Time-lapse cinematographer Louie Schwartzberg aims his cameras at the mysterious, often-overlooked world of fungi. The kingdom of fungi is separate from the kingdoms of animals and plants, evolving on a seperate path over millions of years. Many forms of fungi, including yeasts and moulds, often live unseen and unregarded, while their more visible cousins, the […]
Panama City artist Mitchell Grafton throws convention down the drain when he creates his clay sculptures. Unlike many pottery artists, who focus either on function or form, Grafton combines the two to create highly imaginative yet functional art works. His specialises in what he calls “face jugs”; artistic and often humorous jugs that can either […]
When musician and artist Jarbas Agnelli saw a photograph of birds sitting on electric wires, he decided to make a song. The melody for the song was created by using the birds’ positions on the wires as music notes. The result was a beautiful, emotive melody that seemed to express the essence of the photograph. He […]
Marcel Witte is a photorealistic painter from the Netherlands who paints surrealist and photorealistic images of animals. Some of his paintings are simply beautiful portraits, but others have a single human element added to the scene that personifies the animals and gives them character. Witte has this to say about his paintings; “In my artwork, […]
James Trosh makes a music video in space by strapping a toy robot called Edgar to a weather balloon and then sending it into space. Edgar reached a height of over 95,000 feet (around 30,000 metres) before the pressure burst the weather balloon and Edgar was sent plummeting to Earth in a dizzy free-fall. Edgar and […]
This hilariously creative table tennis match between Chuang Chih-Yuan and Jean-Michel Saive shows two athletes at the top of their game having a good time. Instead of taking the game seriously, the two fully grown men decide instead to mess about like two unruly boys having a bit of a laugh together. The most appealing part […]
Not all superhumans exist between the pages of a comic book… Some of them walk among us. This video, created by Hybrid Librarian for Youtube, shows 10 people who have real superpowers. Some of these people were born with unusual talents which they have worked on, but others had to train both their body and mind […]
Physicist Ken Libbrecht has done something pretty incredible – he’s found a way to create snowflakes in his lab. Using a microscope, Libbrecht was able to take macro photographs of his snowflakes that reveal the intricate beauty of the tiny ice crystals. Each snowflake resembles a six-sided flower and is symmetrical (each half mirrors the other […]
London-based artist Carl Warner doesn’t just push food around his plate to make smiley faces or animal silhouettes. He’s taken playing with food to an entirely different level by creating fantastically detailed landscapes out of edible parts. He calls these edible sculptures “foodscapes” and so far they have been immensely popular with both foodies and […]
Wondering what to do in Sydney? Why not take a wander down to the Pitt Street Mall and catch a street music performance by the super-fast and highly skilled bucket drummer, Lachlan Robinson. His solo drumming performances outside the Pitt Street Mall in Sydney, Australia, have wowed audiences from around the world and delighted local Australians. […]