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Bryce Canyon, Utah

Nutscapes

Un grupo de exploradores y fotógrafos de Nueva Zelanda tienen este extraño blog en Tumblr, donde se toman selfies en algunos de los mejores paisajes de su país, con la curiosidad de que la parte de su cuerpo que siempre muestran no es su cara, sino sus genitales, en un ejercicio de expresión que sin duda les resulta liberador y disruptivo.

Aquí tenemos por ejemplo este bonito atardecer montañés con todo un “eclipse testicular” incluido. Eso es algo que me encanta de la fotografía: pueden ser hermosa y grotesca al mismo tiempo…

THE LAND OF THE BRAVE AND THE HOME OF THE FREE
-Selfies for real Men-
We are a community-built web-based photographic project spawned in New Zealand in 2007…

http://nutscapes.com/

An Embroidery of Voids

Un video bastante surreal del video artista neozelandés Daniel Crooks, que solo se me ocurre describir como “caminar por un corredor multi-dimensional”. Alguien debería usar este recurso en alguna película, video, o algo. Seguro no tardan…

Trying to describe this short film by artist Daniel Crooks (previously) is a bit challenging, but once you start watching you’ll get the idea. Crooks filmed narrow passages, alleys, and other nooks and crannies that he stitched together into this seemingly infinite corridor. Make sure to turn up the volume or put on some headphones, Byron Scullin‘s sound design adds an entirely different dimension.

The piece was originally commissioned by Silvia and Michael Kantor for the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. The video embedded here is courtesy

Anna Schwartz Gallery, and you can watch a slightly higher resolution version on Vimeo. If you enjoyed this as much as I did, you’ll also want to watch Crooks’ A Garden of Parallel Paths. (via Booooooom)

https://vimeo.com/119904435

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

LOTR money

It’s nothing as radical as Gandalf Dollars or Bilbo Bucks or Gollum Wheat Pennies, but yes, money emblazoned with actors Ian McKellen and Martin Freeman’s mugs will soon be legal tender in New Zealand.

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On November 1, the New Zealand Post will release a series of commemorative coins and stamps bearing the faces of sundry Tolkien characters.But don’t expect to stumble upon these coins in circulation — the price tag alone should inspire Smaug-like hoarding among collectors…

http://bit.ly/SRp7ns

LOTR money