Artist Marco Schuler's work revolves around notions of physical strain and testing one's physical limitations.
In his latest film 'Bypass' you can really feel the physical strain he puts himself under in order to test his own physical limitations. Powerful stuff indeed!
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Friday, 20 November 2009
'Steak Filter vo' by Noah Feehan/AKA
I can't begin to explain how much this piece moved me.
From the moment i started watching the video i was captivated and rendered speechless.
Noah Feehans video art project 'Steak Filter vo' is a masterpiece.
In this visually abstract work a signal is passed through a raw steak as it cooks, changing and deteriorating alongside the meat.
Of the project Noah says "I'm trying to get at the reflexivity of live video -the taut line between the space and the image that results. It's possible to think of almost anything that mediates as a filter of some kind, sort of a "the-map-is-not-the-territory" territory." OMG.
He goes on to say...
"Part of my interest in video lies in its exploded body; the signal is a ghost that resonates and deforms, trapped in our waveguides: when the system powers down the image fades into incoherence, leaving no corpse behind. Steak Filter gives body to this infinite recursion, making it real; incarnate. With this corporeality comes mortality: as the meat sputters and pops, we watch the cascade of images until finally, the steak is done."
Simply beautiful!
The piece is a study for a performance series due to take pace at the Harvard Museum of Natural History this spring.
GO. CHECK. IT. OUT.
From the moment i started watching the video i was captivated and rendered speechless.
Noah Feehans video art project 'Steak Filter vo' is a masterpiece.
In this visually abstract work a signal is passed through a raw steak as it cooks, changing and deteriorating alongside the meat.
Of the project Noah says "I'm trying to get at the reflexivity of live video -the taut line between the space and the image that results. It's possible to think of almost anything that mediates as a filter of some kind, sort of a "the-map-is-not-the-territory" territory." OMG.
He goes on to say...
"Part of my interest in video lies in its exploded body; the signal is a ghost that resonates and deforms, trapped in our waveguides: when the system powers down the image fades into incoherence, leaving no corpse behind. Steak Filter gives body to this infinite recursion, making it real; incarnate. With this corporeality comes mortality: as the meat sputters and pops, we watch the cascade of images until finally, the steak is done."
Simply beautiful!
Steak Filter v0 - init from AKA MEDIA SYSTEM on Vimeo.
The piece is a study for a performance series due to take pace at the Harvard Museum of Natural History this spring.
GO. CHECK. IT. OUT.
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
'Penny Bridleless and Bareback (Gotta Lotta Pennies; Appaloosa - Mustang)' by Youtube Artist Jawbreaker90210
I can't believe i've only just come across this amazing video by Youtube Artist Jawbreaker90210.
I've been following her career now for sometime but somehow managed to miss this film made back in March 2008.
Titled 'Penny Bridleless and Bareback (Gotta Lotta Pennies; Appaloosa - Mustang)' the film piece is a 'physical expression of her rebellion against a system which enforces us to conform'. So powerful, so true, so epic.
I've been following her career now for sometime but somehow managed to miss this film made back in March 2008.
Titled 'Penny Bridleless and Bareback (Gotta Lotta Pennies; Appaloosa - Mustang)' the film piece is a 'physical expression of her rebellion against a system which enforces us to conform'. So powerful, so true, so epic.
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Work No. 990
Work No. 990 by the Artist Martin Creed is a curtain that opens and closes.
But what i love most about this piece is the speed at which the curtains open and close and open and close.
It couldn't be more perfect.
Watch the video here.
But what i love most about this piece is the speed at which the curtains open and close and open and close.
It couldn't be more perfect.
Watch the video here.
Friday, 6 November 2009
Daniel Eatock
When you land on London based artist Daniel Eatocks website you are greeted by his beautiful philosophy towards the work he produces...
Begin with ideas
Embrace chance
Celebrate coincidence
Ad-lib and make things up
Eliminate superfluous elements
Subvert expectation
Make something difficult look easy
Be first or last
Believe complex ideas can produce simple things
Trust the process
Allow concepts to determine form
Reduce material and production to their essence
Sustain the integrity of an idea
Propose honesty as a solution
...and you know what? He's sooooooo right.
