A film made in Paris in 1912, showing Franz Reichelt’s first and only attempt to fly, from the first deck of Eiffel Tower, at that time the tallest man-made structure in the world. Reichelt used his skills as a tailor to create an overcoat that would allow him to fly. The “flying coat” was a complete disaster, and Reichelt fell like a sack of rocks to his death.
A tribute to a cockroach that lived its life to the fullest. 2012 — 2012.
From the project Bug Memorials by Carmichael Collective.
Found here.
Marina Abramović – How we in the Balkans kill rats (Gold Lion Award at Venice Biennale 1997).
Now replace the world Balkans with : Afganistan ,Somalia, Nigeria, Sudan, Syria, Yemen or any other of the on-going military conflict zones and this video becomes as contemporary as ever!
Grief over the loss of file sharing by Paris based artist Styron Lundberg, aka 245.
Fiona Krüger‘s series of watches called “memento mori” (remember your mortality) are inspired from the Mexican Dia De Los Muertos and the 17th century skull watch of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Because death is either a few, or a lot of clicks away…
Found here.
” rushing water runs from snow. this is how these things all go [...]
rushing water ends at sky. this is where we come to die.”
Via Kriskid
Animated parody of Ingmar Bergman’s classic Seventh Seal created by Nick Hilligoss.
In this version, the knight challenges Death to a drinking game instead of a chess game. Check the original scene here.
Found here. Link to video.
Hyper-realistic paintings by Jeremy Geddes.
I remained speechless admiring the skill demonstrated.
I remained silent enjoying the poetry of the moments depicted.
New York is killing Gil Scott-Heron (unfortunately not only metaphorically since he died some days ago) and this audiovisual remix is killing me (by pleasure). Done by Chris Cunningham it was originally projected in three large screens in MoMA surrounding completely the spectator with its ominous, dark character.
‘Yeah the doctors don’t know, but New York was killing me,
Bunch of doctors coming round, they don’t know
That New York is killing me…’
(R.I.P Gil Scott-Heron)
Joey Ramone
A nice and ironic add for Dr Martens boots that pictures famous dead rock stars still wearing their martens in…Paradise (?). Whether they deserve the skies is another issue ,still Air Wair Dr Martens last Forever!
Advertising Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi, London, UK
Executive Creative Director: Kate Stanners
Art Director: Graham Lang
Copywriter: Andrew Petch
Photographer: Dimitri Daniloff
Retoucher: Christophe Huet
Curt Cobain
Sid Vicious
Joe Strummer
Via ads of the world
Spanish TV adv for Pascual Milk featuring a family of happy skeletons.
Directed by Cesar Pesquera and edited by Alvaro Posadas.
Link to video.
How many times were you visually tortured by the spectacle of a white plastic patio chair?
Enough times? Many times? Innumerable times, as the emblematic patio chair has taken over the world. But do not despair! Here comes the solution that will end up the aesthetic suffering, a combination of garden furniture with a memento mori. Souviens toi que tu vas mourir (Remember that you will die), designed by French studio Pool is here to save the garden!
Souviens toi que tu vas mourir is on show as part of the Nouvelle Vague exhibition in Milan this week. Via dezeen
Shipwrecked sailors attacked by man-eating sharks, by stevelewalready. Found here.
Random act (sick of it all) , a digital print on canvas from Steven McGhee
