Chinese performance artist Lei Wei uses mirrors, metal wires and scaffolding to create mind-bending illusions of life threatening realities.

Today was mad hectic at the agency. All three floors of the shop were buzzing with creative energy/activity. All day people came and went from the Radar space, and the hour hand on the clock swirled at a rapid rate.
Let’s travel back in time:
3:00 PM: I need a break. My eyes are burning from starring [...]

I spent last Friday night sipping on import tall boys with Chris Kahle; a Vancouver based advertising creative, at his coal harbor apartment. We discussed the crème de la crème of the industry, interactive strategies, his obsessive-compulsive tendency to switch up his blog and where things are going with web 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0. He [...]

In no particular order:
1. Dennis Brown
Whip Them Jah Jah
I first saw/heard this song on the Heartland Reggae DVD. The footage is classic, everyone is grooving with the rhythm while Dennis does his thing. Suddenly, some old man dressed in a Dixie hat and tattered clothes hops up on stage and starts to mash it up [...]

Thud, Slurp, Kliong, Boom, Splonk, Ffizoom!
El Estratografico’s Flickr set Retronomatopeya, documents the simple yet creative language used in comic books to convey sound.

There’s ad copy, and then there’s bitchin ad copy. Case in point, this sweet insertion for one easy piece (a ’70s one-piece suit). “Easy on and easy off, quick as a flick of her tongue. Sexy cool crinkle cloth for those hot nights to come.” Be sure to “show where your headed in the [...]

Created by intermixing purple and yellow-leafed kodaimai rice with local green-leafed tsugaru-roaman variety, imaginative farmers in rural Japan grow mass scale rice paddy artworks in their fields.
According to Pink Tentacle, “In recent years, a growing number of local governments around Japan have started organizing rice paddy art projects as a way to attract tourists and [...]

Known for having a keen eye and raw ability to capture the essence of whatever appears before his lens, Jordan Todd’s candid imagery is beautiful, sinister, captivating and always thought-provoking. Whether snapping photos in an abandoned building, dark alleyway, with writers in the train yards or models in the studio, his fresh take and perspective [...]

Ten inspirational and distinctly Canadian artworks.
Above:
David Alexander Colville
Snowplow