All photos - Rob Gardiner. More.
Saturday
Thursday
Spiral Jetty
Spiral Jetty (Land Art) - Great Salt Lake - Robert Smithson, 1970. After he finished this piece he went up in airplane to look at it and the plane crashed and he died. Crazy.
Wednesday
Tuesday
Jean Dubuffet
French painter and sculptor. July 31 1901 - May 12 1985
Manoir d Essor - Lousiana Museum of Modern Art - Denmark.
Monument à la Bête Debout - 1984 - Chicago
Jardin d'email - Kroller Muller Sculpture garden - Otterlo, Netherlands
Grand Jazz Band (New Orleans) - 1941
Galeries Lafayette - 1961
Monday
Sunday
Saturday
I like...
Monet, National Holiday, June 30, 1878, Rue St. Denis
Monet, National Holiday, June 30, 1878, Rue Montorgueil
Manet, The Viennese Woman (Portrait of Irma Brunner in a Black Hat)
Friday
Thursday
Electroland...
I stumbled upon (literally. great add-on) this website a number of months ago and I go back and look through it probably once a week.
Cameron McNall and Damon Seeley create huge public art all over the globe incorporating light, sound, images, architecture, motion and interactivity into each piece. Their work creates a sense of play and, as said before, interactivity missing in day to day life. These projects are a way to catch people off guard and wake them from the drone of monotony.
They proposed a project last year for Calgary, which I couldn't get a photo for so you'll have to go to their website (link at bottom) to see it. "Eleven differently coloured glass interactive sculptures mark each one of the main train stops along 7th Ave. When viewed as a group they lend a cohesive identity to the transit corridor; individually, each displays unique interactive patterns when people approach them. The sculptures will be installed over a three year period during phased corridor construction."
Cameron McNall and Damon Seeley create huge public art all over the globe incorporating light, sound, images, architecture, motion and interactivity into each piece. Their work creates a sense of play and, as said before, interactivity missing in day to day life. These projects are a way to catch people off guard and wake them from the drone of monotony.
They proposed a project last year for Calgary, which I couldn't get a photo for so you'll have to go to their website (link at bottom) to see it. "Eleven differently coloured glass interactive sculptures mark each one of the main train stops along 7th Ave. When viewed as a group they lend a cohesive identity to the transit corridor; individually, each displays unique interactive patterns when people approach them. The sculptures will be installed over a three year period during phased corridor construction."
"Enteractive" in Los Angeles. The lights on the side of the building correspond with lights on the sidewalk below and as people move and interact on the sidewalk, the wall of the building lights up.
City National Plaza, L.A. This one didn't get completed as the client decided not to continue with it. Too bad.
Urban Nomad Shelter, L.A. This was the first I saw of Electroland and was immediately intrigued. The shelters are inflatable which McNall and Seeley see as both a "social and humanitarian act." The wide distribution of the bright cocoons was hoped to foster a "dialog about the invisibility and marginalization of the homeless." On the humanitarian side, the shelters provide portable and inexpensive ways to protect against weather and other hardships the homeless face.
These are the only images I was able to get due to a savvy website design...check out Electroland's website for more projects.
Tuesday
Today in 3D...
Started the first project which is making a clay mold of a design using three letters of our name and then casting that in plaster. HAY! It's a happy design and I think I will really enjoy it. No pictures...work in progress?
Sidenote...Obama!
Considering it's inauguration day, I feel it's only right to do something about Barack Obama.
Thinking about the man who rose to mass media superstar over the past number of months, I realize how far the influence of his campaign has reached. Music, art, literature, history. The Obama Machine pushed campaigning to a level not often seen in the political realm.
Mtv News had a short story on Obama Art and after interneting a bit, these are my picks...much more at The Obama Report.
Sidenote...Obama!
Considering it's inauguration day, I feel it's only right to do something about Barack Obama.
Thinking about the man who rose to mass media superstar over the past number of months, I realize how far the influence of his campaign has reached. Music, art, literature, history. The Obama Machine pushed campaigning to a level not often seen in the political realm.
Mtv News had a short story on Obama Art and after interneting a bit, these are my picks...much more at The Obama Report.
The one that started it all...
Shepard Fairey. Los Angeles based street artist. He got together with publicist Yosi Sergant, who suggested he pitch something to Obama and, after a few calls, got the go-ahead Fairey was waiting for. He had two weeks before Super Sunday and set out pulling his piece together...starting with a googled news photo. Progress was the word on Fairey's first posters but hope and change are among many variations. It's become a pop culture icon...and it's politics! Could the American people be getting smarter...or, counterpoint...is this some form of carefully chosen, glamourized propaganda? Either way, it's a great time to be alive and it's been said a thousand times but...This is History.
Another Shepard Fairey piece for his Duality of Humanism exhibit in San Francisco.
Another take by Mac
Morning Breath. A lot of Obama art took on this really 'retro' kind of feel, resembling feel-good advertising in the 50's.
Up in Canada we didn't see this poster for Upper Playground by The Date Farmers but it played a big part in the success of The Obama Machine. A conversation about how "silly it was that Obama wasn't getting the Latino vote"...ergo...Cambio.
Street art in New York City.
Street Art - Atlanta.
Acrylic. Phil Fung.
"Just Words" Gene Mackles
"Hussein (Handsome One)" Ian Simmons. I love this because in the mixed media class I had one of my "texture studies" was made by getting everyone in the bar one Wednesday night to sign an 8" by 8" piece of paper. Since then I've been using words as 'mark-making'.
Hope (You Complete the Picture) Trey Speegle
Josh Holland. and Shannon Bonatakis.
A version of the Abe-Obama image. San Francisco
Cut acrylic paint, Zane Lewis..
...but I digress!
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Saturday
A few things...
The redesign of BeatRoute is a go for February! I'm so excited to get this thing going and work on a brand new template and do brand new covers with a brand new logo. Pick one up next month!
This was my final project for the "mixed media" class I had last semester. I've fallen out of love with it a bit because I see it all the time now, but I still think it's pretty neat.
Also, I miss this time dearly. It was a wonderful week in a wonderful city.
(Lollapalooza 2008 - Grant Park, Chicago)
Wednesday
Back to work...
After a lovely month or so of doing close to absolutely nothing (and loving every minute of it) it is time to get back to alarm clocks, commutes and classrooms.
This semester is already shaping up to be a good one. My Drawing II class is most likely going to be a little more intense than Drawing I ( a project every week as opposed to every month...) but I'm up for the challenge.
I need this week to just get my bearings and what not but I should be back up posting regularly next week.
Also, keep your eyes peeled for a new and fresh BeatRoute hitting stands in February or March (hopefully).
If the rest of the people involved can get on board and get moving, the redesign will be official soon(!) and I will feel a huge sense of accomplishment.
A big check mark on the long list of things to do in my life.
More in a few days.
h.
This semester is already shaping up to be a good one. My Drawing II class is most likely going to be a little more intense than Drawing I ( a project every week as opposed to every month...) but I'm up for the challenge.
I need this week to just get my bearings and what not but I should be back up posting regularly next week.
Also, keep your eyes peeled for a new and fresh BeatRoute hitting stands in February or March (hopefully).
If the rest of the people involved can get on board and get moving, the redesign will be official soon(!) and I will feel a huge sense of accomplishment.
A big check mark on the long list of things to do in my life.
More in a few days.
h.
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