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![GMO Square Trees Are Ready to Become Lumber [Mad Science]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/0/1/5/1/8/a/d/a/7/5/f7a1ceaff5af0b81afd72d.jpeg) |
GMO Square Trees Are Ready to Become Lumber [Mad Science]io9 - 19 hours ago If we can make square tomatoes, why not square trees that are ready to chop into lumber? That's why the concept designers at Draw Me a Sheep have created this "square tree" sculpture - to suggest a way that lumber … Also tagged: art, concept art, mad science |
![Fiber Optic Sculpture Transforms Field into a Luminous Alien Landscape [Sculpture]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/f/0/b/0/2/d/3/0/5/7/e90d986402b7ab816432aa.jpeg) |
Fiber Optic Sculpture Transforms Field into a Luminous Alien Landscape [Sculpture]io9 - Nov 24, 2008 To see yourself on an alien planet, you need go no farther than Cornwall, England. That’s where lighting designer Bruce Munro has placed his outdoor installation, “Field of Light.” Thousands of fiber optic cables … Also tagged: art, installation, light, field of light, bruce munro |
![Transgenic Sculptures Imagine the Fruits of Genetic Manipulation [Sculpture]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/2/2/1/5/3/e/a/9/d/b/d299129b15c14e69e1dd63.jpeg) |
Transgenic Sculptures Imagine the Fruits of Genetic Manipulation [Sculpture]io9 - Nov 16, 2008 Patricia Piccinini’s silicone sculptures imagine a not-so-distant future where humans have mastered genetic manipulation and can create animals to serve their every emotional, social, and ecological need. Her … Also tagged: art, genetics, statue, transgenic, patricia piccinini |
![The Alternate History Theme Park Where Dinosaurs Fought in the Civil War [Roadside Attraction]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/d/4/a/d/6/a/e/5/e/1/99542f870a4b6f85743a1b.jpeg) |
The Alternate History Theme Park Where Dinosaurs Fought in the Civil War [Roadside Attraction]io9 - Nov 12, 2008 Most speculative fiction surrounding the American Civil War imagines how the world would be different had the Confederacy won its independence. But roadside attraction creator Mark Cline has imagined an entirely … Also tagged: dinosaurs, civil war, statues, alternate history, roadside attraction |
![Robotic Sculptures Are Surveillance Cameras in Disguise [Surveillance Art]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/6/6/8/c/6/8/9/9/6/3/7384303415c028d77c4abe.jpeg) |
Robotic Sculptures Are Surveillance Cameras in Disguise [Surveillance Art]io9 - Nov 5, 2008 Viewers may be mesmerized by the whirling propellers and twitching legs of Bjoern Schuelke’s interactive sculptures. But these robotic artworks come with a sinister surprise. Armed with tiny cameras, the sculptures … Also tagged: art, robots, interactive, surveillance art, bjoern schuelke |
![Kafka’s Killing Machine Performs Its Torture Ballet [Sculpture]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/3/0/9/e/2/f/b/6/4/5/ccb28e126496f784460ff1.jpeg) |
Kafka’s Killing Machine Performs Its Torture Ballet [Sculpture]io9 - Oct 23, 2008 As if reading In the Penal Colony wasn’t enough to give you Terry Gilliam-flavored nightmares, artists Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller have brought the story’s gruesome execution device to life. Now visitors to … Also tagged: art, device, execution, machine, kafka, killing |
![Transformers Roll Out in Zhejiang Province [Autobot Art]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/2/8/0/8/f/9/2/f/7/a/4221d22c8038b14d87839c.jpeg) |
Transformers Roll Out in Zhejiang Province [Autobot Art]io9 - Oct 12, 2008 Transformers was the first foreign cartoon allowed to air in the People’s Republic of China, and the tales of robots in disguise have left an indelible impression on a generation of Chinese men. One fan, Mr. Zhu of … Also tagged: art, china, robot, transformers, autobot art |
io9 - Sep 8, 2008
This astonishing Viking mega-robot, known as Little Big Man, is controlled by another robot nestled in a neon cave within the big Viking's radio cabinet chest. It's one of the latest sculptures by Nemo Gould, whose …
Also tagged: art, robots, nemo gould
io9 - Aug 27, 2008
Deep in the forests of Alsace, adventurous explorers can marvel at this strange installation that looks very much like what an invisibility cloak over a secret ship might look like in 100 years. No it's not a Romulan …
Also tagged: art, france, concept art, alsace, cloaking device, michel de broin
io9 - Aug 15, 2008
If somebody created sculpture gardens outside the undersea city of Rapture in the trashed genetic utopia game BioShock, these strange statues would be in it. Jason deCaires Taylor is the curator and artist for what he …
Also tagged: art, bioshock, grenada, bigpic true, jason decaires taylor