Simon Beck’s Snow Art

 

Every winter’s day Simon Beck puts on his snowshoes and goes for a walk on the frozen lakes of Savoie, France. After 5-9 hours of wandering through on the snow, his footprints form clear geometrical shaped patterns as large as 3 football fields.The most interesting thing about those patterns is that they start to look 3D-ish from the bird’s eye view. Simon started his snow artist’s career after he injured both legs while he was free riding. The only painless physical exercise he was able to do was slow walks on the clear snow. Creating patterns brought sense to his long and boring everyday walks. After that Simon started to take photos of his masterpieces, that made him famous on the interweb.

 

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Here Now, Frank Gehry's Mindbending Plans for Toronto

 by Amy Schellenbaum

  

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Frank Gehry has just released some pretty overwhelming-looking plans for an enormous new entertainment district in Toronto, the architect's hometown. Planned are three 80 to 85-story residential towers—each with a "complementary but distinctive design," per the release—a new facility for the Ontario College of Art and Design, and a 60,000-square-foot gallery for abstract art. For what would be his largest urban undertaking to date, Gehry has teamed with David Mirvish, a theater producer and philanthropist who seems very invested in sweeping his name over the cultural corridor: there are six properties owned by the Mirvishes already in the area, and that giant art gallery is intended to display his own collection. While Toronto has yet to approve this cosmopolitan megaplex, Gehry and Mirvish hope to build it in three stages over a decade, according to Architizer. And if these renderings look more like the usual "iconoclastic, swoopy structures that look like bashed-in sardine cans" than anything that belongs in, say, Toronto, don't worry: "With this project, I wanted to create buildings that were good neighbours to the surrounding buildings and that respected the rich and diverse history of the area," said Gehry in a statement.

 

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Golan Levin makes art that looks back at you

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Coin Sculptures by Stacey Lee Webber

This time we want to show you very interesting metal sculptures and jewelry. Philadelphia based artist Stacey Lee Webber creates these unique metal sculptures, creative jewelry and everyday objects from coins. “Webber’s sculptures embody a refined aesthetic and challenge the conventional possibilities of everyday materials. Through her investigations, Webber’ celebrates working class families which make up the heart of American culture.” Have fun!

 

 

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Vik Muniz: Art with wire, sugar, chocolate and string

 

 

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Sex as Portrayed by Pens: A Comedic Group of Images

Not much to say here except we laughed our butts off. Check out this incredibly funny group of images of pens simulating several diverse sex related positions and situations.

Which one is your favorite?

 

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Seeing Ourselves: The Science and Art of Diagnostic Medical Imaging (PHOTOS)

 

The exhibition "Seeing Ourselves: The Science and Art of Diagnostic Medical Imaging" shows that art and science are two means of making images. The collection features medical imaging modalities and contemporary artworks that, oftentimes, don't look all that different.

The show is curated by physicians Koan Jeff Baysa and Caitlin Hardy, who gathered work from 60 international artists all working in a variety of media. The works on display demonstrate the importance of sharing of institutional knowledge while also examining the advantages of viewing this information from an aesthetic standpoint.

Recent technology has brought on huge breakthroughs in medical imaging -- images of the human body created for clinical investigations. These advancements have enhanced our knowledge of our physical selves, but it also intensifies our view of ourselves.

The show will combine sculpture, painting, drawing and video with X-ray, MRI, PET, and CAT images. But don't let these abbreviations bore you; in the slideshow below, you'll see an image of the female orgasm as taken from TheVisualMD; it contains swirls of bright colors that look as artfully crafted as any painting.

This rare interdisciplinary exhibition features Suzanne Anker, Deborah Aschheim, Stephen Auger, Christophe Berdaguer and Marie Pejus with Christophe Laudamiel and Christoph Hornetz, Stefani Bardin and Toby Heys. It will show at MuseCPMI from March 10 through April 14.

Can you tell the science images from the art images? Test yourself below and let us know which images blew your mind!

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Virgil Wong, Akshay Kapur, and Jessica Lacson, The Medical Mirror, 2012. Interactive installation with custom software and motion sensors, 15' X 15' X 15'. Nervous system model created by Zygote Media Group.

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