Mad Quickies 5.18

- In 3-D printing news: Shapeways announces Elasto Plastic.
- Remember that Scalzi commentary? a few days ago? Well, now there’s this!
- Christian popsicles? Christ on a cross! {via Anne}
- PR stunt turns Paris metro into alien-ridden world. Prometheus trailer in the video section {via Maria}
- Game of Thrones: Laura recaps “A Man Without Honor”. Don’t you love the Tywin and gender-busting Arya scenes?
Photoshop disasters, nuclear disasters, and more…
- Photos of people being blasted by wind in the face. Priceless. {via Maria}
- A collection of 100 greatest free fonts of 2012. Superb selection. Throw a few dollars to the typographers. {via Liz}
- Beauteous: photographic collages suspended in plexiglas.
- The Big Boom, with English Reserve. Or, a civilized approach on how to deal with a nuclear attack.
- Oh, sweet flying blinis … Russian. Wedding. Photoshop. Disasters.
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A Brief History of John Baldessari
As narrated by Tom Waits
{via Anne}
The epic life of a world-class artist, jammed into six minutes.
Really fantastic.
from the page
Commissioned by LACMA for their first annual “Art + Film Gala” honoring John Baldessari and Clint Eastwood.
directed by Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman
edited by Max Joseph
written by Gabriel Nussbaum
cinematography by Magdalena Gorka
& Henry Joost
produced by Mandy Yaeger & Erin Wright
Thank you to John Baldessari and his studio.
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Prometheus Trailer
from the page
Ridley Scott, director of “Alien” and “Blade Runner,” returns to the genre he helped define. With PROMETHEUS, he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
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Featured image found at MinuteBuzz.
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