Herzog on Insane Penguins

Wedding outfit!

Maria Carla -givenchy, originally uploaded by Maria Horn.

Maria Carla @ givenchy.
Wonder woman for a special day.

Ahh humans!

This site is both a display of demented humanity and hilarious specimens.
crappytaxidermy.com

lick my mind

"I was shooting stills of models with long tongues swirling and sucking bakery products from under a pane of glass. I wanted to make enamel paintings along the idea of 'painting with my tongue'. My makeup artist shot some short videos during the shoot just to see how it would look. The low definition videos looked so good that we made plans to do a professional high definition video. This made sense to me as I have made both billboards and produced a commercial advertising a painting show in 1989."

- Marilyn Minter

Pacific UV

Pacific UV, originally uploaded by Maria Horn.

Beautiful and haunting sounds to work by.
Listen here
“As the soundtrack to a moon landing, the reference posts — from Ride to Spiritualized — are secure for the group’s interstellar sound, as the atmosphere is thicker, the guitars more towering and the catharis more rewarding than seems likely on Planet Earth.” - SPIN

Mal

Matthias Vriens

Matthias Vriens, originally uploaded by Maria Horn.

Viva la Objectification!

Fallen Princess

, originally uploaded by Maria Horn.

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Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Spinning cultures

A Korean show making fun of Japanese love for urban American culture.

Dot, line, plane.

modul / zhestkov.com from Zhestkov on Vimeo.

Kinetic sculpture

Vintage Collector

Beautiful images from beginning of the 20th century, one of those gems you can find when browsing flickr.

Coppola newest work

It looks fresh, a different approach to his films. I personally love the image composition, contrast of dark blacks and super bright light whites...and the splashes of color; very clean and purposeful.

comfy and cute

Music at the side of Lynch

Great compilation!
If you like haunting inspiring music, the one that tickles your brain and touches your soul this is a good one:


"It turns out Dark Night Of The Soul is an album and the songs were written by Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse (Mark Linkous), though the myriad singers featured on each track also had a big hand in composing and producing the work. The album was initially going to be packaged with a book of photos taken by David Lynch. But now there's word that the music may never be officially released at all.

An unnamed spokesperson for Danger Mouse says that "due to an ongoing dispute with EMI" the book of photographs will "now come with a blank, recordable CD-R. All copies will be clearly labeled: 'For legal reasons, enclosed CD-R contains no music. Use it as you will.'" While offering no specifics, EMI has acknowledged the legal dispute with Danger Mouse and released a statement saying, "Danger Mouse is a brilliant, talented artist for whom we have enormous respect. We continue to make every effort to resolve this situation and we are talking to Brian Burton (Danger Mouse) directly. Meanwhile, we need to reserve our rights."

You can order the book, sans music, from the official Dark Night Of The Soul Web site. In the meantime, you can hear the entire album here on NPR Music as an Exclusive First Listen.

I've listened to the record all the way through at least a dozen times, and can confirm that Dark Night of the Soul delivers in every way you'd hope for. It's beautiful but haunting, surreal and dark, but sometimes comical and affecting, with ear-popping, multilayered production work. It just gets more mesmerizing with every listen.

In addition to Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse (Mark Linkous), other artists appearing on Dark Night of the Soul include James Mercer of The Shins, The Flaming Lips, Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals, Jason Lytle of Grandaddy, Julian Casablancas of The Strokes, Frank Black of the Pixies, Iggy Pop, Nina Persson of The Cardigans, Suzanne Vega, Vic Chesnutt, David Lynch, and Scott Spillane of Neutral Milk Hotel and The Gerbils."

Medellin Architecture

1927-Metropolis

will find out

human soul

mirrors

Koolhaas/Prada transformer

"SEOUL--Prada and OMA/Rem Koolhaas are preparing to unveil their much-anticipated Transformer project next month on the grounds of an imperial palace, where rulers during Korea’s Joseon dynasty used to meet foreign diplomats.

Tomaso Galli, Prada's head of communications, officiated a press conference Tuesday to outline the details of the collaboration. Miuccia Prada and Koolhaas are both planning to attend the April inauguration of the steel tetrahedron-shaped structure, which true to its name can morph its shape.

The Transformer's five-month life cycle will kick off in April 25 with a reprise of Prada's "Waist Down- Skirts by Miuccia Prada" exhibition including some added looks from emerging Korean fashion students. In June, the structure will screen a series of films selected by Oscar nominated director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu of Babel fame. The program, entitled "Flesh, Mind and Soul", will be co-curated by film critic Elvis Mitchell and will span "multiple genres, countries and decades of filmmaking," the company said in a release.

The Transformer will also host an exhibition of the Prada Foundation's artworks entitled "Beyond Control" but dates have not yet been established. Additional events for the space are under consideration, Galli said.

All of the events are free to the public.

The building's structure is composed of hexagon, cross, rectangle and circle-shaped components made of an elastic-coated steel, allowing them to be moved to accommodate the different events. The structure is currently under construction on the grounds of the 16th-century Gyeonghui Palace. Prada is not disclosing the cost of its project, 18 months in the making, except to specify that it is providing up to 80 percent of the financing while its partners LG Electronics, Hyundai Motor Co. and Red Resources Inc. are providing the rest of the money.

Unlike Chanel's traveling Mobile Art exhibition, which the French house famously canceled last year mid-itinerary, the Transformer will stay in Seoul for the duration of its run- although Galli added that Prada has already received one offer from a party interested in buying the structure and Prada may eventually bring the Transformer back to Milan to round out its arts collection.

Seoul was chosen as home of the project because of the "passion and enthusiasm" Prada’s local staff and the Seoul metropolitan government had for the concept, Galli said. The city has an understanding of contemporary art, boasts an influential entertainment industry and has an abiding interest in architecture and fashion, he added.

The project has raised eyebrows in Seoul. The Korean peninsula has suffered numerous invasions throughout the centuries and half a century ago almost all of Seoul was destroyed as communist and United Nations’ armies fought to capture the city. As a result, its few ancient buildings have been restored and Seoul is inordinately sensitive to preserving its architectural relics. But at the conference, Galli stressed that Prada will foot the bill for the palace grounds to be completely restored to their original state."

Mirla Singing

of superfluous expending

With the economy in the crap hole, I wonder who invests in these?