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AT&True Detective Spoofs The AT&T ‘It’s Not Complicated’ Ad That Talks About Bigger Always Being Better
Ross Marquand reprised his impersonation of Matthew McConaughey as Rust Cohle for "Bigger", as the "AT&True Detective"
para l l el, An Eerie Short Film That Imagines Cities Around the World Without People
“para l l el” is an eerie short film that depicts cities around the world devoid of people. The film was created by Claire and…
Mysterious Animal Crates Left Around Paris to Promote Reopening of the Zoological Park of Paris
To publicize the reopening of the Zoological Park of Paris, communications agency ubi bene built giant wooden animal crates and deposited them in public spaces…
A Half Hour Continuous Loop of the Phil Collins Drum Fill From His Song ‘In The Air Tonight’
The instantly recognizable drum fill from the 1981 Phil Collins hit single “In The Air Tonight” looped for a full 30 minutes in this video.…
The KiraVan, An Incredible 51,000 Pound Adventure Truck That Inventor Bran Ferren Is Building for His Daughter
photo via Bran Ferren In an effort to create the ultimate adventure vehicle for his 4-year-old daughter Kira, inventor and technologist Bran Ferren is building…
Vinyl Art, Portraits of Musicians Hand-Painted Directly Onto Their Records
Arizona-based Artist Daniel Edlen pays tribute to some of his favorite musicians through Vinyl Art, his series of portraits of musicians hand-painted directly onto their…
French Juggler Creates Optical Illusions Using Four Rings
French juggler Lindzee Poi manipulates a quartet of juggling rings so as to make them appear as if they’re rotating around one another in the…
‘We Will Live Again’, A Documentary About the Caretakers of 99 Cryogenically Frozen Bodies at the Cryonics Institute
Directed by New York-based filmmakers Myles Kane and Josh Koury, the 2013 documentary short We Will Live Again follows the lives of two men tasked…
The Byzantine Series, Historic Byzantine-Style Paintings of Modern-Day Pop Culture Characters
Link, Legend of Zelda Athens, Greece-based artist Fotis Varthis has created The Byzantine Series, a collection of historic Byzantine-style paintings of modern-day pop culture characters.…
Examining Whether Math Equations Can Be a Form of Art
DNews host Tara Long examines whether math equations can be a form of art. Specifically, Long discusses a recent scientific paper that explored whether mathematicians…