Archive for the ‘Counterculture’ Category
Swedish street artist Akay built a robot, or “instrument of mass destruction,” that uses perfectly-aligned spray cans to paint rainbows on walls. The “Robo-Rainbow” is shown in action in the video above, which was filmed and edited beautifully by Mudlevel.
In response to Tuesday’s The United States of Shame map, Ilya Gerner, an obvious optimist, put together The United States of Awesome map. Check out the references & statistics used after the jump.
In the warped mind of doll photographer Mariel Clayton, Barbie is a booze drinking, cigarette smoking homicidal psychopath that mutilates, dismembers and then hangs out with her victims, which are mostly Ken and other Barbie dolls. Check out a bunch more of these twisted dioramas after the jump.
The Monkeys You Ordered, a hilarious single-subject Tumblr, gives literal captions to New Yorker cartoons. Check out some more of our favorites after the jump.
Brooklyn-based eBay user “Jaybuysthings” is trying to auction off the purported identity of street artist Banksy. Initially, Jay promised to simply tell the winner Banksy’s name, which he supposedly came upon by matching tax records with the prices of his recently sold works, but eBay pulled the auction because he was selling something intangible. Jay then amended his offer and is now saying that he’ll instead mail the winner a piece of paper with Banksy’s name on it. (See the entire pitch after the jump.) The starting bid is $3,000 (Buy It Now for $25,000), but at post time nobody has taken the bait. Also, free shipping! If this guy actually discovered Banksy’s identity, which is certainly possible, he’s going about revealing it the wrong way. First of all, I highly doubt that any regular person has enough expendable dough, not to mention the burning desire that would be necessary, to drop $3,000 just to learn something that is entirely irrelevant. Secondly, there are a slew of sordid UK tabloids that would jump at this opportunity and probably pay a lot more. Finally, this is all ridiculous because there’s no possible way for the winner to actually verify this information. So, Jay, as many Internet commenters have said before: “Pics or it didn’t happen.” (His address, social security and telephone numbers, date of birth, and mother’s maiden name would also be helpful.) *Update: There have been six bids, and the price is now up to $5,000! *Update 2: With a little under four days remaining in the auction, three bidders have placed a total of 11 bids, and the price is now up to … $15,100! *Update 3: As of Sunday morning, 25 bids have been placed, and the auction now sits at $100,100… *Update 4: Something crazy is going on with this auction. It’s now at $900,100.01 with about 36 hours to go. *Final Update: Either eBay pulled it or Banksy paid Jay off, but just as the auction had passed $1,000,000, it was removed. Photos: Banksy‘s concept artwork for the Simpsons couch-gag scene he directed back in October. See them bigger below. [Via Animal NY] Season’s Greetings From Nation Studio & Google’s Blacklist
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
in Comedy, Counterculture, inventions, Movies & Culture, pop culture, Tech, The Internet
Our friends at Nation Studio, who we just collaborated with on the Like & Dislike Stamps, have launched a deviously fun new website, Googleblackchristmas.com, that customizes holidays cards with various words from Google’s Blacklist. For the uninformed, Google’s Blacklist came about upon the release of Google Instant, and essentially exists as an internal master list of words and phrases that Instant simply won’t recognize so not to inadvertently offend the person who’s searching (read: prudes). Tom and his crew at Nation have combed the list and plugged in a number of mostly NSFW words to six different fields, which are customized using the up and down arrows on your keyboard. (My favorite feature is the “?” box that pops up next to each word, hyperlinking to either the Wikipedia or Urban Dictionary definition.) Check out a few of my creations after the jump, and click here to make your own. New Banksy Print: “Haring Dog”
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Friday, December 10, 2010
in Art, Counterculture, Gifts, People, pop culture, posters, Things I Need
Banksy is donating all of the print’s proceeds to VOINA, a Russian artist cooperative that had two of its members jailed after they painted a massive penis on a road bridge opposite the KGB headquarters in Moscow over turned a cop car. (Thx, Marina!)
What if everyone in Alice in Wonderland were on drugs? They are – at least according to these irreverent GIFs by Matthew Wilkinson, who is also responsible for educating us about the various mental disorders afflicting Winnie, Piglet, et. al. After the jump, check out Alice on a cocktail of substances, the Caterpillar puffing opium, the Mad Hatter on Crystal Meth, and the White Rabbit on speed. Future Products if Prop 19 Passes, According to Ron English
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010
in ads, Art, Branding, Counterculture, People, pop culture, Proddities, products
Everybody vote today? Remember: it’s about more than getting high. Check out two more from our amigo, Mr. English, after the break. [Via Popaganda] Artist Peter Gronquist decorates real, albeit disabled, weapons with the logos of fashion’s most well-known brands. OK – they’re interesting and thought provoking, but what do his sculptures really mean? Gronquist himself doesn’t even know: “I have so many bullshit theories and meanings about these things,” he told Lost in a Supermarket in 2009. “I guess that ultimately they’re a parody of myself and the rest of our culture. I really just wanted to make something completely ridiculous. Then people gave me money for them. So I made a ton of them because I’m a whore. I find that it’s a parody of myself because I also like ridiculous things sometimes for no logical reason. I’m a victim of the rampant consumerism that I parody. It’s all very confusing.” I’d say. After the jump check out the rest of his blinged-out weapon collection.
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