"From the chocolatier behind the beloved Cocoa Nibs, Michel Cluizel fills his signature milk chocolate Halloween Lollipops ($3 each) with creamy almond and hazelnut praline (above center).

Marzipan artist Rebecca Russell, makes Skull Boy and Nosferatu figures (above right) that are both creepy and cute.

If you're still craving chocolate on 1 November, Vosges has created Day of the Dead Skulls (above left) in Venezuelan white chocolate, dark chocolate with ancho and chipotle chillies and Ceylon cinnamon, deep milk chocolate with hickory smoked almonds and grey sea salt. All have edible black glitter eyes and are available from Vosges for $8 each." ::VIA

Halloween 2006::Thomas Keeley

"Thomas Keeley, a 25 year-old Rhode Island School of Design grad based in New York City, creates three dimensional pieces with creepy Halloween-esque themes. Equipped with wings and fangs, the "Bat Chair" is a slightly sinister yet entirely functional take on a classic café-style chair. A hair brush with dozens of bloody fingertips in place of bristles serves as a very literal interpretation of "running fingers through your hair." Keeley is currently working on illustrations and typography as well as venturing further into chair modifications." ::VIA

Moral Fervor – Raising Awareness Through Clothing

"Moral Fervor is a young brand that develops t-shirts from hand-drawn designs. Each of their collections are made to raise awareness to environmental and social issues facing our world today. All of the materials that Moral Fervor uses are on the cutting edge of sustainability. When Ingeo, a fabric made from corn, was first introduced to the market Moral Fervor was among the first fashion companies to embrace it. Ingeo is the world's first man-made fiber collection from 100% annually renewable resources and More and more young designers are using it (we've mentioned that we've seen it before and it also appeared in our "Unexpected Green" competition). The company also uses biodegradable packaging and all-natural inks. Check out Moral Fervor’s current collection called Genetic Modification." ::VIA
::Moral Fervor Site

Deflower Vase:::Alexander Reh

"Like Brooklyn designer Alexander Reh's Fully Loaded chair made from shotgun shells, his new Deflower Vase is a clever and slightly subversive use of everyday objects. Where the chair adds an element of violence to a piece of furniture, the vase introduces a little something different, reinventing the condom by using it to sheath a common juice glass in color—Reh also calls it a "Banality preventer." Inspired by Trench Art, "a practice by which soldiers would take artifacts of war and transform them into objects of greater constructive value, the Deflower Vases are part of Reh's new series celebrating the accessibility of DIY called, "Time to D-I-Y."" ::VIA

MTV and Wal-Mart Present "Everyday Green"

"MTV and Wal-Mart recently announced "Everyday Green" — a unique joint initiative designed to demonstrate how people can incorporate green techniques into their lives. Yahoo Finance reports: "MTV's New York City store, located in the heart of Times Square on the corner of Broadway and 44th Street, has been transformed into an eco-friendly exhibit using environmentally-conscious products." The exhibit will run from October 23 through November 10 and is free to consumers. "Everyday Green" was conceptualized and designed by Pompei A.D., a New York based architecture, design and experience branding firm. The store will also feature organic t-shirts, recycled paper products, re-useable water bottles and coffee mugs, Toshiba RoHS laptops, Phillips LCD TVs and more. In addition to this exhibit, MTV has also arranged to offset 100% of the store's 2006 (or annual) carbon footprint with renewable energy credits through NativeEnergy." More at TH :: VIA

Walking the Cabbage performance

"For his Walking the Cabbage performance, Han Bing walked his cabbage on a leash all across China, challenging dominant conceptions of normal, everyday practice, sparking contentious debates in the arts world, in society, and across the Internet, about the meaning of a young man walking a cabbage on a leash, and what this act says about the state of contemporary society.

Han Bing is showing his work together with Orimoto Tatsumi until November 19 at the Jing art gallery in Shanghai, China."

::VIA

ART-O-METER

"Art-O-Meteris a device that measures the quality of an art piece. It bases its evaluation on the amount of time that people spend in front of an artwork compared to the total time of exhibition. The measurements are graphically represented by comments and a 5 star rating system. Without the interaction of a viewer, the Art-O-Meter will register time like a regular clock. However, when a user enters the area covered by its motion sensor, a second timer is triggered and it will count time as the viewer observes the artwork."
A work by Marcelo Coelho.
Video of the device.

