Seems like a fun summer thing to do if you've got a houseboat and quadcopter.
More Book Sculptures from Chen Long-Bin
We saw a number of Chen Long-Bin's book carvings last week in the REBOUND DISSECTIONS AND EXCAVATIONS IN BOOK ART. I can't really get enough of them.
“In my artwork I always use printed matter – discarded books, magazines, and computer printouts; the cultural debris of our information society. The sculptures I create reference Eastern and Western icons and intellectual figures, thereby exploring cultural meanings and concepts. I always use text in my work and the content of the texts are relevant to my sculptures. My finished sculptures often seem to be wood or marble, though they consist of paper. They are constructed in such a way that the various parts fit together in a seamless manner.”
Also check out Paper Sculptures That Defy Expectations
Real-time Facemapping - Digital Makeup
Using real-time face tracking, Nobumichi Asai creates eerily transformative “electronic makeup” on a model's face.
More Unbelievable 3D Paintings in Layers of Resin by Keng Lye
It is almost hard to believe but these are NOT real fish. They are painted in three dimensions in layers of resin.
We've seen the works of Keng Lye before, but these again are jaw-dropping.
Soundwaves and Natural Patterns in Juxtaposition
Ukrainian designer Anna Marinenko sees the patterns of sound wave forms in the patterns of nature and movement.
The Treehouse of So Many of Our Dreams
In a series of trees outside Atlanta, architect Peter Bahouth has constructed this network of houses in the trees, with a series of bridges connecting them. The owner named the three rooms ‘Mind,’ ‘Body’ and ‘Spirit’. Photographer Lindsay Appel took these amazing photos of them in her book, My Cool Shed.
The End of the Waterslide - Splash Water by Krista Long
Photographer Krista Long decided to investigate how people come out of waterslides.
Paris in Breathtaking Timelapse
On a recent 3-week trip to Paris, Paul Richardson captured this absolutely breathtaking time lapse of some of the City of Lights most memorable sights.
All the Premier League Kits for the 2014/2015 Season
ESPN has this great feature story that both shows all the 2014/2015 kits for each of the 20 teams, but also details of the deals those sponsors and manufacturers secured. The Premier League starts this weekend.
New York's Greatest Abandoned Movie Theater - Four Years of 5 Things
Closed in 1977, Loew's King Theatre, one of five "Loew's Wonder Theaters", was built on Flatbush Ave in 1929.
This post originally appear April 3, 2011
A History of the World in 100 Seconds - Four Years of 5 Things
This geo-visualization of wikipedia articles through history first appeared March 21, 2011.
Hyper-Realistic Drawing Shown Through Timelapse
Marcello Barenghi has video after video demonstrating in timelapse how he goes from blank page to near photo-realistic by pen, pencil and brush.
Shaolin Monks in A Stunning Dance on Boxes
Contemporary choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and 17 Buddhist monks ages 10-26, from the Shaolin Temple in China, present Sutra.
Self-portrait of Plastic Bottle Tops by MARY ELLEN CROTEAU
Artist Mary Ellen Croteau used different sizes, color and shapes of bottle caps to create this very impressive self-portrait.
Foresta Lumina in Quebec's Parc de la Gorge de Coaticook
A forest path lit at night to create this stunning mix of projections, installations and effects in this amazing storybook experience in Quebec's Parc de la Gorge de Coaticook: Foresta Lumina, created by Montreal-based Moment Factory through October 11th.
See also Glowstick Trails in Night Waterfalls »
Carved Photos - Photographic Palimpsest
German artist Michel Lamoller, in his series “tautochronos," cuts up prints from multiple photos of the same place at different times. These tauto ('same') chronos ('time') artifacts are like palimpsests erupting through the layers into a time and space disruption.
Downtown LA by Quadcopter
Downtown Los Angeles is one of those things seen either from a distance, or from in the middle of it. Filmmaker Ian Wood gives us this stylish quadcopter-eyed view.
With DTLA's fascinating architectural and art history, drawing contributions from lots of different times and points of view, this is a visual feast.
The World of Cellphone Etiquette
I want to have some business cards printed that say "You're doing it wrong" to hand out to etiquette offenders.
Master Potters Show Us How It's Done
This video filmed by the American Museum of Ceramic Art focuses on five ceramic masters from Icheon at work in their studios.
Blue & White Porcelain Busts by Ah Xian
Blue & White Porcelain is a favorite decorative motif of Song Dynasty China and is probably why we refer to porcelain dinnerware as China. Here, Chinese artist Ah Xian brings some of that in a cheeky way to these lifelike human busts, leading to an uncanny marriage of the modern and the traditional.