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    NotChoinski: It looks like Shelob drying her pantyhose in the shower. more »
    Mount_Prion: Ew. What is this doing on Gawker? I hate when the sci fi stuff leaks onto the "real" blog almost as much as I hate posts about Twitter. more »
    Fate'sBitch: "It's Art!" Said the spider to the fly. more »
    jamesryan: "...the first attempt at turning New York's neglected Park Avenue Armory into a public art destination along the lines of London's Tate Modern..."? Fu... more »
    acrobatic rabbit: it would be even better if they had actual spiders of all species climbing all over the thing. no wait, no it wouldn't. *runs away shrieking* more »
    crashedpc - Haifisch: I'm not really sure why you'd add a poopload of spices to an art display, but I'm sure it's justified as "adding an olfactory element to the visual an... more »
    Rasselas: I can see the Armory from my office window. From time to time I wonder what life is like in the parallel-universe Manhattans in which it houses active... more »
    Smeagol92055: Your MOM smells like the spice winds! *high fives CrashedPC, runs away* more »
  • #art

    New York's Alien Spider Nest Smells Like The Spice Winds

    The alien spider queen got inside your space station, and now every bulkhead is covered with intoxicating, shimmering night-silk. That's what this new Park Avenue Armory installation by artist Ernesto Neto brings to mind, anyway. More »
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    Ernesto Neto's Bouncy White Humanoid Blobs

    Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto likes soft, blobby, stretchy membrane-like things. He likes to hang them from walls, slather them across the floors, and wrap human beings in them. He uses materials like nylon and cotton for maximum softness, and sometimes even fills them with aromatic spices. People love going to see his exhibits because they somehow manage to fill observers with the warm fuzzies and creep them out at the same time. More »