“Ich Bin 8-Bit” Post-It Art @ Neurotitan Gallery Berlin

Philadelphia artist Jude Buffum has recently returned from this exhibition he created at the Neurotitan gallery in Berlin, an 8-bit resolution inspired exhibit created using only post-it notes. Not only is creating a room full of art with small sticky squares of paper difficult enough as it is, but the beauty and vibrancy of this exhibit is nothing short of stunning. Awesome job Jude. More pictures below. Check out more pictures on the Flickr here

As you can see, a lot of the smaller pink post-its were actually drawn on by various artists. An exhibit within one, so to say.

Promo poster, of course.

Ich Bin 8-Bit installation timelapse from Jude Buffum on Vimeo.

And nothing would be complete without a time-lapse video, right?

Japanese Find Out How to Make Heart-Shaped Watermelons

Probably a really good valentine’s idea.

Use SOBEaR to cuddle/check your BAC

So this Bear is not only a lovely cuddling companion, but he also contains a breathalyzer. Perfect for her sweet sixteen!

Search For Missing Tourist Turns Up Seven Bodies, But Not the Right One

So apparently people die a lot around this mountain in China and no one really noticed until now. They still haven’t found the body of the guy they were looking for, though.

Kryptos: Not even the CIA can solve its own commissioned sculpture

So more than 20 years ago, the CIA commissioned a sculpture to be erected in the courtyard to increase the beauty of the place as well as pay homage to the smart cookies that worked within. American artist James Sanborn was hired for the project, and he created the work Kryptos, a rather large bronze work with encoded letters cut into it. Sanborn worked with a top CIA cryptologist in order to learn how to create codes.

So what makes this work so special? Even after almost 20 years, no one has been able to fully decode Kryptos, even the CIA’s top code breakers. The first three sections, K1 K2 and K3 have been successfully solved, but K4 is yet to be broken. Not only are CIA agents working on it constantly, but there is also a Yahoo! Group with over 1000 members dedicated to the solving of K4.

Here is a rather in depth article about the structure that was in WIRED this month.