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‘I.Rain,’ Light Installation by Thierry Gaugain

Shan Tara — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:01:55 +0000

Exhibited at the Maison & Objet 2012 show, ‘I.Rain’ by Thierry Gaugain is poetic installation created to bring us an atmosphere of Chill light rain, like in a magical world.

Dancing Furballs, How to Give an Inanimate 3D Object; Attitude

Hans — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:47:21 +0000

When Manhattan Born created Furball spot their goal were to take an expressionless object and giving it personality. In the Computer Art tutorial they explain how to bring a shape or object to life and make it ‘dance’ to music. You’ll learn how to create an animation involving complex expressions and dynamics in Cinema 4D. These techniques are key to choreographing your object to the audio track.

Dancing Furballs from Myles Robinette on Vimeo.

We’ll also explore keyframe animation, lighting, colour schemes, editing in a 3D format and how to implement an efficient workflow. Ultimately, the goal is to hold a viewer’s attention through the movement of an object, without the use of dialogue. often, simple ideas are the best.

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‘The Obliteration Room,’ Installation by Yayoi Kusama

Shan Tara — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:08:02 +0000

The installation, entitled The Obliteration Room, is part of Kusama’s Look Now. Yayoi Kusama constructed a large domestic environment, painting every wall, chair, table, piano, and household decoration a brilliant white, serving as a giant white canvas.

The white room is gradually obliterated over the course of the exhibition, the space changing measurably with the passage of time as the dots accumulate as a result of thousands and thousands of collaborators.

‘Floor,’ Installation by Do Ho Suh

Shan Tara — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:10:16 +0000

Korean Do Ho Suh has created this large sculptural installation made of thousands of multicolored miniature plastic figures with their heads and arms turned skyward carrying a glass plate. The plastic figures are holding the weight of the individual visitor who steps onto the floor.They represent the diverse and anonymous masses of people who support and resist the symbolic floor.

Winners of the 2011 National Geographic Photo Contest

Shan Tara — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:28:49 +0000

National Geographic has selected the winning images for their annual contest. This year’s entrants did not disappoint—more than 20,000 photographs were submitted to the contest from over 130 countries, with professional and amateur photographers across the globe participating. Photographs were submitted in three categories: people, places, and nature.

Judged on creativity and photographic quality, a first place winner was selected in each category by a panel of experts. From the three category winners, the grand-prize winner was selected. This year’s contest judges were National Geographic magazine photographers Tim Laman, Amy Toensing, and Peter Essick.

Bourrasque, Sculpture by Paul Cocksedge

Hans — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 07:52:58 +0000

London designer Paul Cocksedge completed a sculpture resembling pieces of paper caught in the breeze. Installed in the courtyard of a hotel in Lyon, the 25-meter long ‘Bourrasque’ sculpture was completed for the city’s annual Festival of Lights.

The 200 suspended sheets were made from an electrically conductive material that lights up when a current passes through it.Each sheet was the same size as a sheet of A3 paper and was moulded into shape by hand.

Photographs by Mark Cocksedge

ASPIRINA – ‘Simplifying’ Video by Dohee Kim

Shan Tara — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:00:58 +0000

The work came about has part of an event sponsored by YouTube and TBWA Italy last month. They invited young motion graphics designers from around the world to create online ads for the top 100 brands in Italy for an event in Milan. Kim chose the pixel graphics aesthetic for two of the three briefs she was given.

ASPIRINA – ‘Simplifying’ from Dohee Kim on Vimeo.

Design the future of your brand with Youtube’ is the 2011/ 2012 advertising campaign for Youtube Europe. Youtube Europe asked to create pieces that represent Youtube Europe’s 100 biggest companies, and I’ve participated in the show in Milan, Italy, as a motion graphic designer. Each brand’s creative director chose one word to describe what they believed to be the future of their company. And I created pieces for IKEA, FASTWEB and ASPIRINA. For IKEA, the keyword was “Easy living” For FASTWEB, the keyword was “Innovation and simplicity” For ASPIRINA, the keyword was “Simplifying” backstage videos

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Bruce Munro’s Field of Light at the Holburne

Shan Tara — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:23:47 +0000

Field of Light at the Holburne consists of over 5,000 bulbs of light planted in the grounds of the Museum and flowing into the Garden Cafe. Acrylic stems are topped by frosted spheres which are threaded with fibre optic cables and lit by a color projector. The result is quite magical, as both color and light flow through the bulbs to create a uniquely captivating experience.

The seed for Bruce Munro’s inspiration to create this artwork was planted nearly twenty years ago while travelling in Australia. He became transfixed by the way in which the barren dessert would burst into bloom after rainfall. Field of Light too lies dormant during the hours of day light, but when darkness falls the bulbs flower with gentle rhythms of light and patterns of color.

The Holburne Museum will offer visitors a new, and free, winter experience when Field of Light, the artwork of acclaimed lighting artist Bruce Munro, is switched on in the grounds of the Museum at 4pm on Saturday 26 November. Field of Light is open from 4 to 7pm daily.

