Thursday, December 23, 2010
Monday, December 20, 2010
Friday, November 5, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
Make:Craft
A survey of artists who combine hand making and building techniques to create, engineer and hack unique, mostly functional devices, objects, machines and accessories; making either a social/political statement, creating new markets for individual styled products, or creating inventive ways to experience the tactile world, non-virtual, the “real.” Artists in the exhibition: Kim Abeles, Jonah Brucker-Cohen, Frau Fiber, Garnet Hertz, Justseeds Artists' Cooperative, Seth Kinmont, Liza Lou, David Prince, Mark Newport, Alyce Santoro, Shada/Jahn (Steve Shada and Marisa Jahn), Eddo Stern
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Waste Land
Filmed over nearly three years, WASTE LAND follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world's largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band of "catadores" -- or self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. Muniz's initial objective was to "paint" the catadores with garbage. However, his collaboration with these inspiring characters as they recreate photographic images of themselves out of garbage reveals both dignity and despair as the catadores begin to re-imagine their lives. Walker (Devil's Playground, Blindsight) has great access to the entire process and, in the end, offers stirring evidence of the transformative power of art and the alchemy of the human spirit. View Trailer
From Adams to Lace
This exhibition explored the intriguing creations of the Festival Pattern Group - a unique project at the 1951 Festival of Britain involving X-ray crystallographers, designers and manufacturers. At the instigation of Dr Helen Megaw, a leading Cambridge scientist, diagrams of atomic structures inspired an eclectic array of patterns on curtains, wallpapers, carpets, lace, dress fabrics, ties, plates and ashtrays.
Watch Georgina Ferry give a talk on X-ray crystallography.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Saturday, October 16, 2010
On the Head of a Pin
- TOM FRIEDMAN: This teeny sculpture titled, 'Headache' by Tom Friedman is carved out of an aspirin tablet.
- Senior from BU talks about her microscopic subject matter WATCH VIDEO.
- MYKOLA SYADRIS: Mykola Syadris, sculptor from the Ukraine whose little carvings can fit through the eye of a needle.
- NICHOLAS SISTLER: Nicholas Sistler's little gouache paintings of interiors are massive at three inches in any one direction.
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Jin. Y. H. paints micro portraits less than one half inch in length.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Journey Around My Skull
Visit this blog to explore design & illustration border crossers.
http://ajourneyroundmyskull.blogspot.com/
Friday, October 8, 2010
Disembodied Communities
Spontaneous Combustion
Laura's NOTE: Aftermath of the LA Riots
FLASH MOBS BEFORE THE INTERNET
I was in living in Los Angeles in 1992 and experienced the violence and mayhem of the Riots up close and personal. Buildings in my neighborhood went up in flames, caravans of looters broke into stores, mass law breaking and violence was constant, and at least 50 people were killed. The media aired the violence and destruction 24 hours a day for two straight days. Numerous video records of it all are easily findable on the net today. But what you won't find looking through videos on youtube, is any documentation about how people came together in South Central LA in the days following the riots to help clean up and help out. These flash mobs were driven purely by memetic contagion toward the good - and being part of them was among the most powerful experiences of my life. The question I had asked myself over and again in 1992 was, what might have happened if the media had aired these events in equal measure to the violence? That question remains with me today - unanswered.
Art & Action
Following are links to various artists, designers, & groups whose work engages community.
Tim Rollins - K.O.S. click here for details
Mel Chin - New Orleans Project
Harrel Fletcher website
- check out The Other America and Learning About the World at the Grocery Store
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