::VIA

Fashion zombie:: Hand Bags modeled after Horror movies

"DaleHrabi of Radar Online just posted this
lineup of purses only a (fashion zombie) mother could love and the
classic horror movie monsters that inspired them. I have a brown fur
handbag that looks likeChewbacca . At least it doesn't look like a
"charmless alien man-hunter." ::VIA
Link

Saddam Mania::: a new photographic exhibit

"This Wednesday evening, Saddam Mania, a new photographic exhibit by Teun Voeten will open at Think Tank 3: at 447 Hudson Street, NYC. The show consists of Images of images of Saddam Hussein taken on the streets of Baghdad by Teun in April 2003." ::VIA

Flip Books by Ben Zurawski

Earlier this week one of our friends on myspace posted an interesting video on our comments of a flip book by Ben Zurawski. You can see it here:

Heather Paints Some Sense into the World.
"Heather, an artist in Oregon asked that I make her a flipbook. She wanted to be the hero that saved the world from some of her least favorite things...Big SUV's, pet abuse, people who worship celebs, bigotry, the government and reality television. There is ALOT going on in this flipbook." - Ben Zurawski

After we saw his great work we found out that he has other great books recorded on youtube. Here is one of our favorties:


One Big Flipbook (Flippin' Out)
"I like to make flipbooks and this animation is about 30 of them all put together. Its played to the music of Johnathan Richman and my sound effects." - Ben Zurawski

CD case green house

"This Swiss design firm challenged designers to repurpose everyday objects in imaginative ways." "There are some really great results there, from a greenhouse built out of transparent CD jewel cases to fake fingernails made out of postage stamps." ::Via

Transform 2D images into 3D

Researchers of Carnegie Mellon University has managed to teach a computer to recognize and transform 2D images into 3D.

Americana::: the pink flamingo is now an endangered species?

"The pink flamingo, the ubiquitous plastic bird whose natural habitat is the front lawns of America, is about to become an endangered species. After 49 years, and twenty million sales, the company that produces them is going out of business. The proud bird started its life in Florida and soon migrated across North America. From its lowly status as a garden joke, it became a "combination of all we know--kitsch, history, simplicity and elegance", according to a university professor. The famous bird originated from a picture in National Geographic; and its creator, Donald Featherstone, can still be sighted, sporting a shirt with you-know-whats on it. For all frantic birdwatchers: a note of hope: Wal-Mart sells 250,000 a year, and there may still be some left there." :: VIA

Miss E meets the S-O-V

Pitchfolk Magazine just posted yesterday a free mp3 of Lady Sovereign ft. Missy Elliott - Love Me or Hate Me (Remix) You can check it out
here.

::VIA:: Wooster Collective :: Map of Legal Walls

"Each and every week for the last four years, we receive at least ten or twelve extremely sincere and passionate emails from concerned parents, progressive teachers, and young kids themselves. They all are inspired by the Wooster site and want to reach out to us to ask advice on one simple thing - how they can get involved in street art and graffiti without having to do it illegally and risk arrest.

Our feelings about this is a bit of a complex thing for us, because we've actually come to think that street art has to be done illegally for it to have any true impact. But more on this later.

And yet, we also recognize that not everyone who reads the Wooster site is at a stage in their life that they can or want to risk arrest. Nor do we want to encourage it. So unfortunately, the only advice we're really able to give teachers and parents is - "try to find out if there are some legal walls in your neighborhood"

So we were absolutely thrilled to get an email this week from Jay, who's taken it upon himself to put together the ultimate interactive map which highlights all of the legal walls across the US.

But to do this he needs your help.

Here writes:

"I had been thinking about doing this for public skate parks. When I started searching for them I found out there are so many skate parks EVERYWHERE, it blew my mind. I don't know when exactly it happened, but even suburbia has embraced skate board culture enough to plop a rinky dink skate park on top of some old tennis court or in the back of a mall parking lot. When I started searching for info on legal graf walls, I found nothing initially. After about 3 hours of hardcore digging I have 8 walls listed. Pretty weak. I'd like to know why America has embraced skate board culture and not graf culture, where both are viewed as destructive youth movements by the general population."

Sara and I would love for as many people as possible to contribute to this map as it will become an invaluable resource for many, many people." ::VIA

You can check out the map and contribute by clicking here.

