Following the death of his sister to brain cancer, Motoi Yamamoto adopted salt as his primary artistic medium. In Japanese culture salt is not only a necessary element to sustain human life, but it is also a symbol of purification. He uses salt in loose form to create intricate labyrinth patterns on the gallery floor or in baked brick form to construct large interior structures. As with the labyrinths and unnavigable passageways, Motoi Yamamoto views his installations as exercises which are at once futile yet necessary to his healing.
posted by netbros on Mar 20, 2009 - 25 comments

The "I Can Read Movies" Series is a set of fake film novelizations, done in 1950's and 1960's illustration style. [via]
posted by piratebowling on Jan 30, 2009 - 20 comments

Labyrinth 2.0 AKA Spin the Blac[sic] Circle flash
posted by BrotherCaine on Feb 7, 2008 - 29 comments

The World-Wide Labyrinth Locator What is a Labyrinth?A labyrinth is a single path or unicursal tool for personal, psychological and spiritual transformation. Labyrinths are thought to enhance right brain activity.
posted by phoque on Jun 17, 2007 - 23 comments

A Winding Path. Why a Bay Area microbiologist turned to the New Age art of building labyrinths -- by hand, out of dirt.
posted by homunculus on Dec 19, 2004 - 9 comments

The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies.
posted by hama7 on Jul 1, 2004 - 4 comments