Tuesday, February 24, 2009

where are the eyes?


They may not be where you think, the holes above the mouth are the nostrils, the eyes are the bulbs inside the transparent skull and swivel around to see. Pharyngula

Monday, February 23, 2009

17th century wax relief


Of plague victims, now available for auction at Christies with a great testimonial from the Marquis de Sade:
"So powerful is the impression produced by this masterpiece that even as you gaze at it your other senses are played upon, moans audible, you wrinkle your nose as if you could detect the evil odours of mortality… These scenes of the plague appealed to my cruel imagination: and I mused, how many persons had undergone these awful metamorphoses thanks to my wickedness?' (Sade, op. cit.)."

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Monday, February 9, 2009

Sushi boat video



This is a cool, very simple idea. These guys placed a video camera on a sushi boat carousel and let it record what it saw. There's nothing mindblowing here, but what I find neat is the impartial observation of the camera. This reminds me a little of the cat camera, where a guy attached a small camera to his cat's neck. The camera would take a picture every once in a while, revealing what the cat had been up to. Check out the cat camera, why don't you?

Panama canal time lapse

Labor intensive music video

Wednesday, February 4, 2009