Having been absent from here throughout the Olympic Games (which were a blast here in my hometown), I have been reflecting on things classical like the origins of the games. And what comes to mind but Bernini. Old passions are renewed. How I wish I had access to classical imagery like this in my hometown. [...]
This dress lights up according to the level of CO2 in the air. From the DIFFUS website, they say:
The Climate Dress is made of conductive embroidery, over hundred of tiny LED lights inserted into the embroidey, a CO2 sensor and an Arduino Lilypad microprocessor. The LEDs visualize the level of CO2 in the nearby surroundings [...]
I have hosted two visits of the Gorilla Girls to Vancouver. Their second visit here attracted the largest crowd the two women who came here had ever “performed” for. Both visits were huge successes and the Girls were very impressed to visit a city where the university of fine art is named after a woman; [...]
“These are light refraction patterns or ‘caustics’ formed by a light beam passing through a shaped and textured plastic form. Colour is added into the clear plastic which modifies the way the plastic hardens further enhancing the patterns.The pattern is captured directly on to 35mm film by removing the camera lens and putting the transparent [...]
God bless America. I love art. I’ve said it here often. But surprise: I also love bad art. Looking at what seems to me to be bad art is irresistible like watching Benny Hinn, a traffic accident or David Letterman emotionally bleeding as stand-up. When I “love” something creative, I get such a high from [...]
From Huffington Post:
The latest Bernie Madoff-inspired art was displayed at a Beijing art gallery on Sunday. ”What You see Might Not Be Real,” by Chen Wenling depicts the Ponzi schemer as a devil, horns and all. The bull, which represents Wall Street, is farting because in Chinese “放屁” (fang pi) literally means to fart, but in slang means to bluff [...]
Just in case you didn’t know, I live in Vancouver, BC. We are hosting the Olympics here in February 2010. The air is full of scandal and excitement. We all anticipate huge economic loss and increased taxes. We are hosting the games during a recession. The arts organizations here are reeling from cutbacks, but so [...]
Digital Wheel Art: “Digital Wheel Art is an interactive system that helps individuals with disabilities express themselves in artistically. It also gives general audiences an opportunity to explore and rethink disabilities through art. It is designed by artist, Younghyun Chung. Link for further information and photos.
Vancouver, British Columbia, is where I live. The sad thing to see is how few members of the general public are involved with the protests. Sadly, the arts sector is protesting at the same time as activists involved with education, health and sports and we are not getting the attention we would like. Everyone is hurting. Times are [...]