Posted in artists / designers, installations, whatever on Dec 15th, 2005
BODYWORK is the attempt to transform a German car into an American car. Cohen bought a Trabant in Berlin and shipped it to America. Upon its arrival, the effort to transform the Trabant into a lowriding Chevrolet El Camino begins. Cohen in a search for her own place in the lowrider world works at a [...]
Posted in artists / designers, collaborate / participate, installations, interactive on Dec 15th, 2005
Spherical objects are floating in space like molecules of an atom. Like threedimensional pixels they altogether shape a larger superior form. They represent threedimensional digital data sets in a dynamic display sculpture composed of physical particles.
The “electric moOns” installation consists of 100 helium filled balloons. Each balloon is attached to a thin cable. The length [...]
Posted in artists / designers, graffiti / street art, installations on Dec 12th, 2005
“At the forefront of a new breed of urban intervention, Cutup have rethought traditional methods of making a statement through the subversion of the visual landscape of the city. CutUp’s billboard images are created by slicing up adverts and collaging the pieces into a newly ordered image.” Source: Wooster Collective
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Posted in artists / designers, installations, web / phunk on Dec 8th, 2005
This piece developed by Mediamatic in Amsterdam, in May of this year has been a catalyst for many of my ideas.
Flickr has made this type of installation truly possible – with its open and interface-able architecture allowing developers to tap into the API.
The Flickr Peepshow was the centrepiece for a variety [...]
Posted in artists / designers, games / play, installations on Dec 2nd, 2005
Interesting piece on Games becoming Art, or I suppose the merging of the two. Take for example the manipulation of the Quake engine to make a musical instrument… or the Sims acting out a mock commercial.
Its all about playing, and playing gets user and audience attention - which is a perfect platform for art. [...]
Posted in installations on Nov 30th, 2005
I used to work out of an office on the Bahnhofstrasse in Zurich (great location), seeing this piece on we-make-money-not-art was a great flashback. This installation proports to be “The World’s Largest Timepiece” and as Christmas and New Year approach… the lighting installation performs.
Christmas in Sydney definitely has its qualities, but I must [...]
Posted in installations on Nov 18th, 2005
Holographic orbs floating in space, interactable by navigating with a mouse.
There called pixile’s and have been created by Melbourne based ENESS.
Currently being shown at IDN exhibition in Singapore - wish I went, when over there last week.
Posted in artists / designers, installations on Nov 16th, 2005
Motion projections of graffiti artists tagging. Visit Graffiti Analysis at ni9e to view project photos, videos and the whole background.
Posted in artists / designers, installations on Nov 16th, 2005
Designers from the RCA (London) Industrial Design Engineering and Interaction Design have created a series of ’sculptural furniture’ that is an interpretation of people playing with the new PSP (playstation portable).
The forms were inspired by observing players of the device at a bbq on a sunny afternoon, the players put jackets over their heads so [...]
Posted in artists / designers, installations on Nov 14th, 2005
This is old news, but something that I felt should be captured on my blog - this particular piece blew me away. I still remember the impact as I walked into the turbine room. This extruded flesh-like organism spanning the length of the Tate Modern… consuming everything.
Do you ever get that need, to [...]
Posted in installations on Nov 10th, 2005
Spotted this installation of tiny LED’s that seem to allow the viewer to walk through them. The exhibition is called Ecstasy and its on at the MCA in NYC, read the New York Times review to get the full picture. There’s also a number of upside down mushrooms, that spin, read the review - [...]