this blog is a visual notebook of inspirations for a group of bandit bloggers. we post things we see and like. our lives don’t revolve around singular topics and neither does our blog. sorry! nothing is in-or-out of context here. enjoy xx
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
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do, we can go to the source and the origin of it, and maybe learn a bit about its history first… now that’s not an ‘outdated way of doing things’ doll… that’s just “super awesome!!”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
i know this is a bit old news by now, when i saw it i was going to do a post but that never happened. still it must be in the archives of TS… can the future of L.A. be this? or maybe the future of the world? most likely it will… and per chris burden, well all be driving in autonomous cars going on average at a speed of 230 miles per hour. the city structures are very cool especially the reflective mirror like high rise and the charles eames reference house of cards. i think anyone with a current or past love for slot cars, hotwheels, or matchbox cars would love this… by uh
our west coat designer friend, esai ramirez, had this lovely idea for crayola which made us quite excited, so we asked for his permission to post these. we’d buy a dozen of these today if crayola would have produced them. so listen up crayola!! we suggest you all email crayola and convince them to get their marketing hats on and get ready to sell these at colette, moma stores and anywhere artster-youngsters hang.
first image is the yves klein blues of course (love those) and right above you have the damien hirst chloroform series.
and above we have jen stark followed by josef albers… you can just imagine the range of amazing colors you could come up with and get those drunk kids off of primary colors for a bit. well done esai ramirez. by uh
representations of the specimen are dissected and then reconstructed through artistic interpretation invoking entomological, forensic and artistic methods.. by cp
“john severson’s surf” is a book that presents the languid-meets-extreme-thrills lifestyle of surfing through paintings and vivid photography. while his were among the first surf movies, it was the posters associated with them, hugely popular when issued in the 1950s and 1960s, that remain collector favorites today. showcased in these early posters, his graphic skills translated easily to surfer magazine which he founded in 1960. the magazine was the first to celebrate and revolutionize the art and sport of surfing, establishing it as a powerful pop culture phenomenon.
severson expanded his career to include photography, with photographs appearing in life, sports illustrated, paris match and other print venues. the first issue was a 36-page collection of black-and-white photos, cartoon sketches and short articles—almost every aspect of which was created by severson himself. as the magazine grew in popularity, so did his graphic work and paintings. by lb
we find a lot of inspiration in tokujin yoshioka’s projects, and one of his latest finalized piece is quite phenomenal. yoshioka have made a reinterpretation of a japanese tea house made entirely of glass, residing next to a buddhist temple in kyoto. by kt
now that katsu did the first drone graffiti in the world on the latest kendall jenner ck billboard, we thought it was a good opportunity to post the great graffiti version of the classic eames movie, powers of ten. by kt
bas jan ader, the dutch conceptual artist and anomaly that disappeared at sea in the atlantic ocean. one of my favorite shots above from his series “the fall”. by sp
during armory week we stopped by pulse new york – contemporary art fair. one of the booths that caught our attention was that of odetta, a newly opened gallery in bushwick, showing work by ryan sarah murphy. the harlem based artist uses found material like cardboard and paper to construct wall sculptures reminiscent of aerial views and cityscapes. to find out more, visit odetta at 229 cook street, brooklyn, ny. by kt
intersections, laser-cut wood, single light bulb, 6.5′ square cube, completed: december 2013, cast shadows: 32’x34′.
anila quayyum agha works in a cross disciplinary fashion with mixed media; creating artwork that explores global politics, cultural multiplicity, mass media, and social and gender roles in our current cultural and global scenario. as a result her artwork is conceptually challenging, producing complicated weaves of thought, artistic action and social experience.
in the ‘intersections’ project, the geometrical patterning in islamic sacred spaces, associated with certitude is explored in a way that reveals it fluidity. the viewer is invited to confront the contradictory nature of all intersections, while simultaneously exploring boundaries. my goal is to explore the binaries of public and private, light and shadow, and static and dynamic by relying on the purity and inner symmetry of geometric design, and the interpretation of the cast shadows. the form of the design and its layered, multidimensional variations will depend both on the space in which it is installed, the arrangement of the installation, and the various paths that individuals take while experiencing the space.
the intersections project takes the seminal experience of exclusion as a woman from a space of community and creativity such as a mosque and translates the complex expressions of both wonder and exclusion that have been my experience while growing up in pakistan. the wooden frieze emulates a pattern from the alhambra, which was poised at the intersection of history, culture and art and was a place where islamic and western discourses, met and co-existed in harmony and served as a testament to the symbiosis of difference. for me the familiarity of the space visited at the alhambra palace and the memories of another time and place from my past, coalesced in creating this project. my intent with this installation was to give substance to mutualism, exploring the binaries of public and private, light and shadow, and static and dynamic. this installation project relies on the purity and inner symmetry of geometric design, the interpretation of the cast shadows and the viewer’s presence within a public space. (source: here) by kgb
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