Came across this this Chicago based artist’s work at an exhibition at the DPAM (DePaul Art Museum), please be sure to check out his portfolio, for some reason there are not a lot of images of his work which incidentally doesn’t photograph well, but in person they have a certain neat quality to them – certainly they are architectural and IKEA-y.
I did not realize but I’ve seen his work before, perhaps at the MCA or another exhibit at DPAM (second pic).
Absolutely amazing black and white photography by Kai Ziehl, you must check the rest of his breathtaking photographs on his portfolio site at kaiziehlphotos.com
wow. just amazing. what a great idea and even better execution. be sure to check out the rest of his portfolio.
This project by Niklas Roy is from 2010, so I’m a little late to the party, but I just love the simplicity with which it elicits audience interaction. No need for a big red button or instructions. If you just give people enough of a hook they will interact of their own accord. We’re intelligent inquisitive beings, I love when interactive art plays into that. If you let your audience discover things on their own, their sense of wonder will be much increased.
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Arresting and thought provoking images by Hank Willis Thomas.
My favorite kind of images.
I was so glad to see this movie. I’ve been a fan of Ai Wei Wei, following all of his trials and tribulations. But I never knew much about his background, or weaved all of the separate stories I’ve known of him into a cohesive whole. This film did that excellently. Funny, poignant and just an excellent portrait of this man. Living and working in China, his artistic protests, coming from the heart, towards a better Chinese future, play out on the world’s stage.
Because of his fame, I was worried about pretentiousness or disingenuousness on his part and that his art was more about generating the fame, but quite the opposite was true. It felt like there were no pretenses in this film, just honesty. Ai Weiwei’s mom even makes an appearance.
Of course this is a political artist, and China is in the cross-hairs on the worlds stage, so filmmakers have a vested interest in making his plight look as real and genuine as possible. I’m not saying anything fishy is going on, but just as his art, this film is also political in nature. As such it may not be as critical or thoroughly in depth as it could be? just a thought.
I also hadn’t known this movie was a kickstarter project. I love kickstarter. About 10% of movies at sundance are kickstarter funded. so cool.
I’ve often thought about how to bring digital effects to a live performance. What are the characteristics of something being digital and how to translate those ideas to something in front of a live audience. I think this certainly shows some of the possibilities. Really nicely done in that regard.
Robot readable world from Timo on Vimeo.
Really nice art video based on found footage of robot vision. Like the source material and the execution.
