Superficiality and Superexcrescence
An excrescence is a prominent growth, like a goiter. I guess a superexcrescence is a really big one. Less interesting to me than the titles of group shows are the reasons curators cook up for choosing them. I’m sure each of the 13 LA-based artists in this show fit the title “Superficiality and Superexcrescence” in some obscure way, but more important is the fact that Elliott Hundley is one of them.
Read More »Mesmerizing video of Kuroshio Sea
Jon Rawlinson captured this beautiful high def recording of the Kuroshio Sea tank, one of the largest in the world, located at Okinawa’s Churaumi Aquarium in Japan. This impressive environment contains eighty different aquatic species including four whale shark (the largest living fish species) in a tank that is “ten metres deep, 35 metres wide [...]
Read More »iPhone photography
The St. Petersburg Times sent photographer Melissa Lyttle on an assignment to capture the “kitschy culture and places along the gulf beaches of Pinellas” using just her iPhone’s built-in camera for a very pleasing result. And as the paper’s editors pointed out, the New York Times recently published on their website a gallery of cell [...]
Read More »The real artists of New York City
Bravo, the network that made Project Runway, Top Chef and all those Housewives famous, is at again. This time they’re going high-brown rather than the usual low. Casting a new series, produced by Sarah Jessica Parker, the network held a call for artists looking to be the next big Warhol. Yes, a reality show competition [...]
Read More »THE LAZY ENVIRONMENTALIST : Lazy Brother
THE LAZY ENVIRONMENTALIST, hosted by Josh Dorfman, screens Tuesdays at 9PM on Sundance Channel.
It’s been “interesting” to witness the varying degrees of interest on the part of my immediate family members to my Lazy Environmentalist endeavors. I mean, I’m pretty sure my Mom has read my books, but I can’t say the same for my dad or my brother. And while it’s pretty simple to sign up for a subscription to Sirius Radio, no one in my family ever did so during the two years I hosted my radio show on that network. But things changed as soon as I made the Lazy Environmentalist TV pilot. “Josh” was no longer just “off doing some weird-eco-save-the-planet-thing even though he has an MBA and could be cashing in by now.” To the contrary, suddenly everyone wanted to watch what the Lazy Environmentalist was up to. And not just once either; they wanted to watch it over and over again, share it with guests on holidays and with pretty much whoever else visited my folks’ house for any reason whatsoever be it to deliver the mail or even exterminate bugs.
Read More »Berlin brothel encourages johns to go green
Urban Outfitters aren’t the only ones trying to make bicycles sexier. A brothel in Berlin, Germany, where prostitution is legal, is now offering discounts to customers who arrive by bike or a verifiable form of public transportation: 5 euros off a 70-euro 45-minute sesh.
Read More »Great public-art project: Repairing bomb damage with Legos
For a project he calls Dispatchwork, the German artist Jan Vormann has traveled to Israel, Italy, and Berlin to plug wartime bomb damage with… Legos. As Vormann told Wired UK, “Essentially what I love is the contrasts they deliver: Artificial against natural; colourful, shiny and perfectly shaped against matte, grey and organic.” See more images [...]
Read More »Criterion releases REPULSION
The first of Polanski’s “Apartment Trilogy” (ROSEMARY’S BABY, THE TENANT), REPULSION remains one of the scariest movies I have ever seen. The new Criterion release, out July 28th, includes a funny, candid, and refreshingly unpolished 1964 French TV on-set documentary along with the Polanski-approved hi-def digital transfer.
Read More »Old photo of Star Wars cast
The Internet has been freaking out the past few days over this old photo from a 1978 Sears catalog of some of the core cast members from the original STAR WARS sans mask and in decidedly contempo casual wear. From left to right we have: Han Solo, Darth Vader, Chewbacca, Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker, and [...]
Read More »Looking for an environmental film festival? There’s probably one nearby…
Miss this past weekend’s Far North Conservation Film Fest in Fairbanks, Alaska? Not to worry: green-themed film festivals are popping up everywhere around the country. Here’s just a handful of festivals devoted to environmentally-themed films!
Read More »Billy Taylor: 88 Years, 88 Keys, 88 Videos
Dr. Billy Taylor at the piano. Dr. Billy Taylor, who turns eighty eight on July 24th, celebrates this milestone with the posting of eighty eight videos on his website. For the past six years, Billy has been working closely with web jazz video maven Bret Primack to digitize his video archives. Bret has been posting [...]
