Graffiti is all about art and expression, at its heart. But sometimes, it serves other purposes as well. In this morning's post, we looked at graffiti that was more about the art and the fame, arguably less about the political message. This is not to say that the two can't co-exist, because Banksy's massive worldwide […]
People have been wanting to leave their mark on thing since forever. Cave drawing. Petroglyphs. Writing on walls in Pompeii was perfectly preserved, and it turns out it's not all that different from what people write on desks and bathroom walls now, in fact. Notes showing they were there, comments on other people… But sometimes, […]
Turntable image from openclipart.org What's an AudioSplice? The Basics: I've taken little snippets of a handful of songs and smashed them together into a sort of sonic puzzle for you to figure out. There is also a theme that links the songs somehow for you to work out, to help you along and make it […]
I love guerilla art in lots of forms. Graffiti, eye bombing, pottery mosaics, and the fun art of yarn bombing. What the heck is yarn bombing, you ask? It’s about using yarn to transform something. It could be decorating it by wrapping it, knitting it a cozy little sweater, or embroidering messages. It could be […]
Unlike the climate they come from, the myths of the Norse gods have been hot ever since the movie Thor (speaking of hot…). Suddenly, there are books about being a teen in the United States of Asgard, gory graphic novels about warlords of yore, and tales of gods and Valkyries retold in times both ancient […]
Superheroes – who doesn't love them? Some of them larger than life, some built from mythology, some human and flawed, but all with the mission of keeping us safe on earth from the scourge of baddies everyday, alien, or imbued with powers of their own. Larger-than-life heroes go way back into myth, lived in tall […]
Turntable image from openclipart.org What's an AudioSplice? The Basics: I've taken little snippets of a handful of songs and smashed them together into a sort of sonic puzzle for you to figure out. There is also a theme that links the songs somehow for you to work out, to help you along and make it […]
So this morning I wrote about people doing awesome, loud, crazy things with science for art and laughs and teaching. But what about when science just plain goes wrong? What if, say, humans unleashed a force they could not control? Sci-fi and speculative fiction examine this sort of thing all the time, with the potential […]
Okay, I know I'm not Ray and science isn't really my beat this summer, but I couldn't even imagine writing about loud, exploding stuff without talking about some of my very favourite mad scientists. Not the stereotype of wild white hair and lab coats, but real-life people who are making some crazy things and blowing […]
Turntable image from openclipart.org What's an AudioSplice? The Basics: I've taken little snippets of a handful of songs and smashed them together into a sort of sonic puzzle for you to figure out. There is also a theme that links the songs somehow for you to work out, to help you along and make it […]