error101/sculpting

a nice addition to my collection of weird public statues.



Just in case passersby are tempted, the stick of this plastic beefsicle sculpture in Budapest is inscribed with the words "Don't lick."

"Don't let the spam get you down. With the right touch, an annoying message can become a masterpiece.

When Romanian artist Alex Dragulescu looks at junk e-mails, he sees patterns %u2014 bits and bytes that can be manipulated into colorful plantlike images or stark architectural forms.

He started feeding messages into a plant-generating algorithm. "I have certain key words controlling, for example, the size.... Like, how many times is 'Viagra' in the text, and maybe it will control the size of the petals."

Just as a painter adds layers, Dragulescu tries different ways of "mapping" messages until he's satisfied with the resulting images."

you've got to be kidding me...

special treats by airigami artist larry moss. it seems, the art of folding air in specially prepared latex balloons is called airigami.