Beetle Weaponry
“Competition among males in the animal kingdom is often expressed in the form of elaborate weapons made of bone, horn or chitin. The weapons often start off small and then,…
Art
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Jonzing for Arthur Jones
The animation of Arthur Jones has cheek and Attic wit. Whether in his videos for punk bands like Man Man and Need New Body, or his animated Post-It note shorts…
The Resurrectionist Subterfuge
“In traditional taxidermy, it is the animal that is put on display; in the deployments of taxidermy by contemporary artists, it is arrangement itself, the taxidermic dispositif, that is on…
But Seriously, You Are the Rainbow
When I was little I would squint my eyes in a dark room and see stippled, fluorescent color. I wondered if everyone saw the same thing. Now, thanks to the DNA…
Urban Nature Photography
Dubai is quite possibly the craziest place someone could be right now. A city halted in the middle of Final Fantasy style urbanization by economic collapse. A constitutional monarchy with…
Lost Books Live Online
A person named simply “Will” curates a blog devoted exclusively to the spectacular cover art and reprinted manuscripts of books that have fallen from memory. The site, A Journey Round…
Math Wrath
The bizarre, pixilated art to be found on MathWrath.com can’t really be explained, and probably shouldn’t be. Just take it in, and don’t miss a pixel. Via Beautiful Decay.
Corey Arnold’s Fish Work
Thirteen years ago, photographer Corey Arnold took a job as a fisherman in Alaska as an adventurous way to pay off his student loans. The resulting photographs have been exhibited…
Artists Interview Artists: Paul Madonna and Hope Gangloff
“I feel it’s very important for artists to participate in swaying the popular vote to realize truths in politics.”
Cool Art on 19th Street
I saw this piece on the corner of 19th and Valencia (in San Francisco). The technique used to create it looks pretty insane. The figure is obviously cut out of…
Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
Congratulations to Juan Felipe Herrera and August Kleinzahler on their shared National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry for 2008. Barbara Jane Reyes has more on Herrera. Ron Silliman on…
This Modern World
This Modern World, Tom Tomorrow’s revolutionary, groundbreaking, relevant, and important newspaper strip is fully archived. Since 1990, the strip has been experimenting in backgrounds, gutters, bleeds, panel shapes, content, and…