Take a look for yourself. MINDBLOWING!
Title: Resting on Both Surfaces
one colored balloon (filled with helium) resting on the underneth surface of a glass top table, a second balloon of a different color filled with breath (exhaled by a member of the gallery staff) resting on the tables top surface.
Title: Closed Loops (scissors that need scissors to open)
Five examples (see artists website for more) that enact a form of circular, if not familiar frustration induced by the conflicting imperatives of consumer packaging and product safety.
And finally one to match my recently purchased set of gold plated staples.
Title: Gold Bic Pen Cap (solid gold, cast from the cap of a Bic pen)
By replacing the cap of a standard Bic pen with a cast gold replica, this ubiquitous, generic writing implement is aligned with aspirations of luxury and trophies of academic and corporate achievement. It transforms the Bic pen it covers from a disposable tool into a hybrid carrier of value its owner might not want to misplace.
Looovely.
Begin with ideas
Embrace chance
Celebrate coincidence
Ad-lib and make things up
Eliminate superfluous elements
Subvert expectation
Make something difficult look easy
Be first or last
Believe complex ideas can produce simple things
Trust the process
Allow concepts to determine form
Reduce material and production to their essence
Sustain the integrity of an idea
Propose honesty as a solution
...and you know what? He's sooooooo right.
Take a look for yourself. MINDBLOWING!
Title: Resting on Both Surfaces
one colored balloon (filled with helium) resting on the underneth surface of a glass top table, a second balloon of a different color filled with breath (exhaled by a member of the gallery staff) resting on the tables top surface.
Title: Closed Loops (scissors that need scissors to open)
Five examples (see artists website for more) that enact a form of circular, if not familiar frustration induced by the conflicting imperatives of consumer packaging and product safety.
And finally one to match my recently purchased set of gold plated staples.
Title: Gold Bic Pen Cap (solid gold, cast from the cap of a Bic pen)
By replacing the cap of a standard Bic pen with a cast gold replica, this ubiquitous, generic writing implement is aligned with aspirations of luxury and trophies of academic and corporate achievement. It transforms the Bic pen it covers from a disposable tool into a hybrid carrier of value its owner might not want to misplace.
Looovely.
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Copy Sluts
OMG! Don't you just wish you were Swedish?
If i could die and be re-incarnated, it wouldn't be as a butterfly or something like that, it would be as a Swedish person. Then i would be able to join the Über cool collective COPY SLUTS.
Artist Bjorn Bergmanson (pictured right) says of their latest project "We had the idea one night to just get a load of friends around to the Doonke (Home of the Copy Sluts), dress them up in some American Apparel gear and then photocopy their body parts and ours on an old photocopier that we picked up from a flea market in Copenhagen."
Of the work he goes on to say "We wanted to highlight the economic struggles and strains brought on society by the corporate and political leaders of the world by showing how 'the machine' dictates and controls all our actions and defines us as mere replications and products of our own existence." Cool.
If i could die and be re-incarnated, it wouldn't be as a butterfly or something like that, it would be as a Swedish person. Then i would be able to join the Über cool collective COPY SLUTS.
Artist Bjorn Bergmanson (pictured right) says of their latest project "We had the idea one night to just get a load of friends around to the Doonke (Home of the Copy Sluts), dress them up in some American Apparel gear and then photocopy their body parts and ours on an old photocopier that we picked up from a flea market in Copenhagen."
Of the work he goes on to say "We wanted to highlight the economic struggles and strains brought on society by the corporate and political leaders of the world by showing how 'the machine' dictates and controls all our actions and defines us as mere replications and products of our own existence." Cool.
Thursday, 29 October 2009
The work of Youtube Artist RazRazzi
I love the work of YouTube artist RazRazzi.
You can't help but admire the passion and dedication
he has for his work. For his latest piece he has re-worked his classic film 'Marylin Monroe'.
You can't help but admire the passion and dedication
he has for his work. For his latest piece he has re-worked his classic film 'Marylin Monroe'.
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