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. […]
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 […]
Rico Leroy is a world famous tandem surfer. Tandem surfing is the art of surfing with two people on a board. The surfers will perform various acrobatic tricks while riding a wave. Some tandem surfers have trained their dogs to surf with them, though the majority of tandem surf couples are made up of husband […]
Phil Hansen is an artist who creates interesting art videos for Youtube. He has made portraits out of pine cones, painted a portrait of Bruce Lee with kung fu moves and tattooed a banana. Hansen challenges our preconceived ideas of art while pushing the boundaries of his own creativity. In this art video, Phil Hansen […]
Luca Natalini is an Italian tattoo artist who creates exquisite surrealist tattoo designs. Each design is unique and custom-made for the client, although there are some similarities between Natalini’s tattoo art works. Some have elements of bio organic design, whereas other tattoos display influences from traditional surrealist paintings. Working largely in vivid colors, Natalini creates […]