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John Waters, the Artful Dodger By HILARIE M. SHEETS Published: June 23, 201 “I ALWAYS think of art as animate objects with their own little lives and personalities,” said John Waters, the filmmaker known for ignoring the boundaries of good taste and bad in movies like “Pink Flamingos” and “Hairspray.” “I’m curious about who can live with each other.” Enlarge This Image Stephen Maturen for The New York Times John Waters curated “Absentee Landlord” at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. More Photos » Multimedia Slide Show ‘Absentee Landlord’ Blog ArtsBeat The latest on the arts, coverage of live events, critical reviews, multimedia extravaganzas and much more. Join the discussion. More Arts News Enlarge This Image Stephen Maturen for The New York Times A work by Wolfgang Tillmans, left, and “Shoestring Potatoes Spilling From a Bag” by Claes Oldenburg. More Photos » Mr. Waters, also an actor, writer, artist and art collector, is now a museum curator as well. Invited by the Walker

© meloncholie, 2010 by sarah illenberger. fine art print, 40 x 60 cm, ed. of 50. courtesy of gestalten. sarah illenberger : 'good weather' exhibition at: gestalten space , berlin from: 18 august — 11 september, 2011 (opening: august 18, 18:00 – 21:00) to coincide with the launch of the the artist's first monograph gestalten space will show a large selection of work by berlin-based visual artist sarah illenberger . © chili con carne, 2008 by sarah illenberger for enroute magazine. fine art print, 70 x 84 cm, ed. of 25. courtesy of gestalten. --- following text from gestalten good weather also presents many of the original crafted objects composed from combining an array of materials such as paper, textile, and stones to mundane everyday items from fruits and rubber bands to car tires. meticulously created with analog handicraft instead of using a computer, sarah illenberger’s richly-detailed work opens up new perspectives on seemingly familiar

image ©  hayashi natsumi elevating the art of self-portraits to a new level - literally - tokyo-based photographer  hayashi natsumi 's work consists of the artist seemingly floating in midair within conventional settings in and around the japanese city. entitled 'today's levitation', the series is updated daily with new photographs set in a variety of locations from a desolate street to a busy train platform. using the aid of a simple tripod, the self-portraits are taken with a 10-second timer from a distance. all the poses are captured in mid-jump with no aid of a rigging system or photoshop. impossibly relaxed and composed, the floating subject injects a surreal atmosphere to the often normal set, rendering an image devoid of gravity or physics.    to see many more images from the series, click  here  to natsumi's daily blog. image ©  hayashi natsumi image ©  hayashi natsumi image ©  hayashi natsumi image ©  hayashi natsumi image ©  hayash

'gulp' by aardman all images courtesy aardman 'gulp', a short film created by  sumo science  at  aardman , has broken a world record for the 'largest stop-motion animation'. completely shot using a 12-megapixel cellphone camera on a nokia N8, the project was set on 11,000 m2 of sand on south wales' pendine beach. props include a full-scale boat and a rain-jacket clad actor to tell a harrowing episode of a fisherman's time at sea. the short involved a large team that raked and smoothed out patterns on the sand to create a seascape--and the inside of a whale's belly--when viewed from above. shot from a large crane overhead, the images were then compiled to run at 25 frames per second to create the stop-motion effect. make sure to check out the making-up film embedded at the bottom of the page. Gulp. The world's largest stop-motion animation shot on a Nokia N8.  from  Nokia HD  on  Vimeo . camera set up nokia N8 the team prop