36 posts tagged ‘art’
Hyper-realistic one-eyed blinking sculpture takes a cute nap
Boing Boing,
I love this hyper realistic one-eyed blinking sculpture. The way it's tucked into a little carriage is equal parts adorable and freaky. I want to pet its bald little head. Here is the source of this wonderfully bizarre video. There are many other similarly strange body horror videos on the page, too. — Read the rest
Fantastic "Dice Man" illustration and more carnival costumes from 1590
Yes, that's the 16th century, not a typo! I love this illustration of a man in a dice-covered suit from 1590. The illustration is from Schoenbartbuch (Nürenberg Carnival Book), which contains many other whimsical and wacky costumes from Nuremberg's Schembart Carnival. — Read the rest
A Painter’s New Civil War
Vulture,
The perverse visions of Hilary Harkness.
The Society of Illustrators' Original Art Exhibition launches with Lifetime Achievement Awards to William Joyce and Dahlov Ipcar
Last week, the Society of Illustrators in New York City officially launched its Original Art Exhibition of the best of children's book illustration with an awards ceremony. Winning the 2023 Original Art Lifetime Achievement Awards were William Joyce and Dahlove Ipcar. — Read the rest
Seed investment: Andreessen Horowitz backing AI startup linked to nonconsensual porn of real people
Andreessen Horowitz is a key investor in Civitai, an AI image-generating service that reportedly profited from nonconsensual porn generated using its platform. 404Media's Emanual Maiberg reports that job listings exposed the link, and that the company did not respond to inquiries. — Read the rest
Art the Clown’s cute little tophat absent from Terrifier 3 teaser
AV Club,
Ask any Terrifier fan—any one of them—what their favorite part of the micro-budget slasher series is and they’ll all say the same thing: Art the Clown’s cute little tophat. Like Freddy’s claw, Jason’s hockey mask, or Leatherface’s tie, Art’s teensy bit of formalwear is, without a shadow of a doubt, the most vital… Read more...
Psychedelic film from the 1940s, featuring Bing Crosby, used to treat mental disorders
In the 1940s, British psychologist Cecil Stokes created Auroratone films, deeply psychedelic short movies meant to be shown at psychiatric institutions to help treat patients suffering from mental disorders, particularly war veterans. In 1942, Stokes was granted US patent #2292172 for the Process and Apparatus for Producing Musical Rhythm in Color. — Read the rest
Christoph Niemann’s “Create Your Own Cover with Till-E”
The New Yorker,
The artist arches an eyebrow at our robot overlords.