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Archive for the 'Art' Category
Design: Rafael Rozendaal’s web sites
The subjects of Rafael Rozendaal’s web sites range from clouds to blood, from hands to farts, from hills to dollars, from doors to fire. They are interactive, some are like pieces of pop art, others a bit absurd.
His latest creation “colorflip.com” got quite some popularity on various forums the last days and…
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Street Art: Paint with light
This is the latest video of Belgian street artist Knight Light who paints ephemeral light graffiti.
If you want to learn more about his work there is “another video” online and he will be - together with many others - performing next week in Brussels at “Belgikolor”…
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Design: Oskar Fischinger - Komposition in Blau
An outstanding example of an early animation and mesmerizing play with colors.
Oskar Fischinger’s - Komposition in blau (composition in blue) uses solely color, geometric shapes and music to describe and create motion.
It’s a piece of abstract art.
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Design: Polly Verity’s paper sculptures
If you ever wondered what’s possible with paper folding have a look at “Polly Verity’s paper sculptures”. She has made larger scale images of her work available on her outstanding “Flickr Paper sculpture photo set”…
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Image: 1300 fluorescent tubes lit by overhead power lines
An image of 1301 glowing fluorescent tubes powered only by the magnetic field induced by overhead power lines on a field in England.
More information and a DVD of this art project at “Richard Box web site”…
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Video: Hokusai An Animated Sketchbook
Most westerners will only know one of Katsushika Hokusai’s print work - the wave or “In the Hollow of a Wave off the Coast at Kanagawa” (that’s the full title of this woodblock print)
This “short film” animates some of his work and introduces you to the life of this great Japanese artist. Animation designer Tony White created this video 30 years ago - it won him the British Academy Award for Best Short Factual Film - and it’s still an outstanding piece of animation…
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Art: Erik Natzke
At the “OFFF” (Online Flash Film Festival) that for the first time came to New York this weekend you might have seen some of Erik Natzke’s work or watched his presentation.
Erik Natzke, who has achieved almost celebrity like standing in the Flash and dynamic design communities continuously manages to impress audiences with his performances and images. After years there is still the Whoaw! effect every time we see some of his work…
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Art: Subtext’s Kokeshis for Bunka-No-Hi
To celebrate Bunka-no-hi - the Japanese national culture holiday - San Diego’s Subtext together with Christina Conway, have selected 75 artists from 13 countries to create Japanese Kokeshi dolls. Featured artists include Audrey Kawasaki, Julie West and many more….
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Art: Dan Witz Kilroy Variations
If you you live in Brooklyn, N.Y. you might have seen some of Dan Witz’s street art around your home.
Have a look at Dan’s “Do Not Enter” series at…
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Art: Da Vinci’s Last Supper available online
If you always wanted to see the painting “The Last Supper” - one of Leonard da Vinci’s masterpieces - but never had time to go to Italy or you did not get through the queue at Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, you now have the possibility to please your art desires online.
Since last night (site is sometimes not reachable) the Italian group “HAL9000″ has a giga-pixel version of the painting online
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