Once upon a time, the Earth was thought the be flat. Here’s another prediction: By the year 2050 your lover may be a robot. Romantic human and robot relationships is no longer the stuff of science fiction – researchers expect them to become reality within four decades. Author of the book Love and Sex With Robots, David Levy predicts a time where robots will also have emotions, personalities and consciousness. The robots will be able to talk, laugh and look remarkably like humans. And someday, people will have sex with robots. Continue reading ‘love and sex with robots’
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i’m crushing on you
“That’s why they call them crushes. If they were easy, they’d call them something else.” Sixteen Candles.
She sees him across the room at a party. Her pulse quickens and she urgently tries to look nonchalant. He walks over. She blushes obviously, stumbling on her words. She searches over his shoulder, afraid to look at his eyes, of revealing the clandestine truth; the bittersweet yet indisputable gaze of fallen-in-loved-ness; the Crush. Given its squashy-sounding name, a crush is generally viewed as a constricting rather than liberating affliction. Like a red-coloured elastic band growing tighter across your torso as the condition deepens, a gaping crimson chest wound, only to be healed by the confirmation of requital from the object of your admiration. Is a crush a joyous or dismal experience? Let’s deconstruct the lingo. Continue reading ‘i’m crushing on you’
pretty porn
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Living and working in Brussels, Belgium, artist Tom Gallant creates hand-cut floral prints out of archived porno magazines. Using a surgical blade, he cuts into the imagery, layering extremely delicate cut-outs on top of one another to assemble a dramatic visual experience that almost blurs your vision. If you look closely you can see hints of hair, lips, neck and genitalia, but it’s the paper’s flesh tones and curvature that stand out. Soft spoken and a self proclaimed compulsive collector he describes his work as a visual language “dealing with a private matter in a very public way.”
A Brisbane newspaper ran a piece recently titled, ‘Beware the fat white’ which warned coffee drinkers of the fat, sugar and calories which may be lurking in their daily indulgence. The article did not paint a pretty picture of our daily caffeine fix, and tarnished all coffees with the same brush as the wares of mass-produced, chai-infused, syrupy, upsized coffee chain stores. As a self-confessed coffee snob, I felt the need to stand up for the bean. *NOTE* I also work for a puritan gourmet who loves his quality coffee each day.
After brewing, espresso coffee contains 2.5% fat and filter coffee contains 0.6% fat. Of course to make a flat white in a standard cup, we must add about 160ml of pure milk, whether it be full cream or low fat. Any Italian will tell you, you cannot compare the sweet nectar of pure fresh espresso, to a 500ml “dessert” of white chocolate mocha with syrups and whipped cream. Anything which is three times the size, layered with 400mls milk, sugar, syrups and whipped cream will equal blocked arteries. The assertion that our daily coffee hit is contributing to this seems hard to swallow. A little bit of extra fat never hurt anyone when teamed with all the added benefits a cup of coffee has to offer including:
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If you don’t already have plans this weekend, I’d highly recommend getting down to the Brisbane Powerhouse to enjoy one of the many brilliant flicks on offer during The 8th Annual Brisbane Queer Film Festival. Starting this Friday, the festival runs for seven days and offers an eclectic and very unique selection of films from classic cult flicks to more contemporary films such as Fat Girls. As a massive Bowie fan, my pick would definitely be the 80s vampire horror classic The Hunger (pictured). The Hunger is a cult classic that deserves to be seen in all its gory glory on the big screen. Deneuve is Miriam, a beautiful centuries old vampire living in Manhattan. When her lover John (David Bowie), begins the accelerated process of ageing, Miriam turns her attentions to Dr Sarah Roberts (Susan Sarandon), a scientist who is researching pre-mature ageing. Miriam has chosen Sarah to be her next lover. Enticing Sarah to her house, Miriam plays Delibes Lakmé on the piano and takes Sarah to bed in what is the most famous seduction scene in lesbian film history. Unfortunately for me I will have to try and find this gem at the video store as I wont be around this weekend. So if you happen have some spare time up your sleeve, grab a friend and some popcorn and indulge in Bowie’s brilliance on the big screen, or one of the many other great films on offer.
I certainly don’t mean to offend anyone with this idea… so I apologise in advance if I do. Is it possible that if all homes were fitted with waterless urinals, females could use them as well? I have done some research on a relatively small sample size of females in the map office and the vote is humorously split. Most of the issues coming down to the ergonomics of the design and the potential positions needed to use it. It seems to make sense that if most homes could be fitted with a waterless urinal, then the simple act of not having to flush the toilet in the household could potentially save huge amounts of water. And judged by the designs of San Francisco artist Clark Sorensen you could have a lot of fun with it. Recently, Elaine Gennard-Levy spent so much time one day looking for a public toilet in London that she decided to build her own. According to a London paper she opened a luxury ladies’ room on Oxford Street, Europe’s busiest shopping area. Use of the toilet and powder room at the facility costs $10. It seems to make sense to me but I realise I am a male and may not totally be understanding of the potential difficulties. So, is their a brave female who can potentially solve the dilemma and start a revolution?
are you wearing jesse tucker undies?
If Valentine’s Day came and went with no new undies delivered to your door, then now is the ideal time to suit yourself and jump online and buy yourself some beautiful lingerie from Jesse Tucker. Melbourne-based lingerie designer Jesse Tucker is setting the world on fire with her creations. With a background in fine art and costume design, Jesse’s creativity in design clearly shows through with her aesthetically-pleasing creations. Launched in 2004, she recently added T-shirt designs to her range and with a commitment, at this stage, to only ever print 300 of any one design - the pieces are sure to attract a sought-after reputation. Some of Jesse’s work has even been featured in the National Gallery of Australia’s shop to complement the Vivienne Westwood retrospective held there.
If you are feeling in the mood, Play Dead a photographic exhibition by Alex Chomicz will be on display at the Queensland Centre for Photography in Bulimba from Feb 10 - Mar 4. Apparently Baz Luhrmann loved the pieces and bought one for his collection. The Queensland Centre for Photography (QCP) is a non-profit organization that facilitates connections between audience and art practitioners. Local audiences are invited to extend their interest in photography by learning about the medium, its practitioners and the surrounding theoretical debates. Definitely worth a visit.
the big book of breasts
In the world of iconic publishing company, Taschen, anything goes - well at least as long as it is deemed to occupy the somewhat questionable boundaries of what is art and popular culture. For centuries, the rounded curves of the female form have attracted interest among many - especially the hypnotic allure of a large and shapely breast. So Dian Hanson, a twenty-five-year veteran of men’s magazine publishing has decided to publish this phenomenon in a book - The Big Book of Breasts. Dian Hanson explores the origins of mammary madness through three decades of natural big-breasted nudes. Continue reading ‘the big book of breasts’
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