The Somewhat Ambitious

Nicholas Cage is one of those actors whose very glare can render you infertile. Whether he’s wowing us by playing a sycophantic gambler in Snake Eyes, a pedantic cop in the Wicker Man remake, or JOHNNY BLAZE in GHOST RIDER*, the man has more range than the Andes. Which, as I learned during an abortive [...]

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Some genius has combined the subtle majesty of an imperial Tie Fighter, and the irrascable charm of Charlie Brown. It’s hard not to imagine Luke streaking down a narrow trench towards an exhaust port, with Charlie Brown’s enormous head zipping along after him. Where would Vader sit? In Charlie Brown’s mouth? I guess that makes [...]

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Jamie Bolton, clearly a shiny little genius, has utilized minimalist design aesthetics and principles to re-imagine movie posters for some classics. I particularly enjoyed his interpretations of the Back to the Future trilogy and The Shining, although I can’t help but feel his Jurassic Park poster ought to have had Jeff Goldblum’s oiled nipples staring [...]

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Or is it? Sure, you might think that nothing interesting happened in World War II, or that the Cuban Revolution was a hell of a bore, or that Afghanistan is about as fascinating as watching sand grow. But would you still think that if you had Spiderman fucking shit up in a war-torn city?

Or perhaps [...]

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Gum. Is there anything it can’t do?* Maurizio Savini is an Italian artist, and has created an almost unsettling series of staggering gum sculptures. Not only are they huge in terms of size, but the sheer degree of pedantic minutia is exhilrating. To get a more thorough idea of the premise behind these (in particular, [...]

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Ginou Choueiri, the woman responsible for these lumpy head things, is Lebanese artist living in Beirut. Which doesn’t mean she’s dwelling inside the liver of our favourite singer songwriter, although that in and of itself would warrant closer inspection.
No, Ginou has used the potato as an artistic medium. The works themselves are striking, not just [...]

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Tattoos. I’ve wanted one for ages but haven’t really had the nerve to commit. Do I get something nerd related, or something classy and intellectual? Something more profound than, say, a pixelated Alex Kidd on my shoulder? Well, here’s a rather enviable example of what I’m after. Many of you will be familiar with Contrariwise, [...]

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Darth Vader. Apart from bellowing “NOOOOOOOOOOO!” in Revenge of the Sith, Vader hasn’t really had a down moment. Ever. Culturally, he’s unflappably badass, frequently making first place in greatest villain lists. And apparently when he threw Palpatine into the Death Star reactor, he lifted the Emperor up by the balls.
HIS BALLS.
Balls balls balls.
So how [...]

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Well well well. After several weeks of filtering through some exceptional responses to our laziness competition, we’ve decided on the winners. Well, there’s one winner for now. The way we’ll work it is every few weeks, we’ll change the banner depending on our mood. Also, several people have said they want to submit entries late, [...]

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It’s possible to approach things from different perspectives.
Take this little tidbit plucked from Neatorama. Helmut Smits, a conceptual artist, decided to create a new work based on a nuance of Google Earth. He has burned an 82 x 82 cm square in an open field, the exact size of one pixel from an altitude of [...]

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