In Hamburg lädt die Ausstellung "Schaulust - Sehmaschinen, optische Theater & andere Spektakel" den Besucher zu einer Entdeckungsreise ins Reich der Bildillusionen ein.

Composer Adam Guettel and screenwriter William Goldman will collaborate on a musical version or the hit fairy tale film "The Princess Bride," the New York Post reported. (And, yes, DO read the novel! All of you!)

Ein deutschsprachiges Wiki zum Thema Indie- und Popkultur.

Myths are stories that explain why the world is the way it is. Throughout history, artists have been inspired by myths and legends and have given them visual form.

This simple yet effective concoction is an old favourite of gardeners trying to encourage moss growth and provides an excellent alternative to spray paint.

Hier aufgezeichnet für Herrn abundant, der gerade eine massive Katzencontentphase durchläuft.

Vor der Eröffnung der "Friedrich Christian Flick Collection" im Hamburger Bahnhof ist die Frage, ob man die Sammlung an diesem Ort zeigen soll, kontrovers bis polemisch diskutiert worden. Dass es in der Presse nun ruhiger um die Ausstellung geworden ist, lässt sich als Anlass nehmen, die Debatte zu rekapitulieren.
(Dazu heute abend: Heil dich doch selbst!)

What if only your imagination limited what you could see outside your windows?

The Museum Of Bad Art (MOBA) is the world's only museum dedicated to the collection, preservation, exhibition and celebration of bad art in all its forms.

Some people gaze into their navel for inspiration: I look into mine and see navel fluff. Also known as navel lint, it is that fascinating fluffy substance that forms mysteriously in the belly buttons of special people.

How one artist turned a kids movie into a poetic masterpiece J.K. Rowling never could've imagined.
Actually, "Wizard People" isn't a movie, exactly. It was conceived as an audiobook that tells the story -- or rather, a story -- of Harry Potter's first year at Hogwarts Academy. Creator Brad Neely, 27, recorded narration to be played while watching the first Potter movie, 2001's "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," on mute.

Spider-Man India interweaves the local customs, culture and mystery of modern India, with an eye to making Spider-Man's mythology more relevant to this particular audience. Readers of this series will not see the familiar Peter Parker of Queens under the classic Spider-Man mask, but rather a new hero - a young, Indian boy named Pavitr Prabhakar. As Spider-Man, Pavitr leaps around rickshaws and scooters in Indian streets, while swinging from monuments such as the Gateway of India and the Taj Mahal.
Mumbai's (Bombay's) first web-swinging superhero will be joined by a reinterpretation of the classic Spider-Man villain, the Green Goblin -- reinvented as a Rakshasa, an Indian mythological demon.
addendum: dann kommt wohl demnächst auf uns zu: califat-catwoman (geschickt getarnt unter einer burka), hindu-hulk (der unberührbare) und natürlich schiit-man, der mit den super-suren. (mehrzweckbeutel)

Ein japanischer Forscher hat eine Möglichkeit entwickelt, wie man prinzipiell Körper für Beobachter un- oder durchsichtbar erscheinen lassen kann

Billig muss nicht hässlich sein, dachten sich ein paar Bielefelder Designstudenten und entwickelten für Aldi-Produkte farbenfrohe Verpackungen. Doch die Handels-Manager ließen die Gruppe abblitzen. SPIEGEL ONLINE zeigt die Entwürfe, die es nie in ein Aldi-Regal schaffen werden.

Wer die schönsten Echtpuppenbilder macht, kann eine Barbie-Girl-Krone gewinnen!

Documentary about Klingon-speakers to premiere at Cannes.
Titled Earthlings: Ugly Bags of Mostly Water, the documentary captures the lives, passions and quirks of members of the Klingon Language Institute during their annual qep'a (or conference, for you non-Klingon speakers).

The item I write of is an "Outer-Space Station," created by the folks at Woman's Day, and featured in the pages of that magazine as a creative project that parents could build for their children. While the playset bore no definite connection to the Star Wars universe--and, in fact, it was not endorsed by Lucasfilm--the photos of it that appeared in Woman's Day were riddled with Kenner Star Wars figures, presumably so that readers would gain a feeling for how the toy could be used.

A lone taxicab drives through the quiet streets of Flatbush following a snowstorm that blanketed the East Coast.

Am Anfang war nicht das Wort, sondern die Zahl und das Zeichen. Im Jüdischen Museum Berlin führt die Ausstellung 10+5=Gott die Macht der Zeichen und die Magie von Zahlen vor. Vom Urkilogramm bis zur Schreibmaschine mit Gender-Taste reicht die Palette an naturwissenschaftlichen Exponaten.

Ausgewählte Games und Animationen in Shockwave und Flash.

Browse and view over 1500 works of the great master - all here!

This museum is a celebration of fascinating devices that don't work. It houses diverse examples of the perverse genius of inventors who refused to let their thinking be intimidated by the laws of nature, remaining optimistic in the face of repeated failures.

An almost daily weblog about hoaxes, pranks, and fakery of all kinds.