I’ve always wanted to do something like this, but I never really had the wall space…or painting ability for that matter. A guy with an empty wall in his apartment made a stop motion of his artistry turning the black space into a mural of ‘The Great Wave off Kanagawa, a classic Japanese woodblock by Katsushika Hokusai. The vid has a solid backing track by the Foo Fighters, and plays with some cool paint characters too: definitely a fun watch. As the story goes, the artist needed to move to a larger apartment due to a ‘monkey invasion’, and created a 2nd stop motion of the take down. Catch it after the jump. (More…)
Brooklyn based artist Kevin Cyr (I just pronounce it c-y-r, like nyc. Sorry Kevin.) finds beauty not in status enhancing symbols, but rather the “derelict…and unkempt…vehicles inundated with rust and graffiti…”, objects that contain a thousand fold more character than a Porshe or Skyscraper. The socially “ugly” can still inspire curiosity in the viewer.
With this in mind, Cyr created a functioning (sculpture) hybrid of two staples of back road travelers: the RV and the bicycle. It’s (drumroll please): The Camper Bike. The aim isn’t to revolutionize the lifestyle of the wayward traveler; it’s just an experiment in combinations. But, if Kevin ever wanted to go commercial with the idea, I’d kinda want one.
Also check out the Camper Kart, for the traveler who prefers to amble through the countryside.
Willard Wigan can’t read nor write. In fact as a young learning disabled student, Wigan’s teachers would belittle him, confident that he would amount to nothing. Little did they know, he would be amounting nothing into micro-sculptures and reaping fame and fortune from rare art collectors and even honors from the Prince of Wales! (More…)
Hans Hemmert’s project Level from 1997 consisted of a party thrown by the artist where each guest wore shoe extenders to make everyone two meters tall. At my towering height of five feet, one and a half inches (on a good day), I feel like I could really use a pair.
Hemmert used Level to eliminate awkward body language and bring all guests to the same level. It’s interesting to see how a simple height change can cause new dynamics in a group.
I guess maybe these shoes aren’t always the best idea, doing the twist might be a little tricky with a foot and a half of blue foam strapped to your legs. It’s a good thing they don’t really look like the dancing type.
Check out Hemmert’s other work and the work of his collaborators in the art collective Inges Idee here.
Sure, you spend an embarrassing amount of time staring at your computer. But little do you know, you’re getting stared at in return. The good folks over at Conditional Design have taken the liberty to show us what it’s like on the other side of the mirror. See the rest of the Laptop Reflections collection here.
Laurence Windram has some interesting, imaginative, and mysterious pictures in his portfolio. What is it about these ones that remind me of being a kid, putting Bugles on your fingers and pretending you’re a witch? Just me then? Nevermind…
For a little over a week in May 2009, US based artist Ripo nabbed ten consecutive newspapers and re-imagined the headline through a colorful and typographical lens. Typography nerds rejoice; while he’s not totally slinging established fonts, the bulk of his focus is placed on the letters themselves and how they relate to the subject. Check out more work from Ripo here and keep up with his latest headlines .
To our NYC readers: Keith Haskel is taking back your streets, one billboard at a time. The Improv Everywhere member and documentary film maker staged a guerrilla takeover of advertising, fueled by nothing more than a phone tree and white wash. More videos from KSKILL here.
R.I.T. undergrad Nikki Graziano sees the world through cartesian plane glasses. Neat. In her “Found Functions” project, she overlays the graphs for functions she sees in nature. See the rest of the set here. Nikki is also part of a pretty rad blog called Sunday and Wednesday which was recently hailed as “pretentious” by bathroom graffiti. Tough crowd. If it’s any consolation, us bloggers in Ithaca like it.
Lucio Leone’s a downstate New York guy living in the upstate, as a Communications undergrad at Cornell. Radio-staffer, Lighthouses Rule author, and chili fan alike, he covers music and miscellaneous for A&V.
Since Valentine’s Day is just on the far side of the weekend and its magical scent of heartwarming commercialism and “desperate-to-get-laid” is dancing on the air, I figured the time had come to pop in the eternally perfect love compilation, The Magnetic Fields’ 69 Love Songs. On searching the Googleweb for it (my copy’s…gone,) I came across How Fucking Romantic, a blog with an idyllic purpose: to collaboratively illustrate the entirety of the three-disc set. Needless to say, it’s my new favorite site to check, at least for the next few days.
