Most of you probably already know the optical illusion pictured above. The fields marked A and B look different, but in reality the two colors are identical. At the end of the article is an proving picture for the unbelievers. 🙂 Knowing this illusion, do you also know how it works?
For aspiring photographers, photography contests are an interesting way to get some exposure. Though winning them is „slightly” tricky. Usually it is not quite clear by which standards the images will be judged. Haje, member of a photo contest jury, took some time to explain in a lengthy articles which factors guide him during the […]
Waterboarding is a torture technique which the USA have repeatedly been accused of using. It is widely accepted as being real torture, though some people still seem to doubt that. One forum poster called Scylla decided to debate this a bit more thoroughly and tested waterboarding on himself. The resulting report is both exciting and […]
Peter Callesen, an artist from Denmark, works preferredly with paper. Some of his artworks are silhouette-like forms in whole paper sheets, others are three-dimensional paper sculptures.
Aquaria are usually known in the form of big cuboids. The Silverfish Aquarium belongs to the more exotic specimen. » The Silverfish Aquarium The large connected bowls look beautifully strange and futuristic. Commenters over at Boing Boing are worried, though, whether this aquarium could be a royal pain to clean. 🙂 The manufacturer, Octopuss Studios, […]
Jennifer Maestre creates small sculptures with crayons, nails and other materials. According to her the spiky sculptures are inspired by sea urchins. The spines of the urchin, so dangerous yet beautiful, serve as an explicit warning against contact. The alluring texture of the spines draws the touch in spite of the possible consequences. I like […]
Satanic messages in music are usually found in form of passages which, played in reverse (and with much fantasy), result in subversive texts. A satanic message for advanced satanic followers discovered Alberto Garcia: The band Urusei Yatsura placed an acoustically coded computer program at the beginning of one of their songs. Decoded and run with […]
Did you ever feel inferior to the almighty tentacle monsters of the world? Fortunately, you can now mail-order your very own tentacle arms for only 15 bucks each. 🙂 While we’ve been using our primitive, apelike arms like a bunch of jerks, the squids of the world have been clutching their prey with their superior […]
On June 17, the Czech art group Ztohoven hacked into a weather channel showing panorama views. Into the peaceful panorama of a mountain view, they inserted a pretty realistic nuclear explosion: Ztohoven see their hack as a comment on media credibility:
Deserted and slowly disintegrating buildings are always an interesting subject for photography (see also Urban Remains) . “Sweet Juniper” found an especially interesting ruin in Detroit: A decommissioned warehouse filled with rotting school books from the 80ies. One can still see the remains of the shelves which once held the books. Now, only the iron […]