I know that most of you have thought about your health and digestive system while slurping down a bowl of Maruchan instant ramen. However, if you haven’t, I’m about to force the issue thanks to a new art-science crossover projected called Mouth to Anus (M2A, not kidding). The brain child of artist Stefani Bardin, working with gastroenterologist Dr. Braden Kuo of Harvard University, the project centers around data from a pill cam that shows you what processed food looks like during digestion. In case you’re wondering, the answer is “distressing.”

When describing his series of explosion photographs, New Zealand artist Geoffrey H Short told the Daily Mail, “I am not trying to tell people what they should think, rather I am making art objects which I hope will make people think.” Which is convenient, because his work lends itself to a myriad of interpretations; is it a statement about fossil fuel consumption, about war, about fear, about the explosive forces of nature which began all things? Or are they like formless clouds on which we can project our thoughts. Whatever answer works for you, Short’s work is as mesmerizing as it is terrifying. See more pictures, after the break.

Supposedly seen in a mall in Seoul, Korea by redditor TheMistah, this is a statue of the Incredible Hulk doing his business. As one can see, he does his business with force. The statue exists in the name of art, which is why most things that are crazy seem to exist. If you thought you were being clever by immediately thinking to make the pun, “Hulk splash,” you can bet that everyone else who saw this picture felt the same way at first.

Ghent, Belgium’s annual Light Festival, had some pretty amazing presentations, including videos projected onto water, gardens of light, and projections onto buildings. However, the crown jewel of the event was probably the Luminarie De Cagna — an enormous, 84-foot-high, 55,000 LED cathedral of light. Amazingly, this colorful building consumes only 20 kilowatts per hour. Read on after the break to see more of the Luminaire De Cagna and a video of the festival.

London is not exactly known to be a bright and happy place, especially not in the dead of winter. To combat this, art collective Greyworld and Tropicana built a massive “artificial sun” in Trafalga Square. Using some 60,000 light bulbs, the faux-sun pumped out an incredible 4 million lumens. For comparison, a 23 watt compact fluorescent bulb puts out about 1500–1600 lumens. In the midst of a dark, dreary winter this art installation gave Londoners an additional 3 hours of sunlight. Careful readers will remember that Tropicana also shed light on the sun-deprived city of Inuvik, Canada. But as impressive as it is, it’s even more amazing to watch its construction. See the time lapse video, after the break.

Artist Fabian Gaete Maureira brings fingerpainting to a whole new level, in that he can paint an entire Bob Ross style landscape scene in about a minute, only using a finger or two. For those unfamiliar with Bob Ross, the style can be describe as stabbing and smacking a canvas with a brush, but in such a way where it looks like leaves and water. Check out Maureira’s work over on his blog, and head on past the break to check out the mind-blowing video.

Despite being a full-grown man, tape measures are still a source of near unending entertainment for me. Perhaps that’s what attracted me to “Tape Recorders,” a piece of installation art by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. In this work, viewers are tracked from above by a Kinect sensor, which feeds information to the motors on each tape measure. The longer a viewer stands in front of a tape measure, the higher it goes, until it finally topples over. In addition to this, the system prints out an hourly total of the time spent by viewers in the space. Friends, this is art that watches you back. See the video, after the break.

As awesome as history is, artist Matthew Buchholz felt like it was missing something. Namely monsters from space, menacing tentacles, and dinosaurs. Thankfully, he was able to fix that in his series of alternate history prints. See more, after the break.

For the cover of London-based magazine SuperSuper!, Laurent Theopane Bertrand created the above 3D fingernail gun art. It doesn’t come with bullets, but it is obviously the first step toward humans developing laser beam fingers, which then leads to laser beam eyes, which then leads to Cyclops, which means superheros are real.

Artist Augusto Esquivel has taken the lowly button to new heights. Instead of merely securing items of clothing, in Esquivel’s hands simple buttons are used in the hundreds to create astonishing sculptures. Suspended from overhead, the button sculptures have the same form as the items they imitate, but there’s a sense of fragility, and illusion along with the startling appearance.

Read on for more images of Esquivel’s surprising works.