I usually do not like video which tracks sound, (we used to call it video wallpaper). But this one seems to be more of a map, and has “thingness“. Advanced Beauty 13 of 18 / Directed by Maxim Zhestkov from Universal Everything on Vimeo.
A data visualization or map tracing the movement over the course of a meal.
A book is just to be released of photographs documenting the end of the industrial age. These images are more provocative than any I have seen before. It is a collective project by many photographers. Clicking on the image below will bring you to the web site, with images.
Fred Wilson wrote on his blog, about being bored with Web 2.0. He mentioned he was going to Europe. I wrote a reply, which as I did so, reminded me of Glagolitsa. I am including part of my comment here, just for reference later. If you are going to include Eastern Europe, it would be… Continue Reading
This man was said to be 136 YO. Something is interesting about a technique (here it is a form of stereoscopy using 2 GIF images), which implies 3D imagery applied to an image of a human whose life has become fragile. From CursiveBuildings, a Tumblr site by Joshua Heineman. I like the loop images, (I am looking… Continue Reading
A sweet little working demonstration of Duchamp’s Roto-reliefs. Click on the image to visit the site:
Watching the Gregory Lent video, I remembered Wolfgang Laib. Perhaps because both follow spiritual paths, which become intertwined in their work, Also, the use of pigment, or in Laibs work, pigment not yet extracted. I remember taking a class of undergraduates to his exhibition at the Henry in Seattle. These students hated the work of… Continue Reading
Artist: Patte Loper
One of my favorite sites is The Long Now Foundation. I learned of it years ago, when I first started The New Barok, a non-profit which was the predecessor of WRLDs. It has since grown and become more of a presence. On it’s blog, was a link to a piece, an Orrery, created by artist Eugene… Continue Reading
I have heard nothing lately, about the work of artist Alice Aycock. When I was young and in school, I needed to see her work; a woman doing large scale machinic constructions. A woman whose background in architecture made her drawings substantial. There was nothing flimsy about her work. So I went looking. She has… Continue Reading
There is much about the work of Canadian artist Emily Carr that I don’t find interesting. But her life has always been of interest. The fact that she lived on her own, and traveled into deep forests alone provides proof of valor. I often used to spend time on the western edge of Vancouver Island.… Continue Reading
Artist Susan Robb talked about her work and exhibition this morning, at the Lawrimore Project, in Seattle. She is an articulate and charismatic artist, and her work, (this is the beginning of her career), is intriguing on many levels. Because I have participated in so many critiques, I find it difficult to separate the artist… Continue Reading
I have been contemplating the phrase: "node forms of production" refers to certain types of artistic practices. I thought of it after listening to a very interesting presentation on "distributed methods of production"; referring to collaborative works in architecture. I think distributed production or collaboration is of great value, but, I do not think it is… Continue Reading
Last night I came across the work of Cynthia Greig. I was drawn to the images that inverted scale like this one: The image to the left is not listed on her main web site. But I find it to be one of the most interesting as it reflects ideas conveyed by someone else whose… Continue Reading
Gil Scot-Heron died Friday. If you lived around this time, and went to art school, studying media, these words ring forever in your ears.
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
You will not be able to stay home, brother.
You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out.
You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and ,
…Skip out for beer during commercials,
Because the revolution will not be televised.