What would the trunk of a tree sound like if a cross section of it were played like an LP? With his creation Years, Bartholomäus Traubeck attempts to answer that question by using a turntable, PlayStation Eye Camera, a stepper motor to control the arm, and computer running Ableton Live. As you’ll hear in the video above, the rings of the tree trunk, as interpreted by this piece, create an eerie and ominous piano track that sounds like it was taken from psychological horror film.
(Source: blog.makezine.com)
"If writers wrote as carelessly as some people talk, then adhasdh asdglaseuyt[bn[ pasdlgkhasdfasdf."
- Lemony Snicket (via pythons)
TV Helmet (The Portable Living Room) by Walter Pichler, 1967
Small Room (Prototype 4)
(via hilside)
"Our story is the story of the universe. Every piece of everyone—of everyone you love, everyone you hate, of the thing you hold most precious—was assembled by the forces of nature in the first few minutes of the life of the universe, transformed in the hearts of stars or created in their fiery deaths. And when you die, those pieces will be returned to the universe in the endless cycle of death and rebirth. What a wonderful thing it is to be a part of that universe. And what a story, what a majestic story."
- Professor Brian Cox
Felted Anatomy
Your friday dose of stunning science art.
Val: Old Brighton Pier + Royal Pavilion, Brighton
by Dan Mountford | Behance | Big Cartel
“These Decades that We Never Sleep, Black Drums” by Terence Koh (2004) Drum kit, paint, ropes from a ship found after midnight, black wax, plaster, vegetable matter, crushed insect parts, artist’s blood and cum
Read The Believer’s micro interview with Koh in the Art issue. -Ross Simonini
Spontaneous Human Combustion
Spontaneous human combustion (SHC) is the alleged burning of a person’s body without a readily apparent, identifiable external source of ignition. The combustion may result in simple burns and blisters to the skin, smoking, or a complete incineration of the body. The latter is the form most often ‘recognized’ as SHC.
