Art in motion

Here are two fascinating things I've found via internet friends and wanted to share. These are not-quite-but-almost new genres of art; strange and wonderful fusions, at least, and I'm totally captivated by what these people have done. I could never be that person, the person who dedicates their life to realizing a new creative pursuit, but that makes me admire it all the more.

First up, a man who is creating new forms of life. He sets his "creatures" free on the beaches to wander, and hopes that eventually they will be entirely self-sufficient. For what they can do, they are deceptively simplistic structures, and he's obviously been perfecting them for years. I am really touched by his protective and proud mien and his love for his creations; less like a God and more like a shepherd, though if the Bible is to be believed, the two aren't mutually exclusive.

Theo Jansen: The Art of Creating Creatures

Next, something more disturbing - if weird Bosch-esque images bother you, don't watch this, because there's a lot of emesis and decapitation. But it's graffiti animation, which is just totally amazing to see in action - his evolutionary infants and insects crawl and morph over what looks like a whole city block, followed by the faded ghosts of their passage, and it's mesmerizing, if a bit gruesome.

MUTO a wall-painted animation by blu