Thumbs and Ammo posits the idea: would it be funny to replace guns with thumbs up in stills from movies?
YES!
Chiwetel Ejiofor and Sari Mercer
Guest Post - Devereau Chumrau - Kids Styled as Golden Globe Celebs
Devereau Chumrau - www.devereauchumrau.com
This guest post is from actor Devereau Chumrau.
Devereau may be a native of Los Angeles, but it is also the time she spent in Ghana, in Europe and the UK, and largely as a student of the Asolo Conservatory in Florida, that has shaped her vision as an actor and as an artist. She has, all along the way, worked to develop her interest and experience in acting for the stage and for the screen.
Catch her show LOVECRAFT: Nightmare Suite opening Jan 31 at the Visceral Company in Hollywood.
Devereau:
There is nothing that can top a cute kid. These kids are so very cute.
Tricia Messeroux of Toddlewood Photography turns these adorable kids into the visions of the celebrities that we all know and recognize.
Mini Chiwetel! And a close runner-up are mini hosts Amy Poehler and Tina Fey.
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler
Jennifer Lawrence
Lupita Nyong’o
Giuliana Rancic
Kelly Osbourne
Paula Patton
Sofia Vergara
Boeing 777 Model Made of Manilla Folders by Luca Iaconi-Stewart
San Francisco-based designer Luca Iaconi-Stewart has spent 5 years creating this meticulous model of a Boeing 777 out of manila folders.
It is fascinating to see our obsessions made actual.
via Colossal
Guest Post - Shakira Sofer - 5 Paintings by Local Sarasota Artist Michael Panarella
Shakira Refos - Photo by Brian Braun
Today's first guest post is from Shakira Sofer.
"I am a human girl with animal tendencies. The Dutch raised me and the Caribbean made me. Tempt me with distraction but only if you are a woman or HipHop.
Fux with it."
These paintings were done by Michael Panarella. A brilliant fine artists amongst many many talented young artists in Sarasota Florida.
Michael has an art show this Thursday presented by Premier Sotheby's International Realty and U.S. Trust which is the first of its kind.
WHEN
Thursday, January 23rd, 2014
5pm – 8pm
WHERE
Premier Sotheby’s International Realty
50 Central Ave, Suite 110
Sarasota, FL, 34236
941.308.6466
Both company's plan on continuing their commitment to Sarasota's local art community by presenting artists to their clients under the theme of "Artfully uniting the world of fine art and finance."
Panarella is on the verge of more major exposure with talks of a exhibition coming up in New York later this year. His style switches from abstract to figurative so smoothly, I'm a huge fan of his general aesthetic.
Check out his website. There you can find more examples of his recent paintings, sculptures and installations. Michael Panarella is going places.
POTD - Death by Donald Revell
Donald Revell
Death
Death calls my dog by the wrong name.
A little man when I was small, Death grew
Beside me, always taller, but always
Confused as I have almost never been.
Confusion, like the heart, gets left behind
Early by a boy, abandoned the very moment
Futurity with her bare arms comes a-waltzing
Down the fire escapes to take his hand.
"Death," I said, "if your eyes were green
I would eat them."
For what are days but the furnace of an eye?
If I could strip a sunflower bare to its bare soul,
I would rebuild it:
Green inside of green, ringed round by green.
There'd be nothing but new flowers anymore.
Absolute Christmas.
"Death," I said, "I know someone, a woman,
Who sank her teeth into the moon."
For what are space and time but the inventions
Of sorrowing men? The soul goes faster than light.
Eating the moon alive, it leaves space and time behind.
The soul is forgiveness because it knows forgiveness.
And the knowledge is whirligig.
Whirligig taught me to live outwardly.
Shoe shop. . . pizza parlor. . . surgical appliances. . .
All left behind me with the hooey.
My soul is my home.
An old star hounded by old starlight.
"Death, I ask you, whose only story
Is the end of the story, right from the start,
How is it I remember everything
That never happened and almost nothing that did?
Was I ever born?"
I think of the suicides, all of them thriving,
Many of them painting beautiful pictures.
I think of boys and girls murdered
In their first beauty, now with children of their own.
And I have a church in my mind, set cruelly ablaze,
And then the explosion of happy souls
Into the greeny, frozen Christmas Eve air:
Another good Christmas, a white choir.
Beside each other still,
My Death and I are a magical hermit.
Dear Mother, I miss you.
Dear reader, your eyes are now green,
Green as they used to be, before I was born.
Vincent Van Gogh “Bedroom in Arles”
Modern Art Classics Reorganized by Ursus Wehrli
Swiss comedian and experimental artist, Ursus Wehrl, in his “Tidying Up Art” series, reorganizes famous paintings, stacking up their elements by size, color or form, or by otherwise sorting out the unbearable mess of modern art.
He tries to make us believe he is doing the original artists a favor by organizing them. His TEDx talk video is funny and excruciating.
René Magritte “Golconda”
Paul Klee “Farbtafel”
Egon Schiele “Reclining Female Nude”
Pablo Picasso “The Red Armchair”
Georges Seurat “Les Poseuses” (Pointillism)
Wassily Kandinsky “Sky Blue”
Joan Miró “The Gold of the Azure”
Bird Steals Egg Camera to Film this Gorgeous Aerial Shot of a Penguin Colony
Apparently a camera disguised as an egg was too tempting for this bird of prey ( a striated caracara ) who snatches it from a penguin colony, and flying off, only to accidentally catch this amazing aerial shot in the process.
via the Verge
APP of the Day: Merlin Bird ID by Cornell Lab of Ornithology
I've always wanted an app that uses the contextual awareness of a smartphone with the deep knowledge of a field guide to help me know the name of all the gorgeous birds I am blessed to meet. Well, The Cornell University Lab of Ornithology just put out MERLIN BIRD ID (only for iOS for now). My app of the day. I want one that does the same thing for trees.
