The Art of Rock Balancing by Michael Grab
Michael Grab is an artist that has been ‘rock balancing‘ since 2008. Much of his recent work has been done around the Boulder, Colorado area. Grab finds the process both spiritual and therapeutic. On his site gravityglue.com, Grab explains: “The most fundamental element of balancing in a physical sense is finding some kind of ‘tripod’ for the … Read more
Light installations by artist James Nizam
Shard of Light, 2011 “Trace Heavens” is a series of gorgeous light installations by James Nizam. Even though he is a friend of mine I feel I am being completely unbiased when I say these are some of the most beautiful images I’ve ever posted on Booooooom. To create these images James painstakingly made incisions into the structure … Read more
Hot colors light up frozen sculptures at the Harbin ice festival
Visitors walk among large ice sculptures at the 29th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, China, on Jan. 6. The annual festival features hundreds of activities related to snow and ice. Picture made available Jan. 7. Visitors ride on a horse cart among large ice sculptures at the 29th Harbin International Ice and … Read more
The Event of a Thread: Anne Hamilton’s Groundbreaking Installation Filmed and Photographed by Paul Octavious
It is one of my great regrets that I didn’t head up to New York over the last few weeks to catch Ann Hamilton’s groundbreaking installation, The Event of a Thread, at the Park Avenue Armory. Perhaps the only saving grace of not seeing it in person, or having not covered it on Colossal as coverage bounced around the … Read more
Water Light Graffiti: Water-Activated LED Wall You Can Paint with Water
“Water Light Graffiti” is a wall of water-activated LEDs (video). Anyone can create LED graffiti on the wall by “painting” it with water using their hands, a paintbrush, water gun, or atomizer. The ingenious interactive installation was created byAntonin Fourneau at Digitalarti Artlab in Paris. Thanks Digitalarti Artlab! Via LaughingSquid
Children Collaborate to Build 1.8 million LEGO Map of Japan
The reason that LEGOs are such awesome toys for kids is because they are not only fun, they inspire kids to build whatever their hearts desire by using their problem solving skills and ingenuity. To celebrate their 50th anniversary of being introduced into Japan, LEGO sponsored a cross-country workshop where over 5000 people in 6 … Read more
Incredible Wire Mesh Portraits by Seung Mo Park
Incredible wire mesh portraits by Seung Mo Park. The artist projects an image onto layers of wire mesh and slowly cuts away pieces to reveal the positive image. Watch the videos below! Found @ thisiscolossal.com
Illuminated Landscapes by Benoit Paillé
I love these!!! Montreal-based photographer Benoit Paillé has been working on a fascinating series of landscapes using a bizarre lighting method involving a suspended glowing square. The images above are not photoshopped, the 1×1 meter light is instead hung in the center of each photograph and the resulting image shows the unique form of illumination that creeps … Read more
Blue Trees by Konstantin Dimopoulos
Australian artist Konstantin Dimopoulos uses environmentally safe pigments to paint the trunks and limbs of trees in urban areas to help raise awareness of the nearly 32 million acres of forests lost each year around the world. Via 4culture he says: Through my work I am striving to address global issues and provide a visual platform to effect change. … Read more
With Kinect, Dancing Is Converted Into Animated Sand
Here’s an amazing video of what dancing looks like when it’s visualized as a dynamic sand sculpture: Artists Daniel Franke and Cedric Kiefer used Kinect to record a dancer’s movements to Machinefabriek’s spooky electronic track “Kreukeltape.” Then, they strung together the images to create a 3-D point cloud of her body in 3ds Max. Made of 22,000 … Read more
