Say Something Nice. Improv Everywhere.

video produced by Charlie Todd + Matt Adams. Music by Tyler Walker.
Say Something Nice was a project by Improv Everywhere as part of the Guggenheim Museum exhibition stillspotting NYC. This is the second collaboration in the series by Improv Everywhere, the first being The Mute Button.
improveverywhere.com

NEW work by Kyle Bean. Brighton.

portraits made from pencil shavings. For the contributors page of Wallpaper* Handmade 2011.
see previous post on Kyle here and here.
kylebean.co.uk

Spanish Castellers.

By Mike Randolph.
In the city of Tarragona, Spain, castellers gather every 2 years to see who can build the highest, most intricate human castles. This uniquely Catalan tradition requires astonishing strength, balance, and serious balls.

HETERCHROMIA.

Heterochromia refers to a difference in coloration of the iris... it's the result of excess or lack of melanin (a pigment) which may be inherited (genetic) or due to disease/injury... the eye may be hyperpigmented or hypopigmented. There are 2 kinds of heterochromia: complete-one iris is a different color from the other, and partial/sectoral- part of one iris is a different color from the rest. Rad.

Liu Bo Lin. Artist. China.

real-life magic.

Rubikcubism.

rubik's cubes.
space-invaders.com

Jason Urban. Artist. Austin.

etching + aquatint.


woodblock print.


silkscreen on wood edged with green enamel.


silkscreen.





gouache drawings.



embroidered quilt.

Jason does it all, and does it well.
jasonurban.com

Paul Villinski. NYC.

Emergency Response Studio

Paul Villinski wanted to move his art studio from NY to the Lower Ninth Ward so that he could create work in response to the conditions he found there... he created Emergency Response Studio . Villinski transformed a salvaged trailer into an off-the-grid work space that could house displaced working artists in post-disaster settings.
If only this model could be used for all the (non-artist) homeless people still struggling in New Orleans...
paulvillinski.com
emergencyresponsestudio.org

Jelly Belly Art.

The Jelly Belly Candy Company commissioned artist Roger Rocha to create these mosaics using thousands of beans.