If you haven’t seen Alex Kanevsky’s other work, then you really should. It tends to look more like this:
These are from a series of etchings he did. I’ve just found them, and other than knowing they’re based on or inspired by X-Rays, there’s not much more I do.
But I’ve never let ignorance stop enjoyment of something good.
One of my strongest early memories from our house in london were these shoes.
Although not the shoes themselves. There was an advert, or leaflet… or maybe just a page from a magazine which my sister – who must have been like 7 at the time – had stuck up next to her bed.
“Magic shooooes?”
And for the youtube haters (cause the quality can sometimes be a bit shite)
HERES ANOTHER LINK
Question:
Is it an exclusively male habit to shake the petrol pump tip once you’ve finished filling your car?
A friend of mine used to say that men are better milk frothers too.
There must be a whole bunch of things that descend directly from living with a built on external attachment.
Recognise this?
It’s the hand print used in the X-Files opening sequence.
Out of all the images used to start the TV show, this was the only one which always caught my eye, and so I decided to do a bit of research.
The process is called Kirlian photography, and is essentially the creation of a photogram by passing an object through and electrified field. I’m not going to embarrass myself by pretending I actually know what I’m talking about, so if you want to know a more detailed explanation then have a look at the wikipedia page.
The technique has been bounced around through various alternative groups, mostly trying to find something supernatural in it. And that’s not as ridiculous as it may sound.
Explanations have always been slightly… incomplete. I mean the science is there, but its part of that “we kinda get it” school of thought.
These are two images that Uri Geller made:
Point of contact is the tip of the index finger, but as you can see there is more than just the finger tip being shown. Now I know, I know… Uri Geller. He’s a douche. But he does occasionally display some interesting abilities – albeit mostly accidental.
But that’s all… meh, not so interesting, and to be honest I find attempts to prove supernatural occurrences within nature to show a real lack of faith in nature itself. Just let it do what it will, and you’re bound to find more interesting results than anything you could contrive yourself.
And that’s what these are:
The same technique used on just leaves.
And this flower:
I find them quite beautiful.
It seems this guy is getting all the coverage he needs at the moment, but there’s no harm in joining in.
I really think his work is something quite special. There’s something enticing about the almost religious aesthetic combined with what is quite often very graphic content.
I love the vomiting rainbows.
In 2001, artist Wim Delvoye asked friends to paint themselves with small amounts of barium (that liquid used in x-rays for digestion and such like) and then be ‘photographed’ having sex in medical clinics. The resulting images are… striking.
The aim is not really to find answers, but to ask new questions. Create new roads to explore.
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