Art articles

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  Why do so many people love these photos of unmade beds?

  By Jeff Blagdon on August 19, 2012 11:13 am + 48 comments

  What is it about these images of an unmade bed that we find so absorbing? In photographer Joe Continue reading…

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  Water Light Graffiti: painting with water and LEDs

  By Aaron Souppouris on August 14, 2012 08:54 am + 4 comments

  Last month, artist Antonin Fourneau created Water Light Graffiti, a wall that lit up when touched by Continue reading…

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  'DVD Dead Drop' delivers digital art one disc at a time

  By Aaron Souppouris on August 13, 2012 05:09 am + 7 comments

  Artist Aram Bartholl is embedding a DVD burner into the wall of the Museum of the Moving Image, New Continue reading…

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  Glitch Textiles: weaving tapestries from the 'digital detritus'

  By Jeff Blagdon on August 10, 2012 02:28 am + 13 comments

  Earlier this year we covered artist Phillip Stearns, whose work uses re-wired digital cameras to Continue reading…

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  Michal Kohút's light installation reacts in the blink of an eye

  By Justin Rubio on August 8, 2012 02:04 pm + 6 comments

  The muscle that controls the blinking of your eye is the fastest in the body, but Michal Kohút has Continue reading…

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  Hamazon: an Amazon-style market for flotsam and jetsam

  By Louis Goddard on August 3, 2012 08:05 am + 5 comments

  A project by Japanese design student Tomomi Tamura, Hamazon is an online marketplace in the style of Continue reading…

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  How patent drawings became dull: a brief history

  By Aaron Souppouris on August 2, 2012 08:43 am + 13 comments

  Wired's Alexandra Chang has taken a look at how patent drawings have changed over the past 200 years, Continue reading…

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  Transform your pictures into Facebook icon photo mosaics

  By Justin Rubio on July 22, 2012 07:37 pm + 11 comments

  If, for some reason, you've been looking for a way to have your next Facebook profile picture be a Continue reading…

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  Google's 'This Exquisite Forest' is building interactive videos, eight frames at a time

  By Jeff Blagdon on July 20, 2012 06:10 am + 6 comments

  Ever play that writing game where one person builds on the last person’s sentence, passing the Continue reading…

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  Steve Kim 'ceiling cat' prints now available for purchase!

  By Laura June on July 18, 2012 12:51 pm + 17 comments

  You may have noticed that a recent piece we published, "Not fade away," by Maria Bustillos (if you Continue reading…