Cut It Art! Paper Cut-Outs Cut Landmarks Down To Size
An imaginative Instagram user's unique way of capturing the world's most famous landmarks for posterity involves a scissors, paper and a camera. ...
Category: Art
Urban art is at the heart of WebUrbanist – the drawings, images, photos and sculptures that inspire us in part because they are open to the public. From installation artworks to street graffiti and everything in between, here is our extensive collection of urban street art gathered from around the world and representing both traditional techniques and innovative approaches by old and new street artists alike.
Animating Tattoos: Colored Ink Mapping Brings Body Art to Life
The world's first live tattoo projection mapping event turned tattoos from static works into performance art, creating dazzling animations from inked body artworks. Filmed in Lisbon by ...
Doom & Bloom: 36,000 Flowers Adorn Condemned Detroit Duplex
Bought at auction by a florist last year, this dilapidated multifamily home was destined to be demolished but given a last chance to blossom thanks to a team of florists and array of volunteers ...
Audiovisual Trikes: Portable Projections Animate City Streets
Lighting up streets and sidewalks of Rio de Janeiro, these mobile animation units utilize the movement of tricycles and available city surfaces to create amazing and interactive works of ...
Guerrilla Grafting: Public Trees Spliced to Bear Edible Fruit
A subversive urban agricultural group in San Francisco is turning ornamental trees into fruit-producing surprises for the local population but while technically breaking the law. A simple ...
Pimp My Cardboard: Strangers’ Cars Customized Overnight
Automobile owners in Amsterdam are waking up to find that their cars have been ‘customized’ overnight with cardboard and masking tape. Suddenly, their boring old sedans boast body fenders, ...
Shocking Aftermath: Nature Reclaims Post-Disaster Fukushima
Looking at photographs of highways entirely eaten by vines and destroyed shops filled with trash and cobwebs, it’s easy to downplay their tragedy by comparing them to the set of a ...
Permanent Markings: 13 Tattoo Artists with Bold Black Style
Working primarily in bold, black ink, these 13 top tattoo artists working in Kyoto, London, Berlin, Kiev and throughout the United States stand out for geometric and illustrative styles that put ...
Drawn Up: Architecture Firm Uses Tape for Full-Scale Floor Plans
A clever team of architects in Oslo, Norway, mocks up full-size blueprints using a shared flat concrete courtyard behind their office, allowing colleagues and clients alike to test-drive designs ...
Tone Tunnels: Huge Forest Megaphones Amplify Sounds of Nature
Large enough for visitors to enter and sit within, three gigantic wooden megaphones constructed in the forests of Estonia amplify ambient sounds of the environment. Nearly ten feet in ...
