Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Contact lens jewelry for your eyeballs: Ouch!


Find someone isn't agreeing with you? Or saying yes when they should say no? Grab a Yes No Wrench and adjust the offending head accordingly. Gently, now — DVICE doesn't take any responsibility for twisted necks. The Yes No Wrench is the work of student David Bernstein, and it's got two ends specifically cut to fit a head either horizontally or vertically. Vertically, you could force a head to nod; horizontally, it'll cause it to shake side to side. I imagine young, experimental art students, like Bernstein — who goes to New York's Pratt Institute — find the Wrench a handy companion in the face of grumpy teachers (and art bashers). What you're cringing looking at is a piece of jewelry for your eyeball. Aptly titled "The Eye Jewellery Project," artist Eric Klarenbeek threaded some medical wire through some crystals and attached it to a contact lens. I don't know about you, but feeling a thread between my eyelids every time I blink would take some getting used to. Still, you're bound to turn some heads. Klarenbeek was asked on a video he posted on the project what would happen if someone tugged (yeee-ouch!) on the line, the artist responded, "It just falls out... (or in worst case, [sic] the wire might break)." At least it won't take your eyeball out with it! Still with me? Well, steel your stomach and click Continue for a video of Klarenbeek's eye jewelry in action, eerily set to Nine Inch Nail's Ghosts. Be sure to also take a gander at the gallery below for some close-ups.

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