When mathematics is integral to an art project, it risks becoming derivative. But when nature speaks for itself, its quite radical. That’s why we love the prints of Nikki Graziano, which uncover found equations in bushes and rockpiles. The world, after all, is nothing but zeros and ones. And that’s why babies should grow accustomed to digital love as soon as they need a bib. Perhaps, they too will be photographers one day. They’ll snap images of graffiti murals … and trace the natural functions of wildstyle math beneath the words. But that’s another tangent…

Artists Sabina Keric and Yvonne Bayer are in Urban Camouflage. They don the elements of their environment (bags at Ikea, work gloves at a hardware store, soda bottle suit at a grocery store) and camp out. The best part is seeing their feet stick out at the bottom of their disguises. There is a photo series of Urban Camoflage, but their videos (and below) really capture the works and the viewers who are treated and perplexed to this intervention. Reminds us of the bumbling assassins in Dubai with their moppy wigs and fake moustaches but with more wit and of course less blood.

A little bird told us about Yvan “Lozzi” Pestalozzi exhibitng his kinetic art powered by natural energy at Abu Dhabi’s World Future Energy Summit this week. He’s being represented by the Swiss Art Gate UAE. Lozzi makes colorful, fantastical wind contraptions, hydromobiles, and even a giant ball that runs on a track to tell time (below). I wonder if Lozzi is going to apply for the newly open Land Art Generator competition?

It took a year of searching in two Gulf countries, but we are finally enjoying the fruits of camels’ labor: camel milk cheese. We’ve already made yogurt, yogurt cheese, quark, and a hard quark pressed cheese, similar to ricotta salata. And we like a strained quark that we roll into logs on chives and cracked peppercorns like chevre. Camel milk has about half the fat of cow’s milk making less creamy, but it’s more concentrated in protein and vitamins. It’s possible to buy commercial camel milk, but the supply is limited and it’s only sold in specialty boutiques. But production might be ramping up; if they can make robot camel jockeys, we’re eagerly expecting robot camel milkmaids. Hopefully in time for when our flora danica cultures arrive from America to make a bloomy camembert style cheese – camelbert if you will. Picture below from left to right: camel milk choclate, camel milk, camel milk cheese starter.

Even though it’s location in Hong Kong has not been doing so well financially, Disney is going ahead with its Shanghai theme park but predictably on the corporate blog, there are no scathing comments yet.

Like in Hong Kong, Disney will forgo immediate profits to use it as an inroad for the hearts and minds of billions of Chinese kids. It’s unfortunate the Chinese people cannot have a say on whether they even want Disney in their backyards. Just outside of Washington DC, Disney bought acreage near the Manassas Civil War battlefield and other historic parks. But Disney’s America was scrapped when the company abandoned plans after high-profile criticism from property owners, environmentalists and historians. The free-market capitalism debate doesn’t even come into play because even in the States, Disney operates on government subsidies, and will continue to do so in China. Don’t you think the money is better spent elsewhere?