In Focus: 2013 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest
The 25th annual National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest is under way, and entries will be accepted for another six weeks, until June 30, 2013. First prize winner will receive a 10-day Galapagos expedition for two. National Geographic was once more kind enough to allow me to share some of the early entries with you here, gathered from four categories: Travel Portraits, Outdoor Scenes, Sense of Place, and Spontaneous Moments. Photos and captions by the photographers.
See more. [Images: National Geographic Traveler Contest]
Along with University Settlement, Chinatown YMCA, and Groundswell, the New Museum’s G:Class program is sponsoring a series of mural-making workshops for teens. The Mural will be painted at 271 Bowery. Come check out the mural painting process during the IDEAS CITY StreetFest TODAY!
Here’s a sneak peak at some of the preparatory collages the teens have been making!
Jaybo Monk. Graffuturism / Paris, 2013, Spray paint, acrylic + bitumen on canvas
Beijing-based artist Huang Yan expertly emulates traditional paintings from the Song Dynasty of Chinese landscapes on the human body. While the style and art of painting is a traditional practice, the choice to use the human form as a canvas adds new meaning to the works. The contemporary artist’s series, aptly titled Chinese Landscapes, presents a visual relationship between man and nature through his expert application.
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Bursting Bubbles
Two UC Berkeley researchers have now described mathematically the successive stages in the complex evolution and disappearance of foamy bubbles (the images above are based off of a computer-generated video that uses their equations).
What purpose does this serve (besides making for some very mesmerizing GIFS…)? The work has applications in industrial processes for making metal and plastic foams (like those used to cushion bicycle helmets) and in modeling growing cell clusters, which rely on these types of equations.
The problem with describing foams mathematically has been that the evolution of a bubble cluster a few inches across depends on what’s happening in the extremely thin walls of each bubble, which are thinner than a human hair.
Bubbles!
GIFs!
Bubble GIFs!
(Also some very cool research on bubble dynamics)
From Idea Channel: Is Sad Music Actually Sad?
These two think so, but hear what Mike Rugnetta has to say!
Matthew Barney. Installation, Regen Projects, 2012
