Installation Art

Very cool work by an artist named Birjer Jarlsgatan (I think that is him name). Basically the work makes you think that areas of the restaurant are under surveillance.

Just check it out!

Art is terrifying.

Example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2KkGFuRLew&feature=related

That's a sculpture by Theo Jansen that runs entirely off the wind.

He has since developed ways for the sculptures to save their wind energy and the ability to turn around when confronted with impassable obstacles like buildings or bodies of water. They even have a hammer system that will drive a stake into the ground when the wind becomes too extreme for them to handle.

The goal is to have a multitude of these different "animals" living on beaches and be totally self-reliant.

This is a pretty different way to sculpt and I'm just wondering...

Where is the line between Scientist and artist?
Is there a line at all?
Or in this case, when does a person start becoming God?

Just a few things

Hey guys,

So, I sent out author invites to everyone who is currently on my version of the email list. So if you did not get an invite to your email you can do a couple things: first check your spam folder it may have gotten sent there, or you could just email me and Ill send you an invite (and add you to the email list if you want.

Remember, this is YOUR blog not just mine. Feel free to add ANYTHING that you feel others would find of interest. If it has a photographic element that is a bonus, not that I am saying it has to because I want this to be very open.

Also, if you guys have not seen the 6x6 show that is up on the walls at Kaya you should take a look. It was an amazing success, there were around 75 pieces entered and we hung every single one of them on the wall. It is truly something to see. On that note, I have been told that the people over at Kaya want to keep that space permanently stocked with fresh art. This was setup through Print Club (they meet right after us with art league if you are interested, its a blast) but I have asked and we are more than welcome to contribute. So if you guys want to have your work shown for all the world to see (get it out of just the art department) either get a hold of me or the heads of print club/art league.

I seem to remember people being interested in some sort of Halloween party/art show. Again, the every vigilant people over at print club/art league have expressed similar interest. I think a group event would be really cool, plus then we would not be competing for people to attend.

For our next meeting: Pictionary, Telephone, and Abstract Images. And if everyone could come up with one idea for a show we could get one started pretty soon. And as always if you have ideas for happenings or anything else we could do keep it coming.

Thanks guys, hope to see you all Thrusday

Mike

Bright Eyes - First Day of My Life

Ok guys to get things off right after I URL fix and telling people about it again... sorry ... Here is a video that will make you VERY happy. If you dont know bright eyes then shame on you...they have been around for years and have almost always been great



I feel that this is more than a regular MTV music video. This a good work of art, seeing a lot of these people open up to the camera was a very moving thing to see. What do you guys think? Trashy MTV work? Of work of art?

Let's do something like this!

From Strobist,

By writing words onto transparent plastic and sliding the sheet into a slot near the film plane, the whole rig now works backwards and becomes a projector. By leaving the shutter open and slaving the rear flash, he can now project those words onto the subject of someone else's photo when their flash trips his flash.

He's in it for the social commentary, but I can't help thinking how much fun this would be for sophomoric jokes, too.

We have the technology... can we do this for a happening of some sort?  Projected art, anyone?

See original [and great video] here

--Jake