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Thumbs In Place of Guns

Ryan Nance March 15, 2013

Thumbs and Ammo posits the idea: would it be funny to replace guns with thumbs up in stills from movies?  

YES! 

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In 5tilt Tags movies, humor, blogs

Glorious Drone Video of the High Arctic

Ryan Nance August 30, 2014

 

With a DJI Phantom 2 drone, Peter Cox, a landscape photographer, recently visited Svalbard in the Greenland Sea

 
In 5tilt Tags video, arctic, drone

Paris Seen Through the Viewfinder of a Pentax

Ryan Nance August 28, 2014

A stylish little take on the Paris video shows us the sights as seen through the iconic Pentax viewfinder. 

In 5tilt Tags camera, Videos, Paris, Travel
Huscarl, Battle of Hastings, 1066

Huscarl, Battle of Hastings, 1066

The Soldier's Kit through 1,000 years of English History

Ryan Nance August 28, 2014

Photographer Thomas Atkinson has created this photo series, Soldiers’ Inventories, which documents the military kits of English soldiers, from the Battle of Hastings in 1066 up to today. 

Mounted Knight, Siege of Jerusalem, 1244

Mounted Knight, Siege of Jerusalem, 1244

Fighting Archer, Battle of Agincourt, 1415

Fighting Archer, Battle of Agincourt, 1415

Yorkist Man at Arms, Battle of Bosworth, 1485

Yorkist Man at Arms, Battle of Bosworth, 1485

Trained Band Caliverman, Tilbury, 1588

Trained Band Caliverman, Tilbury, 1588

New Model Army Musketeer, Battle of Naseby, 1645

New Model Army Musketeer, Battle of Naseby, 1645

Private Sentinel, Battle of Malplaquet, 1709

Private Sentinel, Battle of Malplaquet, 1709

Private Soldier, Battle of Waterloo, 1815

Private Soldier, Battle of Waterloo, 1815

Private Soldier, Rifle Brigade, Battle of the Alma, 1854

Private Soldier, Rifle Brigade, Battle of the Alma, 1854

Sergeant, Battle of the Somme, 1916

Sergeant, Battle of the Somme, 1916

Lance Corporal, Parachute Brigade, Battle of Arnhem, 1944

Lance Corporal, Parachute Brigade, Battle of Arnhem, 1944

Royal Marine Commando, Falklands Conflict, 1982

Royal Marine Commando, Falklands Conflict, 1982

Close Support Sapper, Royal Engineers, Helmand Province, 2014

Close Support Sapper, Royal Engineers, Helmand Province, 2014

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In 5tilt Tags england, War, photo series, technology, history

Human Water Catapult

Ryan Nance August 26, 2014

Seems like a fun summer thing to do if you've got a houseboat and quadcopter.

In 5tilt Tags fun, summer
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More Book Sculptures from Chen Long-Bin

Ryan Nance August 22, 2014

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. 

Chen Long-Bin:

“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.”  

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Also check out Paper Sculptures That Defy Expectations

 

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In 5tilt Tags top, papercraft, art, sculpture, bookart

Real-time Facemapping - Digital Makeup

Ryan Nance August 19, 2014

Using real-time face tracking, Nobumichi Asai creates eerily transformative “electronic makeup” on a model's face.

In 5tilt Tags video projection

More Unbelievable 3D Paintings in Layers of Resin by Keng Lye

Ryan Nance August 18, 2014

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. 

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In 5tilt Tags sculpture, paint, amazing

Soundwaves and Natural Patterns in Juxtaposition

Ryan Nance August 18, 2014

Ukrainian designer Anna Marinenko sees the patterns of sound wave forms in the patterns of nature and movement. 

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In 5tilt Tags design, sound art, photo projects

The Treehouse of So Many of Our Dreams

Ryan Nance August 18, 2014

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.

 

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In 5tilt Tags architecture, treehouses, books

The End of the Waterslide - Splash Water by Krista Long

Ryan Nance August 18, 2014

Photographer Krista Long decided to investigate how people come out of waterslides. 

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In 5tilt Tags photography projects, waterslides, summer

Paris in Breathtaking Timelapse

Ryan Nance August 17, 2014

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.

In 5tilt Tags timelapse, paris, hyperlapse

All the Premier League Kits for the 2014/2015 Season

Ryan Nance August 15, 2014

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.

See All the Jerseys
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In 5tilt Tags football, premier league, kits, jersey
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New York's Greatest Abandoned Movie Theater - Four Years of 5 Things

Ryan Nance August 9, 2014

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

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In 5tilt Tags new york, abandoned buildings, theater

A History of the World in 100 Seconds - Four Years of 5 Things

Ryan Nance August 9, 2014

This geo-visualization of wikipedia articles through history first appeared March 21, 2011.

 

In 5tilt Tags data visualiztion, history, wikipedia, fouryearsof5things

Hyper-Realistic Drawing Shown Through Timelapse

Ryan Nance August 2, 2014

Marcello Barenghi has video after video demonstrating in timelapse how he goes from blank page to near photo-realistic by pen, pencil and brush.

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In 5tilt Tags hyperrealism, photorealistic, timelapse, drawings
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Shaolin Monks in A Stunning Dance on Boxes

Ryan Nance July 31, 2014

 Contemporary choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and 17 Buddhist monks ages 10-26, from the Shaolin Temple in China, present Sutra. 

Sutra a "unique, profoundly imagined work" (The Guardian) is a collaboration between one of Europe's most exciting dancer-choreographers Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Turner Prize-winning sculptor Antony Gormley and 17 practicing Buddhist monks from the Shaolin Temple in China. It is a piece of dance that is at once deeply hypnotic, playful and breathtakingly athletic.

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In 5tilt Tags kung fu, dance, conceptual dance, shao-lin monks

Self-portrait of Plastic Bottle Tops by MARY ELLEN CROTEAU

Ryan Nance July 29, 2014

Artist Mary Ellen Croteau used different sizes, color and shapes of bottle caps to create this very impressive self-portrait. 

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In 5tilt Tags art installation, art, portraits

Foresta Lumina in Quebec's Parc de la Gorge de Coaticook

Ryan Nance July 29, 2014

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 »

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In 5tilt Tags park, art installation, montreal, canada

Design Wish - Power Cube

Ryan Nance July 29, 2014

A power cord that matches the way we work: multi-device, moving about and in need of flexibility. The PowerCube doesn't make you squeeze those big plugs in next to each other, each has its own face. And with integrated USB ports. Love it. 

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In design wish Tags office, gagdets, devices, power
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