Alchemie by Julio Le Parc

Born in Argentina, Julio Le Parc settled in Paris in 1958. A year later, he co-founded the GRAV (Groupe de Recherche d’Art Visuel). He is now seen as one of the leading figures of Kinetic Art.

Alejandro Jodorowsky does fashion videos?

Nope. It's a collaboration between Ruth Hogben and Gareth Pugh for his Autumn/Winter 2009 collection! The opening scene reminds me a little of the satanist ceremony in Horror Hotel which means that I absolutely love this video.

Tunnel Vision

Urban Alliance, a media architecture collective, has created the Moodwall in a pedestrian tunnel in Amsterdam with the intent of improving the atmosphere and safety of the area. The interactive light installation consists of 2500 led lights behind a ribbed semi-transparent wall. The view of the installation is best seen from outside the tunnel to deter people from making the tunnel a hangout spot. I want one!

Urban Alliance is a collaboration of:

Studio Klink (architecture and design)
Illuminate (interactive lighting and video content)
Cube (building and development)

Subaquatic Beauty by Alix Malka

Underwater spread by Alix Malka for Japanese fashion magazine Numero Tokyo.

Eaux Profondes by Alix Malka

Alex Malka for Numero Tokyo

Mammatus Clouds

The word "mammatus" is derived from the Latin word "mamma", a term for breasts. These strange clouds occur generally in the warmer seasons and usually indicate extreme stormy weather. A general misconception is that they foretell a tornado, but in truth they usually come after the storm has already past. You can check out more unusual cloud formations here.

San-zhr Abandoned Pod Village

While endlessly wasting my time on the Internet today, I came across these amazing photos by Craig Ferguson. He has a collection of photos on filemagazine.org of a small abandoned vacation village located on the northern side of Taiwan. Apparently the site was commissioned by the government in the 1960's, and was meant to be a luxury housing development or a hotel site (it's unclear as to which it was to be). In addition to the space age pods, a dam was built protecting the waterfront ghost town from the ocean, and even a small amusement park with a pool and water slide. Construction halted when word got out that multiple workers died during building the complex, and no one would go near the site due to superstitions. Subsequently the same superstitions made it impossible to tear down the site or rebuild on the sacred home of the displaced spirits. Even today the site remains taboo and stands in eerie disrepair on the edge of a neglected coastline.