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Alive Without Breath by Keng Lye

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:48:26 -0400

Alive Without Breath by Keng Lye

Marco Mazzoni

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:43:13 -0400

Marco Mazzoni

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:41:14 -0400

Marco Mazzoni

Tom Phillips - A Humument (1966-73) “In 1966 Phillips set...

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:39:18 -0400

Tom Phillips - A Humument (1966-73)

“In 1966 Phillips set himself a task: to find a second-hand book for threepence and alter every page by painting, collage and cut-up techniques to create an entirely new version. He found his threepenny novel in a junkshop on Peckham Rye, South London. This was an 1892 Victorian obscurity titled A Human Document by W.H Mallock and he titled his altered book A Humument.

The first version of all 367 treated pages was published in 1973 since when there have been four revised editions. A Humument is now one of the best known and loved of all 20th Century artist’s books and is regarded as a seminal classic of postmodern art.”

(via: likeafieldmouse)

Ed Fairburn

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:35:48 -0400

Ed Fairburn

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:28:34 -0400

Ed Fairburn

Ink and graphite portraits on Celestial Star Charts by Ed...

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:00:00 -0400

Ink and graphite portraits on Celestial Star Charts by Ed Fairburn

Stranger Visions by Heather Dewey-Hagborg This super interesting...

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:25:54 -0400

Stranger Visions by Heather Dewey-Hagborg

This super interesting project consists of 3D printed portraits based on DNA samples taken from objects found on the streets of Brooklyn (like gum, cigarettes and hair). Dewey-Hagborg worked with a DIY biology lab called Genspace, where she met a number of biologists who taught her everything she now knows about molecular biology and DNA. Via an interview with the artist:

So I extract the DNA in the lab and then I amplify certain regions of it using a technique called PCR – Polymerase Chain Reaction. This allows me to study certain regions of the genome that tend to vary person to person, what are called SNPs or Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms.

I send the results of my PCR reactions off to a lab for sequencing and what I get back are basically text files filled with sequences of As, Ts, Cs, and Gs, the nucleotides that compose DNA. I align these using a bioinformatics program and determine what allele is present for a particular SNP on each sample.

Then I feed this information into a custom computer program I wrote which takes all these values which code for physical genetic traits and parameterizes a 3d model of a face to represent them. For example gender, ancestry, eye color, hair color, freckles, lighter or darker skin, and certain facial features like nose width and distance between eyes are some of the features I am in the process of studying.

I add some finishing touches to the model in 3d software and then export it for printing on a 3d printer. I use a Zcorp printer which prints in full color using a powder type material, kind of like sand and glue.

Boy Soldier by Schoony

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:18:41 -0400

Boy Soldier by Schoony

Layered Photographs by Nerhol, the photograpy collective which...

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:35:23 -0400

Layered Photographs by Nerhol, the photograpy collective which includes Yoshihisa Tanaka and Ryuta Liada. This is their latest project and consists of piles of photographs rather than a single image. Their subjects sat for three minutes while they took several pictures of them and then the prints were stacked and cut to reveal the layers, resulting in a warping of the subject’s subtle movements.

Some incredible finger paintings by Milan-based artist Troilo.

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:10:42 -0400

Some incredible finger paintings by Milan-based artist Troilo.

Paintings by Ruben Pang

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:07:51 -0400

Paintings by Ruben Pang

Paintings by Nigerian-born artist Njideka Akunyili

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:04:55 -0400

Paintings by Nigerian-born artist Njideka Akunyili

Guim Tió Zarraluki

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:07:13 -0400

Guim Tió Zarraluki

Months

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:49:53 -0400

Months

When man and God collide silver spoons spark

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:47:46 -0400

When man and God collide silver spoons spark

Alexey Terenin

Mon, 13 May 2013 21:06:57 -0400

Alexey Terenin

Portraits by Jean Rustin

Sat, 11 May 2013 13:39:34 -0400

Portraits by Jean Rustin

Paintings by Jean Rustin

Sat, 11 May 2013 13:35:00 -0400

Paintings by Jean Rustin

Jaw-Dropping Photos From One World Trade Center’s Unopened...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:43:00 -0400

Jaw-Dropping Photos From One World Trade Center’s Unopened Observation Deck in New York.

Officially the One World Observatory won’t open until 2015.