Keith Perkins--Art, Etc...

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Keith — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:19:39 +0000

A Day at the Beach from my new book, which I hope to have at MECAF this weekend.

Bookmarks for May 13th

Keith — Mon, 14 May 2012 10:00:00 +0000

Bioscience and the New Threat | mediapathic – So the solution, according to Wiley, is to doctor the plants to produce more food and more nutritional value. Most agricultural businesses claim that this is what they do, but Wiley claims that they focus excessively on ease of shipping and other qualities that are directly profitable, at the cost of healthy food. There’s an entire network of people dedicated to smuggling seeds and cuttings to small farms around the world. They use many techniques, and some of the same pathways, as drug smugglers. There’s an uneasy permeability between the world of agriculture and narcotics. Last year the US border patrol reported one bust which netted them 10 kilos of cocaine and several canisters filled with squash seeds. Underground grow rooms and heat dissipation systems, traditionally used for growing marijuana under the watchful eye of the War on Drugs, are now being used in some places for growing food.
Tags: research science biotech

Adam Yauch died today

Keith — Fri, 04 May 2012 17:42:28 +0000

Fuck Cancer.
One of my favorite Beasties Songs:

New page and a cover

Keith — Fri, 04 May 2012 16:47:09 +0000

Some stuff I’m getting ready for MECAF:

Bookmarks for May 3rd

Keith — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:00:00 +0000

Architizer Blog » Living Infrastructure Growing Bridges – Growing your own house may seem like a new idea, but what about growing pieces of functional infrastructure? That’s exactly what the locals of Nongriat in Meghalaya, India have been doing for the past 500 years. In that time, they’ve grown bridges over one hundred feet in length and strong enough to support the weight of more than 50 people. There are even “double decker” bridges!
Tags: research anthropology

Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center

Keith — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 23:59:48 +0000

Watercolor on paper 5×7 inches. Did this for Jenny as a special commission.

Portrait of Oliver

Keith — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:28:35 +0000

Did a portrait sketch of Oliver in pencil, today.

Oliver Age 3

I’m available for pen, pencil, or painted portraits of your animal. Contact me.

Bronze-Casting Timelapse

Keith — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:51:37 +0000

Click here to view the embedded video.

French artist René Zaki shot this great time-lapse video showing the process of creating a bronze bust from a lump of clay to the finishing touches. The actual build time is shorted from 4 days to 10 minutes!

Via MAKE

Bookmarks for April 19th

Keith — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:00:00 +0000

Kidney stone mystery solved: Why some people are more prone to develop kidney stones – Most kidney stones form when the urine becomes too concentrated, allowing minerals like calcium to crystallize and stick together. Diet plays a role in the condition — not drinking enough water or eating too much salt (which binds to calcium) also increases the risk of stones.
It goes on to say they maybe able to develop a drug that takes care of this. How about having doctors recommend drinking more water, eating less salt, and cutting down on calcium (dairy products, etc.) in your diet?

But genes are partly to blame. A common genetic variation in a gene called claudin-14 recently has been linked to a substantial increase in risk — roughly 65 percent — of getting kidney stones. In the new study, the researchers have shown how alterations in the gene's activity influence the development of stones.
Tags: research health

Bookmarks for April 16th

Keith — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:00:00 +0000

What is contemporary global nomadism and how does it affect materialism? – "Globalization theorists argue that global nomadism will become more prevalent in the future, and thus the liquid relationship to possessions that we identify will become an important lens in which to understand the new role of objects in people's lives, as consumers will seek to temporarily access objects rather than own them over long periods of time," the authors conclude.
Tags: research SF travel
Why time warps: Mysteries of time perception explored – "The brain creates its own time, making it remarkably easy to trick the brain's clock. Mind time is different from clock time. It is the inner time we experience and it can pass fast or slowly depending on whether we are waiting for a train, working hard or free falling from a plane. Our relationship with time is not straightforward."
Tags: science research