An unraveling world

[ via suggestion ] This image reminds me of some scenes out of Greg Bear’s end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it novel Blood Music.

Crossing

A trippy animation combining electronica and anime. [ Shockwave, 800k ]

Devil Cave Rabbits

Devil Cave Rabbits lurk in your sleep. Check out the rest of this guy’s work, he goes from crisp animation to dreamy stuff like this one.

Joe Frank at KCRW

Salon ran a feature on radio dramatist Joe Frank. He does intense dramas about the extraordinary things that happen to normal people. You can read that story, or check out the KCRW archive of Joe Frank programs.

Freddie Baer

Freddie Baer, an artist who contributes to the Tiptree Award, Potlatch and other great causes, doesn’t have a Web site of her own, but Anita Rowland has a tribute page for her.

Viridian Movement Starts, No Thanks to MS Outlook

Bruce Sterling published his January 3, 2000 manifesto yesterday. It calls for a new Beau Arts movement that embraces novelty, ornament, and temporality.

Cool Jellyfish Photo by RVA Peter

Jellyfish are cool. A few minutes in front of a tankfull at the Monterey Bay Aquarium is a relaxing mediation. This photo must have been a hell of a lighting problem.
Note: Most of Peter’s work, whom I learned of via Flutterby, are nudes. Those are nice too, but not work safe. The Jellyfish page is [...]

Da Vinci Blues

A scribble meets an old master’s sketchbook. [ 666k Shockwave ]

Pyro Boy In Action

Anita Rowland took some photos of Wally “Pryo Boy” Glenn in action at a Cirque du Flambe performance in Seattle last week.

Dale Chihuly’s Macchia Series

Of all of Dale Chihuly’s work –the Macchia: spotted striped lilly pad/bowl things– appeal to me the most.

Pyro Boy’s Halloween Show [ via Anita Rowland ]

I love Seattle’s Freemont neighbourhood, there are gloriously inventive folks living up there such as Pyro Boy.
Even jaded viewers of many a Pyro Boy event were impressed by the display. In addtion to a the usual compliment of fountains, rockets and explosives that cover his body, Pyro Boy danced in a skirt made from long [...]

Glass Skin Exhibition at Corning Glass Museum [ via Suggestion ]

The Glass Skin exhibition at the Corning Glass Museum features new artists. Contrary to the PBS documentaries you see, there are other people doing glass art besides Dale Chihuly. He’s cool, his studio rocks when they’re making glass, and he is a fellow Badger to boot — but there are others.
P.S. Nevenah Smith, if you’re [...]

The I-Bomb

Performance art or weapon of terror?
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Crossword Maestro

An expert system for solving ‘British’-style crossword puzzles where the clues are highly involved wordplay. The man who writes puzzles for “The Nation” is a retired cryptoanalyst.
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Ansel Adams

Corbis negotiated the Web rights to Ansel Adams’ work and make it available to view and purchase from this site.
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