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not everything here makes sense but this one surely does… by dd
art
Joan Jonas: New York Performances
joan jonas video performances in new york
recommended viewing at the upcoming anthology film archives in new york. will try and go check it out. by kl
when in london…
untitled XIX, 2015, 1 of 16 from “a lexicon of paisley” – by leonora hamill: mixed media collage, printed matter and jacquard fabric, 25 x 31 cm, unique
love the series by our artist/photographer friend leonora hamill, currently on display in london at the podbielski contemporary. “a lexicon of paisley” is a series of twenty-six collages that constitute a visual index of the paisley motif. the works return to the persian origins of the motif called botehwhich encapsulates a variety of botanical forms. against a backdrop spanning the british industrial revolution, the napoleonic era and the summer of love, the series pays homage to paisley fabrication techniques as well as to early photographic processes. it evokes the simultaneous conflict and symbiosis between east and west, past and present, and craftsmanship and manufacturing processes. podbielski contemporary somerset house, strand, london WC2R 1LA. if you are there check it out. by uh
at least its dirtier: anthony discenza
something to look forward to. artist anthony discenza at catharine clark gallery might have a street sign coming to a city near you. by jj
MANIFESTO
the teaser works. aren’t you looking forward to seeing the full piece?! … by artist julian rosefeldt. by kl
marcel dzama at the new york city ballet
very excited to attend the “the most incredible thing” at the new york city ballet this saturday that features scenography and costumes by the artist marcel dzama. if you dont know the artist make sure to look up his work and check out the short feature above. by kt
collage of the day: UN cigarettes naked bishop sound good
we try to make so much “sense” each day, that its good sometimes to throw it all away. and there is more… you instagramers can go nuts now. by cm
furniture as art: fredrikson stallard
love this amorphous chair called “species II” by fredrikson stallard. the chair is made out of polyurethane foam and fiber glass and was presented at the london design festival 2015, find out more at david gill gallery. by kt
Nameless paints
ima moteki, a design duo in japan, has just created a set of nameless paints that aim to completely change the way children learn and think about color. instead of using color names, each white tube of paint is labelled with an “equation” showing which primary colors, and in what proportions, were used to make the color inside.
the designers, yusuke imai and ayami moteki, believe that color labels are problematic. “by not assigning names to the colors we want to expand the definition of what a color can be, and the various shades they can create by mixing them,” said imai.
in addition to rejecting labels, the paints also teach color theory. the equations on the paint tubes help children understand some of the basic concepts behind color theory and how to mix and create new colors. by lb
Trevor Paglen
“nonfunctional satellites” – 2013
placing these higly reflective sculptures into low-earth orbit would create a visible “sculpture” in the night sky
“The Other Night Sky” – 2007
project to track and photograph classified American satellites
“code names of the surveillance state” – 2001 to present
ongoing list of classified military and intelligence programs
Untitled (Reaper Drone) 2010
photographs of surveillance drones
paglen talking about some of his work
following up on our snowden post, here is one on trevor paglen, a new york based artist documenting the surveillance society. his work was featured in the must see documentary “citizenfour” and he has previously been showing at sfmoma, tate modern and walker art center among others. paglen is now showing at metro pictures in new york until october 24th. by kt
art history lesson for average fashion folks
robert smithson nonsite earthworks 1969
james turrell indigos 1979
michael heizer boulders 1967
mary miss earthworks 1978
observatory by robert morris 1974
bauhaus master herbert bayer 1968 very little was known about his earthworks by the general public
architect maya lin’s installation for phillip lim’s fashion week show – NYFW 2015
we actually love the gestural installation for philip lim’s show and well gladly take that over any old runway/catwalk… but before we all run out and comment “that’s awesome” on instagram, it would be good to understand a bit of the history and where it came from. thanks to the internet, we create very little new content, its the curse of our generation, and we, ourselves, are guilty of that many folds. its simply too easy to just regurgitate what has been there. and the info is so readily available in cliff notes version. but the least we can do is to study the things that attract us just a bit, and understand what came before us. if nothing, when we want to copy some one, and we always evidently do, we can go to the source and the origin of it, and maybe learn a bit about its history first… now that’s not an ‘outdated way of doing things’ doll… that’s just “super awesome!!” by xy
