Category: Art
Brandon Bird

Brandon Bird is an artist whose style might best be described as "pop culture Norman Rockwell." Pictured above is one of his most famous works, No One Wants to Play Sega with Harrison Ford. Head on over to his website to see more of his work, including a Law & Order themed coloring book, children's letters to Christopher Walken, and a version of The Last Supper featuring 12 James Woodses (and RoboCop).
Birds to Perform New Guitar Numbers
No, that's not a typo and this is nothing to do with the classic 60s rock band. London gallery and performing arts centre the Barbican is hosting a new work by French "composer" Celeste Boursier-Mougenot in which dozens of zebra finches create improvised compositions by landing and perching on strategically placed electric guitars. Titled the Curve, Boursier-Mougenot's latest installation takes the form of a walk-through aviary, hence the finches' reaction to the visitors becomes itself part of the exhibit. In an interview with the BBC, the composer hinted that his next work will probably involve shoals of goldfish in a tank, and will most likely not be a walk-through (Barbican Centre).
Posted By: Dumbfounded | Date: Thu Feb 25, 2010 | Permalink |
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Category: Animals, Art, Performance Art, Music
Category: Animals, Art, Performance Art, Music
Concerto for Beatboxer and Orchestra
This Friday sees the world premier of a new classical composition by popular modern composer Anna Meredith. However this is a score with a difference as Anna, in collaboration with top British beatboxer Schlomo (it's his real name), has incorporated 5 of the performance artists into her latest piece, Concerto for Beatboxer and Orchestra, playing at London Southbank Centre. The first problem facing the odd-couple duo was how exactly to score a beatbox performance as the vocal styling had grown from its hip-hop roots entirely by 'word of mouth' and has no formal notation. Undeterred Meredith and Schlomo have spent a year constructing their own, which they hope will gain wider adoption when the entire score of the new work is made available online for free following the first performance (FT).The Southbank Centre has put up a 'teaser trailer' for the new work
And Schlomo's beatbox talents can be checked out courtesy of the BBC's Jules Holland Show.
Posted By: Dumbfounded | Date: Thu Feb 18, 2010 | Permalink |
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Category: Art, Performance Art, Entertainment, Music, Screams, Grunts and Other Exclamations
Category: Art, Performance Art, Entertainment, Music, Screams, Grunts and Other Exclamations
Bodyspasm
Ah, those wacky Dutch rockers.... More Bodyspasm here.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Wed Feb 10, 2010 | Permalink |
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Category: Art, Outsider Art, Performance Art, Body, Stomach, Music, Europe
Category: Art, Outsider Art, Performance Art, Body, Stomach, Music, Europe
One Minute Paintings
Bored? Have some spray paint? If I practiced a million years I couldn't do this -- especially in a minute.Check out the website for 53 other paintings just like this one:
http://www.spacepaintings.com/1_minute_painting.html
Last Minute Shopping?
I was originally going to display three or four of the most unique items from Archie McPhee's web store to give you an example of the true weirdness you can find there (vengeful unicorns, remote controlled hopping yodelling lederhosen, bacon bath soap, inflatable toast). But once I started digging deeper to find just the right ones, I realized there was no way I could stick to just a few. My fellow WUvians needed to see all of the zany craziness that McPhee's has to offer. And how can you resist any company whose motto is "Slightly Less Disappointing Than Other Companies". So if you're in need of a last minute gift idea for the weirdo on your list, this is the place for you.
Posted By: Nethie | Date: Tue Dec 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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Category: Animals, Art, Body, Bathrooms, Humor, Shopping, Toys, Candy
Category: Animals, Art, Body, Bathrooms, Humor, Shopping, Toys, Candy
The World’s Smallest Snowman

Posted By: Nethie | Date: Fri Dec 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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Category: Art, Crafts, Inventions, Seasonal, World Records
Category: Art, Crafts, Inventions, Seasonal, World Records
Rotating Kitchen
Artist Zeger Reyers recently set up this installation at the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf in Germany as part of the Eating the Universe exhibit. The kitchen will be rotating until February 2010. Today and Tomorrowrotating kitchen from Zeger Reyers on Vimeo.
A Familiar Fix
[From Harper's Young People Illustrated Weekly for May 21, 1889.]Haven't we all been in this situation at one time or another?
Posted By: Paul | Date: Sun Nov 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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Category: Art, Public Humiliation, Dogs, Nineteenth Century
Category: Art, Public Humiliation, Dogs, Nineteenth Century
Asteroids without the Asteroids
Another great interactive flash which reminds me of the old "Asteroids" video game without the asteroids.
As you move your cursor on the screen the flock of "birds" try to avoid each other. Here's the link:
http://bestiario.org/web/media/14/preview/index.php?id_proyecto=14
It also makes a fun hypnotic time waster.

Category: Art, Pop Art, Surrealism, Celebrities, Pop Culture