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Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
And I thought updating the blog on a regular basis was tough
How about doing a drawing a day? Lauren Nassef does it. And she’s got some great stuff to show for it.
Check out her site here.
Check out her site here.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Keeping it street
Google Maps? Awesome.
Google Street View? Awesomer.
Using Street View to create art? Crikey!
On May 3rd 2008, artists Robin Hewlett and Ben Kinsley invited the Google Inc. Street View team and residents of Pittsburgh’s Northside to collaborate on a series of tableaux along Sampsonia Way. Neighbors, and other participants from around the city, staged scenes ranging from a parade and a marathon, to a garage band practice, a seventeenth century sword fight, a heroic rescue and much more...
The result of this endeavor, dubbed Street With A View, has only recently hit the web.
Check it out here, including all the scenes as well as videos of the shoot.
Via swissmiss.
Google Street View? Awesomer.
Using Street View to create art? Crikey!
On May 3rd 2008, artists Robin Hewlett and Ben Kinsley invited the Google Inc. Street View team and residents of Pittsburgh’s Northside to collaborate on a series of tableaux along Sampsonia Way. Neighbors, and other participants from around the city, staged scenes ranging from a parade and a marathon, to a garage band practice, a seventeenth century sword fight, a heroic rescue and much more...
The result of this endeavor, dubbed Street With A View, has only recently hit the web.
Check it out here, including all the scenes as well as videos of the shoot.
Via swissmiss.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
How close is too close?
Earlier this month a new store opened in Manhattan’s West Village. The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill is largely what its name implies: a combo pet store and eatery.
Well not exactly.
More accurately, the “store” is an art installation from graffiti/street artist Banksy. Not that you’d know it. His name isn’t anywhere on the place and none of the ingenious and stunning animatronic displays resemble his two-dimensional works.
Inside the “store” you’ll find a rabbit grooming itself in front of a small vanity, hot dogs and other sausages squirming in display cases (located beneath their wrapped and packaged brethren) and a hen overseeing her little chicken nuggets (beneath a brazier menu).
If having animals for sale in two versions—live and/or processed—in one convenient place sounds a bit unsettling, well, it kinda is. It’s also a mental delight to see fish sticks swimming—actually swimming!—in a fish bowl.
But it’s not all fun and games. Banksy, ever the social commentarian, is asking us to question our interactions with animals.
This is definitely one of those experiences that makes you glad to live in New York.
It’s open from now until October 31st.
See more cool pics here.
Well not exactly.
More accurately, the “store” is an art installation from graffiti/street artist Banksy. Not that you’d know it. His name isn’t anywhere on the place and none of the ingenious and stunning animatronic displays resemble his two-dimensional works.
Inside the “store” you’ll find a rabbit grooming itself in front of a small vanity, hot dogs and other sausages squirming in display cases (located beneath their wrapped and packaged brethren) and a hen overseeing her little chicken nuggets (beneath a brazier menu).
If having animals for sale in two versions—live and/or processed—in one convenient place sounds a bit unsettling, well, it kinda is. It’s also a mental delight to see fish sticks swimming—actually swimming!—in a fish bowl.
But it’s not all fun and games. Banksy, ever the social commentarian, is asking us to question our interactions with animals.
This is definitely one of those experiences that makes you glad to live in New York.
It’s open from now until October 31st.
See more cool pics here.
Friday, October 10, 2008
The transient meaning of Obama art
Darryl over at Brand Flakes For Breakfast posed a compelling question today, namely, “What happens to Obama art if he wins?”
Darryl writes:
If he loses the election, his art will live on as a remembrance of what could have been. Hope that didn't manifest itself. The art would retain all of the emotional value that it holds today.
But what if he wins? Six months, twelve months into his term - will people still view his artwork as the inspiration that it is today? JFK crossed into the pop culture icon territory. While he was President. Families proudly hung his photo in their homes.
So...if you're hanging a Hope poster in your apartment today, would it still hang a year from now if Obama is President? Is it possible for a President to cross over to pop culture icon...again?
I had a similar thought while considering the purchase of an Obama T-shirt the other day. The shipping was 6 – 8 weeks, and with the election only 4 weeks away it seemed I’d missed the window of opportunity to show my support for the candidate (via my torso, anyway).
Is there a point to wearing an Obama shirt after early November?
If he loses (heaven forbid), wearing an Obama shirt would would be a symbol of undying idealism; an inability to reconcile hope with reality. If he wins, it would be like saying “I told you so.” I fear I’d despise myself the way I despise those sports fans who wear their team hat and jacket the day after the big victory.
Do these make the same statement?*
* Besides "Ryan Philippe seems like a bit of a prick"?
Darryl writes:
If he loses the election, his art will live on as a remembrance of what could have been. Hope that didn't manifest itself. The art would retain all of the emotional value that it holds today.
But what if he wins? Six months, twelve months into his term - will people still view his artwork as the inspiration that it is today? JFK crossed into the pop culture icon territory. While he was President. Families proudly hung his photo in their homes.
So...if you're hanging a Hope poster in your apartment today, would it still hang a year from now if Obama is President? Is it possible for a President to cross over to pop culture icon...again?
I had a similar thought while considering the purchase of an Obama T-shirt the other day. The shipping was 6 – 8 weeks, and with the election only 4 weeks away it seemed I’d missed the window of opportunity to show my support for the candidate (via my torso, anyway).
Is there a point to wearing an Obama shirt after early November?
If he loses (heaven forbid), wearing an Obama shirt would would be a symbol of undying idealism; an inability to reconcile hope with reality. If he wins, it would be like saying “I told you so.” I fear I’d despise myself the way I despise those sports fans who wear their team hat and jacket the day after the big victory.
Do these make the same statement?*
* Besides "Ryan Philippe seems like a bit of a prick"?
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Polar bears in New York
This is a really elegant piece of art/marketing communications.
You should watch it (here).
Thanks to DY for sending.
You should watch it (here).
Thanks to DY for sending.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Obama's one heck of a muse
I can’t imagine what the buzz is like in Denver right now. The vibe of the city must be really inspiring. The Denver Egotist has posted some cool guerrilla street art related to the DNC.
See more here.
See more here.
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