Atlas by Fernando Vicente

Posted by Alex in Arts & Crafts on July 15, 2009 at 2:27 am

In his art blog called Atlas, Spanish artist Fernando Vicente takes the distinct forms of landmasses and convert them into fantastic images. I particularly like the map of Africa turned into a skull (with Europe being the exploding head – lots of political imagery there).

Check out the entire series here: Link | Fernando’s other work: Anatomías (and for those of you who like politics, check out his work for Diario El País)

 
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Atlas Obscura

Posted by Miss Cellania in Travel & Places on June 3, 2009 at 7:05 pm

The founders of Curious Expeditions and the defunct Athanasius Kircher Society have teamed up to start a new website called Atlas Obscura, “A Compendium of the This Age’s Wonders, Curiosities and Esoterica.” or in simpler terms a guide to world’s most unusual places. Users are invited to suggest odd places and add to information about existing entries. Many of the weird and wonderful places you’ve read about on Neatorama are listed. The example pictured is the Kindlifresser, or “Child Eater” of Bern, Switzerland.

The disturbing sculpture is no modern work of art, built in 1546, it is one of the oldest fountains in the city of Bern.

Strangely, no one is exactly sure why it’s there. There are three main theories.

There are 277 strange places already listed, which gives me a lot to read about! Link -Thanks, D!

 
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