Read More »Looking into the past
“Looking into the Past” is a Flickr pool where photographers can share images where they juxtapose a contemporary scene with a photograph of that same place from the past aka “the olden days.” Photo by Jason Powell. [Via]
Read More »What it felt like the very first time
Eve Waltermaurer, a professor of sociology at SUNY New Paltz, is producer and director of FIRST, a documentary about women’s sexual first times. The film features ten women, ages 16 to 89, spilling the beans in their own bedrooms (complete with teddy bear and framed prom photo, in one case). We chatted with Eve about all things cherry-poppin’…
EM & LO: How do you define virginity or losing your virginity? It’s a term we’ve often struggled with ourselves — for example, traditionally people think of intercourse, but that obviously excludes the gay community. Was that something you dealt with when making this film?
EVE WALTERMAURER: Luckily we did not have to define virginity – we left that to each woman to decide for herself. I myself wonder if the first failed attempt Jon B. had with me counts or not. We are interested in this idea of when the loss of virginity occurs particularly for a woman who has never been with a male. Clearly these women, over time look back and do not think of themselves as virgins. But is there a single point in time where they see the shift happening? All of our gay women began with men but we are still looking to explore this idea more.
Read More »Niagra Falls in time lapse motion
Matthew Wartman photographed Niagra Falls over 3 nights and stitched them together to create this wonderful time lapse video dramatized with the soundtrack provided by Mychael Danna’s “The Winner Is” from LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE. Niagara Falls in Motion from Matthew Wartman on Vimeo.
Read More »Dynamite photographer
Did you know that actor Aaron Ruell aka Kip from NAPOLEON DYNAMITE–the movie that spawned countless catchphrases–is also an accomplished photographer? [Via]
Read More »How to mod a magazine
Instead of just tossing them into your recycle bin, give your magazine a second life as a DVD sleeve, envelope, paper bowl, photo frame or my favorite, a wallet by following these DIY instructions provided by Wired UK (part 1 and part 2). [Via]
Read More »Giant Burmese Python Caught in Florida’s Eradication Program
Florida has a problem with giant Burmese pythons released into the wild by disenchanted pet owners, and today, the first day of the state’s 2009 eradication program a team of volunteer snake catchers bagged one of the big constrictors.
Read More »Green Customs Operation Seizes 30,000 Tons of Illegal HazWaste
A joint Customs initiative across Europe, the Asia-Pacific region and Africa has netted more than 30,000 tons and 1,500 pieces of illegal hazardous waste in 57 seizures, ranging from household waste and scrap metal to discarded electronic goods and used vehicle parts.
Read More »Texas Struggles With Extreme Drought, Water Scarcity
Texas is baking in an extensive and prolonged drought, with temperatures soaring above 100 degrees and parched soils across much of the state. In Texas Hill Country, the Guadalupe River is down by 85-90 percent from normal levels overall and is totally dry in some segments.
Read More »What’s in your fridge?
The blogosphere’s been taking a peek behind the chilly mini-doors of “What’s in my dorm fridge,” a Flickr photo pool devoted to “photos of the insides of those little refrigerators college students have in their rooms.” It makes me nostalgic for my college days where the mini-fridge consisted primarily of ingredients for a liquid meal, [...]
Read More »SUNfiltered music videos
1. I likeasarous a lot this prehysterical music video directed by Steven Andrew Garcia for Mika Miko’s song “Totion” featuring dinosaurs partying it up!
Read More »Green tech finds (7/17/09)
It’s that time again… your weekly green tech finds.
- The Google of hybrid tech? Toyota’s talking to Mazda about a partnership to share the larger company’s hybrid technology.
- Want to support your favorite environmental non-profit? Start using social media…
Movie created using only iPhone
THE FIFTY FOUR is a short little film created by Richard Hernandez entirely on his iPhone. He gave himself fifty four days to shoot fifty four images with his iPhone during his daily commute on the 54 bus in Oakland for this project. The Fifty Four from richard hernandez on Vimeo.
Read More »Obama Administration Reinstates Oregon Old Growth Forest Protection
Because the Bush administration failed to follow established administrative procedure before leaving office, its plan to intensify logging in western Oregon, known as the Western Oregon Plan Revisio
Read More »If sex studies sound too good to be true, they probably are
We have a love-hate relationship with sex studies. On the one hand, they’re the bread and butter of this Naked Love blog (to wit: Study shows even cheaters’ guilt is selfish; Study shows the car doesn’t maketh the man; Study shows father knows best; Study shows some playas are just spreading the love; et al). But on the other hand, the science behind some of the sex studies out there appears flimsy to say the least. Take this “research”, which one site recently reminded us of: An Italian scientist by the name of Dr. Maria Cerruto claimed that wearing high heels improves a woman’s sex life. Hmm…an Italian woman looking to justify her Pradas? Color us suspicious.
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