Paint- Sony's latest Bravia spot

"By now we’ve all seen the awe-inspiring Sony Bravia commercial, Bouncy Balls, that sent 250,000 multi-coloured ’superballs’ bouncing down the streets of San Francisco. The beautiful mood was set by guitarist José Gonalez– we’ve come to know and love his debut Album ‘Veneer’, and subsequent mashups. The latest TV ad simply called ‘Paint‘, directed by Jonathan Glazer (Radiohead, Jamiroquai), features massive paint explosions which took 10 days and 250 people to film. Like the Bouncy Balls spot, this commercial is truly inspiring. After the filming it took 5 days and 60 people to clean up every drop of paint– good thing it was a special non-toxic water-based blend which was easy to scrape-up once the water evaporated."

::via

More on The Critical Mass - A Sustainable Dance Club

DIY Eco-Friendly Paint

"The latest issue of Mother Earth News has a great DIY article on making eco-friendly paint from mostly common materials: flour, linseed oil, and nonfat milk. Great idea if those colors in the paint store aren't doing it for you, or the retail eco-friendly paints are beyond your budget."

"October/November issue yesterday. The issue, as usual, is chock-full of good stuff, from easy solar power to composting basics to an excerpt from the book An Inconvenient Truth. The article that really caught my eye, perhaps because of the poor shape of my front porch, was on do-it-yourself eco-friendly paints. We're all aware that standard house paint is full of nasty chemicals that off-gas into our homes, and eco-friendly options (I've used Benjamin Moore's) tend to be fairly pricey. Depending on what you're looking to paint, you may not have to go much further than your kitchen or basement to find materials. According to article author Bill Steen,

"If you'd like to create a warm and inviting living space, consider using homemade, eco-friendly paints. Using natural materials is a great way to bring the outdoors in, and they're easier on your home because they can allow painted surfaces to release moisture naturally. ...

Many DIYers are choosing instead to make their own paint. Creating your own paint is considerably less expensive and can be an extremely satisfying endeavor for anyone whose goal is self-reliance. Mixing your own paint is sometimes the only way to achieve a specific color or effect. In fact, natural paints offer unique finishes very different from those of manufactured products." - Bill Steen

The article contains recipes for paints suitable for just about any job, inside or out. Materials range from flour to linseed oil to nonfat milk. I suppose I found this article kind of cool because I think this is project that falls within my own skill range; if you're a little nervous about making your paints from scratch, Steen also lists a range of companies that sell cleaner, greener alternatives to the standard fare." ::VIA

"Sing Songs Along" Tilly and the Wall Video

Tilly and the Wall music video, featuring hipster zombies monster mashing and cranky civilians getting down!

Two Gallants - Attacked, Tasered, Arrested ... At Their Own Show!

"An indie rock show descended into chaos Friday night in Houston, Texas, when a police officer investigating a noise complaint at the club Walter's on Washington allegedly attacked the band Two Gallants and its fans. According to various sources, Adam Stephens, singer/guitarist for the Saddle Creek two-piece, was shot with officer G.M. Rodriguez's Taser gun, as were the band's tour manager and two audience members--one, a 14-year-old boy. Two Gallants drummer Tyson Vogel and vocalist/guitarist Andrew Kerwin of opening band Trainwreck Riders were arrested.

Accounts vary as to the exact sequence of events. The Houston Chronicle reports Houston Police Department Sgt. Nate McDuell as saying that Rodriguez "approached management about the noise complaint, filed by a neighbor, and the volume was turned down-- but that as the officer was leaving, the volume went back up." The officer then took the stage and confronted Stephens. Stephens "then used a sexual obscenity and shoved the officer with his shoulder," according to McDuell.

Stephens told the Chronicle "that is 'absolutely' not what happened. Stephens said he was sideways and singing on the stage just before he turned around and saw the officer, who then shined a flashlight at him and said, 'Stop.'

"Stephens, who denied shoving the officer, said he responded, 'Why?' He said the officer moved closer to him and yelled, 'Stop!' Stephens said he again asked why and that the officer then grabbed him by the neck and forced him to the floor."

