Bitten By The Bug

Deception

Magic is the only honest profession.
A magician promises to deceive you -- and he does.

Avertissement : Parmi les faux-amis anglo-saxons des Français, deception est sans doute le plus magique de tous.
Si en français, agrémenté d'un accent déception est relatif à une émotion négative, être déçu par quelque chose ou quelqu'un, en anglais et parmi ses sens multiples, deception, signifie entre autres illusion. Et l'illusion, c'est aussi l'intrusion du magique.

Marco Tempest est magicien illusionniste. Techno-illusionniste.

Aujourd'hui, c'est mon anniversaire.
Faïtes-moi le cadeau de visionner cette video TED, vous serez déçu(e) en bien.

Hat Tip: Orli

A story without words.

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The Ultimate Machine

"You don't understand anything until you learn it more than one way." Marvin Minsky

Is it art, is it tech, is it humor, is it a parable, one not excluding the other?
This ultimate machine is made by Michael and available on his site. I love it.
   

"Basically a plain box with a switch on the top. When you flip the switch, a hand comes out of the box and flips the switch off. Thats it."

With the overload of information, I sometimes feel like I am in the Ultimate Machine mode. In theory, information should reduce uncertainty. In practice, information overload, as it appears today with emails, blogs, feeds, tweets, could reach a saturation and prevent any decision-making!
The best is the enemy of good ;-)

Guernica in 3D

Pablo Picasso

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Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.

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An amazing three-dimensional exploration of Picasso’s Guernica for comprehending and appreciating the original masterpiece, by Lena Gieseke, University of Georgia.

" My primary intention for the project was to create a provoking and deep contemplation of Pablo Picasso’s Guernica. Is my model a true reconstruction of the Picasso’s painting, or is it merely a rough re-visualization? Is it still Picasso’s art or has it, through my addition of third dimension, become something completely different? "

Click on the screen to watch the video. Do it! Now!

Thank you Lena