Jenny Sabin’s ‘My Thread Pavilion’ – A molecular take on Nike Flyknit’s technology On Saturday, I attended the opening of Jenny Sabin’s My Thread Pavilion for Nike’s Flyknit Collective. Sabin’s work focuses on the intersection of art, architecture, design and science, often starting at a molecular level and building into works of a much grander scale. Employing this process, Sabin started by gathering data from the Nike FuelBands of a select group of New Yorkers. After analyzing and mapping the information gathered, she created a visual structure by weaving together threads into cylindrical segments, which were stitched together to form the Pavilion. The result is a large, hive-like dome. Upon first look, I immediately found myself getting lost in the maze of intricately woven threads and small tunnels. The Pavilion was constructed using two different types of thread, one that is solar active and the other reflective photo luminescent.
We Need Caféine - Actualité créative, publicitaire et artistique Frantic Wallpaper: Hyper-Matrix by J o n p a s a n g Well… it’s not exactly wallpaper and more like robotic wall foam, but this kinetic installation designed by J o n p a s a n g is so immersive that the motor-controlled blocks of styrofoam become the surfaces that surround an audience. These impressive, blocky wallscapes are giant pixelated fields that are combined with projectors and marketing to promote the carmaker Hyundai at the Yeosu Expo in Korea. Also be sure to check out the making of video down below. Pretty incredible stuff. Photos of dying flowers shot by Billy Kidd We had some beautiful macro photos on the site today, and we had some dark, weird illustrations as well, so I thought it was fitting that we ended the day with a post that’s maybe somewhere in-between. These are photos shot by Billy Kidd, a Brooklyn based photographer who does some amazing portraits, but he also dabbles in these stunning still life images of dying flowers. These are just some of the flowers he’s been shooting lately on his blog, but there’s something so mysterious and wonderful about these. The bold colors are framed by the blackness all around them, focusing your eyes to the decaying blossoms.
Bruce Nauman, ‘One Hundred Live and Die’ Bruce Nauman is one of a handful of contemporary artists who have shaped the current state of art. Like John Baldessari, Ed Ruscha, and even Yoko Ono, the contemporary artist has gone from performance to performance to performance, from video to painting to sculpture, crossing every line of artistry to make way for new artists (many of which have had work featured on this very site). They all have their hallmarks, conceptual posts to hang their career on, where–when you see it–you know it is a Baldessari or a Ruscha or an Ono. One Hundred Live and Die is what many consider to be Nauman’s masterpiece. One Hundred Live and Die, like all Nauman work, play with neon and text, a physical space, and human emotion.
American Spirit: Kara Walker Another one of my favorite American artists is Kara Walker, who’s work has been tackling issues of racism, gender, sexism and sexuality in American culture. I’ve seen about 3 of her exhibits so far and her work only continues to get better as she goes. Her most recent exhibit just ended last week, it was titled Fall Frum Grace, Miss Pipi’s Blue Tale, which are based on her experiences in the Mississippi Delta. Bobby James Roper It’s been said that pieces of art are “bursting with energy”, but when it comes to the drawings of James Roper, he takes it quite literally. James is a Manchester, U.K. based artist who’s work ranges from these incredible line drawings to more brightly colored, organic feeling pieces that are chunky and rich feeling. He describes his work pretty simply: My work explores a variety of subjects from the heightened realities depicted in Baroque art and modern media to the restraint and release of energy found within complex structures such as the human body. I would love to see these up close and personal, I think there’s a lot of details I’m missing out on. You really need to check out his site and view the rest of his profile, so much great work. Bobby
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Artist Injected Herself With Horse Blood To Feel More Like A Horse Equine-Human Interspecies Art: “hyperpowerful, hypersensitive and hypernervous” | enlightened horsemanship through touch Art Orienté objet, Que le cheval vive en moi, 2011. Photo: Miha Fras | image courtesy Que le cheval vive en moi My friend Randy sent me a link to this video and to the accompanying article from wired.co.uk. Take a look. I found it at times, eerily beautiful, and sometimes just eery. From the article: Marion Laval-Jeantet has injected herself with horse blood plasma as part of an artistic project exploring trans-species relationships…As part of the performance piece she also wore a set of stilts with hooves on the end to feel at one with the horse. See also: and, © 2011, hurric@nekim. Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2011 Kimberly Cox Carneal