st. wenceslas riding an upside down horse

St. Wenceslas, the patron saint of the Czech Republic, is honored with many statues around the country. But the sculpture of St. Wenceslas Riding a Dead Horse in Prague turns those monuments — literally — upside down. Hanging in the gallery of a shopping and entertainment complex, it was created in 1999 as a parody [...]

life size gundam sculpture in odaiba tokyo

Are you a fan of Gundam? I sure am, and wish I could see this guy in real-life.
Standing at 59 feet tall at a scale of 1:1, this is an actual sculpture that will be on display in Tokyo through July.

Check out video of the installation here.

theo jansen's walking works of art

For a long time I’ve been fascinated by kinetic sculpture. I remember reading an issue of IEEE Spectrum which featured artists doing collaborative projects with mathematicians. It’s really cool to see people who put both hemispheres of their brain into one project. My friend Jourdan forwarded me this video of Theo Jansen’s work. Pretty inspiring [...]