No. 8 by Kathie Olivas and Brandt Peters, now available as a limited print. I was struck by how well this works as a metaphor for Ectomo; our faces nothing but masks for our squishy, tentacled interiors.

Kathie Olivas & Brandt Peters: Collaborative Series [Circus Posterus] : Creep Machine : All glory to The Platypus!

Scientists at the Museum Victoria in Melbourne will be holding a public dissection of a giant squid caught by fisherman, by accident, in May of this year.

The squid weighs around 245kg, making it the largest giant squid that Australian researchers have encountered and just 30kg lighter than the largest giant squid ever found. It is estimated that, intact, the animal would have been over 12m long.

The dissection will also be streamed live over the very internet you find yourself on at this moment and is scheduled to take place at 11:30 AM AEST/1:30 AM GMT, July 17th. Looking at my handy world clock, it indicates that it is already tomorrow in Australia meaning that the event will be broadcast through time from The Future for my viewing pleasure and may feature scientists with jet-packs. It also means that it is set to begin in roughly two hours.

Update: For all those who missed it, the museum has an unedited, archived video of the entire procedure here.

Public dissection of giant squid [Museum Victoria] : Slashdot : Thanks, Dub Tea!

It comes as no surprise that the unifying force between the constantly warring Octopi and their Squid cousins comes in the form of Japanese schoolgirls.

Rin Nadeshico [Artist’s Site : Pink Tentacle]