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90-Year-Old Czech Grandma Turns Small Village Into Her Art Gallery By Hand-Painting Flowers On Its Houses
Remember the little Polish village where every house is covered with painted flowers? Well, one 90-year-old resident of Louka, Czech Republic, is aiming to make her hometown just as charming, and spends every spring and summer adorning window and door frames with majestic designs. Anežka (Agnes) Kašpárková, a former agricultural worker, picked up the hobby from other local woman who had been doing the same for years. Using vibrant blue paint and a small brush, she creates intricate floral patterns inspired by traditional Moravian (southern Czech) artwork. Despite attaining both local and viral acclaim, she has insisted that it’s purely for pleasure. “I am an artist,” she stated to Czech…
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Have You Ever Heard Brass-Techno? Marching Bands Have Never Sounded So Sexy
As Germany’s first techno-marching band, the band Meute is pioneering a sound that gives new meaning to the term “brass band.” The group from Hamburg puts a unique twist on techno and house hits. Raise your hand if you were a band nerd. Anyone who marched the brass, winds and percussion knows the best part of practice was playing modern hits with your friends. Germany’s MEUTE takes that fun and runs with it. A self-proclaimed “techno marching band,” MEUTE likes covering electronic dance hits, and we cannot get over this video of MEUTE’s take on Flume’s remix of “You & Me” by Disclosure. Marching band has never sounded so sexy.…
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Glass Prism Sparkle Table Reflects Dazzling Rainbows
Minneapolis-based designer John Foster has created a beautiful series of custom tables that sparkle when the sunlight shines on them. Glass tabletops are placed on a series of ‘reversed pyramid cut glass crystals’ which split the natural light into hundreds of rainbow reflections on the surrounding walls and floors. Regarding his approach to design, Foster explains: “I want my objects to influence our experience. I embrace chance, and allow the experiential aspect of my work to inform the composition of prints, paintings, sculptures, utilitarian objects, and jewellery.” You can see much more interesting art and design from Foster at the online links below: JOHN FOSTER Website | Facebook | Tumblr | Instagram
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Japan constructed the world’s most magnificent sound garden
Have you ever been on a hike and just stopped to appreciate the sounds of nature? The sound of the wind, rain dripping through leaves, and birds chirping all combine to make an amazing wild orchestra. In 2012, Morihiro Harano and his team worked with carpenter Mitsuo Tsuda, and sound engineer Kenjiro Matsuo, to create a giant xylophone elevated throughout the forest. They made the xylophone in one long straight line and then place a small rubber ball at the top. They let it freely fall down, slowly plunking throughout the natural scenery. As the xylophone bels out the notes, you might notice the tune being played. Bach’s famous Cantana…
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Mesmerizing Time Lapse Captures These Night Blooming Cactus Flowers
With a name stemming from echinos, meaning prickly or spiny like a hedgehog or sea urchin, echinopsis cacti are 128 species of South American native plants that are known for their bold and brilliant blooms. Greg Krehel at Echinopsis Freak explains a bit about the impressive plants he collects and filmed for the video above, Freaky Flowers: Echinopsis Cacti in Bloom. Echinopsis cactus flowers bloom overnight and the flowers last for only a day. Actually, the flowers are at their peak beauty for an hour or two at the most. That’s what turned me from a cactus enthusiast into a cactus photographer … the desire to try to preserve some aspect of their freaky beauty… The…
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These kinetic wind sculptures will hypnotize you
Since 1989, Anthony Howe has created larger than life genetic wind sculptures. Originally upcycled from discarded elevator cables and other metals, Howe fashioned unwanted scraps into mesmerizing sciart creations. Today, his works are showcased all over the world, including Italy, Saudi Arabia, New York and beyond. In his wind sciart statement, Howe writes: “Kinetic sculpture resides at the intersection of artistic inspiration and mechanical complexity. The making of one of my pieces relies on creative expression, metal fabrication, and a slow design process in equal parts. It aims to alter one’s experience of time and space when witnessed. It also needs to weather winds of 90 mph and still move…
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Incredible Art Installation With Rotating Staircase Is A Mesmerizing Performance Not To Be Forgotten
Recent art installation located in Paris’s Panthéon is becoming a worldwide sensation and it’s leaving spectators in awe. The artwork set consist of a rotating stairs that acrobats continuously walk up and fall off, bouncing from a trampoline located in the center of the stairs and jumping right back up onto the stairs from which they’ve fallen. It’s like a never-ending loop, so that no single acrobat is ever meant to reach the top, or sink to the bottom. Yoann Bourgeois’s (acrobat , director and choreographer) installation is called “The Mechanics of History,” or “La Mecanique de l’Histoire” In French. France’s Center of National Monuments says that Yoann Bourgeois’s project…
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Girl Plays Voodoo Child-Jimi Hendrix On Ancient Korean Gayageum
My name is Luna and I am from Korea. I play conteporary music with a Korean traditional instrument called the gayageum. The gayageum has a beautiful sound and amazing potential so I wanted to share my music with many people. I’ve been on YouTube creating music videos for the internet since 2009. I have covered various genres of music. However, the gayageum that I play is an ancient, traditional Korean instrument made for the purpose of playing traditional Korean music. My ancestors played the gayageum in a small room, so the sound did not need to be loud. But my music is performed with modern instruments such as the drums, bass and the guitar.…
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The Kalimba, The Most Soothing & Relaxing Instrument You’ll Ever Hear
The kalimba, family of lamellophones, is a musical instrument from Africa. Its appearance is very old, it seems to date from 1000 BC. This would involve models with bamboo reeds. The most common names are: sanza, likembé, thumb piano. The cradle of the kalimba is mainly the central and southern Africa but it is also seen in the south of the continent. It is also found in South America and the Caribbean ,where the slaves imported it (see marimbula of Cuba). The kalimba , called likembé in this case ,was the basis to support the Zairian rumba in the 50s. See Antoine Moundanda, Papa Kourand and more recently the brothers…
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40 Uplifting Quotes By Reggae’s Legend, Bob Marley
Bob Marley, OM (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican reggae musician who became a great inspiration for other artists. His original name was Nesta Robert Marley. Starting out in 1963 with the group the Wailers, he forged a distinctive songwriting and vocal style that would later resonate with audiences worldwide. The Wailers would go on to release some of the earliest reggae records with producer Lee Scratch Perry. After the Wailers disbanded in 1974, Marley pursued a solo career that culminated in the release of the album Exodus in 1977, which established his worldwide reputation and produced his status as one of the world’s best-selling artists…
