Tag: art

“Rainbow Connection” (2020) (1979) – Kermit the Frog

https://youtu.be/jS5fTzMP_mg In a special performance from a riverbank in the woods, Kermit the Frog sings Rainbow Connection, his Oscar-nominated hit. The song was originally written for the frog and his banjo by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher for 1979’s The Muppet Movie. Watch the original here: https://youtu.be/WS3Lkc6Gzlk        From Vanity Fair: Swamp-dweller Kermit plucks a banjo, contemplating rainbows and “what’s on the…… Continue reading “Rainbow Connection” (2020) (1979) – Kermit the Frog

Art Museum for Gerbils – Pandoro & Tiramisù Gerbils

https://youtu.be/O2PW-rJF7c4 London-based couple Filippo and Marianna’s self-isolation project calls to mind artist (and museum curator) Bill Scanga’s At the Met, exhibited nearly 20 years ago as part of the group show Almost Warm and Fuzzy: Childhood and Contemporary Art at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center (now known as MoMA PS1). Scanga’s installation involved hanging mini-replicas of works from the Metropolitan Museum’s American…… Continue reading Art Museum for Gerbils – Pandoro & Tiramisù Gerbils

Quark in Quarantine

Been watching a lot of Deep Space Nine lately, and wanted to share this cute picture from reddit user Kirby1701-D.

Catscapes – Lim Heng Swee

A Malaysian artist named Lim Heng Swee shared a big secret with the whole world. Turns out, we live on a cat planet, because they’re everywhere around us. They smartly blend into landscapes and become roads, clouds, and even mountains.

Recycled Paper Animal Scupltures – Chie Hitotsuyama

https://youtu.be/2i-RY-1sVII Using rolled strips of repurposed newspaper, cut and painstakingly placed using wood glue, Japanese artist Chie Hitotsuyama creates beautifully detailed, three-dimensional sculptures of wild animals… walruses, rabbits, sea turtles, iguanas, monkeys, dugongs, and more. Her work is inspired by the unnoticed daily perseverance of animals in nature. From Kokusai Pulp & Paper: “I came across a wild…… Continue reading Recycled Paper Animal Scupltures – Chie Hitotsuyama

Evelyn Lambart Shorts

The Lion and the Mouse is a classic fable that highlights how huge contributions can come from unexpected places, that a kindness is never wasted, and that even when you’re the king of the forest, you can be in need of help.This 1976 version of the story was created by National Film Board technical director and ‘First Lady…… Continue reading Evelyn Lambart Shorts

Halloween at ServiceNow

Our team jumped into the Experience Organization costume contest for Halloween.  We are all dressed up as avatars, one of our web components in the Now Design System (is that what we’re called now?) Library.  We also feature presence icons on the bottom right of the plates.  I am front and center, lol.We made the…… Continue reading Halloween at ServiceNow

Hollow Mask Illusion – Royal Institution

How do we perceive faces? With some balloons, newspaper, some paste for paper mâché, and paints, you can create a hollow mask that appears to follow you as you move back and forth around the room. Rachel and her children Eva and Daniel investigate the illusion in this video from The Royal Institution‘s ExpeRimental series, a resource that can help parents set…… Continue reading Hollow Mask Illusion – Royal Institution

DIY Natural Inks

A little bit about light and pigments:A pigment is what gives a color its color. It is a material that changes the color of reflected or transmitted light of an object. Light appears white, but it is made up of all the colors added together. We see those colors separated out in a rainbow or…… Continue reading DIY Natural Inks