20 Things We Found On The Internet This Month
The Welcome Team's April Discoveries
It was another month of extraordinarily high internet usage for the Welcome team. We discovered, as always, a wealth of art, artists, and cultural ephemera. And just as we have for the past two months (see here and here), we assembled our favorites into a curated list.
Our April Discoveries run the gamut of medium: statues, music, paintings, digital works, joint sculpture, PowerPoint video games, sniper training BTS, and more.
We hope you enjoy the fruits of our scrolling.
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Joint sculptures by Cody Von Gogh
Canadian artist Cody Von Gogh describes himself as a “Creative Joint Roller.” For the past decade, he’s been crafting intricate joint sculptures that go far beyond the classic cross joint, assembling fully realized figures and objects entirely from rolling papers and weed. He has created pieces for Snoop Dogg and Machine Gun Kelly. Some of our favorites include this 94 gram dragon sculpture and his recent Shutterfly sculpture from My Little Pony.
Polaroids from 1979-1981 by H.R. Giger
Swiss artist H. R. Giger’s series of Polaroids from 1979–1981 are like if Nan Goldin’s intimacy met David Cronenberg’s unnervingly corporeal imagination. The collection blends erotic party photography, deranged self-portraits, and alien fetish imagery into a haunting visual archive. At the time, Ridley Scott had commissioned Giger to design the creatures and sets for Alien after discovering his biomechanical horror book Necronomicon. One of the Polaroids notably features the iconic Alien head and tail repurposed as cyborg-like sex props between two women.
Y-3 F50 “Beast Pack”
This January, Y-3 rereleased one of the rarest Adidas designs ever made: the 2006 F50 Beast Pack, originally launched ahead of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in an ultra-limited run of just 1,000 pairs, which were packaged in ornate cages. This time around, the legendary football boot was reworked into sneakers in 4 versions: Dragon, Tiger, Eagle and Wolf. As a bonus, check out Y-3 and Adidas’ recent collaboration with Mercedes-AMG: a futuristic moto-inspired sneaker-heel hybrid previewed earlier this year.
Outlaws for Life by Subraiana
Swedish artist and knitwear designer Subraiana’s latest work is made entirely of mohair and yarn. Meticulously assembled over the course of two months, the piece depicts two gay (according to the artist) cowboys, and is an ode to Red Dead Redemption 2. The concept began as pixel art in Photoshop, which was then translated into a knitted canvas. Using a technique called “duplicate stitch,” Subraiana hand-embroidered each of the 13,500 pixels individually.
BTS photos of USMC sniper training
US Marine Corps Scout Sniper training involves a series of rigorous high-attrition protocols. Pictured here (shared by the USMC Scout Sniper Association) is a rare look at one such stealth training exercise. Trainees are dressed in ghillie suits (specialized camouflage garments) and engaged in a series of stealth maneuvers.
Faded phone cases by Jeton Bakalli
Jeton Bakalli is a New York based Albanian photographer, film director, and creative director. Most of his photography is model-focused portraiture (he does most of his photo work for the fashion industry), but earlier this month he posted this image of three iPhones of various generations in old yellowing cases. Bakalli is also currently working on a book project title The Crisis.
3 new Dean Blunt songs from 3 different aliases
After a drought, Dean Blunt has returned with a surge of releases across three of his projects: The Crying Nudes’ “Nothing Surprise Me Anymore,” Dean Blunt’s “478 freestyle,” and a full EP titled ICL under Babyfather.
Fiberglass statues by Ninghui Kokayi
While technically originally posted in March, we discovered these fiberglass statues in the first days of April. Created by designer and creator Ninghui Kokayi, these sculptures are inset with lights that illuminate their material, creating illuminated figures. Both have a kinetic energy, frozen mid-pose or dance-move.