April 17th, 2006 § 0
Paolo Princi – Fabrica, Treviso
An incredibly powerful gallery of images from artists around the world that associate with the concept of trust.
We hope through the diversity of their works and approaches we can learn more about the theme and inspire viewers to make their own decisions about what ‘Trust’ means to them.
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April 10th, 2006 § 0
In 1965 Yoko Ono ‘performed’ in Carnegie Hall. Her work was a piece where members of the watching audience came up on-stage and one by one cut off a single piece of clothing from her torso. She sits on the floor of the stage with her legs tucked under her body and these audience members begin to timidly remove the items of her wardrobe. Watching the performance, now hosted on the Bedazzled blog, elicits a cross between intrigue and horror because there is a degree to which one wants to see her reaction, but at the same time a guilt because the performance feels like a protracted sexual attack. She does nothing to deter these individuals who pick up a single pair of silver scissors from the floor and one after another cut away at her, apart from the smallest timid looking glances, becoming more aggravated when a young man cuts off much of her slip and the straps of her bra.
And as a performance piece it is clearly a success because when we see individuals coming to take part in this invited act, we the viewer judge them, considering their intentions, their perspective on what they’re doing. Naturally we suspect those women involved are interested in the act while the men are more destructively intent. Ono appears vulnerable to the men, and ambivalent even conceited toward the women. In the course of the recording she is cut down from what appears to be a well heeled young woman to become a bedraggled and washed out looking girl. The transformation is odd and compelling and certainly worth watching.
Bedazzled ‘Cut Piece’
Media Art Net: Cut Piece
ArtForum Magazine article on Yoko Ono Exhibition 2001
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March 10th, 2006 § 0
March 10th, 2006 § 0
Originally posted by Justin Blanton
I’m finally putting up a seagull shot from the recent Santa Cruz trip, and to give you an idea of how close I was to this bird, the picture was taken with a 50mm lens.
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February 23rd, 2006 § 4
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February 17th, 2006 § 0
The action is set to what appears to be a version of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with extra drumrolls and drama. What’s great is that the ad is so different to everything else that was aired (Google Video of Superbowl XL Ads). This isn’t being funny, or crude, macho, twee or mothering. It’s about family and having fun.
You can watch the ad on the united website:
Dragon movie (6 MB)
or watch a making of documentary Making of Dragon (31 MB)
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January 30th, 2006 § 0
The woman who designed the original Macintosh computer icons, the Windows 3.0 solitare cards and numerous other icons for computer operating systems and websites. Susan Kare’s skill in making icons comes from portraying a complex idea with an incredibly simple image that may only be a couple of dozen dots.
You love her work, you know the original ‘sad mac and happy mac‘ icons, now you can wear the merchandise!
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January 9th, 2006 § 3
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Original photograph on Flickr.comby Simone.
Simone’s work is now on Flickr and this image is one of the most grabbing and beautiful that I’ve seen in a long time. Check her out, she’s the best and really knows her stuff. I’ve forgotten what kind of bird this guy is exactly, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen him!
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