Art
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New York Times Word Frequency Visualizations
A Flickr set with visualizations of word frequency. The word “crisis” has surpassed “hope” on only a handful of occasions — one of them is right now. Trends also show a general increase in the mention of superheros over time.…
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The Art of Lost Words
For the Art of Lost Words exhibit, artist Mark A. Webber chose the word “Dehisce: (biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other reproductive body…
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A Man Named Pearl
I was pretty sure, based on the ridiculous soundtrack alone, that the story of topiary artist Pearl Fryar was a mockumentary. And a good one. Living in rural South Carolina, Fryar decided one day to be, according to the New…
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Comic Book Legends Revealed
Think you know the origin of Superman? Think again. Comic Book Legends Revealed weaves the kinds of stories you didn’t know you cared about. CBLR is often for the hardcore fan; if you’re not in your local comic shop every…
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Shortpacked
If Kevin Smith’s original slacker story Clerks took place in a slightly happier universe, with a larger and more functional friend circle, who worked in a bright toy store instead of the gloom of the Quick Stop, it would be…
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Three Dimensional Tattoos
How many times do you actually feel like you are watching reality, or at least all that you know to be real, shatter? Click this link and you will add to the list. We are talking nothing less than three…
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Ben Tolman’s Microscopic Surrealism
Wandering through Ben Tolman’s online gallery of pen and ink drawings can quickly turn into a search for what’s buried among the ornate camouflage. Like looking through a microscope onto an entire world of vivid organisms, you could zoom in…
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And Now, A Year of Recognition
After a lifetime of extreme, little-known performances, 58-year-old Tehching Hsieh is suddenly in the spotlight.
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Maywa Denki
In 1993, brothers Nobumichi and Masamichi Tosa reopened their father’s failed company, Maywa Denki, as an “art unit.” They acted as “parallel-world electricians” and built a following as artists and musicians using extraordinary instruments of their own design. In 2001,…
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Rural Art Hero
Thesley Beverly is the art czar, and maybe the heart and soul, of Pembroke, Illinois, population 2800.
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Pixelated God: Faith in the Internet
“We are all products in the marketplace. Everything we consume is a product. We consume and are consumed. We are products that produce.”
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IKEA Ninjas
The art of hiding in plain sight, a ninja skill and military staple, was tailored for average pedestrians a little over a year ago by Japanese clothing designer Aya Tsukioka as a way to avoid urban crime. It was a…