Until 8 January 2012
Open daily 4 to 7pm, admission free

Dice Sculptures by Tony Cragg

Shan Tara — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:24:38 +0000

British Artist Tony Cragg unveiled his latest dices sculptures at FIAC 2011 in Paris. All these fluides scupltures are made of thousands of dice glued one by one.

Ball Point Pen Paintings by Shane MCAdams

Shan Tara — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:57:51 +0000

Shane McAdams creates beautiful ghostly multi-toned image that forces the viewers to question what is artificial and what is organic.
His work push the boundaries of ballpoint pen ink through dueling relationships between natural and synthetic forms.

Like the stratified rock on the Navajo reservation, where I spent much of my childhood, the forms in my work are often analogs to the methods of their creation. They take root in the physical properties inherent within specific, mundane materials such as Elmer’s glue, correction fluid, ballpoint pen ink and resin, whose limits are stretched by subjecting them to non-traditional applications, generating structures whose complexity belies the elegance of their creation. This process reflects the physical forces that are constantly working to fashion and sculpt the natural landscape, and, by bracketing these forms with hand-rendered and conventionalized images, I hope to evoke the duality between the actual and the artificial as it is conveyed through idealized representations of order and beauty.

Awesome 33-Foot-Tall Lego Christmas Tree in London’s St. Pancras Station

Shan Tara — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:52:59 +0000

A giant Christmas tree made of LEGO has been revealed in London’s St Pancras International Station. Constructed by Titmarsh and Diment, the Xmas Tree is composed of 600,000 Lego bricks, 172 Lego branches, and 1,200 Lego decorations. It took two months to build and erect the tree, and organizers have planned special events like a treasure hunt competition to go along with the new spectacle.

3D Chalk, Terracotta Lego Army

Shan Tara — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:07:19 +0000

An amazing piece of street art (inspired by the Terracotta Army of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China) has brought the Lego figures terracotta army to life. The ’3D’ child-friendly version of the life-sized terracotta legion was drawn in chalk on a flat street, giving the impression the Lego figures have been unearthed from the middle of the road.

The 3D street painting has been made by Leon Keer, Ruben Poncia, Remko van Schaik and Peter Westerink duing the 4th Sarasota Chalkfestival in Forida US.

Dead Flies Art by Flychelangelo

Shan Tara — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 06:41:47 +0000

Flychelangelo is very humorous and creative artist- not to mention . The humor in the photos is very similar in style to the Far Side cartoon strip. Collecting the small insects, presumably after their death, they’ve been assembled to show you the every day life of a housefly, like you’ve never seen them before.

‘Crouching Tiger Turtle Magic Mountain’ by Heike Mutter Ulrich Genth

Hans — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:43:42 +0000

It has taken eight weeks of intensive assembly work but the newest feature of the German landscape has been unveiled. The city of Duisberg is now home to Crouching Tiger and Turtle, which could easily be described as a roller coaster without a roller coaster!

It stands about eleven meters in height and is part of the city’s Capital of Culture project. Crouching Tiger and Turtle, Magic Mountain (to give it its full name) is a work by sculptors Ulrich Genth and Heike Mutter.

The giant sculpture, situated in the Heinrich Hildebrand-heights is made from steel and zinc which establishes a link between itself and the park in which it is situated which once produced zinc before it was turned in to a recreational space.

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Forever Bicycles by Ai Weiwei

Ian — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:02:25 +0000

The installation will be part of “Ai Weiwei, Absent,” a collection of 21 works presented by the Taipei Fine Arts Museum. The exhibition contains 21 works from the dissident Chinese artist including photographs, sculptures, and installations.The exhibition is scheduled to run from October 29, 2011 to January 29, 2012 at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, and features 21sets of Ai’s works.

Light Painting Photography by Brian Hart

Shan Tara — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:45:48 +0000

Brian Hart creates amazingly using light beyond its practicality, hart sets up living scenarios for which he applies the photographic technique,
capturing domestic and whimsical scenes., sometimes spending nearly 20 minutes exposing a single one.

Dandelion Ceiling by Regine Ramseier

Shan Tara — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:55:05 +0000

Regine Ramseier, a German artist, had the great idea to created a ‘Dandelion Ceiling.’ 2000 dandelion flowers were treated and sprayed with a gentle adhesive to fix them. The dandelions were then transported by car to a little white room where they were hung.

8-foot Geometric Light Sculpture Parmenides by Dev Harlan

Shan Tara — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:27:57 +0000

Dev Harlan – “Parmenides I”, 2011 from Dev Harlan on Vimeo.

Dev Harlan is a multidisciplinary artist whose hybrid practice combines the physical and the virtual with the use of sculpture, light and projection. As a self educated Artist, Designer and CG Director, Devan’s uniquely identifiable aesthetic language and reductionist approach place his work at the forefront of a new mode of media arts practice.
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