May 2nd, 2012
JR - Instagram from North Korea
French artist JR is known for his bold artworks but this might just be his boldest move yet. He has embarked on a traveling mission all the way to North Korea. Although there have been numerous documentaries and documentations on North Korea, these Instagram photos by the artist tell an interesting story of the relatively unknown country. In this technological age, visual medium is a very powerful tool and JR is making full use of it. If you are interested to see what he got up to in North Korea, follow him on JR_artist on Instagram. Below are some of the images from the mysterious country. via: Juxtapoz
May 2nd, 2012
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery
Far more epic in scope than its title suggests, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery game is an unusual mash-up of moody concept album and dark fantasy adventure game. The line between the two is fuzzy to begin with, and it blurs together in unexpected ways as you delve deeper into this enchanting world. Sword & Sworcery's simple-but-evocative 8-bit art style, unconventional storytelling and abstract puzzles coalesce with Jim Guthrie's marvelous atmospheric soundtrack to create something uniquely magical. It's won many awards and for good reason so check it out.
April 25th, 2012
Journey on the PS3
Recently, a downloadable game was released on the PS3 called Journey. The visuals are quite breathtaking to say the least... Journey is more like an audio visual art masterpiece than a game. I have played it through and just adored the beatutiful visual style, and use of music and audio effects. Even if gaming isn't really your thing, make an exception and enjoy this stand out effort.
March 14th, 2012
Space colony art from the 1970s
Ahhhh... the early '70s. A time when social constraints were crumbling and smoking cigarettes would only maybe kill you. Everything seemed immediately possible. Case in point being Mike Griffin, former NASA Administrator, on his plans for galaxy domination: "I know that humans will colonize the solar system and one day go beyond," he proclaimed at the time.
Fast forward half a century and Griffin's dream hasn't exactly been realised. Yet, thanks to him and many other Free Love-generation innovators at NASA's Ames Centre and Stanford University, we have some pretty epic paintings. Paintings so spectacularly hyperreal that they probably wouldn't even be fathomed today without CS5 and/or a hefty dose of Salvia.
Realised by Princeton physicist Gerard O'Neill and penned by a team of artist monkeys (not in a post-apocalyptic Planet of the Apes type of way, but this could be an appropriate analogy), the drawings depict giant orbiting spaceships for humans to live in. The resulting specs are essentially a real estate agent's dream: they're weightless, clean, and quiet facilities blessed with "the best views in the solar system".
Of course, even the best painters can only depict so much, so there's a few design holes that NASA may want to address if they ever build them for reals, i.e. fuel and water sources, waste facilities, and the precise amount paid by George Lucas to blatantly rip these off for Star Wars. Oh, and then there's that other question of precisely WHY human beings need to populate the skies. But let's just leave that for another day, kids.
Go back to the future at settlement.arc.nasa.gov
Source: The terrific www.lifelounge.com.au
March 11th, 2012
Perspective typography brightens Brazilian suburb...
The creative collective of Boa Mistura made a poor suburb of Sao Paulo, Brazil a little more colourful. This has to be one of the most inspiring things we have seen in long time… (via Buzz Feed).
