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I’m Banksy

By on June 2, 2008 in Art & Design, Shopping

I'm Banksy
I’M BANKSY. NO I AM.

(the real) Banksy | Found via Funky Duds

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‘Biggest drawing in world’ revealed as hoax

By on May 29, 2008 in News

Biggest drawing in world revealed as hoax
It’s always a bit disappointing when something so inspirational turns out to be a fake. I mean, the idea is still a great one, but I’m still a little let down.

But after bloggers pointed out holes in Nordenankar’s claim, DHL confirmed to the Telegraph that the artwork was an “entirely fictional project”.
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Many pointed out that DHL delivery planes would have been highly unlikely to make the tight loops in the North Atlantic that form the hair of the self-portrait.

Others noted that many of the package’s mid-route stops appear to be in the middle of the ocean.

“[He] could have at least centered the drawing over the land areas, so it would be more believable that DHL had made stops there, as opposed to a DHL plane making loop-the-loops out over the Atlantic,” a reader called Shinanigans posted on the Neatorama blog.
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“A GPS signal cannot penetrate dense materials. That briefcase looks dense enough to block the signal and the roof of a car or thick walls of an airplane blocks the rest,” a blogger named Samppa79 wrote.

Via The Telegraph.co.uk

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A theory about sex in video games

By on May 27, 2008 in Entertainment, Science / Technology, Vision


I’ve gotta rep my old school, SCAD! Great and informative video.

In this ~9-minute video, Daniel Floyd, a professor at Savannah College of Art and Design, convincingly advances the theory that the major problem with sex in video-games is that there isn’t enough sex in video games — that video-games’ failure to come to grips with sex as part of the artistic message and aesthetic in games (in addition to the hypersexualized juvenile Lara Croft/Duke Nukem stuff), it can’t convincingly argue that games are an actual artistic medium that deserves to be considered on the same terms as painting, literature, sculpture, film, and other media that often feature sexual material.

Via Boing Boing

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The Telectroscope

By on May 27, 2008 in Art & Design, New York

The Telecrtoscope
I know I’m a little late. Everybody and their mom’s blogs have reported on this. Still, I am so eager to go check this out!

Hardly anyone knows that a secret tunnel runs deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean. In May 2008, more than a century after it was begun, the tunnel has finally been completed. An extraordinary optical device called a Telectroscope has been installed at both ends which miraculously allows people to see right through the Earth from London to New York and vice versa.

From The Telectroscope

In May-June 2008, artist Paul St George is exhibiting outdoor interactive video installations linking London and New York City in a fanciful simulated “telectroscope”. According to the artist’s invented back story, the device works using a transatlantic tunnel started by his great-grandfather, Alexander Stanhope St. George. The producer of this spectacle was the Artichoke company, who previously staged the The Sultan’s Elephant in London.

From Wikipedia

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3D Guernica

By on May 8, 2008 in Art & Design, Vision

3D Guernica
What a beautiful video, of Picasso’s Guernica in 3D, created by Lena Gieseke. (Neat sidenote, for those in Georgia: created while at UGA.)

This 3D rendering of Picasso’s Guernica offers a similar experience. The actual spatial immersion into a painting is a powerful way to prompt contemplation of its many facets. My project is not only a creative piece of work on its own; it stands in a larger context. It provides the unusual opportunity to view the painting from a unique perspective, revealing aspects that would normally stay hidden from the casual viewer. When we discern the original painting in this three-dimensional reproduction, we recognize which features most significantly constitute the painting. Consequently this three-dimensional exploration of Picasso’s Guernica is an innovative technique for comprehending and appreciating the original masterpiece.

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Every Person in New York

By on May 8, 2008 in Art & Design, New York

Every Person in New York
Jason Polan is a crazy guy. But, crazy in a great, great way. Mr. Polan is setting out to draw every person in the city of New York! This is the wonderful next step after his completion of drawing every piece of art in MOMA (the book, of which, would make a great birthday present *wink, wink*). I shall be on the lookout, on his blog, for myself and Jack.

I am trying to draw every person in New York. I will be drawing people everyday and posting as frequently as I can. It is possible that I will draw you without you knowing it. I draw in Subway stations and museums and restaurants and on street corners. I try not to be in the way when I am drawing or be too noticeable. Whenever I have a new batch of drawings I will post them on this blog.
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When the project is completed we will all have a get together.

Via Boing Boing

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Art, out of context

By on April 30, 2008 in Art & Design, New York

Story time! Once, while in the New Museum, Jack and I were staring out a side window that was part of a small hallway. The view itself was pretty crappy, just the side of another building (which is a very common thing in this city). We must have looked like we were really studying it. A woman, who was part of a tour group, came right over, looked out and went, “Beautiful!” and walked away. We looked at each other, then at her as she walked off, and Jack, questioned her, “What?” We laughed for a good 5 minutes straight about it and bring it up every now and again for a smile.

Klara.be (belgium art radio/channel) did an experiment with Belgian painter Luc Tuymans (who’s paintings go for million usd). What if you take art out of its usual context and expose it in the street? Would people even notice it?

This is fantastically amazing to me! I’ve always thought that a lot of people only think its art if it’s in a museum. They can’t seem to appreciate that “art” is anywhere and everywhere. It’s not defined by it’s space.
Found via Boing Boing

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A trip to the Museum

By on March 8, 2008 in Moose Message, New York, Weekend Adventures

Brooklyn Museum of Art
I think I inspired Jack a little by posting those logos, because today we went to the Brooklyn Museum. What a fabulous space! It has a huge variety of pieces that spans ancient to modern. I love seeing pieces I studied in college and was glad to see they still had the Dinner Party by Judy Chicago there. What a fabulous way to spend a raining day!

Brooklyn Museum of Art
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Brooklyn Museum of Art

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The Mind Chair

By on February 21, 2008 in Art & Design, New York, Science / Technology, Vision

This experiment was the starting point for a collaboration between Beta Tank and Peter Marigold. their ‘Mind Chair’ is a ubiquitous polypropylene chair fitted with a custom solenoid based sensor. A camera is plugged into the device, allowing the sitter to view the images on the camera through their back.

A replica of the prototype will be on view at the MOMA’s ‘Design and the Elastic Mind’ exhibition starting February 24.

Via DesignBoom

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