UK Prepares to Use Human Poop to Power Homes

by Brit Liggett
Scientists in the UK are looking into creating a closed loop system using human waste that would provide electricity to the grid. http://inhabitat.com/2010/04/19/uk-prepares-to-use-human-poop-to-power-homes/

A Funky Museum Opening

BY BARRY SAUNDERS for newsobserver.com

"The Thinker" didn't get much thinking done Saturday night, not with hundreds of people milling around drinking, eating and staring at him.

Read more at the link below:
http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/04/20/445571/a-funky-museum-opening.html#storylink=addthis

You Can't Quote my Granny like That

by sabine7
Dublin artist Asbestos works with found objects like drawers, desk tops, tables and assorted bits of wood often found in city skips. The dumpster diving pays off when Asbestos embellishes his finds with mixed media that includes photography...
http://mocoloco.com/art/

Chambre d’Ami by Matali Crasset

Milan 2010: at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile last week French designer Matali Crasset presented a guest bed that folds into a coat stand for Italian brand Campeggi. http://www.dezeen.com/2010/04/19/chambre-dami-by-matali-crasset-for-campeggi/#more-75337
See it unfold!

CYPRIEN GAILLARD

By Mark Prince

These scenes are from Cities of Gold and Mirrors

(2009), a 16mm film shot in the Mexican coastal resort of Cancún. Its synthesized soundtrack comes from The Mysterious Cities of Gold, a cartoon of the 1980s. That was also MTV’s golden era, and the film itself is as flashy as a good pop music video.

http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/reviews/cyprien-gaillard/

Flirting with Danger

By Suzanne LaBarre
A new elevated walkway at Morris Arboretum offers the thrill of dangling in the treetops.
http://www.metropolismag.com/story/20100414/flirting-with-danger

The Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire

March 24-July 5, 2010 at the Getty Villa

The Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire explores the parallels between two great empires—the Aztec and the Roman. Celebrating the 2010 bicentennial of Mexican independence, the exhibition illuminates a dialogue between the New and Old Worlds that has shaped the modern contours of Mexico. http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/aztec/index.html