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Creepy, Disembodied Singing Android Heads

Friday, December 11th, 2009

The animatronic heads from artist Nathaniel Mellor are part of a $75,000 art piece on sale at Art Basel Miami Beach 2009. The artificial faces are controlled by servos which in turn are controlled by a computer. Found at YouTube from A3Network.

Posted in Arts & Literature, Citizen Generated Media, Wild/Bizarre | Tags: androids, Animatronic, art, Citizen Video, Miami, Nathaniel Mellor, robotics | View Comments

Beatrice Wood: Mama of Dada

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

Beatrice Wood, called the Mama of Dada, is a renowned ceramicist, lover of Marcel Duchamp, and a prime suspect in the Dada art movement of the early 1910’s. She died in 1998 at 105 years of age. Found at YouTube from DocChannel.

Posted in Arts & Literature, Culture, Documentaries, History, Movies & Film | Tags: art, Beatrice Wood, Ceramics, Dada, Pottery | View Comments

Auguste Rodin – The Gates Of Hell

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

This is a piece about Aguste Rodin, one of my favorite sculptors and one of my favorite sculptures, The Gates Of Hell. Found at YouTube via canaleducatif.

Posted in Arts & Literature, Documentaries, Educational | Tags: A Season In Hell, art, Auguste Rodin, Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy, French, Sculptor, sculpture, The Gates Of Hell, The Inferno | View Comments

A Plain Sheet Of White Paper Transformed Into Remarkable Works Of Art

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

These are entries to an art contest hosted by the Hirshhorn Modern Art Gallery in Washington, D.C. Artists could only use one sheet of paper. Found at eBaum’s World.

Posted in Arts & Literature | Tags: art, Art Contest, Artist, Artists, Craft, Hirshhorn Modern Art Gallery, Paper, Washington E.C. | View Comments