Carved Book Landscapes by Guy Laramee (click images for detail) For the better part of three decades multidisciplinary artist Guy Laramee has worked as a stage writer, director, composer, a fabricator of musical instruments, a singer, sculptor, painter and writer. Among his sculptural works are two incredible series of carved book landscapes and structures entitled Biblios and The Great Wall, where the dense pages of old books are excavated to reveal serene mountains, plateaus, and ancient structures. Of these works he says: So I carve landscapes out of books and I paint Romantic landscapes. Mountains of disused knowledge return to what they really are: mountains. Laramee’s next show will be in April of 2012 at the Galerie d’Art d’Outremont in Montreal.
Cultura Colectiva abril 22, 2013abril 22, 2013Cultura Colectiva El pasado febrero, la cantante mexicana Carla Morrison se presentó en el Foro del Tejedor en una sesión íntima en la que interpretó la canción “Estás que te pelas”, un tema original del grupo Intocable.La presentación de Carla Morrison forma parte de Las Sesiones del Molcajete, una serie de showcases con artistas y músicos que […] Twitter0 facebook0 pinterest0 google plus0Share linked in0 email0 stumbleupon0Share meneame0Share Share El pasado febrero, la cantante mexicana Carla Morrison se presentó en el Foro del Tejedor en una sesión íntima en la que interpretó la canción “Estás que te pelas”, un tema original del grupo Intocable. La presentación de Carla Morrison forma parte de Las Sesiones del Molcajete, una serie de showcases con artistas y músicos que se realizan en el Foro del Tejedor; presentadas por La Tortilla, un suplemento dedicado a la música en español incluido en la revista Marvin.
LED Lights Make Augmented Vision a Reality | Elemental LEDucation LED Lights Make Augmented Vision a Reality Okay, this is just freaky. We know LED lights are versatile enough to be used for practically anything, but LED contact lenses? Really?! Once miniature green LEDs are developed (and they’re in the works, as of now), full color displays will be possible. Lead researcher Babak Parvis comments “You won’t necessarily have to shift your focus to see the image generated by the contact lens,” it would just appear in front of you and your view of the real world will be completely unobstructed when the display is turned off. Ah, the real world. Thanks to Extreme Tech for the quote and Trendhunter for the images. By the way, these freaky LED contact lenses may still be a product of the future, but a lot of cool LED products are of the present!
How DIY Electronics Benefit The Environment glacial23/CC BY-SA 2.0 The growing trend toward DIY electronics is good news for the environmental movement. DIYing both directly and indirectly benefits the planet; not only are resources saved by reusing parts and rebuilding gadgets, but also tasks accomplished with the newly created devices can be of use for everyone from scientists to the average home owner. Do It Yourself Electronics and Citizen Scientists A straight line of thought from DIY electronics and conservation leads us to DIY science, or citizen science. One such example is the NOAH app. With NOAH, you can photograph an interesting plant, bug or animal that you want to learn about, send in the photo along with a little info about where you found it, and store it in the species database. Similarly, a citizen science organization called eBird is using information collected and maintained by amateur birdwatchers to help scientists. DIY science using common electronic devices is becoming more common. DrLianPinKoh/CC BY 2.0
Illustrator Rob Dobi Thinks Your Scene Sucks! Jun 19, 2011 / Category : Misc / 22 Comments We are all victim to the atrocities of today's many scenes and subscenes. Whether you choose to accept it or not, this reality affects us all in one way or another. We all deal with it in different ways, some keep themselves locked up in isolation, holding onto the hope that the scene won't penetrate their stronghold, others simply give in and take on a life of scenesterism tragic. It's got to the point where you need to know what signs to look out for, where not to be at the wrong time, and most importantly, to know your scenesters. YourSceneSucks helps you define which totally sucky scene you belong to: Apple Store Indie, maybe Hipster Jesus? This crescendo crazed composer is hard to define by looks alone. The Nintendocore fan refuses to let go of the video games from his youth, however, his dedication leaves him trapped in an 8-bit world in his parents basement without a warp pipe to escape. You sir, are grizzled!
La Nostalgia Porfirista: Tiempos de Ocio | El Blog de Don Porfirio ¿Se acuerdan de cuando no existía la televisión? Eran otros tiempos, más antiguos, incluso, que los que vivieron sus padres. Entonces se respiraba un aire más tranquilo en toda la nación, no teníamos necesidad de saber qué estaba pasando en todo el mundo todo el tiempo. Simplemente esperábamos a que un acontecimiento fuera investigado a profundidad para que apareciera en la primera plana de un periódico y el pueblo, o al menos quienes supieran leer, se tomara la mañana para discutirlo a fondo en el Jockey Club o en la pulquería (según fuera el caso). Parece que hoy, en cuanto sucede una tragedia internacional no hay más que prender el monitor de una computadora, o la misma televisión, para ver en tiempo real qué es lo que sucede, sin que realmente obtengamos mucha información. ¿Por qué nos gustan esas imágenes tan violentas en tiempo real? Aunque eso es falso, no sabemos más que las imágenes que nos presenta la televisión, y nos obliga a digerir como hombres sin criterio.
How to: Convert any surface into a touchscreen with a Wiimote - Tech2.in.com Tablets and all-in-one PCs featuring a touchscreen-enabled display are convenient and fun to work with. But a touchscreen monitor isn’t quite affordable for most just yet. Using a Wii remote (Wiimote) from Nintendo’s gaming console, you can make your regular monitor (LCD or CRT) behave as a basic touch panel. Given below is a simple workshop to convert almost any given surface (be it your LCD monitor, table surface or a whiteboard (or wall) along with a projector) into a touch-enabled surface. All you would need is a Wiimote, a simple utility from the internet, a Bluetooth dongle and an infrared light source. This whole workshop has been inspired by Johnny Lee from his website ‘ The Nintendo Wiimote can be purchased separately What you would need for this project: – A Nintendo Wiimote: You can use your existing console’s remote or buy one from eBay for about Rs. 1,000. – WiimoteWhiteboard utility: This utility can be downloaded for free from here.
Designers Spin Spidey-Worthy Webs From Packing Tape Packing tape has gotten MacGyver out of many a jam, but he never managed to make an entire home out of the stuff. So he could probably learn something from Viennese/Croatian design collective For Use/Numen. The team uses nothing but packing tape to create huge, self-supporting cocoons that visitors could climb inside and explore. Installed three times in the past year, the next deployment will be next week from June 9–13 at DMY Berlin's International Design Fair, which is now in its 8th year. The installations, which look like the work of horrifyingly large arachnids, grew in scale and scope as the year progressed, first deployed inside a small Croatian gallery, then an abandoned attic during October’s Vienna Design Week. At the last installation inside Odeon, a former stock exchange building in Vienna, the group used nearly 117,000 feet and 100 pounds of tape.
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