Category: Art

Stephen J Shanabrook is a New York and Moscow-based artist who uses food both as medium and metaphor. Using commonplace materials and forms generally seen as benign indulgences— sweets, chocolate, and cotton candy — he brings about disturbing new meanings, exploring the intersections of desire, violence, permanence, and death. (See his “Waterboarding” sculptures — chocolate-waterboarded choir boy Christmas statues — that we covered last week.)

[From The Disquieting Food Art of Stephen J Shanabrook – Eat Me Daily]

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I’m forever blowing Zubbles! Inventor spent 15 years creating world’s first colour bubbles that don’t stain

[From I’m forever blowing Zubbles! Inventor spent 15 years developing world’s first stainless colour bubbles | Mail Online]

You might know how to accessorize the ultimate man cave, but the right furniture can really make or break the look. Forgo the cozy love seats and traditional wood coffee tables for something with a bit more kutzpah. We’ve found the most Bad Ass Furniture known to man. Some are made out of real car parts, some covered with tattoos and some actually survived a war.

[From 14 Pieces of Bad-Ass Men’s Furniture | Cool Material]

[From One Man With Many Faces – Magazine 13]

[From Beautiful paintings on aluminium foil (11 pics) » Izismile.com – In fun we trust! Pictures, photos, videos, flash, games, celebs, hot stuff]

Aussie artist Sam Jinks sculptures

[From Aussie artist Sam Jinks sculptures | Design You Trust. World’s Most Provocative Social Inspiration.]

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On the 103rd story of the Sears Tower, you will find a balcony 1,353 feet off the street that will wilt even the most stout of hearts – a balcony made completely of glass. Measuring an inch and a half thick, the glass balcony is so strong that it can hold over five tons.

[From slightlywarped.com’s Curiosities]

Via Boing Boing comes a video from the Australian comedy show “The Chaser’s War on Everything,” that shows a man dressed as an Abu Ghraib prisoner disrupting one of John Yoo’s classes (he currently lectures at Berkeley and Chapman University). Yoo, formerly of the Department of Justice, played a key role in the Bush administration’s justification of torture.

The actor climbed on a desk while Yoo was discussing constitutionality and said, “I’ve got one question, how long can I be required to stand here ’til it counts as torture?” When Yoo ended the class and a student yelled at the actor to leave he said, “I’d love to move but every time I do my balls get buzzed.”

He was later physically escorted out of the classroom by a school official.

[From John Yoo Pranked By Australian Comedy Team (VIDEO)]

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[From The Most Futuristic House Design In The World | DigsDigs]

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[From Aqueous (paint drops in water) | Scene 360 – The Online Film and Arts Magazine]

[From Sand Sculptures at WomansDay.com – Cool Sand Art and Sandcastles]

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[From A generation of plastic art objects are degrading like overused Tupperware. Can they be saved? – By Sam Kean – Slate Magazine ]

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