(above photo was taken by an audience member and is of the officer tackling both Tyson and Adam at the same time)

Since when does a single officer take it upon himself to stop a show? This is absolutely incredible and I can't think of anything else to say at this point. Tyson and Adam are friends from San Francisco, so I just hope that they're alright after this disgusting incident." ::VIA

DIY pipe organ

David Pescovitz: When Matthias Wandel took an introductory music class in college, he was inspired to learn piano. He couldn't afford to buy a Casio keyboard to practice on, so instead he built his own pipe organ from scratch. He started by building two wooden pipes in his dad's workshop and mounted those on a vacuum cleaner motor as the pump. He had to insulate the motor in a foam-paced box to make the noise tolerable. Eventually, the vacuum motor burned out and he replaced it with a much more durable precision blower from a surplus auto part shop. From Wandel's build notes:

After the vacuum cleaner motor died, I was very lucky to find a 1/12'th Hp motor and precision blower at Princes Auto (A surplus store), for a grand total of $20. I used a scroundged O-ring as a belt, and adapted the paper feed pulley from an old teletype by sanding an indentation into it for the O-ring to run in. The pulley on the blower also needed modifications, so I removed the shaft and cut a groove for the O-ring into it on a metal lathe in the student machine shop at the University.

This combination I placed in the box I had built of 2" planks. The combination was so quiet that its noise became a total non-issue. At about the same time the real vacuum cleaner we were using in the house died, and I was able to reuse the bearings from that motor to fix our actual vacuum cleaner. ::VIA
/VIA boing boing

The Sustainable Dance Club

"The idea of green clubbing may seem like an oxymoron, but on October 14, environmental NGO Enviu and architectural firm Döll will host an event at Rotterdam's Off_Corso to present their concept (titled "The Critical Mass") of an environmentally responsible dance club. Among the features envisioned for the green club are energy-generating dance floors (see the video), toilets flushed with rainwater, walls that change color in response to temperature fluctuations, and a rooftop garden where clubbers can enjoy an organic beer with friends. Organisers, Enviu and Döll, believe the idea can not only lessen the environmental impact of an activity that's traditionally pretty unsustainable, but also build awareness among the young and hip." ::VIA

Get Down at ::The Critical Mass



Presentation of the Sustainable Dance Club in Rotterdam (NL). For more information, visit www.sustainablerotterdam.com

The Evolution Of Beauty

"The Dove Campaign for Real Beauty (bus-ads with pictures of beautiful, but heavy, or old, or off-average models) has posted a video called Evolution. It depicts an attractive -- but blemished and drab -- model being prepped for a bill-board, from the makeup to the photoshop. It's a very effective short film."

Here's a Quicktime of the video.




Reginald Pike's Tim Piper & Yael Staav take us from model to billboard in under 60 seconds in this impressive new spot from Dove.

Credits:

Agency: Ogilvy & Mather, Toronto
Co-CCOs: Nancy Vonk & Janet Kestin
Production Company: Reginald Pike
Co-Directors: Tim Piper, Yael Staav
Music: Vapor Music, Toronto

LOST （limited time)

Green Fortune's Plantwall

"Plantwall from Green Fortune is a new way of integrating greenery in public spaces. This vertical application of greenery provides a powerful impact on the envirnonment where it is built. It is almost like being outside inside. Plantwall can be varied both in size and shape. Depending on the size of the wall and the impact you want to create the choice of plants can be adjusted. It is possible to create a sophisticated wall that keeps its look over time, as well as a wild, heavily growing wall." Via DS.

Stacks

A one-night only art show, Stacks features works by 21 emerging artists all working within the same parameter—a cube. Stacked to create a collectively-curated "Exquisite Corpse meets totem poles," the cubes are made from a variety of materials, and range in style from "defiantly poetic to graphically visionary." Though there's no word on the artists yet, works are affordably priced from $50-$500. Curated by Nathan Pickett, check out Stacks at Josée Bienvenu Gallery on Sunday, 15 October 2006. From it's New York debut, the show will then travel to other locations, each stop inspiring a different arrangement of the cubes and creating a new perspective on the work.

Stacks
15 October 2006, 6-9pm
Josée Bienvenu Gallery
529 West 20th Street
New York, NY 10011 map
tel. 01 212 206 7990

Corrugated Cardboard Laptop Case

Inhabitat encountered Giles Miller’s unique Corrugated Cardboard Laptop Case at London’s [re]Design exhibit this fall.

"The sturdy case uses 100% recycled cardboard, and the fluting gives its wearer the option to personalize it with custom designs such as one’s initials (or an apple logo — as shown here)." VIA.

A Hobbit Would Be Jealous

"The house was built with maximum regard for the environment and by reciprocation gives us a unique opportunity to live close to nature. Being your own (have a go) architect is a lot of fun and allows you to create and enjoy something which is part of yourself and the land rather than, at worst, a mass produced box designed for maximum profit and convenience of the construction industry. Building from natural materials does away with producers profits and the cocktail of carcinogenic poisons that fill most modern buildings." VIA.

