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photojojo: Phillip Stearns electrocutes unexposed instant film...

Fri, 10 May 2013 05:32:56 -0400

Phillip Stearns electrocutes unexposed instant film with 15,000 volts.

He also pours various household chemicals (like bleach) onto the prints to make the colors and corrosion you see. The process is about as beautiful as the end result. You can watch how it’s done here.

We asked Phillip a few questions about his process:

What inspired you to apply electricity to film as opposed to just chemicals?

My explorations were guided most by what materials I had available. A big batch of this instant color film was being thrown out, presumably by a photographer in my building transitioning out of analog film. Two years ago, I received a batch of neon tubes and high voltage ballasts to drive them. After tinkering with interrupting the process of developing the film (after exposing to light) and discovering the painterly qualities such physical manipulations produced, I started to think about how else I work with the film.

Through experimenting with digital cameras a couple of years prior to these experiments in film, I became aware of Hiroshi Suigimoto’s work of subjecting photopaper to electric discharges and thought that I could try something similar with the neon ballasts and the color film itself.

How did you go about making sure your process was actually safe to do?

I caution, again, this is not safe. No one should try this on their own, unless assisted by a qualified electrician trained in dealing with high voltages, and a physician. Death by electrocution is quite real.

Any other tips or comments you have for photographers who want to explore analog or digital experiments?

Look at what you have around you. Use it differently. Look for potentials that exist just beyond, hidden within the normally prescribed perception of things. Play, but be smart about it. Be safe.

Film Electrocuted with 15,000 Volts of Electricity

HELP ME HELP THE WORLD :): It's those dreams within a dream within a dream type a dreams..

Fri, 03 May 2013 05:57:59 -0400

HELP ME HELP THE WORLD :): It's those dreams within a dream within a dream type a dreams..:

discovermind:

Ego trying to make sense of infinite..

The waves of reality appear to be an expression of the dream world at some rate. Dreams are the true existince of what we think to be matter. This all seems to be unfolding like an infinite wave of existince as the world of dreams are too infinite..let’s…

gaksdesigns: “Tearful” by Christina K

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 05:19:40 -0400

gaksdesigns:

“Tearful” by Christina K

opticoverload: Camouflage ~ Octopus

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 01:27:43 -0400

opticoverload:

Camouflage ~ Octopus

abluegirl: Eastern Emerald Elysia Elysia chlorotica is a...

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 01:23:18 -0400

abluegirl:

Eastern Emerald Elysia

Elysia chlorotica is a “solar-powered” marine sea slug that sequesters and retains photosynthetically active chloroplasts from the algae it eats and, remarkably, has incorporated algal genes into its own genetic code. It is emerald green in color often with small red or white markings, has a slender shape typical of members of its genus, and parapodia (lateral “wings”) that fold over its body in life. This sea slug is unique among animals to possess photosynthesis-specific genes and is an extraordinary example of symbiosis between an alga and mollusc as well as a genetic chimera of these two organisms.

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Nice

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:34:47 -0400

Nice

greyskiedeyes: farvs: divertingdiversions: He is an artist,...

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 04:05:32 -0500

greyskiedeyes:

farvs:

divertingdiversions:

He is an artist, regardless of species.

Wait, is this for real? Because that’s crazy. It’s an elephant, painting.

That’s fucking fantastic.

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Sat, 16 Feb 2013 16:55:43 -0500

sassy-kenway: WTF Subject: THIS IMAGE SHOULD BE SEEN IN THE...

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 04:31:12 -0500

sassy-kenway:

WTF

Subject: THIS IMAGE SHOULD BE SEEN IN THE WHOLE WORLD

While magazines and TV chains report about the lives and love affairs of movie actors and actresses, football players and other celebrities, the Chief of the Kayapo tribe heard the worst news of his entire life:

Mrs. Dilma, the president of Brazil, has given her approval for the construction of an enormous hydroelectric central (the world’s third largest one).

This means the death sentence for ALL the tribes living at the shores of the river because the barrage will flood more or less 400 000 hectares of the forest.

More than 40 000 natives will have to find other living surroundings where they will be able to survive.

The destruction of the natural habitat, the deforestation and the disappearance of several species of plants and animals will be a fait accompli.

We know that a simple image is the equivalent of a thousand words, it shows the price to be paid for the “quality of life” of our so-called “modern comforts.”
There is no space in the world anymore for those who live differently. Everything has to be smoothed away, that everyone, in the name of globalization must lose his and her identity and way of living.

If this enrages you, I urge and implore you to forward this message to all your friends, relatives and acquaintances.

Thank you in the name of life, nature and biodiversity.

©Hans van Raam

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vicforprez: liberaly0ungn: mxllxon: yo! best gif ive seen in...

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 23:34:57 -0500

vicforprez:

liberaly0ungn:

mxllxon:

yo! best gif ive seen in a while

That’s tooo dope!

Sweeet, thank you

Good metaphor for tripping

surrogateself: Icosahedron Expand

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 02:55:15 -0500

surrogateself:

Icosahedron Expand

rcruzniemiec: Immersive Cocoon NAU The Immersive Cocoon begins...

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 02:51:39 -0500

rcruzniemiec:

Immersive Cocoon NAU

The Immersive Cocoon begins with a simple premise: the digitally created worlds that we visit every day through two-dimensional screens is quickly expanding and deepening into 3D navigable space. This 4m sphere provides the gateway to these worlds with a 360° interior dome-display and the sophisticated motion-sensing software that inspired Minority Report. Suddenly ‘virtual’ space surrounds the user in built form; navigation is accomplished using simple hand gestures and intuitive body movements.

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Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:05:07 -0500

nybg: The cross-zoological/botanical studies coming out of the...

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 23:04:23 -0500

nybg:

The cross-zoological/botanical studies coming out of the sea these days are inspiring and, to some extent, more than a little strange. But sorry, vegans! If sea cucumbers aren’t on the menu, I doubt these guys will cut it, either.

(Terrible jokes are terrible.) —MN

sillyvegans:

the slugs were making the pigment, called chlorophyll a, themselves and not simply relying on chlorophyll reserves stolen from the algae the slugs dine on. “This could be a fusion of a plant and an animal — that’s just cool,” said invertebrate zoologist John Zardus of The Citadel in Charleston, S.C. (via Green Sea Slug Is Part Animal, Part Plant | Wired Science | Wired.com)

I’M SO CONFUSED AND HUNGRY CAN I EAT IT OR NOT I DON’T WANT TO BE SPECIES-IST

Plant/animal

tiredmomentsintopleasure: Shamens when we look we begin to...

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 19:40:19 -0500

tiredmomentsintopleasure:

Shamens

when we look we begin to see
the circles the patterns
and the eternal song

by ~Gnomosapien