robot dinosaur bird

Hearing dogs and jack-clad footfall they set off, calling “Guard the gold haul. By the way, we'll need the rifle.” Handclap, shoulder, hello bare cell. Playing Patience, twigs in helmet, the avant-...

my hands.

Reading at Auld Enemies 26.07.14

Illustrations from a delightful piece called the Future Dictates of Fashion by W. Cade Gall and published in 1893 which tries to predict the next 100 years of fashion.

A science fiction novel by the incredibly wealthy businessman and member of the prominent Astor family, John Jacob Astor IV, in which he offers an imagining of life in the year 2000.

One from a wee while back, for a 26 project.

  A line here demonstrates man's interest in the abstract representation of human and calligraphic forms. A procession of mourners with mask-like faces carries a body toward the viewer. A band of local Traskal tribesmen have coated it in goat fat. One of them is in the position commonly associated with blessing, pouring a silver trickle of water to the body’s lips. This is a medical procedure of sorts, designed to keep them awake. Although canvases vary in dimension, the feeling for music has become a signature material. Above them is a sand-filled sky. It looks almost green. The green is almost purple. This combination of colours is intended to stimulate a trance-like state. The atmosphere is informal yet unsettling, mundane yet mesmerising. It reflects the creator's interest in folk myths and the collective subconscious by hinting at possible relationships between psychedelia and spiritualism. The inclusion of a magnolia flower suggests the ruffling of the calm surface by hidden desires.

This is on my hitlist to visit. Wow.

Werner Herzog talking about a penguin going postal. I think he's my favourite famous person with deep Weltschmerz. He'd be a lovely guest.

Kids' drawings turned into toys.

Hello, world! What level is everyone’s excitement currently at? I’m sorry. I cannot hear you. Would you please repeat your excitement, prefera...

Let there be light! Let there be Heaven and Earth! Let there be mortal souls created in Mine own image, gifted with reason and free will… in a bit...

Skryf robot writes poems in sand

Japanese artist Shota Katsube has built a fierce army of tiny action figures out from colored twist ties. They were featured in Souzou, the Wellcome Trust's exhibition on outsider art.