Katie Paterson - Ice Records →

Sound recordings from three glaciers in Iceland, pressed into three records, cast, and frozen with the meltwater from each of these glaciers, and played on three turntables until they completely melt. The records were played once and now exist as three digital films.

(via Science Friday Archives: Squid, Octopus, Cuttlefish: Masters Of Camouflage)

shamalam:

start about a minute in, or at 2:50 if you bore easily. basically it’s cute spiders doing a cute mating dance. they look like little bearded robots.

(via the hairpin)