Sleepless

Jumping robots, floating cinemas, musical jelly molds and more in our look at the web this week

Hamilton College assistant art professor Robert Knight took a series of long exposure photographs of insomniacs tossing and turning throughout the night. The low-lit blurs he captures offer a visual parallel as haunting as the wanderings of a restless mind when it simply can’t sleep. Anyone who’s suffered sleepless nights will likely feel a sense of dread around the eery beauty of the images.

Prestwick Travel Slipper

Jumping robots, floating cinemas, musical jelly molds and more in our look at the web this week

Combining subtle luxury with practical functionality, Want Les Essentials’ Prestwick Travel Slipper handsomely zip into one another after they’re done wrapping your weary wandering feet.

The Ambassador

Jumping robots, floating cinemas, musical jelly molds and more in our look at the web this week

A “tragic comedy about the bizarre world of African diplomacy”, “The Ambassador” sees the well-heeled Danish filmmaker Mads Brügger go undercover in Central Africa Republic as a Liberian diplomat. The Gonzo-style documentary takes an in-depth look at France’s remaining involvement with the post-colonial country and its modern diamond mining practices.