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Dinosaurs Now in Color!
Researchers have found pigments in fossilized feathers, opening the possibility of finding out the colors of animals extinct long ago. Can you imagine pink and striped dinosaurs? That is probably a bit of a stretch but by finding out their true color we will be able to know more about their surrounding environment throughand possibly some courtship rituals. Researchers have found pigments in fossilized feathers, opening the possibility of finding out the colors of animals extinct long ago... more
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See Sounds, Hear Colors
How does violin music smell? What does the reflection of trees in a lake sound like? What color is Thursday? To most people, these questions might seem completely nonsensical, but to people with synesthesia they sound perfectly reasonable. Synesthesia is a perceptual condition in which there is an involuntary blending of one or more of the senses. The most common form is chromagraphemia, the associating of colors with numbers and letters -- but the sense--mingling can get a lot weirder. A synesthete might see moving blobs of color when tasting foods, or taste specific flavors upon hearing certain words.
Once dismissed as a product of an overly active imagination, artistic fancy, drug use or even just craziness, synesthesia is finally being recognized as having a biological basis. PhD candidate Bryan Alvarez will show us his research on this condition and also share his life as a person living with this condition. How does violin music smell? What does the reflection of trees in a lake sound like? What color is Thursday? To most people, these que... more -
Chop Chop Salon
Chop Chop is a extraordinary hybrid: two parts hair salon, one part art gallery and zero parts pretense.
Located at 830 N. La Brea Avenue in the heart of trendy LA, Chop Chop Salon is a simple mix of chic and grass roots style whose mission is to create color and cuts that befit their client’s personality, taste and lifestyle.
The creative force behind the salon is owner and bay-area native, Darin Birchler who after 18 years of styling hair came up with the concept of integrating an art gallery and hair salon.
The artist, Jorge Oswaldo explains why this collaboration is fresh and how it has affected his career.
Reception for this artist will be at the salon on:
Saturday, June 28th, 2008
7-11pm
http://www.chopchopsalon.com
http://www.jorgeoswaldo.com Chop Chop is a extraordinary hybrid: two parts hair salon, one part art gallery and zero parts pretense. ... more -
Black pets need love too
A promotion by the Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter to boost the adoption of black-coated dogs and cats has drawn criticism for being racially insensitive.
The shelter has halted its "Black is Beautiful" Week after the president of the Austin chapter of the NAACP raised concerns in the media. They had planned to reduce adoption fees for black-coated animals to $25 for a week. The normal fee for adoption is $85.
Nelson Linder, president of the Austin NAACP, said it was a "violation" to use "Black is Beautiful" as a promotion for an animal shelter and that the shelter was right to halt the promotion. The phrase became popular during the 1960s civil rights movement as a way to promote equality and African American self-esteem.
Black-coated animals do not get adopted as quickly as other animals. Either out of superstition or fear that they might be a more aggressive dog, they tend to be underadopted.
The shelter has 12 black adult cats available for adoption out of about 25 and that about half of the shelter's dogs are black. Two of those dogs have been at the shelter for two months. The average stay for animals is about 11 days. The shelter does euthanize animals based on factors such as space and adoptability. A promotion by the Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter to boost the adoption of black-coated dogs and cats has drawn criticism f... more -
Love to Noise it !!
Happy Massacre is an experimental noise project performed with a nearly crashed old camera and a low quality Tv. It still has the original sound originated from the malfunctioned visuals simultaneously taken.
The noise of the film also pushes the limits of perception, where as the colors of heaven exist to hang on. Happy Massacre is an experimental noise project performed with a nearly crashed old camera and a low quality Tv. It still has the orig... more -
in Stimulation we Percieve
Common thinking imagines a table when it sees a table. However, what we experienced is an interpretation or rebuilt version of the original. The representation of our body does become related to the imaginative of the real or image or remembered space, which we compose with our senses. We continue our ordinary lives in such illusions every instant when we can not share the variety of the experiences in our worlds, which we scheme with our senses.