28 millimetres by JR and Ladj Ly (The Video)

The 28 millimetres project by JR and Ladj Ly was made in the french ghetto.
more infos about the project 28millimetres.com or jr-art.net

Pig Radio's 1/4" Bling

"The Pig Radio Jack is an exclusive jewel available only online and in a few stores around the world. The golden jack is made of 925 silver with a 24 karat gold plating and a 60 cm gold plated silver necklace. The silver colored jack is rhodium plated on a 925 silver hand polished jack., and 60 cm 100% silver chain. The rhodium is one of the most expensive metals in the Platinum family and gaurantes a anti-tournishing on the silver metal."

the Elevated Wetlands

"Central to their eco-meaning is the fact that these
animal-like containers are filled with a mulch of industry's leftover
plastics -- plastic bottles, shredded plastics, waste auto plastics --
that become, within the containers, a hydroponic soil matrix, which is
then used to maintain plant life. As Harding explains it, water from
the Don River is pumped, by means of "solar Voltaic systems," into
adjacent ponds from which it is cycled "as an ongoing cascade" through
the containers. It is then returned to the river, "significantly
cleansed," as his website assures us." VIA.

Tower Records R.I.P.

"Get ready for some big bargains at Tower Records. On Friday a
bankruptcy judge in California sold most of the legendary chain's 89
stores to a liquidation company for $134.3 million and the liquidator
plans to lay off all 3,000 employees and unload all theCDs in a giant
"going out of business sale." Apparently the flagship store on Sunset
in LA was sold separately as was the online store, but a last minute
bid from another music retailer,Transworld , came up short and Tower is
now history. At the time of the sale, the struggling retailer was over
$200 million in debt and had fallen behindiTunes in gross revenues." -- Gary Pini VIA.

Scraphouse: A house made of scrap

Built entirely of recycled materials, the ScrapHouse was designed and built as the centerpiece of World Environment Day 2005. Visit www.scraphouse.org for more information.

Modern Earth Sheltering

"Using earth to shelter a building is optimal. It is perhaps the most effective ways to regulate temperature in a home. It works well in almost any climate. Just below the frost line, the earth stays a fairly constant temperature: 50 degrees F, plus or minus a few degrees, depending on where you live.

In the winter, earth-sheltered homes require very little additional heat to warm them. In the summer, the interior stays cool — while it may be 100F outside, the house will stay at comfortable 70F, thanks to it’s earthen wrap.

There is also an additional advantage: earth shelters absorb rain water. This means less water runs off the building. You also get all the benefits of having plants grow in this micro-habitat: e.g. temperature and humidity regulation, and a green space supporting plants and animals.

If it’s just the walls that are sheltered with earth, it’s called “earth berming”. When the roof is covered, it's called or a "green roof" or a "living roof". When the entire house is covered, it's an "underground home"." VIA.

Save Sudan Benefit Concert

Save Sudan Benefit
@Pulaski Park
Saturday October 14, 2006
11:30AM - 10:30PM
$10 Gate
$8 with a canned food donation


The Alchemystics - Hip Hop / Reggae / Dub
Roots Down Below - Rock / Reggae / Hip Hop
White Boy Reggae - Reggae / Psychedelic / Jam Band
Imprint - Hardcore / Punk
Black Days Dawning - Hardcore / Thrash / Metal
Nude Black Glass - Rock / Alternative / Progressive
Le Special - Jam Band / Psychedelic / Progressive
3 Feet Short - Rock / Alternative / Progressive
Super 88 - Folk / Indie / Rock
Frodo Lives - Folk Rock / Psychedelic

Drum Circles, Hackey Sack Tournaments, Bar, Vendors and more!

No fights, No Drugs
All the proceeds go to Darfur.

All questions and/or comments regarding the show or the situation in Sudan can be sent to our email, savesudanshow@gmail.com

Also check out
www.myspace.com/savesudanshow
www.savedarfur.org
www.freewebs.com/floatonit/savesudanbenefit.html

Solar DIY car kit

"Art Haines has taken upon himself and his students to build the solar car for the average Joe. He's now offering the solar DIY car kit that gives everyone a chance to live the dream of driving for free, causing no pollution."

USA Today On Organic Design

USA Today article about organic design with a picture of... a curtain? Huh?

