packing tape web installation by numen / for use.
Posted: 04/11/2011 Filed under: art, life, videos | Tags: art, contemporary art, spiders, tape, web Leave a comment »
Imagine Spiderman going completely insane and losing control of his web shooters and then look at this crazy art installation by Viennese/Croatian design collective For Use/Numen. Using nothing but nearly 100 pounds of packaging tape, For Use/Numen transforms abandoned attics, galleries and stock exchange buildings into a spider’s cocoon paradise. The coolest part about, of course, is that the installations invites visitors to sit and relax, asking them to partake in the experience.
more at www.foruse.info/
Pakistan spiders flee floods in web-covered trees.
Posted: 03/30/2011 Filed under: nature | Tags: flooding, pakistan, spiders, trees, web Leave a comment »
The unprecedented flooding in Pakistan in the latter half of 2010 disrupted the lives of 20 million people, but it also affected the country’s arachnid population.
With more than a fifth of the country submerged, millions of spiders climbed into trees to escape the rising floodwater. As the water has taken so long to recede, the trees quickly became covered in a coocoon of spiderwebs. The result is an eerie, alien panorama, with any vegetation covered in a thick mass of webbing.
via wired.com