Full-Sized Cardboard Pirate Ship
Three friends decided to build a full-sized ghost pirate ship out of cardboard for a Treasure Island- themed Halloween party.
5 Video Gadgets for the iPhone Videographer
In addition to our daily internet finds, we actually had 4 full seasons of a weekly video show. In that process I did a great deal of work to find the things that would let me film on the go. While I had the distinct honor of working with the very talented Stephen McFadden, there were times when I needed to film myself in the snowy Manhattan evening, far away from Stephen's amazing camera.
So here are 5 video gadgets I discovered along the way.
NYC From a Bicycle Point of View
Designer Tim Sklyarov wanted to connect his passion for photography with his preferred mode of transportation. Et voila. The result offers us a unique perspective on the city.
Finnish Silo Turned into A Modern Take on the Lighthouse
In honor of Helsinki being named the World Design Capital of 2012, Madrid-based design firm Lighting Design Collective (LDC) to created a permanent urban art light piece.
The Director of LDC, Tapio Rosenius:
“At night 1250 white LED’s flicker and sway on the surface of the silo controlled by a bespoke software mimicking swarms of birds in flight – a reference to silo´s seaside location. The prevailing winds, well-known to those living in Helsinki, are used to trigger different light patterns in real time.
‘The enduring fascination of the complex movement of light and the amazing location by the sea will make this a captivating experience for the visitors and the residents of Helsinki.”
via Beautiful Decay
Aerial Photos of Botswana's Wildlife by Zack Seckler
Photographer Zack Seckler flying in an ultra-light just a few hundred feet off the ground takes these awesome photos of the wildlife for his series Botswana.
He explains: "it was like gliding over an enormous painting and being able to create brushstrokes at will. Flying 100 feet over herds of wild animals in a plane with no windows was an unforgettable experience. I was privy to views and perspectives that very few get to see. As a photographer, I was humbled. I’m always thinking about new ways to view the world. This series quite literally changed my view, showing me that simple changes can create profound results."
Stainless: High-resolution images shot from speeding subway trains
Adam Magyar filmed the crowds waiting on the subway platforms in NYC, Tokyo and Berlin at 50 frames per second using a high speed camera. There is a fantastic article about him and his art over on MEDIUM.
via The Fox is Black
Star Wars Models Photographed Realistically by Vesa Lehtimaki
The models Vesa Lehtimaki used for his Star Wars Scale Model Project are old MPC models from his son's toy collection, built in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
via Faith is Torment
Flower and Animal Images Built out of Nude Human Bodies
Cecelia Webber uses images of the human body arranged to create the vision of plants and animals. She photographs nude models (herself included) and then builds the final images through edits, cuts and color.
She explains: “Each image takes many stages to create. I start by researching photos of the creature or plant I’m trying to create and then sketch poses I want to photograph in a notebook…I never warp my models or edit them to change them – it is important to me to portray real natural bodies. Once I have my photos I start laying out my piece and playing with colour and arrangements…Many drastic transformations take place during this stage, so it’s sort of magical, because so many different variations are possible. I feel many possibilities at once but the true form of my subject slowly emerges.”
via Beautiful Decay http://5thin.gs/1dRkO0j
Human Geographies: Illustrations by Ed Fairburn
A freelance artist from the UK, Ed Fairburn uses maps like canvas and makes the tight tangle of rivers, roads and shorelines to heighten the impact of the invisible emotional landscapes the faces stream.
He explains: “I paint, draw and construct using a flexible range of tangible media across a wide range of surfaces and contexts, allowing my practice to exist among various disciplines. The work I produce is largely self-directed, allowing me to explore a wealth of ideas and concepts which need to be released.”
via KoiKoiKoi
Pacific Crest Trail Self-Portrait Timelapse: 1,700 Miles and 90lbs Lost
Kolby Kirk hiked 1,700 miles along the Pacific Crest Trail, for 152 days. He lost 90lbs in the process and made this great self-portrait timelapse. There's a nice little surprise at the end of the video.
photo by Francisco Negroni
Gorgeous Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Eruptions by Francisco Negroni
The Puyehue-Cordón Caulle in southern Chile is the occasion for these (and more) absolutely stunning photos by Chilean photographer Francisco Negroni. His 500px page is full of them.
An audio visual installation in association with Schwartz Flavour Shots, an innovative new range of herb and spice blends locked in oil. What does flavour look like? How does it sound? These are the questions that inspired herb and spice experts, Schwartz, to create what they describe as a ‘Sonic Flavourscape'. Several tons of black peppercorns, cardamom, turmeric, paprika, cumin seeds, ginger, chilli and coriander were rigged to explode in perfect sync with a bespoke musical composition. Each explosion represents an individual piano note or chord, which when filmed at high speed, creates a surreal three dimensional sound scape. The project bought together an eclectic collective of creative collaborators. DJ/Producer MJ Cole was approached to translate the sensation of taste into a musical composition. Film maker Chris Cairns and pyrotechnic designers, ‘Machine Shop’, then went to work turning this sound into a physical scale.
Spices Exploding In Sync With Music
Sure it's a commercial for Schwartz Flavour Shots, but it is stunning.