Seen at Wimbledon Station

Poster says "Don't be bored on your train journey again! NEW WIMBLEDON STATION BOOK-SWAP. Borrow a book for free from the waiting room on platform 5. Return it when you're done or leave your old books with us."

Excellent idea.

Felix's Machines

I'm considering getting rid of all the furniture in my bedroom so I can fit one of these in!

Tadao Ando

Listening to:

Virtual Choir

The video isn't that great but it's an interesting concept.

Self-Auctioning Artwork

Item:A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter (2009) - Caleb Larsen

A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter, 2009, is a black, acrylic box that places itself for sale on eBay every seven days thanks to an internet connection, which, according to the artist's conditions of sale, must be live at all times. Disconnections are only allowed during transportation, says the creator.

Title:	A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter
Year:	2009
Artist:	Caleb Larsen
Dimensions:	8"x8"x8"
Medium:	Acrylic, custom electronics, programming, internet connection, online auction.
Description:	This object perpetually attempts to sell itself on eBay.
NB: Before bidding you must agree to the below terms.
This purchase agreement was drafted with the aid of Marsha G. Ajhar of Hartman & Craven LLP, NYC.

Current Ebay listing here

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Cloaca No. 5

Cloaca No. 5, designed by Belgian artist Wim Delvoye is a giant machine that replicates the human digestive system.

NEWS - Working with KIN (Massive Origami!)

During February and March I spent some time working at KIN Design. While I was there I helped out on a project, for London College of Fashion, to design, construct and install an exhibition for the fashion designer Helen Storey who was recently awarded an MBE.

We spent hours folding massive origami panels, from tracing paper, that then fitted together to form a 3D structure that grew out from the walls of the space where the exhibition was held at King's Place in King's Cross. We then put LED lighting behind the panels that filled the space between four plasma screen TV's that played videos about Helen's work. See video and photos below.

I really enjoyed my time at KIN, it was great to have the opportunity to work on an installation project and create it ourselves by hand.

Helen Storey MBE – from fashion to science from kin on Vimeo.

I should be writing emails

Game of Death

The Power of Television...?

Game of Death: Fake French TV Game Show has Contestant 'Tortured' by Participants

'A documentary called Le Jeu de la Mort (Game of Death) focuses on a game show called X-treme Zone, which features a contestant trying to answer trivia questions. However, for each question he got wrong, he'd get electrocuted by participants, who are urged to crank up the voltage by the studio audience and the show's hostess.

The show was fake- part of a psychological study on people's willingness to follow orders.

Out of 80 volunteers, 64 were willing to crank the voltage up to lethal levels. Of course, nobody was actually electrocuted during the experiment, but the exercise exposed a strange willingness of individuals to surrender responsibility for their actions to a third party.

The experiments showed a troubling willingness to obey requests, even if those requests had an obviously harmful effect on someone else. The general consensus of the participants was "the producers would never willingly let someone get hurt, right?"

The "contestants" were offered no financial incentives, only the opportunity to play the game.

Game of Death was based on a Yale University experiment from 1961, which examined the mindset behind the "just following orders" defense for Nazi war crimes, and why the Third Reich's victims went along with their persecutors during the early stages of genocide.'

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