Magnus Engsfors directed and animated this short movie illustrating the moment of total mental collapse.

It was shot with only one Canon Eos 5D and a single external ProFoto flash while Magnus was suspended on two stretched ropes. The scene was then masked and retouched in Photoshop and layered up in After Effects to add distressing/movement/particle effects etc.

I think the video really captures the mood, it’s emotive and the animation works really well. What captured my imagination however, was the budget. Creating something like this with only one camera, Adobe Creative Suite and a bit of elbow grease is impressive (and as most of you probably know, i’m a big fan for doing things on a shoestring)…

I appreciate that the Camera and Creative Suite is expensive but these are all things available to University Students (in the UK at least) and really demonstrates what’s possible on a shoestring.

I can’t believe I have only just found out about Knitta Please, a tag crew of knitters, bombing inner cities around the world with vibrant, stitched works of art. Wrapped their art around everything from beer bottles to public monuments and utility poles.

Michael Kontopoulos has created a system of sculptures that are constantly on the brink of collapse. He captures the exact moment of impending catastrophe and endlessly repeats it.

Wow! This is pretty amazing, especially the slow-mo at the end. This begs the question, is paintballing art I say ‘Yes, lets go at the weekend!’via Digg

Skipwaste.org.uk is a project initiated by recent Goldsmiths design graduate Oliver Bishop-Young, his project sets out to challenge what we perceive as waste & wasted space.

Upcoming artist Rebecca Ward is creating bespoke installations from nothing but duct-tape, using numerically balanced patterns to create a dialogue between line & space. The result is a fantastic mixture of colour, form and physics. It’s breathtaking.

“My installations are site-specific works dependent upon the space they occupy. Utilizing existing lines, beams, and angles, each piece I create is informed by the individual site and its unique linear movement.”

If you like her work then check out her website rebeccasward.com and her (via) Behance profile