Chuck Norris Tops Jean Claude Van Damme's Epic Split

http://digg.com/video/a-cgid-chuck-norris-tops-jean-claude-van-dammes-epic-split

Isn't That King David? Nope, It's Just Dave

by Robert Krulwich
Usually they're naked, ancient and stony. But all of a sudden, they could live next door.

Photo and idea conception: Léo Caillard; Retouching: Alexis Persani

Photo and idea conception: Léo Caillard; Retouching: Alexis Persani

Photo and idea conception: Léo Caillard; Retouching: Alexis Persani

Photo and idea conception: Léo Caillard; Retouching: Alexis Persani

Photo and idea conception: Léo Caillard; Retouching: Alexis Persani

Photo and idea conception: Léo Caillard; Retouching: Alexis Persani

 

 

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/06/18/193101828/isnt-that-king-david-nope-its-just-dave

Brad Downey's street art

http://www.thedropkings.com/brad-downeys-original-street-art.html

Surreal World (25 photos)

Spanish photographer Chema Madoz creates twisted, mind-bending images using everyday, ordinary objects. Placing the objects into surreal scenes, he fools our minds by changing the context of everything we know, and creates an alternate universe which he convinces us to be real.

"Not everything is what it seems to be," says Mexican artist Fernando Castro of Madoz's work. "Hidden among daily things arises new worlds, new dimensions that alter the perception of an immediate reality. The irony with which Madoz assaults recognizable objects creates a relationship with viewers that leads to paths of a parallel universe."

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/surreal-world-25-photos

Something About these Objects is Not as it Seems: New Anamorphic Illusions by Brusspup

Master of optical illusion Brusspup has a new video out today showing some really fun optical illusions using anamorphic projections. The trick is pretty simple: the photographs are skewed but then filmed at an angle where everything looks normal, but when the illusion is revealed it’s still pretty mind-bending. Brasspup also provided downloadable high resolution files of the Rubik’s cube, shoe, and tape so you can print them out on 8×11″ paper, trim, and try for yourself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBNHPk-Lnkk&feature=share&list=UUeQEKFH31vvD-InkTGSvCrA

Time-Traveling photographer goes back to history's most iconic moments to add herself

Many of us have dreamed of going back in time to see the Beatles or Marilyn Monroe, but one photographer has dialed back the clock (well, at least on celluloid).

Flora Borsi, a photographer based out of Budapest, has created a series of photographs dubbed the 'Time Travel Project' that show her in some of the most iconic photos of all time.

Borsi and her cellphone can now be seen mixing with the likes of Andy Warhol and Elvis Presley at the height of their fame.

The photographer says she was inspired by Charlie Chaplin's film 'The Circus,' and wondered whether with time-travel we could 'capture the most important events and history.'

In My Life: Borsi's photo manipulations find her and her phone in some of history's most recognizable scenes

Up close and personal to that famous hip-shaking

Silent film actor Harold Lloyd dazzled audiences with this infamous scene from 'Safety Last!'

The original blonde bombshell

Pop artist Andy Warhol would surely appreciate Borsi's photographs

Quiet on the set

A witness to another era (at least in photographs) 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2312370/Flora-Borsi-Time-Traveling-photographer-goes-historys-iconic-moments-add-herself.html

Fancy Marie Antoinette-Inspired Helicopter

Lisbon-based artist Joana Vasconcelos has certainly jazzed up this helicopter. The particular aircraft, a piece of art entitled Lilicoptère, is Vasconcelos' interpretation of what Marie Antoinette would have chosen for her personal travels if she were alive today. The base of the piece is a Bell 47 helicopter, and the artist decorated it, inside and out, with ostrich feathers, Swarovski crystals, gold leaf, industrial coating, dyed leather upholstery embossed with fine gold, Arraiolos rugs, walnut wood, wood grain painting, and elaborate gold braided trimmings.

According to the artist statement, the piece "draws on the rich, glamorous and bold aesthetics of the royalty of the late Ancien Régime in order to suggest a metamorphosis from machine to animal; a return to the origin and to the inspiration that motivated the realization of man's dream of flying." The modern installation, a part of the artist’s 2012 solo exhibition at the Palace of Versaille, sat in strong juxtaposition against the ornately decorated, 17th century room. Regardless of the time period, anyone finding themselves a passenger in this fancy aircraft would surely get a kick out of riding in such ultimate and over-the-top style.

Joana Vasconcelos' website
via [Laughing Squid]