…18 life-size interactive sculptures of women surrounding a pedestal holding one ton of Texas pecans. Each prefabricated female mannequin is mounted on her side in an odalisque position and has been retooled to function as a nutcracker. Visitors interact with each sculpture by placing a pecan in the mannequin’s inner thigh, then pushing down the upper leg to crack open the nut so they may eat it in the gallery…
fascinating installation from american artist jennifer rubell (via ‘uwe’)
…while the visitor keeps their eyes shut, a moving platform guides a pen in their hand to draw a self-portrait, using computer vision to track their face and generate a line drawing. The result is a machine-aided drawing, a self-portrait you could never draw… (via uwe)
a declaration of love, in lights from local artist leonard van munster
(via ‘jochem leegstra’)
…(french): usually translated as “staircase wit,” is the act of thinking of a clever comeback when it is too late to deliver it…
…approximately 375 million people speak English as their first language, in fact it’s the 3rd most commonly spoken language in the world (after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish). Interestingly enough it’s the number 1 second language used worldwide – which is why the total number of people who speak English, outnumber those of any other… …whilst it’s the most widely spoken language, there’s still a few areas it falls down on… …25 words that simply don’t exist in the english langauge…
well, i thought it was interesting anyhow…
(tip via trainee ornithologist and part-time, scale-model-train enthusiast: mister ‘jean denis’)
the wonderful photo series ‘les filles’ from katrien franken has been accompanied by the second series ‘les garcons’, although this latest project not yet on her website…
