Dead catcopter in flight:

Good morning. Here is a high-quality photograph of the taxidermy catcopter Xeni posted video of yesterday. [Cris Toala Olivares / Reuters]

New Street Art from Nomerz:






Street artist Nomerz (previously) has been busy lately, cranking out at least four new large-scale pieces in the last few weeks. I really enjoy his blending of graffiti, architecture, and found objects to create each piece.

Explosive Mixed Media Paintings by Danny O’Conner:





These vibrant paintings by artist Danny O’Conner are created using acrylic, spray paint, emulsion and correction fluid resulting in explosive portraits that seem to shatter and pulse off the canvas. He currently has a number of original works available in his shop. (via cosas cool)

[It’s a stranger world every day. -egg]

Picturesque Austrian town secretly cloned in China:
A Chinese property developer called Minmetals Land Inc secretly built a copy of a picturesque Austrian village called Hallstatt, building it in Guangdong province, the white-hot center of the Chinese manufacturing revolution, on a site 60km from Hong Kong. The Austrians are both proud and miffed, though the argument that ancient designs of buildings, or characteristic layout of ancient villages are somehow the property of their temporary residents is a bit odd — sort of like claiming that because your town has a gothic cathedral, no one else should be able to reproduce its centuries-old design without your permission.

The original is a centuries-old village of 900 and a UNESCO heritage site that survives on tourism. The copycat is a housing estate that thrives on China’s new rich. In a China famous for pirated products, the replica Hallstatt sets a new standard.

The Chinese Hallstatt features a church spire, a town square ringed by pastel-colored buildings and angel statues. They’re among architectural flourishes inspired by the original, a centuries-old village of 900.

Chinese secretly copy Austrian town

(via /.)

(Image: a downsized, cropped thumbnail from a larger picture on Spiegel.de)

[I worry about this. -egg]

June 06, 2012:

EVERYBODY LIKES GIANT COMICS!

Aqueous Electro: New Underwater Ink Photos by Mark Mawson:







UK photographer Mark Mawson (previously) continues his exploration of color, ink, and water with this killer new collection of photographs titled Aqueous Electro. The photographs are the fourth in a serious including Aqueous Fluoreau, Aqueous I, and Aqueous II.

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Reggie Watts Disorients You in the Most Entertaining Way:

Mental health break. This recent TED talk by comedian and musician Reggie Watts is completely out of left field. Watts mixes music, language, comedy, satire and at times plain gibberish to create a 10 minute performance unlike anything I’ve seen before. I don’t know what it is, but I like it.

Brilliant Ventriloquism by Nina Conti:

This recent ventriloquism act by Nina Conti had me in tears in just a few seconds. What a fun idea. Poor Luke. (via reddit)