The Key in the Hand by Chiharu Shiota
For the Venice Art Biennale 2015, artist Chiharu Shiota introduced an installation named “The Key in the Hand” a gigantic spider web made of red wool threads where we can see 50 000 keys suspended above two ancient boats
Photo-realistic paintings by Mike Bayne
Toronto-based hyper realism award-winning artist Mike Bayne depicts near road scenes from across Canada and US
ODYSSEY by Ruslan Khasanov
Another hypnotic piece from Russian animator Ruslan Khasanov (previously). "Odyssey" is a visual poem build on liquids and music relationship. Sound by Ilya Beshevli
http://vimeo.com/127468772
From North to South.. Korea
Young Russian director and photographer Andrey Nikolaev has an addiction to raw travelling. Last year he made a unique car tour together with his friends and crossed 38th Parallel through North to South Korea. That was a first attempt since 1957 and required a lot of paper work and agreements.
Amoeville Backgrounds by Ivan Korolev
Russian illustrator and animator Ivan Korolev (Instagram) based in Helsinki shares his latest project - a set of backgrounds made for yet unreleased movie Amoeville. Make sure you visited Ivan's Tumblr page to discover his works
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Colorful, Pixelated Animal Tattoos By Lesha Lauz
Russia-based tattoo artist Lesha Lauz, aka Alexey, creates colorful tattoos that combine animals portraits (that reminds me the works of Sasha Unisex) with pixels
Peruventure
"Equipped with a surfboard, a tent & a sleeping bag, we traveled Peru in the summer of 2015.Hiking the Peruvian andes, going back to school at SKIP in Trujillo & surfing points in northern Peru are just a few things we got to experience on this incredible journey. Have a look." says David Bertshinger Karg
http://vimeo.com/126945693
Kinfables Trilogy
SPEECHLESS.. Watch the full instalment from Kinfables Trilogy produced by Seb and Ben McKinnon
http://vimeo.com/73747093
http://vimeo.com/119777338
http://vimeo.com/120523947
Drone Football
AMV and Outsider's Scott Lyon helped surprise a group of footballers in Barcelona by transforming their local pitch into an incredible, interactive football arena. Using drones, advanced projection technology and over 30,000 programmable LED lights they created a football experience unlike any other, allowing the viewer to see the player's reaction as their Friday night five-a-side match is elevated to unimaginable heights.
The Mill's 2D and 3D team's helped enhance the LED experience in post with a dot matrix pattern, as well as re-animating lights that had been captured on-set.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX_DLdpygzw
Long Lasting Sharpness
Deeply influenced by japanese culture and particularly inspired by the sleek style of famous designers such as Ikko Tanaka and Shigeo Fukuda, this new series of visuals designed by Nicolas Dumenil for Japanese Miyabi knives highlights slices of salmon, watermelon and ham as thin as sheets of paper.
Reverie of Vietnam
When in Vietnam.Set off on a 1650Km north to south journey: capturing the best wonders of Vietnam: Hanoi ancient quarter, the breathtaking Halong Bay, the claustrophobic caves in Trang An, the glamorous fabric merchants in Hoi An, the secret temples inside the marble mountain in Da Nang, the historical old capital Hue, the wet and tropical mekong delta and the white sandy beaches at Phu Quoc.
Directed by Oliver Astrologo (Instagram)
http://vimeo.com/126747807
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Animated Illustrations Bring U.S. Cities To Life
"Kirk Wallace and Latham Arnott teamed up to bring some US cities to life through as few strokes as possible. Kirk illustrated very minimal cityscapes while Latham animated the resulting images, keeping the original, minimalistic style. While there are only a few popular cities done so far, there will be more on the horizon to keep your eyes out for." via iGNANT
Mountain chairs by Gaetano Pesce
There is no reason to introduce you legendary Gaetano Pesce (Instagram) and here is what we love the most from his recent works.Montanara 2009 Armchairs depicting subjects such as lakes and mountains. If you are not common with Gaetano furniture and design please jump to his gallery on http://www.gaetanopesce.com/
Pesce’s work is featured in over 30 permanent collections of the most important museums in the world, such as MoMa of New York and San Francisco, Metropolitan Museum in New York, Vitra Museum in Germany, Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Pompidou Center and Musee des Arts Décoratifs of Louvre in Paris; he exhibits art in galleries world wide.
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His works can also be provocative, check his recent collaboration with famous actress and producer Stoya made for Allouche Gallery Totally NSFW kids!