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Athletes Use Classical Sculpture Replicas as Gym Weights In an Art Project About the Value of Beauty
2+ week, 6+ day ago (138+ words) Laughing Squid Lithuanian artist Augustas Serapinas explores the enduring value placed on physical beauty through his long-running Physical Culture project, which uses sculptural replicas as functional gym weights. The Western ideal of beauty — athletic, harmonious, and balanced — can be traced…...
One Thousand Drones and Colored Fireworks Paint Monet’s Gardens Across the Daytime Sky
3+ week, 4+ day ago (123+ words) Laughing Squid Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang marked the centenary of Claude Monet’s passing by presenting “Radiance of Spring”, a stunning daytime show of 1,000 drones and colorful fireworks painting Monet’s gardens in the sky above the River Seine in the Normandy…...
A Fantastic LEGO Model of Experimental Math Rock Duo Angine de Poitrine
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (120+ words) Laughing Squid LEGO enthusiast Bill Ward built a fantastic model of the Québécois experimental math rock duo Angine de Poitrine, inspired by their KEXP performance at ESMA in Rennes, France, during the Trans Musicales festival in December 2025. Ward was taken…...
Puppet Designer Seeks to Breathe New Life Into the Endangered Craft of Marionette Making
6+ day, 10+ hour ago (164+ words) Laughing Squid Award-winning puppet designer Oliver Hymans, Associate Director of the Little Angel Theatre in London, spoke about bringing life to inanimate objects while seeking to breathe new life into the endangered craft of marionette making. Oliver is trained in…...
Sculpting a Terrifying Sentient Spaghetti Monster With Raised Arms and Menacing Teeth
4+ week, 10+ hour ago (78+ words) Laughing Squid Adam of North of the Border sculpted a terrifying sentient spaghetti monster in a bowl with raised arms and menacing teeth. Today I made a sentient bowl of evil pasta… An Italian nightmare made manifest. At least I…...
A Vividly Patterned Digital Camouflage Shirt Designed to Confuse AI Detection Systems
1+ week, 4+ day ago (161+ words) Laughing Squid Digital artist Simon Weckert created vividly patterned shirts designed to confuse AI person-detection systems and make wearers harder for them to recognize. Weckert calls this illusory style Digital Camouflage because it disrupts algorithms with an “adversarial pattern” they…...
How Iconic Blackwing Pencils Are Made
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (123+ words) Laughing Squid Blackwing showcased the meticulous craftsmanship behind their iconic hexagonal pencils, beginning with the precise blending of graphite and clay in Kofu, Japan, where the graphite is extruded, fired at high heat, and treated with wax. The graphite is…...
Ring Camera Captures a Spider Weaving a Web
1+ week, 5+ day ago (47+ words) Laughing Squid A Ring camera belonging to Emily captured the breathtaking sight of an illuminated spider weaving an entire web at night. Emily’s Ring camera captured the entire process of this spider weaving its web. Trending on Laughing Squid...
A Hanging Garden With Luminous Mechanical Flowers That Bloom Inside a Historic French Church
2+ week, 11+ hour ago (132+ words) Laughing Squid Lonneke Gordijn of Studio DRIFT discussed the inspiration behind their project Meadow, an inverted, suspended garden of luminous mechanical flowers that slowly open and close in a soothing rhythm. This immersive kinetic installation blooms within the historic walls…...