Julian Bream Plays Bach

As a student of the classical guitar, I am blown away by Julian Bream's performance here.  He makes the guitar sound like multiple voices, which is necessary for a baroque piece like this.  Someday I hope to become skilled enough to learn this.

Bacterial Art

While studying how bacteria grows in hostile environments (like petri dishes full of antibiotics) scientists have found some astoundingly beautiful fractal patterns.

Thanks to Pruned for creating a great post about this.  Find the original bacterial art gallery here.

Walking on Water

This installation that Michael Cross built in 2006 lets you walk over a pool on steps that rise out of the water as you walk forward.  The steps behind you disappear back into the water as you leave them behind. The ingenious design has everything running off springs rather than electronics or motors.  See it in action.

Techie Music Toy

This is a wonderfully addictive visual synthesizer.  The pattern of squares represents a music loop.  The higher on the grid, the higher the tone.  Try it out!  http://lab.andre-michelle.com/tonematrix

Quantum Cello

I love RadioLab. I listen to their podcast almost every day. What's awesome about them is, like me, they're into arts and music as well as science. Today I heard an episode where they interviewed Zoë Keating, an "avant garde" cellist who uses a looping machine to create awesome layered music while playing live. Her music is great, and she has cool dreadlocks too. She seems like someone I'd like to hang out with.

Here's the episode, which includes performances by Zoë:

http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blog/2008/aug/25/quantum-cello/

What Is Art?

Aardman, the creators of Wallace and Gromit, created this episode of Creature Comforts, where they ask the question, "What is art?"