Vercorin Gallery, Switzerland

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What you are seeing is not a trick of photoshop, but instead a work of art by Felice Varini, called "Cercle et suite d'éclats" in the town of Vercorin, Switzerland. Ultimately, the entire project is an optical illusion, that when viewed from certain angles, converges with a quite surreal effect.

As impressive an undertaking as this project was, that which I am most amazed is the support by so many locals. I cannot imagine readily agreeing to let an artist paint part of a circle across my roof - given the assurance that it'll look really neat when all put together!

One could only dream of future projects that could be developed if people were so willing to allow for artistic endeavors. I mean think about it, a local artist could paint all of the roofs of a town to converge into an image when flown above by helicopter. Or maybe cut all the grass in the town in a specific pattern to produce a specific shape. What if we were to build our towns and cities not as a group of individuals, yet instead as a representation of a culminating whole?Yet in this argument I find quite the irony. In such artistic endeavor, in such acts of creativity, we would resultantly need the conformity of many, many others.

Regardless, that which I like most about this artistic undertaking, is that is so well represents an act of camaraderie. Sure a single artist designed it, but it was with a widely held support that the final breathtaking effect was produced.

Extreme Sheep LED Art

Granted the act of herding a bunch of scared sheep around just for the fact that one can seems a little immoral, I have to give it to the creativity of these Wales natives. Given some very careful planning, time lapse photography, some battery powered LED's, and a geeky outlook, a truly unique art form has been created.

I scoured the interwebs to see if I could find more acts of such brilliance. As of this writing... nothing. This single viral video is in itself, a sole contribution to the art form.

This video, though arguably entertaining, raises a number of issues. Most significantly is that of course of morality. Granted none of the animals are getting physically hurt, they are being frightened into direction. I imagine similar tactics used on humans would be well... banned. Yet in a similar light what if we were to use such ideas to create a human scale artistic expression?

Well, such expression would probably be accepted as a dance. Drill charts for a symphony of movement. And when you really consider it, is that not what this Extreme Sheep Art is? It's a beautiful synchronized dance... without... well... free will.

Pixel Bulb

Look at this photo for a moment... a long moment. Let digest what you are seeing. The art piece above entitled "Pixel Bulb" by artist Marcus Tremonto looks like a throw back to old lightbulb technologies. Some paper glued onto the wall to look like a pixelated light bulb. *Yawn*... next post. But look again, those plain pieces of paper aren't plain... they're lighting the room.Using "2D electroluminescent paper" - or for the commonly techie (incredibly thin OLED screens). This piece is a perfect oxymoron for the digital age, and in doing so has brought me much hope to technologies grasp in the art industry. Who said digital art had to be displayed in the format from which it was built? Why not take some of that technology and throw it onto the old... and get well... something truly inspiring.