This is a pretty girl. Her face is bursting with geometry, folding out on itself, blooming outwards, sporing delicate mutations… another eye, another lip, another eye, another lip… Photographer Alma Haser‘s Cosmic Faces series is contra-magical surrealist. After taking portraits of her subjects, she prints and prints and prints their faces, constructing complex origami structured mirroring and distorting their […]
Heartwalk, a 30-foot heart made from the wood of boardwalks damaged by Hurricane Sandy, was recently installed at Dumbo’s Pearl Street Triangle. The piece, which contains wood from Long Beach and the Jersey Shore, was initially placed in Times Square before making the trip to Brooklyn this week. “It’s exciting to see Heartwalk set in another dynamic […]
The options for visualizing sound are manifold, but there’s something appealing about the analog physicality of this piece from Italian art collective CaCO3. The work, entitled 80 mesh – la forma del suono (the shape of sound), uses three metal plates covered in fine sand, onto which the frequencies from three vintage electronic instruments called Ondes Martenots are […]
Here’s the latest and greatest example of the over-the-top, pop culture-themed cupcake trend: Blue Velvet cakes, featuring that infamous ear sitting atop a shock of green, suburban grass. Much better than red velvet cupcakes, amirite? Recommended pairings: Pabst Blue Ribbon and creeping existential dread. Baked by Alyssa Onofreo. (Photo: Alyssa Onofreo/Tumblr) […]
The possibility of a world without Twinkies has dissolved. People panicked when the pastry giant Hostess declared bankruptcy, but today, Leon Black-owned private equity firm Apollo Global won ownership of the company with a $410 million bid, the only offer placed. Rejoice and celebrate by eating a Twinkie, then feeling a little nauseous. And for those of […]
Indie animator and cult hero Don Hertzfeldt has finished his renowned tour of It’s Such a Beautiful Day, the last of three connected epics — heart-wrenching short films documenting the life and trials of Bill. There’s something very wrong with Bill. Giant fish-heads come out of his skull. Hertzfeldt is as known for his stick-figure, hand-drawn style […]
UPDATE: The story of three dolphins escaping was a hoax. The dolphins do still exist, however, but they’re being safely contained from civilians. Sorry. The Ukrainian army has a problem. Three of their military dolphins have escaped, presumably to go get laid or do other dolphin things. Now, what constitutes a military dolphin, you might […]
Cab Roulette is a recurring series in which comedian Dan Speiser interviews cab drivers about their experiences on the job. Kulwinder is a Punjabi Indian who probably knows how to party and cannot make sense of American football no matter how hard he tries. Episode 1: Abdulai Episode 2: Tony Episode 3: Adama Episode 4: Santos Episode 5: Sam Episode 6: Chowdhry […]
On March 1st, Florida State University Panama City student Benjamin Blouin trolled his entire campus by hacking into the school’s wi-fi, then redirecting users from the school’s homepage to time-worn shock/porn site Meatspin.com. He was arrested by campus cops and charged with “offenses against computer users,” a felony. Apparently, Blouin pulled the prank in order to […]
We’ve been having a lot of fun with the Vine, adapting the nifty 6-second video sharing social media app for various creative mischief — with it can do and with what it supposedly can’t. And no, we didn’t ask permission. We made a 20-second Vine! And you can too! Just watch our instructional video below… Vine can’t […]
