Today's Rave Art Flyers are nothing like what they used to be. Once an artistic expression of what the rave experience meant to its designer, most rave flyers today are generic and lacking creativity.
Let's take a lesson from our past and celebrate the fantastic art that we once used to advertise for raves and dance parties, and let's make our goal to inspire this kind of art once again! As Terence McKenna once said, "The artist’s task is to save the soul of mankind." Let's bring it back Read more [...]
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15 Awesome Rave Art Flyers from the 90′s
Today's Rave Art Flyers are nothing like what they used to be. Once an artistic expression of what the rave experience meant to its designer, most rave flyers today are generic and lacking creativity.
Let's take a lesson from our past and celebrate the fantastic art that we once used to advertise for raves and dance parties, and let's make our goal to inspire this kind of art once again! As Terence McKenna once said, "The artist’s task is to save the soul of mankind." Let's bring it back Read more [...]
106 Awesome Banksy Graffiti Drawings
Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, film director, and painter.
His satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti done in a distinctive stencilling technique. Such artistic works of political and social commentary have been featured on streets, walls, and bridges of cities throughout the world.
Banksy's work was made up of the Bristol underground scene which involved collaborations between artists and musicians. According Read more [...]
30 Mind-Blowing Space Photos from 2012
30 Mind-Blowing Space Photos from 2012
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A brilliant shot of Venus crossing the sun. Hinode spacecraft captured the image on June 6.
ESO’s Very Large Telescope captured the most detailed infrared image of the Carina Nebula stellar nursery this February. This cloud of glowing gas is about 7,500 light years from Earth and includes several of the brightest and heaviest stars known.
This stunning photo shows the moon and Earth’s Read more [...]
Earth From Above: 22 Stunning Images by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Aiming to inspire people to think globally about sustainable living, Arthus-Bertrand has been photographing unique views of earth, seen from the sky, since 1994.
Icebreaker Louis Saint Laurent in Resolute Bay, Nunavut Territory, Canada. [map] (© Yann Arthus-Bertrand)
Worker resting on bales of cotton, Thonakaha, Korhogo, Ivory Coast. Cotton crops occupy approximately 335,000 square klilometers worldwide, and use nearly one quarter of all pesticides sold. [map] (© Yann Arthus-Bertrand)
Flock Read more [...]
Art Made from Mount Everest Trash Exhibited in Nepal
Sixty-five porters and 75 yaks labored over two years to bring more than eight tons of trash down from the slopes of Mount Everest -- delivering some of it into the hands of local artists who are exhibiting their "upcycled" sculptures in a bid to raise awareness about the litter problem on the world's highest peak.
Expeditions in spring 2011 and 2012 collected rusty oxygen tanks, old cooking-gas containers, broken tent poles, discarded food packaging, and even part of a helicopter that crashed Read more [...]
Creepily Realistic Body Art by Chooo-San
“The artist’s task is to save the soul of mankind; and anything less is a dithering while Rome burns.
If artists cannot find the way, then the way cannot be found.”
-Terence McKenna
Nineteen year old Japanese art student Chooo-san makes use of acrylic paint and a world of talent as she turns herself into a robotic cyborg. Multiple eyes and mouths, even a digital display on the back of her hand are just a few examples of the monstrous body art this girl creates.
Apparently while Chooo-san Read more [...]
Why Beauty Matters (2012)
Philosopher Roger Scruton presents a provocative essay on the importance of beauty in the arts and in our lives.
In the 20th century, Scruton argues, art, architecture and music turned their backs on beauty, making a cult of ugliness and leading us into a spiritual desert.
Using the thoughts of philosophers from Plato to Kant, and by talking to artists Michael Craig-Martin and Alexander Stoddart, Scruton analyses where art went wrong and presents his own impassioned case for restoring beauty Read more [...]
Mark’s Awesome Artwork – Michaelangelo
Michaelangelo… My favourite Ninja Turtle!
“PARTYYYYY!!”
Man on Wire (2008)
On August 7th 1974, a young Frenchman named Philippe Petit stepped out on a wire illegally rigged between New York’s twin towers, then the worlds tallest buildings. After nearly an hour dancing on the wire, he was arrested, taken for psychological evaluation, and brought to jail before he was finally released.
Following six and a half years of dreaming of the towers, Petit spent eight months in New York City planning the execution of the coup. Aided by a team of friends and accomplices, Petit Read more [...]
Tempest Milky Way HD
Tempest Milky Way won Best Overall and Audience Choice at the 2011 Chronos Film Festival. chronosfilmfestival.com
One of the challenges in making this video, was trying to get good storm with stars shots. The opportunity doesn't come along very often, the storm has to be moving the right speed and the lightning can overexpose the long exposures. I had several opportunities this summer to get storm and star shots. In one instance, within a minute of picking up the camera and dolly, 70mph winds Read more [...]
30-Story Building Construction Time Lapse
What can you accomplish in 360 hours?
The Chinese sustainable building company, Broad Group, has yet attempted another impossible feat, building a 30-story tall hotel prototype in 360 hours, after building a 15-story building in a week earlier in 2011.
You may ask why in a hurry, and is it safe? The statistics in the video can put you in good faith. Prefabricated modular buildings has many advantages over conventional buildings.
Higher precision in fabrication (+/- 0.2mm).
More coordinated Read more [...]
Sustainable Dance Floor
The Sustainable Dance Floor generates energy as you bust a move by translating the vertical movement into electricity.
The Power Smart Village located at 333 Dunsmuir Street in Vancouver, BC showcases the future of sustainable energy technology.
http://powersmartvillage.com
http://twitter.com/powersmartbc Read more [...]
