Nude art model Clelia Rinaldi poses for ten artists who sketch her from specific vantage points in the room. Combining their sketches into a stop motion animation allows viewer’s a unique vantage point of the artist’s model; we can see her from every angle in the room and yet the video’s view remains stationary. The [...]
Nina Conti is a ventriloquist and comedienne born in 1974 in London, England. Conti uses audience members as her ventriloquist dummies, transforming them from people to puppets with the aid of a face mask. The mask is built so that the comedian can control the mouth movements by squeezing a small balloon. While Nina Conti [...]
Barbara Swingaling is an artist living in the Netherlands. Working from the body art shop Classic Ink and Mods in Amsterdam, Swingaling creates tattoos with an intriguing twist; although the tattoo is permanent, the designs are based on those traditionally used in henna tattoos, a non-permanent form of body art. Many of Swingaling’s paisley tattoo [...]
This inspiring story begins with younger brother Cayden being diagnosed with cerebral palsy, a condition that makes walking and communicating difficult. Although many people would have despaired in the face of the condition, older brother Cayden chose instead evolve both his thinking and his relationship with his sibling by including Cayden in his sporting activities. [...]
Dante Ha performs a number of martial arts moves, parkour and stunts, showcasing in slow motion the moves he used in movies like Dark Knight Rises and X-Men: First Class.
In this artistic video directed by Taras Pozdnyakov, contortionist and performer Pavel Stankovich exhibits his extraordinary physical strength and muscle control. With a beautifully fluid motion, Pavel performs a number of difficult movements and poses in and on a structure made of four poles. The simplicity of the background and camera angles used in this video [...]
Prepare to be inspired this Mayhem and Muse Monday with “People are Amazing 2012″, an extreme sports compilation video by Youtube user LeCzarny. The video consists of clips of daredevils leaping, diving, spinning through the air and just generally being awesome. Keep an eye out for a few urban sports that are becoming more popular [...]
Ultimate frisbee is a sport that is similar to both rugby and American football, in that players must pass an object across the field and carry it into the end zone. In rugby and American football, an ovoid ball is used, but in ultimate frisbee, a disc is used. The sport is fast paced and [...]
“Photorealism” is a term given to a drawing or painting that mimics photography. The artist uses careful shading techniques to create a finished drawing or painting that looks like a photograph. Photorealistic art is very time-intensive. Some art works can take weeks to complete. Photorealism is also called hyper-realism or simply realism. Omar Ortiz is [...]