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Astronomical, the latest project by artist Mishka Henner, is an entire scale model of the Sun and the nine traditional planets...and absolutely nothing else. As you can see in the video below, it's one giant reminder of cosmic emptiness. More »
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Enda O'Donoghue paints photos that he finds on the internet, seeking to document the images we as individuals find currently important, not images that our culture defines as immortal. Via Motherboard TV. More »
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A lot of science fictional scenarios turn out to be matters of faith, judging from the work of American-born conceptual art pioneer Susan Hiller. You either believe in them, or you don't. Her new show, which just opened in London, includes faked photos of people levitating. Another Hiller show (pictured above) includes tons of UFO-shaped earpieces dangling from the ceiling, in which you can hear people describe their UFO abductions. A gallery of weird levitations and ghostly trips to Mars awaits, below. More »
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Is Wafaa Bilal an artist or simply a masochistic attention whore? The Iraqi artist spent a month in a gallery last year, with a webcam and a paintball gun connected to the Internet, letting people from 136 countries shoot 65,000 paintballs at him 24 hours a day. Was this a publicity stunt? A soul-searching art installation? Therapy for Bilal's suffering at the hands of Saddam Hussein and his brother and father's deaths in the U.S. invasion? Bilal's just published a book about his experience, and it sheds a bit of light on his futuristic experimental warzone. More »
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No, it's not an invasion by amphibious androids. It's an art installation in Boston featuring mannequins in bubbles on the river. There are four of them, all bopping around on the water. Image by jmaxh (Used by permission) More »
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