Remnant Clothing - Reclaim, Recycle, Rejoice!

"Remnant Clothing is the perfect brand for those of you who also want to indulge in a little bit of luxury while you’re doing some eco-friendly shopping.

Renee, the Remnant designer & creator, recycles cashmere and lambswool sweaters to create wonderfully warm accessories and home decor, including pillows, handbags, scarves, neck and leg warmers, and even baby gear.

Remnant cashmere pillowI love the fun patchwork style and mix of colors she uses. These lambswool legwarmers look super soft and cozy. And cashmere throw pillows? Who wouldn’t want to snuggle up to that?

Brand new, one-of-a-kind handmade scarves and accessories are on their way for autumn, so keep checking back as Renee updates with more great sustainable cold-weather gear."

You thought we wouldn't notice!

A great new blog has been made youthoughtwewouldntnotice.com. "You thought we wouldn't notice" a site dedicated to pointing out those thing's that give you that feeling of 'haven't l seen that somewhere before?

Johnny Cupcakes

Urban Outfitters

Pez's New Game

Street artist "Pez" and his little fish have a new game where you can play, swim, fly with the little guy. Check out here.

Invader x Mekanism Skateboards

"Paris-based skateboard company Mekanism invited Space Invader—the French graffiti artist known for his mosaics—once again to have his way with their decks. Expanding on the limited edition turquoise and red mosaic print that Invader came up with on their first collaboration (back in '05), there's only one per edition and they're made with actual tiles. Matrix (pictured right) duplicates the original design, adding mirror eyes, while "Above the City" (left) is made of black and white mini tiles and "Rubik" continues Invaders' more recent habit of repurposing Rubik's cubes. They're all available through their site and you can see more images here." - cool hunting

Lego Ice Cube Tray

Make your own ice sculptures! Lego makes a ice cube tray makes ice cubes with the classic Lego brick shape. Whether you are building a scale model of the Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden or simply building the perfect cocktail the Lego Ice Cube Tray is available online for $7.99.
Props for cool hunting for finding this.

Human Camera.

"Stephen Wiltshire has been called the "Human Camera." In this short excerpt from the film Beautiful Minds: A Voyage into the Brain, Wiltshire takes a helicopter journey over Rome and then draws a panoramic view of what he saw, entirely from memory."

SWAP IT: art swap and art shows

SWAP IT

SWAP IT is an art swap and series of events that are put on by Float On It: A creative community. What is an art swap? An Art Swap is a fun and exciting way to get free art and art supplies while enhancing your own creativity. Imagine going to your mailbox and find it brimming with creative and unique pieces of art by artists from around the world or art supplies you can use in your own art. Also, imagine yourself creating art that is appreciated and owned by people around the world. Those are the possibilities that await you if you enter SWAP IT. The other aspect of the project is a series of shows that will exhibit the artwork people have sent in. Along with the art there will be live music, food & drink all of which you can enjoy.


How it works:
1) Sign up (email us or message us on our myspace)
2) Make some art or pick out a piece you would like to trade.
3) Send out your work to us and we will send you some one else’s work!
Or come to one of the swap events and vote on your favorite pieces.

If you don’t want to send out any work but want to receive some, just send us $2
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1)To sign up contact us with saying:

Subject: swap it
Body: Country/State

sent it to::
www.myspace.com/floatonit
float.on.it@gmail.com
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2)Make some art:

Dust off those paintings in your studio, pull out those extra prints, any medium is accepted (as long as you can take it home in your hand, (or mail it), sorry no performance pieces)!
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3)Mail to:

Mailed entry must be received by these deadlines:
Oct. 21st
Nov. 18th
Dec. 16th

Mail to:

Float On It
1529 Dunhamtown Brim. Rd.
Brimfield, MA 01010

And please include:
- Artwork
- Name
- Address
- Postage
(Especially for larger works and if your sending internationally)

Items you can send:Dust off those paintings in your studio, pull out those extra prints, any medium is accepted (as long as you can take it home in your hand, (or mail it), sorry no performance pieces)!

If you don’t want to send out any work but want to receive some, just send us $2



(Note: Entries received after Oct. 21st and Nov. 18th will be shown at following event. Entries received after Dec. 16th wont be shown and only be set out to another participating artist. Work that is offensive will not be added to the swap)

More information at:
www.myspace.com/floatonit
float.on.it@gmail.com

Float On It: A creative community
Organizer
Anthony Mortarelli

John Mayer Video Featuring Futura, Tats Cru and Daze.

