Salvador Dali - A Soft Self Portrait

Originally produced for a French television audience, this portrait of the surrealist artist Salvador Dali details the dreamlike inspiration behind many of his avant-garde creations. Set in Dali's hometown of Lligat, Spain, the artist himself takes the viewer on a tour of the creative process that is behind his remarkable body of work. Journey into the subconscious of one of the most influential artists of the 20th century and take a look at the world through Salvador Dali's eyes with this program that he both designed and performed. The documentary is directed by Jean-Christopher Averty, with narration provided by Orson Welles. LINK: Youtube

Self-portrait made with cables by Kasey McMahon

Connected // Global Brain Series // Self Portrait // 2010
Steel, CAT5 and other data cables
by Kasey McMahon tracking, Via: Boingboing

Leonardo da Vinci self portrait discovered hidden in manuscript

The faint pencil sketch has emerged after being hidden for 500 years in one of the Renaissance genius’s most famous manuscripts, the “Codex on the Flight of Birds”, written between 1490 and 1505.

It is thought that Leonardo first made the drawing in the 1480s, then later reused the same piece of paper when he came to write his codex - a Latin term for manuscript - on bird flight. LINK