So it goes.

un:

want this carpet

(i would be forced however, to purchase King Kong, Ultraman, & Godzilla outfits to wrestle in.)

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smithsonianmag:

Just Some Painters Hanging Out on the Brooklyn Bridge…No Big Deal

…the photographer was Eugene de Salignac, a municipal worker who took 20,000 photographs of modern Manhattan in the making.

Photo: Painters are suspended from wires on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York on October 7, 1914. AP Photo/New York City Municipal Archives, Department of Bridges/Plant & Structures, Eugene de Salignac

hypna:

Stunning New Screw Portrait by Andrew Myers!

Andrew Myers wants to take his work one step further by creating a scene that gives a sense of motion. “I don’t want that dead portrait look anymore,” he says. “So I want to actually make a scene, something that appears to be happening that isn’t really happening. So you’re not only getting the 3D effect that’s a lie, it’s an effect, because of the screws, but then you’re getting another effect that the fan is actually in motion and that something is actually blowing off the page.

Myers worked with filmmaker Benjamin Pitts to show us how the piece comes together in a beautiful, short documentary. For those who are seeking creative inspiration, this video is gold:

(via poteau)

laughingsquid:

Amazing & Rare Photo of the Bay Bridge Being Struck By Lightning

staceythinx:

Dutch astronaut and physician Andre Kuipers, currently doing research on the International Space Station, has the ultimate view from his office window. He’s also a great photographer. See more of his amazing photos here. 

staceythinx:

Nature reclaims The City in these dioramas built and photographed by Lori Nix.

Nix on her project:

In my newest body of work The City I have imagined a city of our future, where something either natural or as the result of mankind, has emptied the city of it’s human inhabitants. Art museums, Broadway theaters, laundromats and bars no longer function. The walls are deteriorating, the ceilings are falling in, the structures barely stand, yet Mother Nature is slowly taking them over. These spaces are filled with flora, fauna and insects, reclaiming what was theirs before man’s encroachment. I am afraid of what the future holds if we do not change our ways regarding the climate, but at the same time I am fascinated by what a changing world can bring.

eduardo-:

Bioluminescence in the Gippsland Lakes

Noctiluca scintillans doing what it does best in the Gippsland Lakes, a small chain of inland lakes in Victoria, Australia.

The events that transpired to make this happen are quite miraculous; firstly there was widespread fires in Victoria that burned pretty intensely for quite some time. Then, they were followed by intense flooding that inundated many areas of Gippsland amongst others. The basic effect was that floodwaters carried nutrient-rich soil and ash from the higher reaches into the Gippsland basin, leading to a eutrophic condition in which algae and bacteria can thrive.

This gave rise to a particularly prolific cyanobacteria getting a foothold, Synechococcus. Essentiallysmothering the lake in cellular life, it gave an opportunity for some pretty special creatures to breed prolifically given an abundant food source - Noctiluca scintillans, a bioluminescent Dinoflagellate.

And so, you end up with photographs like this. A once-in-a-lifetime occurrence, captured for all to share.

Photo source: http://philhart.com/content/bioluminescence-gippsland-lakes

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staceythinx:

Ivy Noise by Daniela di Maro & Roberto Pugliese

About the project:

Electric wires climb the white walls, following not a casual pattern, but a defined one, after an accurate study of the growth of the ivy. Black lines design organic forms; brances form which unusual flowers blossom: conical speakers of various dimentions. A previously defined soundscape is given forth by some of these peculiar buds which acts as a background to the acoustic improvisation, determined instead by the human presence. Every noise is being captured by a series of microphones and random samples are taken in real time by a custom designed software, and rendered back through the speakers. Voices, steps, movements, nourish the installation. The totally synthetic sound, generated by this technological parasite creates however the illusion of being in a natural environment. A psychoacoustic journey, in which nothing stands still; everything is being transformed in an unstoppable and impromptu process of metamorphism. An experience which through multisensory stimulation creates a relation between man and technology, hypothesizing not only a peaceful coexistence of the two elements, but even an eco-sustainable hybridization, reinforced by the use of recycled materials.

This mixture of natural and manmade sounds can be heard in this video:

(via greyfaced)