Featuring Futura, Tats Cru and Daze. From the album 'Continuum', released September 12, 2006.

"High Writer"

Made by C in Belgium, mostly from bicycle parts: the saddle, brake handle, springs, cables, bolts...

Dublab turns 7!!!

THE DUBLAB 7 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION & JOHN COLTRANE TRIBUTE CONCERT

On the Autumnal Equinox we celebrate John Coltrane's birth and dublab's creative light through an elevated evening of music and art featuring...
+ THE DUBLAB SOUNDSYSTEM & VERY SPECIAL GUESTS
dj sets by:
Hoseh
J.Rocc
Kutmah
Morpho
Derelict
Nobody
Daedelus
Ale (Languis)
Danny Holloway
Devendra Banhart
Allen (Plug Research)
Mark Maxwell (KPFK)
frosty (Adventure Time)
Carlos Ni�Ammoncontact/Life Force Trio)
Jimmy Tamborello (Dntel/Postal Service/Figurine)
megAfarmer D (All Night Radio/Beachwood Sparks)

live performances by:

the John Coltrane Tribute Cooperative: Dwight Trible, Derf Reklaw, Phil Ranelin, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Ralph "Buzzy" Jones, Nick Rosen, Dexter Story and more
Mia Doi Todd featuring Andres Renteria
Daedelus

+ MOTION GRAPHICS FROM INSPIRED VISIONARIES

MC This
Dore Burry
Animal Charm
the Labrat Matinee
Carolina Chavez and Ben Loiz

+ THE DEBUT OF "THE DREAM SCENE" ART EXHIBITION
A fantasy concert poster exhibition exploring awesome images from imaginary happenings.

+ LIVE SCREENPRINTING BY THE HIT + RUN
Choose your own combination and placement of exclusive designs by Kutmah, Mike Crivello, Brandy Flower, Gary Ganas & Stephen Serrato and more to make your own one-of-a-kind dublab shirt!

+ MOCHILLA MAGIC PHOTO BOOTH
Making memories that matter. Get your photo taken in front of an amazing dublab graphic backdrop.

7pm - LATE

All proceeds from the evening to benefit dublab�s positive music mission.

Advance tickets $7 (paypal to - info@dublab.com), $12 at the door.

This happening will shake at a super secret location in downtown LA. RSVP required for directions: rsvp@dublab.com

dublab.com

supported by: Arthur Magazine, Flavorpill.net, Plug Research, RE:UP, 2K Shirts

As seen on: We make money not art

Emotional clothing-

"Philips Design has prototyped two garments that demonstrate how electronics can be incorporated into fabrics and clothes to express the emotions and personality of the wearer.

Bubelle, the "blushing dress" comprises two layers, the inner one is equipped with sensors that respond to changes in the wearer's emotions and projects them onto the outer textile. It behaves differently depending on who is wearing it. The other prototype is Frison, a body suit that reacts to being blown on by igniting a private constellation of tiny LEDs. Both measure skin signals and change light emission through biometric sensing technology.



""These garments were developed as part of the SKIN research project, which challenges the notion that our lives are automatically better because they are more digital. It looks at more 'analog' phenomena like emotional sensing and explores technologies that are 'sensitive' rather than 'intelligent'""

According to Clive van Heerden, at Philips Design, the SKIN probe has a much wider context than just garments. "As our media becomes progressively more virtual, it is quite possible in long term future that we will no longer have objects like DVD players, or music contained on disks, or books that are actually printed. An opportunity is therefore emerging for us to completely rethink our interaction with products and content.""

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Don't Worry, Be Happy on theremin

"A crude, but awesome video of Bobby McFerrin's Don't Worry Be Happy, played on theremin. The performance was looped using Ableton Live in a single take. The vocal part was added afterwards. It's hard enough just playing the theremin by itself...
Notes: Sections of the video are hideously out of tune, but I've been told it only adds to the awesomeness. Also, Expirement is a new word I just made up. (lame excuse for not spell checking)" - ooo6 (you tube)



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"Wooster's Kitchen Films: Armsrock

For the last few days our friend Armsrock (who's currently painting and living in Bremen, Germany) has been staying with Sara and I in our flat in Manhattan. This afternoon we filmed the second of our "kitchen films", capturing Armsrock as he does a drawing in his sketchbook. If you're not already familiar with his work, search the Wooster site or check Flickr here."