Many more convincing AI images by an unknown digital artist can be found on a Facebook page titled Abandoned Houses and Unreal Places. There’s also a link to a YouTube channel that features animated tours.
Unreal Abandonment
Tag: art
The Namazu-e of 1855
In November 1855, the Great Ansei Earthquake struck the city of Edo (now Tokyo), claiming 7,000 lives and inflicting widespread damage. Within days, a new type of color woodblock print known as namazu-e (lit. “catfish pictures”) became popular among the residents of the shaken city. These prints featured depictions of mythical giant catfish (namazu) who, according to popular legend, caused earthquakes by thrashing about in their underground lairs. In addition to providing humor and social commentary, many prints claimed to offer protection from future earthquakes.
Namazu are normally kept under control by the god Kashima using a large rock known as kaname-ishi. The Great Ansei Earthquake of 1855 is said to have occurred when Kashima went out of town and left Ebisu (god of fishing and commerce) in charge. In this print, the giant subterranean catfish unleashes destruction on the city while Ebisu sleeps on the job. Kashima rushes home on horseback while the city burns, and Raijin the thunder god defecates drums. Large gold coins fall from the sky, symbolizing the redistribution of wealth during the rebuilding phase.
[Full story and more images found here.]
True Love
[Found here.]
The Tanzmasken of Lavinia Schulz and Walter Holdt (ca. 1924)
Schulz and Holdt made these costumes for dancing; they performed under the name Die Maskentänzer (The Mask Dancers). The outfits are more sculpture than clothing, and they entirely swallow up the wearer. Some suggest a mongrel collision of characters — a buggy-eyed insect meets a jester meets a bearded tomato — and others allude to zippy motion, with eyeballs cartoonishly pulling off the face. Wires poke out and wooden blocks dangle, a bridge seesaws from shoulder to shoulder. Many of the geometric silhouettes defy anatomy; hands, feet, and heads are all boxed in, with no apparent exit.
The story doesn’t stop there. Schulz and Holdt were insane.
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/tanzmasken/
Bonus: Interactive 3D images of Maskentänzer
Toboggan Mann
Toboggan Frau
The Mirror
[Found here.]
Super Bowl Lix Hot Links
Jumpin’ Jacquet, Illinois Jacquet & His Orchestra (1946) Recorded in New York. Illinois Jacquet / tenor sax, John Simmons / Bass, Freddie Green / guitar, Emmet Berry / Trumpet, Bill Doggett / piano, Shadow Wilson(?) / drums.
Talk like an orca [via Bunkerville].
Saxquatch [via Everlasting Blört].
Mastering The Art Of Hock A Loogie.
Routine graph [via Innocent Bystanders].
Abraham LeBron Lincoln – An American Icon.
OVERRIDE: The opening salvo of the DOGE war.
Everybody and The Sunshine Band [via Memo Of The Air].
[Top image found here. More disco dream girls here.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Fancy Meeting Me Here.
Bloor was a Jerk.
Sliced Caravelle
CARBON COPY is a sculpture by Caitlind r.c. Brown and Wayne Garrett, installed in the Brewery District of Edmonton, Canada, in 2018. The lights of the 1988 Plymouth Caravelle glow, and a laser in the front seat scans the pavement every 20 seconds.
“CARBON COPY transforms an unremarkable suburban car into an illuminated obelisk, a monument to North America’s car-centric culture.”
Curious Alien
“Artvertisement” photo of a late 80’s Porche 911 Carrera by Scottish artist Chris Labrooy (ca. 2020, rotated). No damage was done as the engine was high and dry in the rear.
[via Daily Timewaster.]
Tacky Raccoons 