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James Whitney, pioneer of visual music

November 24, 2010 by Fosco Lucarelli 3 Comments

Early (50's to 70's) attempts of illustrating music with motion patterns, caleidoscopic textures, dots and grids: James Whitney, visual composer, … [Read more...]

Miniature buildings by Evol

November 21, 2010 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Berlin based street artist Evol turns electric boxes and small planters into miniature buildings, often adorned with characters. His process involves … [Read more...]

Into a frightening eternity

November 7, 2010 by Fosco Lucarelli 3 Comments

Onkalo is a Finnish word for "hiding place". It is situated at Olkiluoto in Finland - approx. 300 km northwest of Helsinki and it's the first … [Read more...]

Flying boats

November 7, 2010 by Fosco Lucarelli 13 Comments

"From an era when aeroplanes mimicked the space and style of trans-Atlantic liners: ‘On the lower level there was a salon with 20 armchairs and … [Read more...]

Mp5 + To/Let in Germany

November 2, 2010 by Fosco Lucarelli 1 Comment

Our super talented friend Mp5, with all-female collective To/Let, just painted a huge wall on an abandoned building in Germany. … [Read more...]

And other fake science

October 28, 2010 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

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Computers in movies

October 28, 2010 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Two web pages devoted to real and fictional computers featured in the movies. For real computers check this out: Starring the Computer is a … [Read more...]

The desk – L studio

October 10, 2010 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

An interesting documentary about creative people and their nearest workplaces. In this first episode "The Desk," we talked to experts Alice … [Read more...]

Disposophobia, or the Acquired Inability to Escape

October 2, 2010 by Fosco Lucarelli 1 Comment

We call disposophobia a man's incapacity to trash things. I just read a weird story about this person who uses to engage in compulsive hoarding, and … [Read more...]

Human Landscape

October 1, 2010 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Florida housing view from above. On Big Picture, of course. Click here for more. Bonus: (Arcade Fire, Sprawl I - … [Read more...]

Sketches by Grupo Aranea

September 30, 2010 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Spanish architects and multidisciplinar thinkers Grupo Aranea use to draw beautiful sketches: I can't help posting some of them on Socks. More here. … [Read more...]

Old Stomach of Paris

September 27, 2010 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Destruction de Pavillons des Halles "Début des opérations de rénovation du quartier des Halles avec le démontage et/ou la destruction des Pavillons … [Read more...]

Arduino: the documentary

September 26, 2010 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

"Laboral Centro de Arte, Spain, has commissioned the creation of a documentary about Arduino. The filmmakers are almost done with it and today they … [Read more...]

Imaginary buildings by Filip Dujardin

September 20, 2010 by Fosco Lucarelli 3 Comments

Belgian artist Filip Dujardin cuts, pastes and recomposes photographs, creating a dystopian fiction of imaginary … [Read more...]

Found Functions series by Nikki Graziano

September 17, 2010 by Fosco Lucarelli 1 Comment

"This series of photographs do justice to the mathematics within our universe. They merely exist to offer a whisper or a glance - to both the … [Read more...]

A villain by Pasquale la Forgia

September 16, 2010 by Fosco Lucarelli 3 Comments

Waiting for more, check here. … [Read more...]

20k Leagues

September 16, 2010 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Html 5 + Web fonts = the 1962 Atlantis World's Fair. (And be sure not to miss other Lost World Fairs) … [Read more...]

From AE 2010 – 3d printing everywhere!

September 12, 2010 by Fosco Lucarelli 1 Comment

One of the recurring themes in AE 2010 is 3d printing, or the increasing possibility to produce objects based on your own design. In the … [Read more...]

From AE 2010 – “The Toaster Project” by Thomas Thwaites

September 11, 2010 by Fosco Lucarelli 2 Comments

"Left to his own devices he couldn’t build a toaster. He could just about make a sandwich and that was it." Mostly Harmless, Douglas Adams, … [Read more...]

From AE 2010 – “The future unfolds” by Matthew Gardiner

September 10, 2010 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

“Oribotics is the systematic revelation of the elegant beauty found in the mechanical movement of folded forms, and offers a reflection on … [Read more...]

From AE 2010: Braun Tube Jazz Band

September 9, 2010 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Or: Nam June Paik meets Pan Sonic. One of the most amazing performance we attented during the festival was this piece by Japanese artist / composer … [Read more...]

Back from Ars Electronica / Linz: “It’s too late to be a pessimist” *

September 7, 2010 by Fosco Lucarelli 3 Comments

We are back from Linz and so, so impressed. Despite still being overwhelmed by ideas, imagination and people from this edition of the world's most … [Read more...]

Ready for Ars Electronica

August 30, 2010 by Fosco Lucarelli 2 Comments

We are off for a week, to see the Ars Electronica festival at Linz, Austria. See you on our … [Read more...]

Don’t do this at work – 21

August 26, 2010 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Don't think this as another puzzle game with animals. Do think this as an hard struggle for life in a two dimensional world of complex … [Read more...]

“Insert some random JG Ballard quote here”

August 24, 2010 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

As you may already know, the WTF news of the week is the traffic jam in China's Heibei Province, which has been going on for about ten days now and … [Read more...]

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