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Cakes made from Threadless T-Shirt Designs

There are niches and there are niches. This niche in particular takes designs from popular Threadless T-Shirt designs and makes them into wonder cakes. Behold the beauty and inspiration.

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101 Last Suppers

In this fine (and apparently ever growing) collection of pictures there are currently 101 last suppers. I’m already a fan.

There’s nothing like a couple thousand years of of repetition and an iconic painting to get story to get lodged inside the heads of the creators of pop culture. Leonardo da Vinci’s 15th century depiction of Jesus announcing that one of his 12 disciples would betray him is so ingrained in our culture that it has been co-opted by those wishing to give weight to their parodies, tributes and caricatures.

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DJ Spooky Performs Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica

Where has DJ Spooky (originally born under the handle Paul D. Miller) been? Why hasn’t there been anything new from the headmaster of illbient? He has been trudging through the snow of Antarctica with a ministudio.

“It’s all about hitting the reset button,” said Miller on the phone from New York last week. “I wanted to see how much we are conditioned by the urban setting, because when you think about it, hip-hop, techno are essentially urban narratives. So I decided to take it as far away as possible-Antarctica wasn’t really made for humans. I wanted to see how that world would sound.”

As of today this hasn’t been performed in public yet. Anyone close to Santa Barbara really should go see him tomorrow night.

Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica
When: Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 8 p.m.
Where: UCSB Campbell Hall, 574 Mesa Rd., Santa Barbara
Cost: $19 - $35
Age limit: Not available
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Goodbye Blue Mondays

Two good friends, Will and Lindsey, have started their own webcomic and I admit it is coming along very handsomely. Go check out Goodbye Blue Mondays. GO! NOW!

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Update: Okay, so I had a few of the hot links wrong. Corrected their paths I did.

Monday Artist Feature: Marina Bychkova

Marina Bychkova plays with dolls. I’m not referring to Barbies or Bratz here. It’s her medium. In her bio she said, “Making dolls has been the most constant aspect of my life since I was six years old. I believe that I was born to do this,” and I believe her.

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Monday Artist Feature: Wim Delvoye

From Belgium we meet Wim Delvoye whose art involves tattooing pig skins and taxidermy. As bizarre as this may sound the results are rather beautiful. Just navigating his site is an experience in itself.

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Monday Artist Feature: Josh Keyes

Josh Keyes uses painting to increase ‘environmental awareness and humanity’s influence on the planet’. He certainly does a very good job at it. According to his biography:

Josh Keyes is a Northern California painter and sculptor whose work has been shown nationwide. Keyes was born on August 17, 1969 in Tacoma, Washington. Josh earned a bachelor’s degree from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a master’s degree in painting and printmaking from Yale University. His work has been published in numerous publications, and exhibited in galleries in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Denver, and New York.

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Help Save Totoro’s Forest

The Sayama Forest was the inspiration for Totoro. The bad news is that it is under thread for development.The good news is that over 200 of the top international artists from print to animation are donating artwork for the cause. You, too, can help by donating. Besides, the site contains a wonderful gallery of works that have already been donated.

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Raisin Brahms

Sometimes the Ad Council does something really special.

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Art Show: Brendan Maloney at Arturo’s Bakery & Cafe; Austin, TX

Brendan Maloney is currently having a show at Arturo’s Bakery & Cafe in Austin, TX. With this being his first photography show its kind of a big deal. I believe the show runs through August so go check it out.

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Kogoro Kurata: Japanese Ironsmith with a Morbid Twist

Kogoro Kurata isn’t your average ironsmith. He doesn’t hammer out swords or forge bridges; rather he produces massive, awe-inspiring structures of myriad purposes and forms. Kurata creates 4-metre-tall robots and gothic restaurant interiors; he produces sombre stage sets, stop-trick animation and quirky, insect-like musical instruments. And there are also his weird, machine-like creatures which began as typewriters, Fiat cars or chandeliers! He also helps out in the local community with projects such as statues and monuments. PingMag went to Kurata’s factory in Soga, Chiba, on the edge of Tokyo to see how he does it and to hear about his obsession with iron.

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3D Photography as a Gallery Flyer

‘3D Girls and Guns’ features three-dimensional works by Jason Snell. He employs methods ranging from early stereograms, View-Masters, two-colour anaglyphs, to linear polarization.

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