In this two-minutes video, we see after a while that the woman, whom we cannot understand why she is running away, is actually chasing someone. While being amused by this flight and chase, the audience is thrilled by the reality of the story that they will conceive at the end of the video, which is properly speaking taking place on a ---bleeeeeeeeeeep---. =)) ;) Common thinking imagines a table when it sees a table. However, what we experienced is an interpretation or rebuilt version of the or... more -
LED tap creates glowing water
This little device fits onto most taps and lights up a set of LEDs when you turn on the tap, transforming the stream of water into a beautiful waterfall of light. This little device fits onto most taps and lights up a set of LEDs when you turn on the tap, transforming the stream of water into a b... more
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100 hours 10 art pieces 1 minute
We get a quick 1 minute snippet of the labor intensive work that goes into making the self-adhesive art of Jorge Oswaldo. Shot over the period of 100 hours we see how he goes from making the frames himself to designing and finally to assembly.
Check out his site for other videos and stills of his work.
www.jorgeoswaldo.com
Music was provided by blackdaylight. Listen to more at myspace.com/blackdaylight. We get a quick 1 minute snippet of the labor intensive work that goes into making the self-adhesive art of Jorge Oswaldo. Shot over th... more -
20 most fascinating prehistoric paintings
Here's a link to something amazing: the 20 Most Fascinating Prehistoric Paintings. The pictures are incredible, but please note that the embedded YouTube video to the right is not a cave painting, but rather a young woman in your area who would like to meet you. Here's a link to something amazing: the 20 Most Fascinating Prehistoric Paintings. The pictures are incredible, but please note t... more
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Reading rainbow
You shouldn't judge books by their covers... but you certainly can organize them by their color! For the super organized, color obsessed book lovers, here's a weekend project for you! You shouldn't judge books by their covers... but you certainly can organize them by their color! For the super organized, color o... more
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Colour-blind artist learns to paint by hearing
A color-blind artist who has learned to paint in color by using his hearing. He wears a device that converts 360 different colors into sounds. Amazing. A color-blind artist who has learned to paint in color by using his hearing. He wears a device that converts 360 different colors into... more
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Interviews with people who only wear one colour
For various reasons, the five people interviewed in this New York article all wear just one colour all day, every day. All very interesting except, perhaps, the guy who only wears brown, aka Mr Cop-Out. For various reasons, the five people interviewed in this New York article all wear just one colour all day, every day. All very intere... more
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Black is the new black
There now exists an ultradark material SO black, SO light-absorbing, that it makes existing black-colored things look, in contrast, approximately like that dirty part of the space bar on your keyboard. (You know what I'm talking about.)
Think of the t-shirts, people! There now exists an ultradark material SO black, SO light-absorbing, that it makes existing black-colored things look, in contrast, ap... more -
Vinyl Designer
An inside look at how vinyl designer Jorge Oswaldo goes from concept to finished art piece. This LA based artist hopes people will embrace his up and coming style. His work is a blend of digital design and quality craftsmanship.
He explains what it means to design with self-adhesive vinyl. We also get a glimpse into some of his exciting future projects. Stay tuned at http://www.JorgeOswaldo.com An inside look at how vinyl designer Jorge Oswaldo goes from concept to finished art piece. This LA based artist hopes people will emb... more -
... and the colour of the year is ...
No. 18-3943 Some of us might also know it as, well, blue. (blue iris, technically). Shame though, I had my money on black.
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T-Mobile Trademarks the Color Magenta
Amazing. Since their trademark is in "the tele-communications sector you just can?t use the color magenta around anything to do with phones, digital media? oh and just about anything on the internet." Amazing. Since their trademark is in "the tele-communications sector you just can?t use the color magenta around anything to do w... more
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Neurons or Pollock? Scientists Create Technicolor 'Brainbow'
These mice have been genetically modified so that their brains fire
"tracer rounds." As the mice think, fluorescent proteins accumulate
throughout their neural network.
The results are, like the first pictures from the Hubble, stunning.
They look like art (suggestions I got: Pollock, Monet, Klimt,
Kandinsky, Bruce Morrow), and they are art. These mice have been genetically modified so that their brains fire ... more -
Kehinde Wiley
Hip-hop and art history collide on Kehinde Wiley's canvases, where contemporary urban black men pose as angels, prophets, and saints set against richly colored swirls of ornate and rococo ornamentation. Hip-hop and art history collide on Kehinde Wiley's canvases, where contemporary urban black men pose as angels, prophets, and sai... more
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A Space Shuttle as seen Launching from the iss
Have you ever seen a plane fly past in the sky from another plane? I wonder how this feels...
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