Steam dream: If instead of divvying up Africa and perfecting the corset the Victorians had been building giant, articulated anthropomorphic battle-tanks powered by steam boilers, the 19th century would have probably looked a lot like the vision of artist and retro-futurist Larry Blamire. His extraordinary Steam Wars project, part Empire Strikes Back, part Jane Austen, will get you stoked. See, that's a steam engine pun. Shovel some coal at http://steamwars.com.

Esquilax: Those folks who make up the Minnesota Association of Rogue Taxidermists sure do some odd things, creating griffons, three-headed turkeys, goat-bird-fish things and badgers who chew off their own legs out of parts of real dead animals. They've raised the ire of more conservative taxidermists, and no doubt raised the stomach contents of many art fans. Is it gross, or really, really gross? Decide for yourself at www.creativeelectricstudios.com.

Comments? Michael Citrome