– a beautiful concept in urban camoflage using a suit made out of cardboard boxes.

I just thought I should post a quick note about my recent movements – to whit: I’m currently living in a tent (which is a blast) without an internet connection (which is a challenge – although I’ve discovered an amazing technology called ‘books’ which let you consume media without any power supply – astonishing!).
So… not [...]

No disco to go to? Become your own dance party! Not only does this costume feature the all important mirror ball, but it includes lights and music too.
Find out out to build your own mirror ball costume on the indomitable instructables website

Here’s a great idea for a collaborative movie site from uber noggin:
The site invites and collects witnesses from around the world to submit photos and videos of zombies in their communities. The media is linked to a global map depicting the level of infection in areas around the world. As the contributions grow, the level [...]

Thanks to Urban Prankster for pointing me to Art in Odd places, an event on 14th Street, Manhatten scheduled for October.
Projects will explore connections between public spaces, pedestrian traffic, and ephemeral transient disruptions. Like a scavenger hunt, New Yorkers will use a map to discover art in unexpected places along this amazing street.
Some of [...]

John Bonnar writes:
Toronto health care workers staged a sidewalk circus today to underscore the fact that cuts to health care funding and services have become a “circus” under the McGuinty government’s restructuring plan.
The event, which featured stilt walking, mimes, juggling and unicyles, comes as communities across Ontario prepare for massive “Listen UP! McGuinty” public health [...]

I loved the “circus punk” story on the make magazine blog, which led me to SUPERS.A.D.’s cyclecircus photos. Tons of inspiration for an up and coming tall biker.

This week I purchased a Bajofondo electrotango CD (just one of those eBay moments), so I was imediately attracted to Volvotango when I read about them on the zoomdoggle blog. What could be sweeter than spontaneous tango in the streets?
Volvo Tango
At first I thought: tango music broadcast through the low powered FM25B FM transmitter (which [...]

Rather than do anything properly constructive with my Saturday afternoon (you know… washing, tidying, car maintenance, cooking – any of those busy little things that we’re supposed to fill our waking hours with) I decided on a whim to convert this $7 garage sale purchase into a tall bike.

Here we see the project at [...]

Luke Jerram has created some mind bending largeArt in the past (see his installations page for a some fine examples). His latest work takes the cake IMO.

In the city of Bristol (Pop 500,000) there are on average 11 babies born every day.
First breath celebrates each new life with a searchlight projecting up into the nights [...]