George Saunders explains the difference between “Frank was an asshole” and “Frank snapped at the barista who reminded him of his dead wife, who he dearly loved.” See also: “I had read Ayn Rand at a vulnerable moment and I didn’t want to be one of those life-sucking
Watching a motorized Lego sculpture of Sisyphus pushing a rock would be enough to satisfy our brains. But the detailed frieze work puts this one in a whole new class of mind happiness. See also: A survey of the many names people call various Lego bricks
“One of my biggest pet peeves in art is the lazily-desaturated DSLR video,” says filmmaker Julianna Thomas. This video is her “personal response to treating black and white as an editing afterthought.” See more videos by Julianna Thomas
Astronaut Helen Sharman recounts a dream she has of returning to space and viewing Earth from above once more. From A Place Called Space
Time-lapse tessellations of cities in motion. Directed by Florian Rouzaud Cornabas
When you’re not doing anything meaningful, why do it yourself? Directed and animated by molistudio
Sol LeWitt’s instructions for Wall Drawing #797 (1995), “The first drafter has a black marker and makes an irregular horizontal line near the top of the wall. Then the second drafter tries to copy it (without touching it) using a red marker. The third drafter does the same, using
Plastic people acting like real people is a favorite of ours. As we can see here, Elon Musk has every reason to be worried about the future. See more videos by Pierre Grillère
Max Richter’s latest composition, From Sleep, is eight hours long. This remix by Mogwai is your alarm. If you’re in need of slumber, you may do better with this.
In his video for “Siamese Brutality” by the Soupcans, Winston Hacking uses his fingers instead of a computer to animate his collages. From CMJ: “I decided the images needed to come to life before their inevitable destruction, so I just moved them around with my fingers and an exacto knife.
