Hey, There's Scullen

“TAMPOPO is Japanese for dandelion, and in Japan, as is in New Zealand, dandelions occupy a sphere of folklore. A simple action of blowing creates a space amongst the bustle of human doings, it creates a direct relationship with nature, and it acts as a trigger of memories and nostalgic journeys. Perhaps it triggers memories of wishes made and long since forgotten…”

via dataisnature

1. ba woo hahahaha
2. bu-wa-hahahahahahahaha

I’ve alway been partial to “mwuah ha ha haaa” myself but it seems that many favour a ‘b’ to start out.

related: The Aargh Page

Update: Futher discussion with one evil laugher uncovered the fact that their sinister chortling was in immitation of Dogbert. As the other evil laugher in question was showing off a Scott Adams book yesterday, it is logical to assume that this style of evil laughter is particular to the Dilbert universe.

Update II: All paths lead to Wikipedia: Evil laugh (various occurrences in the Dilbert cartoons, usually though not always by Dogbert, and usually spelled “Buwahahah” or some variation.)

Censored! This public corridor is in the building where I work. There has been quite the kerfuffle over some paisley ejaculate and a painting of a dead fox (these items were not featured in the same work, just so you know). Yesterday there was only a curtain, but now a more substantial drywall structure has been put in place. I guess the powers that be decided that a mere curtain could not hide these kind of horrors.

Look at this wall. Is it not begging for some kind of decoration? How long will this canvas remain blank?

Flickr Series

Postvinyl (Space Age Tool for the DJ, 2005)

“This game – post-vinyl – plays the game of hybridization on two levels. On a hardware level it is a hybrid of a digital computer with analogue sound modifications, content wise it is a hybrid of an exploratory 3D shooter with tunnels and corridors and a DJ performance set-up. The users have to slip into the role of a virtual DJ who can start and stop vinyl records by jumping on the record players, picking up records and placing them on turntables. The users can also look for custom-built sound guns, i.e. weapons that allow for the placement of spatialized sound sources in the performance environment. In this regard, the game once more cannibalizes commercial mainstream games: the concept of the weapon is taken up and transformed into a musical instrument. “

“OK, now I’ll tell you how I make giffords. Giffords is what I call animated gifs because that’s funny to me.”

Glitch Browser, I think I love you.

Jason Chase remarks in his artist statement:

“Some of my earliest visual memories are the colors of the cereal aisle flashing by me. Constant exposure to advertising slogans and Saturday morning cartoons not only sold me products, it sold me the power of the visual.”

via Mudd Up!

Visualresistance.org offers up a very interesting interview with Polish muralist M-City. This work is amazing and keeps getting better.

via Ektopia