This is a periodically updated list of the most viewed posts on Colossal. If you’re visiting for the first time, this is a great place to start and when you’re done, check out the visual archive.
1. This is What Happens When You Give Thousands of Stickers to Thousands of Kids
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Yayoi Kusama’s legendary installation, Obliteration Room, where thousands of children were given stickers and unbridled freedom in a stark white room. January 1, 2012
2. One Man, 100,000 Toothpicks, and 35 Years: An Incredible Kinetic Sculpture of San Francisco
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Artist Scott Weaver spent over thirty years building this incredible kinetic sculpture of San Francisco using toothpicks. April 23, 2011
3. Carved Book Landscapes by Guy Laramee
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Guy Laramee carves sweeping landscapes and architectural structures from stacks of old books. December 22, 2011
4. Riusuke Fukahori Paints Three-Dimensional Goldfish Embedded in Layers of Resin
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Magnificent pools of three-dimensional goldfish painted layer-by-layer in resin by Riusuke Fukahori. January 9, 2012
5. The Chromatic Typewriter
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Washington-based painter Tyree Callahan modified a 1937 Underwood Standard typewriter, replacing the letters and keys with colored pads and hued labels to create a functional “painting” device called the Chromatic Typewriter. December 4, 2011
6. High Speed Liquid and Bubble Photographs by Heinz Maier
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German photographer Heinz Maier shoots high speed macro photographs of colored water splashes that resemble tiny glass sculptures. October 27, 2011
7. A Cathedral Made from 55,000 LED Lights
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Towering 28 meters high, the Luminarie De Cagna was the centerpiece at the 2012 Light Festival in Ghent, Belgium. January 31, 2012
8. Rashad Alakbarov Paints with Shadows and Light
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Using strategically suspended translucent materials and other objects, artist Rashad Alakbarov paints using shadows and light. January 20, 2012
9. Manic Doodle Drawings by Sagaki Keita
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In the most incredible combination of fine art and notebook doodles, Japanese artist Sagaki Keita blends the two in his incredible drawings. March 9, 2011
10. A Portrait of Tobias Wong Using 13,138 Dice
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This touching tribute to late artist Tobias Wong was made by Frederick McSwain using 12,138 dice. May 24, 2011
11. Money Trees
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In several wooded areas around the UK, passersby have been stopping for decades, if not centuries, and meticulously hammering small denomination coins into trees. September 10, 2011
12. One Day on Earth
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A stunning trailer for a film shot in every single country on the same day. July 15, 2011
13. Mind-Blowing Dancing by Marquese “NONSTOP” Scott
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Simply inhuman dance moves from Marquese “NONSTOP” Scott. September 24, 2011
14. Hilarious Ferocious Underwater Dogs
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Seth Casteel captured these wonderful photographs of dogs underwater, doing what dogs do best: playing, fetching, and swimming. Equally hilarious and terrifying. February 10, 2012
15. A Frugal Town in Lithuania Erects a Christmas Tree Made from 40,000 Recycled Plastic Bottles
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An enormous 13-meter tall Christmas tree made from nearly 40,000 recycled green bottles and zip ties by Jolanta Šmidtienė. December 5, 2011
16. Gale-Force Winds Directly to the Face
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Using an industrial strength fan photographer Tadao Cern blasted over a hundred subjects directly in the face with blasts of extremely high-speed wind resulting in this hilarious, lip-flapping series of portraits titled Blow Job. May 16, 2012
17. Translucent Ants Photographed Eating Colored Liquids
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Scientist Mohamed Babu from Mysore, India captured beautiful photos of these translucent ants eating a specially colored liquid sugar. August 6, 2011
18. Choi Xooang
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Utterly disconcerting figurative sculptures by Korean artist Choi Xooang. May 20, 2011
19. Glass Beach
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A beach used as a waste dump in Fort Bragg, California was transformed over time by the unrelenting ocean waves, turning thousands of discarded glass bottles into a sparkling, multicolored bed of smooth glass stones now known as Glass Beach. August 22, 2011
20. Animation on a Bike
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A wonderful zoetrope animation using paper discs mounted on bicycle wheels by Katy Beveridge as part of her 3rd year dissertation project at CSM in London. November 25, 2011
