Parisian artist JR's ideas eventually evolve into giant reproductions and paste-ups of his photography. Recent work in Nairobi, Kenya features colossal faces and moving trains. The enormous statement reminds us women are heroes. Via Wooster.
Spanish band Labuat's interactive video for Soy Tu Aire puts the mouse in control of a ever-wet magical brush. Take it for a splatter filled spin. Via WeMadeThis.
Orangina's human/animal hybrids return obnoxious, rude and randy in these recent spots by Paris agency Fred & Farid. A bikini-clad giraffe chases down her prey while a hyena mean-girl won't give a sister a break. But could you expect from more from human/animal hybrid instinct?
180 Amsterdam's recent spots for Amstel beer expose classified experiments carried out on Europe's ubiquitous beverage. Via AdFreak.
Soon you may be able to see what filmmaker Rob Spence can't. A micro-camera is to be installed in his prosthetic eye as part of the documentary eyeborg project: a work in progress. Via the RawFeed.
Advertising often relies on a mix of cliché characters to get a laugh. Certainly not above that, Cossette Communications recent spots for Pizza Pops put experimental monkeys, a smaller but martially-gifted person, a best robot friend and the ever popular creepy mascot under the comedy spot light. Apparently, a very messy product launch.
Reality steals the show again at World Press Photo 2008. The Amsterdam based organization recently published the winners of the 2008 contest. There's plenty of proof that sitting by the weird guy on the bus really isn't so bad.
Reuters photographer Jim Young writes about experimenting with a modified Holga in a town soon to be considerably less famous.
What's December without a careful glance in the rearview mirror while speeding along the timeline? A random reflection includes the best and very worst in advertising, instant sad news, some twisted huggable gifts, alphabetical Big Ideas, scary movie trailers, Hitchcockian Barbies and the state of The American Dollar.
Clothing makes the (wo)man, but inevitably leads to categorization. Intentional or not, fashion places a subculture title on us all.
For over 14 years, Rotterdam based artists Ari Versluis and Ellie Uyttenbroek have been photographing and sorting specimens into groups of “exactitudes.”