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Being Banksy
In an interesting new project, Los Angeles-based artist photographer Nick Stern has ...
Performing Pigments
Swiss photographer Fabian Oefner created his series “Dancing Colors” to represent a ...
Cut-Out Correspondence
In an effort to rebel against the instantaneous and quickly forgotten Facebook ...
Sensing Smiley
The Fühlometer, or Feel-O-Meter, was an interactive installation created by artists/designers Julius ...
Multicolored Monolith
Combining various perspectives and bold, bright colors, Lee Baker created his installation ...
Sidewalk Sand Paintings
Joe Mangrum creates gorgeous sidewalk paintings on the streets of Brooklyn with ...
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Eastern Europe: Prague & Warsaw
I have recently returned from a two-week study-abroad in Prague, Czech Republic as well as Krakow and Warsaw, Poland. These countries share insight to the history of Eastern Europe from medieval times of Kings to the Nazi Regime. The architecture in each individual city embodies the identity of the generations that have slowly built the cities up.
-Brandon
Being Banksy
In an interesting new project, Los Angeles-based artist photographer Nick Stern has recreated famous images of Banky’s graffiti using models and photography, turning Banky’s 2-dimensional concepts into living, breathing art. Stern’s photos are below alongside the original Banky designs.
Performing Pigments
Swiss photographer Fabian Oefner created his series “Dancing Colors” to represent a connection between the audio and visual worlds. In an elaborate process, Oefner dyed grains of sand, then placed them on top of a speaker wrapped in plastic, causing the grains to vibrate each time a sound was emitted through the speaker. He used a device in which the microphone sends a signal to the flashes so that the camera can quickly capture the illuminated but ephemeral dance on display.
Cut-Out Correspondence
In an effort to rebel against the instantaneous and quickly forgotten Facebook messages and Tweets, California artist Annie Vought has created life-size representations of letters she has received, found, and written. She enlarges the letters and then cuts out the negative space with an Exact-o knife, leaving the strong but seemingly fragile individual words to serve as the infrastructure of each piece. She uses different sizes and types of handwriting so that each letter expresses the individual’s mood and constructs a tangible idea of what the writer is like. Pay close attention to the intricacy and delicacy of the letters below!
Photos via Vought’s website.
Sensing Smiley
The Fühlometer, or Feel-O-Meter, was an interactive installation created by artists/designers Julius von Bismarck, Benjamin Maus, and Richard Wilhelmer to display the overall mood of a city. The Fuhlometer was comprised of a complex system which read the emotions on passerby’s faces (sad, indifferent, or happy), interpreted them, and visualized them, all in real-time.
Multicolored Monolith
Combining various perspectives and bold, bright colors, Lee Baker created his installation entitled “Refractive Monolith”, displaying the tense relationship between urbanization and culture. Ten thousand metres of yarn allude to the weak infrastructure of buildings. The intense hues aim to communicate security and happiness but the grey backdrop represents the ominous darkness that may lie ahead. Stunning photos are below and make sure to watch a timelapse of the building process at the end.
Living Lights
Groupe LAPS, a French design team of six artists, has created an installation of 20 stick figures made of LED light tubes. In an energetic and exciting display, the figures dance and flash when music is played. Check out the photos below and this video to see them in action!
Photos via their website and here.
Sidewalk Sand Paintings
Joe Mangrum creates gorgeous sidewalk paintings on the streets of Brooklyn with nothing but his hands and bags of colored sand. Mangrum’s philosophy is that “we are all unknowingly and psychologically programed by the urban grid system…ultimately out of sync with the natural world…disconnected physically and metaphorically from the whole.” His sand paintings are a rejection of this and a representation of interconnectivity, inspired by components of technology, art, and culture, and a combination of ancient aesthetics and modern, pop-art colors and style. Check out photos of his paintings below as well as this video of Mangrum in action.
Mangrum updates his website regularly on his current location as well as ongoing projects and exhibitions. He also has a book with 70 photographs of his paintings available for sale here. Photos via Mangrum’s website and Oddity Central.
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