Grand Theft Mario = Super Mario Bros + Grand Theft Auto.
Grand Theft Mario = Super Mario Bros + Grand Theft Auto.
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Photographs of postcards and miniature souvenirs held
Photographs of postcards and miniature souvenirs held in place of actual landmarks and tourist attractions. (via gulfstream)
Turtle with a wheel! A turtle with
Turtle with a wheel! A turtle with one missing back leg has been fitted with a wheel to help get around…a turtle/RC car mashup.
77 Million Paintings, a generative artwork by Brian
77 Million Paintings, a generative artwork by Brian Eno. “Work that continues to create itself in your absence.”
Steven Reich to Brian Eno to Cory Arcangel
Onstage at PopTech just now, Brian Eno said that a musical piece by Steven Reich had a huge influence on how he thought about art. He said that Reich’s piece showed him that:
1. You don’t need much.
2. The composer’s role is to set up a system and then let it go.
3. The true composer is actually in the listener’s brain.
I’d never heard of Reich, but the name sounded familiar when Eno mentioned it. I realized I’d seen it yesterday when reading about Cory Arcangel’s show at Team Gallery in reference to his piece, Sweet 16:
Cory applied American avant-garde composer Steven Reich’s concept of phasing to the guitar intro of Guns and Roses’ track Sweet Child O’Mine. Rather than use instruments, Cory took the same two clips from the song’s music video and shortened one clip by a single note. As the videos loop, the two intros grow farther apart until they are back in sync.
He’s veered away from video games, but Cory’s new work is looking really interesting these days.
Ben Folds cover of Such Great Heights
Ben Folds cover of Such Great Heights by The Postal Service using found percussion instruments (like a champagne glass and a plastic mail bin). (thx, james)
This is old news, but I missed
This is old news, but I missed it while I was gone, so apologies if you’ve seen this. Banksy replaced copies of Paris Hilton’s new CD in stores around the UK with his own copies containing doctored album art and a 40-minute song by Gnarls Barkley’s Danger Mouse. Banksy made a video of himself pulling off the stunt. Copies of the CD are on eBay for $180-1,300. An mp3 of the song contained on the doctored CD is available.
Here’s a great video of old school
Here’s a great video of old school arcade games represented using household items…here’s a Frogger screenshot. The rest of the photos and videos are worth a look as well; Roof Sex is reminiscent of Furniture Porn (nsfw). (via waxy)
Pictures of celebrities photoshopped to look like
Pictures of celebrities photoshopped to look like senior citizens. Some of them are amazing.
Here’s a video of Snoop Dogg listening
Here’s a video of Snoop Dogg listening to and singing along with a country-style cover of Gin and Juice by The Gourds.
If you’re reading kottke.org at work
If you’re reading kottke.org at work and shouldn’t be, you might want to read the site as if it looked like Microsoft Word. Make other sites Work Friendly here.
Richard Donner is re-editing Superman II for
Richard Donner is re-editing Superman II for a November 2006 DVD release. “Unlike many ‘special edition’ and ‘director’s cut’ movies released over the years, Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut will essentially be a completely new film.” (thx, dj)
Stop-motion human Space Invaders. The must-see video
Stop-motion human Space Invaders. The must-see video game and stop-motion video related link of the day. (thx, janelle)
Update: This looks like the official site.
Photographic recreation of George Seraut’s painting, Sunday
Photographic recreation of George Seraut’s painting, Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (see it larger). Seurat is one of my favorite painters, and it was a treat to see this painting in Chicago recently.
Great Russian illustrations of movies. I like
Great Russian illustrations of movies. I like the Star Wars one and The Terminator.
Sarah Trigg’s work combines geographic maps with
Sarah Trigg’s work combines geographic maps with biological forms. “The explorer system [in colonial North America] caused the Native American system to change its normal functioning, much like cancer cells do to normal cells.” More here. (via moon river)
Awesome must-read article about people who have
Awesome must-read article about people who have implanted magnets in the tips of their fingers, effectively giving themselves a sixth sense, a sense of magnetism. A very simple human/machine hybrid…or a mutant like the X-Men’s Magneto.
New project from Cory Arcangel: Kurt Cobain’s
New project from Cory Arcangel: Kurt Cobain’s suicide letter with Google AdSense ads (which are automatically generated based on the content of the page). Current ads include ones for free ringtones, techniques to end anxiety, and public speaking training.
So many New Yorkers retire to Florida,
So many New Yorkers retire to Florida, it makes sense to see what Manhattan looks like next to Miami. See also my Manhattan Elsewhere project, a map mashup featuring the island of Manhattan visiting Chicago, Boston, San Franciso, etc.
myDaVinci takes your photo and pastes your
myDaVinci takes your photo and pastes your face onto the Mona Lisa. Not a fan of Leonardo? Try being the Girl with a Pearl Earring or American Gothic. (via ais)
My friend Maciej found this map of
My friend Maciej found this map of NYC divided into sections that contain the same populations as other American cities. The page containing the image says it’s from an unknown “City of New York publication”. Anyone know where it’s from or where to get a better copy? Email me.
Names of books + band names. Charlie Daniels
Names of books + band names. Charlie Daniels and the Chocolate Factory, Motley Crusoe, The Natalie Merchant of Venice, and J-Lolita…you get the idea.
Quite a few photographic homages to Rene
Quite a few photographic homages to Rene Magritte. I love this updated classic.
Artist Jeremiah Palecek has recently been painting
Artist Jeremiah Palecek has recently been painting pieces inspired by video games, including Super Mario Bros.
Browsing recent interestingness on Flickr, I ran
Browsing recent interestingness on Flickr, I ran across these photos of women photoshopped to include glass eyes, prostheses, eyepatches, and to look like amputees. This is a practice of devotees of amputee fetishism called Electronic Surgery. More examples here, here, and here. Probably a bit NSFW.
Update: Flickr has removed the users who posted those photos. Sorry.
3-D NYC buildings from Google Earth (extracted
3-D NYC buildings from Google Earth (extracted with OGLE) printed out on a 3-D printer.
Designer Michael Bierut confesses: “I am a
Designer Michael Bierut confesses: “I am a plagiarist”. “…my mind is stuffed full of graphic design, graphic design done by other people. How can I be sure that any idea that comes out of that same mind is absolutely my own?”
I can’t tell if this is a
I can’t tell if this is a joke on TBS’s part or not, but this is an actual promo of theirs for The Lord of the Rings movies done in the style of alternate trailers like The Shining and Brokeback to the Future. “It sucks to be Frodo.”
Update: Looks like they’re having a bit of fun over at TBS…check out their other promos.
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