RIP Gregory Isaacs

Gregory Isaacs, the 'Cool Ruler', has died at the age of 59 after a year long battle with lung cancer.
One of the most popular reggae artists of the late Seventies, he released an estimated 500 albums in Jamaica, the US, the UK and was best known for his 1982 hit 'Night Nurse'.

Gorey Castle Video Mapping

Evan Grant brings buildings to life with 3D projections. As part of Jersey's recent Branchage Festival, the 29-year-old founder of Shoreditch-based arts and technology collective Seeper - http://www.seeper.com projected ultra-bright video on to the walls of the third-century Gorey Castle. I think the best bit is around 1:15, when the castle becomes a giant undulating rubiks cube type-thingy....
(Another thanks to Jorge Nieto, who might as well start blogging for us considering how much info he sends our way!)

Dietrich Wegner's Tattooed Babies

“Cumulous Brand” is an unsettling title for an art project with babies. The infant sculptures and photos were visualized and developed by Dietrich Wegner. “...babies are covered in multicolored tattoos in a meditation on how our identities evolve and how we declare them,” states Wegner.

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Steel Wire 3D Sculptures

Artist Shi Jindian created these amazing 3D sculptures from steel wire.
By trial and error, he learned how to crochet the two-dimensional strands into three-dimensional forms, using tools of his own devising. His wire meshes start out as wrappings around some common object. When the mesh is complete, Shi Jindian destroys or extracts the object, leaving only its steel exoskeleton.

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Alex Pardee Iphone App - Get It Now!!

I recently developed an iphone app with Alex Pardee.


 Here is his blog post.

Wanna stare at bright colors and argue with your friends about what kind of drugs I'm on half the time when I paint? (hint: nothing). Tired of attempting to describe to your friends that you saw something online that looked like a giant pink retarded bubble monster getting strangled by a gremlin with anger issues but have no reference to show them? Wanna check out everything that's going on with my website and art but you're bored of the regular old browser on your phone or touch that was SO 2009? Want to be the coolest inmate on death row? (*this one applies only to people on death row, sorry). Well, now, THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT!

Yes, that is correct. I have begun my online mobile invasion. A few years ago I wanted to figure out a way to spread something fun to as many people as possible. After working with scientists on a way to evolve the herpes virus into a bullet that i could shoot into everyone at a party, along came iphone programmer and genius code writer JARRYD HALL, who convinced me that HERPES is also "So last year" and that if I really wanted to have fun, that I should start applying my art to mobile applications. Needless to say I tried to shoot him with my herpes gun for suggesting such a thing, but that's because I was confused. However, after a little convincing and hard work, Jarryd showed me what he could do, and a brilliant artistic relationship was born. Over the upcoming months, and hopefully long into the future, Jarryd Hall and I are going to be collaborating on some really fun art apps, games etc, all specifically designed with trans-media and the latest technology in mind.

That being said, I am extremely proud to announce that MY VERY FIRST OFFICIAL IPHONE APP IS NOW AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD!!!

This first app is simply a gateway drug into what is to come in the future. This first app is a combination of many of my different worlds (art, film, blog, etc) all available in an iphone-friendly mobile browser. As an artist who also digs and searches and stares at other artists' creations on the internet, i often find it hard to navigate through art and find good versions that I can share with my friends or show them what I am talking about when I reference it. For this reason alone, Jarryd & I basically created a downloadable library of over 200 mobile-friendly versions of my art that you can view and share ANY TIME, whether you are ONLINE or OFFLINE! In addition to basically downloading 200 easily searchable and viewable images, the app also has live feeds of my blog, links to twitter, videos, an in-browser store (Zerofriends), a bio, and more to come hopefully a ways in the future. Additionally, this app was designed ENTIRELY by myself and Jarryd. Just the 2 of us:) Jarryd sacrificed a lot of time with all of the coding and support and this was a really good creative experience for the both of us.
So please take a moment to check out the app and if you feel generous, purchase it for a nice little $0.99 cents!
And just so you know our reasoning behind making the app a purchasable app instead of a free app, there are 2 main reasons. 1.) Because you are basically paying for 200 instant free wallpaper images for your phone that you can change as much as you want to, share with your friends even if you are OFFLINE, and which will update in the future with more images. and 2) because we are creating these apps for YOU as well as for ourselves and for our art. We are hoping to continue to expand our learning experience with creating the app into way more involved apps, like photo editing apps, downloadable comic book, games revolving around my art, and other interactive games. But we can not continue to explore this new way of experimenting with my art without your support. So thank you in advance, even for considering. Hope you enjoy it and I will keep you updated on our new app adventures!!

Direct link to view & purchase app

Thanks again for your support! Keep an eye out for some fun interactive apps in the future from Jarryd Hall and I!

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Massive Attack Videos by Edouard Salier

2 very cool CG videos done by upcoming director, Edouard Salier for Massive Attack's newest album....Salier has so far worked for Coke & Nike so look out for his name/work in the near future.

Massive Attack-Splitting the Atom-directed by Edouard Salier

Massive Attack-Atlas Air-directed by Edouard Salier

Mutant Dokurocks Blind Bag Edition

According to Toybotstudios, this is a RealxHead collaboration with Skull Toys known as Mutant Dokurocks. It came blind bag style in two different variations and looks so good! Another 'I want' for my neverending list...

Black and WTF Strange Photography

Black & WTF blog just adds weird/dark images from the past, brought back to life for our amusement...(and we thought our forefathers were stuck-up, conservative and boring! This site proves they weren't at all)

R2D2 Swimsuit

Australian fashion designer James Lillis has become an instant geek hero with the launch of an swimsuit inspired by the Star Wars droid R2D2. According to James, "there has been thousands of dollars worth of orders in just a few hours."
Expect a surge of geeks to the beach with cameras soon!




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JR Show in Shanghai

JR has a new show, "Wrinkles of the City", in Shanghai, opening Saturday 23rd October 2010 at the Shanghai Art Museum for the Biennale and Sunday 24 October 2010 at Magda Danysz Gallery in Shanghai.

Everyday Normal Guy - Jon Lajoie

Comedian Jon Lajoie busts out some rap.

Freerider Skatecycle

Anyone remember the Snakeboard??
Winner of an International Design Excellence Award, the “Freerider Skatecycle” is a next-gen recreational vehicle that combines the foot control of snowboarding, the balanced turning of skateboarding and the nimble movement of casterboarding in a single device, enhancing the experience of the rider. For the user can switch effortlessly between the three different sporting equipments of the same class.
One of these can be yours for $150 from HERE.

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