube, a group of Smurfs dancing on a recreation of a section of the wall, and a giant statue of a man pushing a shopping trolley, was accepted. The jury has now invited contributions from selected professional artists (The National).
Posted By: Dumbfounded - Tue May 12, 2009 -
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Category: Art, Government, Regulations, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Religion
Shih Chieh Huang
I saw this sculpture in person at the RI School of Design Museum recently. It almost seemed alive, with its "breathing" plastic bags. This is the good kind of weird art I can endorse!Visit Shih Chieh Huang's official site here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 05, 2009 -
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Category: Art
The Riverbank Carousel
Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 30, 2009 -
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Category: Art, Surrealism, Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts, Children, 1990s
Maya Deren’s AT LAND
Learn more about Maya Deren here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 16, 2009 -
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Category: Art, Performance Art, Surrealism, Movies, Sexuality, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1940s
Bad Paintings of Barack Obama
Yes, they definitely are bad.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Mar 05, 2009 -
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Category: Art, Politics
More Soviet Space Stamps
Courtesy of my pal, Peter Danssaert, more heroic retro space imagery.Click to embiggen.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 03, 2009 -
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Category: Art, Space Travel, Russia, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
Castles In the Air
Read the author's take on the whole affair here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 25, 2009 -
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Category: Art, Books, Goofs and Screw-ups
The Sheep Market
Aaron Koblin paid 10000 people two cents each to draw "a sheep facing left." You can see the results at The Sheep Market.He then printed up all the sheep on sheets of adhesive paper (20 sheep per sheet), which he sold for $20 per sheet. It seems like most of the sheets have sold. So by my calculations, that means he netted a profit of $9800 on this, not counting web hosting, etc. Nice way to make some extra money.
Wired has a video of him discussing his project.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Feb 12, 2009 -
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Category: Art
The Chapman Brothers
Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 06, 2009 -
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Category: Art, Horror, Europe
Nothing Boxes
Artist Stefan Bruggemann's "Nothing Boxes" exhibit consists of stacks of boxes with the word "Nothing" written on them. (Or is it "No thin 6"?) Idea: He should team up with The Something Store!
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jan 12, 2009 -
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Category: Art
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