Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Did you see a Boat Made From Plastic Bottles sails 12,000 Miles ?


The David de Rothschild, and the goal is audacious: A hand picked group of adventurers, scientists and creatives are to sail 12,000 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Sydney in a boat completed entirely out of plastic bottles and recycled waste products. They plan to board in April, carrying (among others) four scientists from the Scripps Research Institute who will study ocean acidification, marine debris, overfishing, and coral bleaching. Their aim is raising the world’s awareness of the plight of the environment and our role in it.


Their craft is a catamaran finished from 20,000 plastic bottles injected with CO2 packed it into pontoons. The pontoons are broke to a rigid plastic tube running the length of the hull, and they’ve accumulated the whole thing without pastes or resins, so when the trip is over, the entire boat is recyclable.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Now, Osama Bin Laden utters cheers on a wine bottle label!

An Australian winery has revealed a new range of wines with labels featuring terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden.


Another label reproduces an image that facaded from the persecute scandal at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, of a hooded prisoner with electric wires attached to his hands.


Tasmania’’s Moorilla winery, owned by millionaire gambler David Walsh, at Berriedale in Hobart’’s northern border, is the producer of the wines.


The images are taken from supporting graffiti from the streets of Hobart and Melbourne. The template image of Bin Laden goes next to a graffiti message reading “all you need is love”.


Below the torture image are the words “Iraqi liberation”.


Formerly, Moorilla has produced an erotic sex-and-death themed “Muse” wine series.


Moorilla winemaker Conor van der Reest said the temporary and modern nature of street art suited the drink-now ethos of the new “Praxis” wines.


“It’’s not a question of us trying to deal with people. It’’s more a record of stuff that’’s current, either in art or world events,” News.com.au quoted Conor van der Reest, as saying. Conor van der Reest alleged the reaction would be interesting.


“It’s really tough to tell and I guess it always comes down to how somebody reacts to any sort of art. I hope people will get the idea and look at the entire label,” he said.


“It would also be motivating to see how the US responded to both the Muse and Praxis labels when the company applied for export,” he added.