Superman or Nietzschean Superman? José Quintero‘s Allegorical Superheroes series places costumed superheroes in philosophical or mythological scenes.
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Monthly Archives: May 2013
Photographic Dreams of Africa and Space Travel
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More Macro Eye Photos from Nature
Laser Cut Wooden Records
Some songs are better suited for this process, songs that are very full in the lower to mid range, but also very sparse overall are best,’ she says. ‘Idioteque was a great example of this, it has very strong low to mid tones with minimal backing synthetic drums.’ We can debate the merits of plywood versus maple (Ghassaei says they sound about the same, though plywood warps more), but either way, they’re visually stunning, a new take on tree rings. ‘What I really want to do next is get some 12″ wood rounds, the kind with a live, rough edge and cut some records right into the rings of the tree,’ Ghassaei says.
Disgarded DNA Art
Artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg‘s project, Stranger Visions, is a wonderful mix of science and art. Dewey-Hagborg turns a poetic attention to the seemingly innocuous artifacts of life: a hair, chewed gum, a cigarette butt. Beyond sight, though, the DNA remains of each unique person inhabits these “artifacts”. She picks up these remains up throughout Brooklyn and brings them to a nearby biology lab. Dewey-Hagborg extracts the DNA from the object, then information from the DNA. She runs the information through a program she has written herself that is able to determine physical features such as eye color, hair color, gender, nose width, and so on. That information is then exported to a 3D color printer to create a sculptural portrait of the unwitting donor.
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