Ektopia

Box is a cracking animation. Not suitable fot the boxaphobic out there. [via]

Nature’s Call is an “Exhibit of Flower Shaped Urinals and other Nature Inspired Sculptures by San Francisco Artist, Clark Sorensen.” They look very nice/interesting but I would hate to be the janitor that had to clean them!

A guy called Matthew Herbert has created an interesting sounding album called Plat Du Jour. “I am tired of having to tolerate the international language of cheap convenience food - convenient mainly to those that make and serve it. The bright pinky orange of farmed salmon in aeroplane trays, the branded waters 1000 times more expensive than tap water, the dismal spread of the hotel breakfast buffet, with its pre-formed meat slices, pasteurised juices, mechanically produced bread and nestle yoghurts full of sugar and potassium sorbate… This record then, aims to tell some of the hidden stories behind the overly-elaborate and wasteful packets. It looks at what’s on the menu and asks you to makes decisions based on criteria other than taste. The album will include tracks made from a grain of sugar, 30,000 chickens, a salmon farm, the sewers below London and water.”

I’m not much of a gamer but I am a huge fan of Super Monkey Ball. Chad is too, so much so that he decided to live in a ball! Check out his videos, I especially like Da Club. [via]

My piece for the My Dog Sighs trade. This one is one of my favourites so far. It was also one of Em’s favourites, which caused a few problems when it came to packing and sending it!!! There’s a few high-res’ photos of it here. (Krylon Camouflage system paint on a 30cm x 40cm x 4cm canvas.)

The Beastie Boys have just uploaded some acappellas for the rest of us to create remixes with. [via]

No more wasting time worrying tat I never had dreadlocks, the Rasta Pouf has landed and I want one! $730. [via]

I’m not crazy about interent games but I’ve found one that’s done much more than just grab my attention, I’m obsessed! Whizzball! is a “make the ball hit the target” game with a huge online community that have created around 15,000 puzzles (at the time of writing there are more and more as you play, you can’t keep up with the new ones!). You get a blank, or partially blank board that you have to place specific tiles onto. Each tile does a specific task, such as make the ball roll forward, backward etc, turn a corner, get catapulted or sprung into the air, be UFOed onto another location on the board, be punched forward etc. Your task is to place the tiles in the correct place to make the ball travel the board and hit the target. Go play. If you like it you can join the community and create your own challenges for others to play. Find mine by looking for “ektopia”. Like I don’t have enough to do with the job, the website, the art, the marriage (in no particularly order Em!) and now I’m a Whizzball! player and creator, I need more time damn it! I nearly forgot to mention it, it’s for kids!

Spin is a short movie where a DJ plays God with disastrous results. Can he work things out in the end? You’ll have to take a look. [via]