Ferrofluids – Just Awesome

As a kid I used to imagine huge, ever-changing biometal scuplture towers on the urban horizon. Now we’re a little bit closer. I’m glad Bruce Sterling spends so much time online, otherwise I’d never have seen this:

For more background on Sachiko Kodama’s ferrofluid sculptures, see here.

Al-Qaeda – the new Luther Blissett?

(Cross-posted from Ubiwar)
“You are a member of ‘al-Qaeda’ if you say you are” – Jason Burke (2007), Al-Qaeda: The True Story of Radical Islam
The franchise analogy has occasionally been applied to the decentralised nature of al-Qaeda-inspired activities and the above quote from Jason Burke neatly sums up the idea that al-Qaeda as an idea, nay, [...]

Miguel Monroy: Whisper

I like this artistic use of feedback by Miguel Monroy (via Architectradure). As Cati describes it:
The pistol grip megaphones are usually qualified by their “power”. Loud and noisy, they are a sign of emergency. Here, Miguel Monroy renders them soft, almost whispering. They are located carefully, adjacent to one another so that the feedback of [...]

Maria Echenique: Dreams in a Grain of Sand

Yesterday, we drove up to the Stables Gallery and Arts Centre in Dollis Hill to see a friend’s exhibition of new work. Maria Alvarez Echenique works in ceramics and her new series of sculpted heads is
influenced by the poetry of Gilgamesh, Blake, Dante and Neruda. This highly imaginative work explores the notion of nature [...]

It’s Easter

Holy Family by Klone and Zero Cents (via Moonriver)