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Scumdance, A Group Art Show That Celebrates Famous Movie Villains
They all float down here! by Dave Correia Scumdance, a group art show at the Blonde Grizzly gallery, will be showcasing a bad ass collection…
Bizarre Google Earth Glitch Images
Artist Clement Valla collects anomalous Google Earth images that showcase the occasional oddities of Google’s Universal Texture algorithm. For more images, see Valla’s collection, “Postcards…
A Tree is For Life, D*Face Anthropomorphizes Discarded Trees
“A tree is for life not just Xmas!” For “A Tree is For Life,” street artist D*Face added eyebaubles to discarded Christmas trees left on…
BargainBinBlasphemy, Record Albums Defaced
“Perma-frost & other delights.” BargainBinBlasphemy is a Tumblr blog where innocent bargain bin record albums have been humorously defaced. “Screamy Grant – A Christmas Arson.”…
PBS Arts: Off Book – What’s The Deal With Internet Comedy?
“Why not laugh a little?” “What’s The Deal With Internet Comedy?” by PBS Arts: Off Book looks at the culture of comedy in the digital…
A Burning Man for Ants, A Tilt-Shift Time-Lapse of Burning Man
“A Burning Man for Ants” is a time-lapse video of Burning Man that, thanks to tilt-shift photography, gives the art event a whimsical miniature quality.…
Illustrations of Famous Authors as Puns
Artist Timothy Leo Taranto created these illustrations of famous authors as puns for The Rumpus. Highlights include Ernest Lemingway and Frankensteinbeck.
Burners Without Borders Fundraising for Screen Printing Program in Haitian Town
Burners Without Borders is working to bring a screen printing program to the Jakmel Ekspresyon Community Arts Center in the town of Jacmel, Haiti. At…
Strange Fruits, Ordinary Fruit Turned Surreal by German Designer
“Pina Colada” Strange Fruits is an ongoing project by Berlin-based designer Sarah Illenberger where ordinary fruit is made into surreal and fun works of art.…
Minimalist Poster Designs Using Pictograms to Summarize Film Plots
Italian designer Matteo Civaschi of the H-57 Creative Station made a wonderful series of minimalistic designs (similar to his history posters) that quickly summarize popular…