The Ragtime Bandits of Hamburg, Germany performed “There and Back Again”, an original medley of songs from the Lord of the Rings soundtrack from the comfort of their own living room. The clever title of the medley refers to the title of a book written by Bilbo Baggins recounting his adventures, which would later become…
Elaborate Flowers Carved Into Fruits and Vegetables
Japanese artist Takehiro Kishimoto, who carves wonderfully intricate geometric patterns into a variety of fruits, vegetables and soaps, also carves elaborate looking flowers using the same practice of Mukimono.
A Wondrous Journey Through the Mountains of Europe
“Orogonia” is an award-winning timelapse film by Spanish filmmaker Enrique Pacheco (previously) that takes a wondrous journey through the mountains of the European highlands while contemplating their long history. While the idea was conceived nearly three years ago, Pacheco documented this amazing footage of the Alps and the Italian Dolomites over the course of two…
Amazing 3D Animal Murals That Jump Off the Walls
Portuguese artist Sergio Odeith (previously) creates remarkable anamorphic murals that appear to jump out from the walls on which they are painted. Some even interact with their surroundings. Included in this batch is an iguana lurking overhead, yellow bird sitting on a wooden palette, a red-headed frog leaping from a corner, a giant kangaroo ready…
Battered Cars Ramp Jump Over a Row of Junked Cars
Drivers at the Angmering Raceway in West Sussex, UK, raced up ramps in battered cars in a contest to see who would be able to jump over the most cars in a line of other battered cars. Many of the drivers crashed halfway through, but one little blue car made it over the entire line….
Lonely Man Learns to Embrace His Discordant Personal Ensemble in the Poignant Animation ‘The Orchestra’
On Valentine’s Day 2019, director Mikey Hill released the “The Orchestra”, a poignant animation about a world in which everyone has a personal ensemble that is comprised of miniature versions of themselves. These musicians express how their person is feeling, their hopes, their dreams, and their disappointments. In the case of a lonely man named…
Wonderfully Hypnotic Wooden Kinetic Wall Sculptures
Artist David C. Roy creates wonderfully intricate wooden wind-up kinetic wall sculptures that each move with hypnotic grace and ease. I design and build kinetic sculptures because I enjoy the act of creation. Taking an abstract idea and turning it into a physical object that “works” is a thrilling experience. …Common elements in my work…
Why We Drive on Parkways and Park on Driveways
Simon Whistler, host of Today I Found Out, explains the seemingly contradictive question of why we drive on parkways and park on driveways. The answer calls back to a time before cars existed. The original definition of a parking place referred to the place where trees and shrubbery were planted. When automobiles became popular, the…