Pinokio Lamp

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As a child I always admired the short animation (little did I know that it was Pixar) of two lamps Mother and Son went alive. Here is a little flashback from am anamorphic project called Pinokio Lamp. The iconic Anglepoise lamp has been given a new lease of life by students at the University of Wellington. They’ve transformed the inanimate desk light into Pinokio, an object that expresses a range of movements and behaviours, and demonstrates an awareness of its environment by responding to external stimuli.

http://vimeo.com/53476316

Kevin Peterson art

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Captivating figurative paintings by Houston-based artist Kevin Peterson . I don't know why but some of his works remind me neoclassical masterpieces of Jacques-Louis David, maybe it is just a play of colours, light and shadows but anyway there is definitely something between Kevin's picture and the eyes "My work is about the varied journeys we take through life. It’s about growing up and living in a world that is broken. These paintings are about trauma, fear and loneliness and the strength that it takes to survive and thrive. They each contain the contrast of the untainted, young and innocent against a backdrop of a worn, ragged, and defiled world. Support versus restraint, bondage versus freedom, and tension versus slack are all themes that I often visit. My work deals with isolation, loneliness and longing teamed with a level of optimistic hope. Issues of race and the division of wealth have arisen in my recent work. This work deals with the idea of rigid boundaries, the hopeful breakdown of such restrictions, as well as questions about the forces that orchestrate our behavior."

Holly Andres photography

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"Holly Andres is a photographer born in 1977 in Montana, USA. She currently lives and works in Portland, Oregon. She uses photography to look at the complexity of childhood, the ephemeral nature of memory and women’s introspection. Her photos tend to reflect a subject apparently available but with a second reading implied, darker and sometimes disturbing. She was exhibited around the world and published in numerous publications such as The New York Times Magazine, Time, Elle Magazine, The LA Times, Glamour, etc.. "

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1 Second Everyday App by Cesar Kuriyama

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I think we posted the video made by Cesar Kuriyama "1 Second Everyday" when he started to record a second of each day of his life. They say if you have a doze of persistence and an idea anything can be done. That what happened with Cesar Kuriyama after he published the video. So the next full year he was busy between speaking at TED Conferences and finding a proper developing team for his application. Now he is looking for the audience support at Kickstarter and ready to deliver the app in December.

1 Second Everyday Original Video: http://vimeo.com/37792362

Application: http://vimeo.com/53827400

Read more about the project on Kickstarter

Predators by KFKS

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New-York based Russian artist Nastya Kaerfkrahs KFKS just completed here next indoors mural art for the local book store ZAKKA SHOP "I spent around 5-6 hours of drawing per day for 1 month. During the process many people were wondering if I made sketches on canvases with a projector? The answer is that I used free hand drawing ONLY. As all of you may (or may not) know this is a drawing done by hand without the use of guiding or measuring instruments." Materials: canvases, black mat acrylic, brushes (01, 2, 8).

http://vimeo.com/54257395

Teaching Character by Stephen Doyle

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Teaching Characters is a series of indoors illusions (typography anamorphism) created by Stephen Doyle. A unique idea is cropping up in some American Schools, and that is the idea of teaching character as well as academics. In the story, seven traits are characterized: Grit, Optimism, Curiosity, Self-Control, Gratitude, Zest... and that old chestnut, Social Intelligence.

View full set on http://www.behance.net/gallery/Teaching-Character/5537699 Photography by Stephen Wilkes