A pretty effective use of grains of rice. This is an artwork entitled “Of All The People In All The World” and unfortunately you won’t be able to see it up close and personal as the show stopped touring late last year, but this is something that I’ve had stashed away in a link-drawer somewhere, and I really wanted to share it.
The premise is that every single grain of rice represents a person, and the images that are conjured are spellbinding. Have a look!
USA:
Moonwalkers:
We grabbed our pictures from here, but you can see the artists (Stan’s Cafe) homepage here, where there is a load more information and a couple of videos.
This is about as “simple but effective” as it gets.
Boy George is best known for his androgynous attire and singing about stammering reptiles. He’s gained a reputation world-wide as one of the more flamboyant among our humble international gathering of celebrities, and you’d be hard pushed not to recognise him in a line-up. Since his rise to the dizzying heights of fame he’s been known for activities befitting a genuine police line-up after allegedly having fisticuffs with a male escort: only making his come-back and clearing his name with the general public in 2009, but you’d know all of this if you read his wikipedia CV.
It seems that he’s finally found his full colour and come back to life over the past couple of days. Maybe his agent is on his back about the state of his PR, who knows? Maybe his lawyer is worried about potential law-suits or his accountant about his savings accounts.. celebrities run in strange circles. The point is: he’s back, and it looks like he’s throwing off the shackles of his dubious underground life and starting some sort of outreach program
First off he’s pulled out an album that’s been sitting in his house for 10 years sent to him by a fan. He signed it and sent it back as originally requested to the now 66 year old gentlemen that oriringally requested. George Tweeted:
“I found an old CC album someone sent to get signed. Gonna send it. Maybe they moved? It belongs to Peter J Anderson in Hebburn, Tyne & Wear NE31? Where’s that?”
You can read more on that story here.
More recently he’s returned what was originally a financial investment to a church in Cyprus. He bought an “Icon of Christ” in 1985 to display in his home only to find out over 20 years later that it was originally stolen when Turkey invaded Cyprus.
Saying that he was never any the wiser he’s stumped up the artefact and handed it back to Bishop Porfyrios of Neapolis who was happy to see the item back in the possession of the religious leaders. He returned it in London and it’s due to be displayed in a Cypriot church before heading off to it’s original home at St Charalambos.
Thanks to the BBC for the picture: you can hear Boy George’s personal take on the situation and read more here.
Proof that he’s turning his hand to more friendly activities: maybe we’ll see Boy George in the news a bit more in the near future? Maybe there’s a Chara-chara-chara-charity release on the cards?
Groan.
I’ve been a bit quiet on the SouthPark front – I came across this picture searching for the disclaimer (click to enlarge) – I found it on another blog, but the true credit is due here.
I know there are versions of the boys as “real people”, or more “real” at least, used in the series: Free Willyzyx (Episode 13 of Season 9) and even when they turn into imaginatary ninjas in Good Times With Weapons (Episode 1 of Season 8 (and a personal favourite of mine (BUTTERS!!)). The one used in the series is definitely closer to real life than the one above, and far more effective in my opinion. It is nice to see a bigger group, mind you.
I find when Cartman is a cartoon character he’s nothing but funny – when he’s a little more real I can see how easy he’d be to hate. Look at his smug chops!
The new series is only half-baked and they’re still procrastinating in the meantime – however 200 and 201 are episodes that encapsulate the main reason I love south Park so much – the cosistency is phenomenal for a cartoon. All the family joined in for a cracking two-parter. In my opinion the following episode was a massive flop, but it seems to have gone down like Marmite with the masses. Who knows if they’re going to finish off this series? They say they are, and they’re contracted for at least one more series so fingers crossed!
