the Ways of the Wild

Who would think that Isabella Rosellini would be such a fan of invertebrate sex? I am so glad she is - her new series of short films - Green Porno - does a fantastical job of portraying the fierce and twisted beauty of reproduction among insects, worms, and snail. Told from the first person, you consider copulation with a female praying mantis, and all that entails (some images of mantis hunting last fall here in Chicago...)

Also nice: her particular focus on producing short videos for the specific format of small screen devices, such as mobile phones, laptops, portable media players, and the like.

I can't say enough good things to say about them, they are hilarious, so take the 10 minutes it takes to watch them all at the website. A triumph in small science-ness.