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Highly Immersive Location Specific Multimedia Installations by Tracey Snelling
German artist Tracey Snelling creates highly immersive multimedia installations that are housed inside of tiny versions of specific locations. This form allows the viewer to…
Journey to the Microcosmos, A Fascinating Video Series About the Various Forms of Microscopic Life
Hank Green of SciShow and James Weiss of Jam’s Germs have pooled their collective scientific knowledge to launch a new Complexly video series entitled Journey…
Artist Josh Ellingson Paints a Giant Mural at Factory Two Makerspace in His Hometown of Flint Michigan
While visiting his grandparents in Michigan, the incredibly talented artist Josh Ellingson (previously) hooked up with the Flint Public Art Project to paint a mural…
Guitarist Plays Upbeat Fingerstyle Cover of ‘You Got a Friend in Me’ to His Dog Maple and Sheriff Woody Doll
With the release of Toy Story 4 (previously), multi-instrumentalist AcousticTrench (previously) performed a very upbeat acoustic fingerstyle cover of the Randy Newman song “You Got…
A Wonderful Piano Medley of 40 Cartoon Themes
Music teacher Florian Mohr performed a wonderful piano medley of 40 cartoon theme songs in just a single take. Mohr began the medley with the…
Examining George Washington’s Family Tree to Figure Out Who Would Be King If the U.S. Was a Monarchy
Matt Baker of Useful Charts quite amusingly examined the George Washington extended family tree to determine who would be king in this age if the…
Street Artist Buff Monster Transforms an Empty Spray Paint Can Into One of His Distinctly Original Characters
New York City street artist Buff Monster very cleverly transformed his flattened, empty spray paint can into one of his distinctively original big-eyed melty ice…
Creature Performer Edd Osmond Explains What It Was Like Playing the ‘Dumbo’ Live-Action Stand-In
Insider producer Ian Phillips spoke with creature performer Edd Osmond to find out what it’s like to play a star of a film without ever…
A Marvelous Animated Short Film That Brilliantly Visualizes Each Messy Stage of a Nasty Head Cold
South Korean illustrator Seoro Oh has created “(OO)”, a truly marvelous short animated film that brilliantly visualizes each and every messy, snotty stage that comes…
The Incredible Engineering Behind ‘Edge’, The Highest Outdoor Observation Deck in the Western Hemisphere
In 2015, we wrote about how the massive New York City development Hudson Yards will be building an observation deck that will be attached to…