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• A Sequence of Circles Traced by 500 Individuals | Clement Valla

  Using a technology service called Mechanical Turk from Amazon, Clement Valla creates interesting crowd sourced videos. Mechanical Turk in itself is a pretty awesome system, the idea being that people can sign up to complete HITs (Human Intelligence Tasks) like, drawing a line, or subsequently, they can sign up to request other people to complete [...]

• Punch Me Panda

  Brooklyn-based artist Nate Hill, who has ridden several animal-personas to moderate internet fame, is back at it. His latest creation, Punch Me Panda, is currently on a mission to bring catharsis to the Brooklyn masses. | via the Wall Street Journal

• Jessica Labatte

  Get lost in Jessica Labbatte’s colorful world. | via Svartkonst

• Strandbeest | Theo Jansen

  Animaris Umerus walking – June ’09 from Strandbeest on Vimeo. Theo Jansen makes skeleton animals out of recycled plastic bottles, a bicycle pump and plastic tubes that thrive on wind so they don’t have to eat. He wants to put the animals out in herds on beaches so they can live their lives to the [...]

• “Les Mousses” by Etienne Gros

  Loving these foam Venus sculptures by Etienne Gros. So simple, so evocative. Truly beautiful, and SOFT! | via BOOOOOOM!

• Confetti System

  This duo makes confetti and party decorations for a living. We have to admit, we’re slightly jealous of their career choice. Their recent feature on the Selby also makes us a little envious.

• Phil Poynter | Ponystep Monotone symphony

  Photographer Phil Poynter‘s shoot for Ponystep Magazine Spring/Summer 2011. Need we say more?

• 58 Cents by David Horvitz

  David Horvitz is a Brooklyn-based artist whom I admire and respect very much. In his new project 58 Cents, he aims to pay off the entirety of his student loan debt by asking total strangers to send payments to Sallie Mae, one 58-cent-check at a time. Wish I’d thought of this first… Funny, smart, practical.

• Painting the ATLAS Particle Accelerator

  Artist Josef Kristofoletti was recently commissioned to paint a mural on the structure containing the ATLAS particle accelerator near Geneva, Switzerland. What did he paint? The THING ITSELF. I don’t get it, but hey — it’s science, and I LIKE IT!

• BL’ing RGB Poster

  Seemingly quiet for most of 2010, B’L’ing is a traveling trading post that screens and exchanges bootleg video art and rare media. This is their “RGB Poster,” composed of several colorful film stills. Also love these BL’ing alternative movie posters by Amy Yao.