Water Light Graffiti by Antonin Fourneau, created in the Digitalarti Artlab

Water Light Graffiti par Digitalarti Un prototype que vous avez peut-être déjà vu passer mais qui mérite qu’on s’y arrête « Water Light Graffiti » : un mur de LED réactif à l’eau et à toute autre forme de liquide qui a été développé par Antonin Fourneau, le premier résident du Artlab de Digitalarti, une équipe française travaillant pour promouvoir les arts numériques. Quentin Chevrier, qui travaille en ce moment chez eux et dont une des missions est de faire connaître la boîte et notamment son Artlab, nous raconte : « Ce n’est pas évident au premier coup d’oeil avec la vidéo, mais le fonctionnement est particulièrement intéressant…. Il n’y a pas de capteurs d’eau, de pression ou d’humidité. Cette création combine donc art, élément naturel, technologie, peinture, graffiti… On peut écrire, dessiner, jouer… C’est ludique, c’est interactif, c’est bien trouvé ». Un gif dégoté sur prosthetic knowledge. Water Light Graffiti by Antonin Fourneau, created in the Digitalarti Artlab from Digitalarti on Vimeo.

Light Calligraphy by Julien Breton [25 pics] Apr 9, 2012 French artist Julien Breton aka Kaalam started calligraphy in 2001 by copying Arabic calligraphers. Self-taught, he began to incorporate long exposure photography to create incredible light paintings around the world. All of the images in this gallery were created in-camera, meaning there is no Photoshop trickery or post-production manipulation involved in creating these works of art. Many of the photographs below were exposed anywhere from 30 seconds to several minutes. Please enjoy this small gallery of his unique artwork. Sources - Official site: - Julien Breton aka Kaalam on Flickr: - Julien Breton on Behance: If you enjoyed this post, the Sifter highly recommends:

The Best Art Books of 2012 by Maria Popova From Indian folklore to Paris vs. NYC, by way of Japanese Wonderland and 80 years of loving of dogs. After last week’s look at the best science books of 2012, the season’s indulgently subjective and non-exhaustive best-of reading lists continue with the year’s favorite art books, in no particular order. (Catch up on last year’s roundup here.) From visionary Indian indie publisher Tara Books, who for nearly two decades have been giving voice to marginalized art and literature through a commune of artists, writers, and designers collaborating on beautifully crafted books celebrating Indian folk art traditions. Tejubehan takes us on a journey from her small village into the big city, where her poor parents move to find work. It is like magic. We reach the city! At its heart, however, the story is really a feminist story — a vision for women’s liberation in a culture with oppressive gender norms and limiting social expectations. I like cars. He writes in the introduction:

Markus Reugels - Des mondes miniatures dans une goutte d’eau Vous vous en souvenez peut-être, nous avions consacré une série à la photographie à haute vitesse. Voici maintenant une série qui utilise la photographie à haute vitesse associée à une technique de réfraction afin d’obtenir des rendus véritablement fantastiques ! Dans ce cas précis, il s’agit des travaux de Markus Reugels, photographe allemand dont vous pourrez voir ci-dessous le « studio » créé par ses soins. Comme le dit Markus, la chose la plus compliquée est de régler la mise au point de manière précise au niveau de la goutte d’eau. La lumière est aussi très importante pour obtenir de bons résultats. Si vous utilisez un flash direct sans estompeur, vous aurez des reflets trop intenses sur les gouttes. Ici, l’effet d’optique est obtenu en mettant une photo satellite en fond et comme vous pourrez en juger, l’effet est saisissant ! Avec d’autres motifs Une technique photo qui est similaire à celle génèrant ce type de photo Le studio photo :

The crayola-fication of the world: How we gave colors names, and it messed with our brains (part I) “Who in the rainbow can draw the line where the violet tint ends and the orange tint begins? Distinctly we see the difference of the colors, but where exactly does the one first blendingly enter into the other? So with sanity and insanity.” Spectral Rhythm. In Japan, people often refer to traffic lights as being blue in color. Blue and green are similar in hue. One of the first fences in this color continuum came from an unlikely place – crayons. Reconstructing the rainbow. In modern Japanese, midori is the word for green, as distinct from blue. And it’s not just Japanese. (Update: Some clarifications here. I find this fascinating, because it highlights a powerful idea about how we might see the world. Imagine that you had a rainbow-colored piece of paper that smoothly blends from one color to the other. A map of color for an English speaker. But if you think about it, there’s a real puzzle here. This question was first addressed by Brent Berlin and Paul Kay in the late 1960s.

Water Calligraphy Device by Nicholas Hanna Beijing Design Week 2011: a tricycle modified by Canadian artist Nicholas Hanna mimics the Chinese custom of writing temporary messages on the road with water. A computer strapped to the handlebars of the Water Calligraphy Device allows the rider to type the Chinese characters they wish to spell out. These characters are transmitted electronically to a set of valves, which release water droplets in programmed patterns as the trike moves forward. Two large containers positioned at the back of the device store the water. The project was inspired by water calligraphy practiced in parks around China, where passages of poetry are spelled out on the ground for onlookers. Hanna unveiled the tricycle for Beijing Design Week, which begins on 28 September and finishes on 3 October. Another water-carrying tricycle was designed by Bill Moggridge, whose cycle purifies the liquid instead of releasing it - see the project here. The device is mounted on a flat-bead tricycle (三!")

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Ghostly Watercolor and Ink Cats Bleeding into the Canvas Serbian artist Endre Penovác renders fluffy felines with stark black watercolors and ink. Penovác heavily dilutes the pigments with water creating small rivers and splotches that perfectly mimic the texture of fur. You can see more of these on his website and over on Miss Moss. Coding as a Liberal Art February 5, 12:30pm ETBerkman Center for Internet & Society, 23 Everett St, 2nd FloorRSVP required for those attending in person via the form belowThis event will be webcast live at 12:30pm ET. What is the purpose of a liberal arts education? Commencement speakers have assured generations of college graduates that the real value is less in what they've learned than in how they've learned to think. This talk will present a personal case study in learning to think through code. Along the way, it will argue that coding belongs not just on the periphery of the liberal arts, but at the center of a new canon. About Diana Diana is an MBA candidate at Harvard Business School. As a co-creator of ROFLCon, Diana's interest in internet culture runs deep. Links

Sign Painters: What a Disappearing Art Teaches Us About Creative Purpose and Process by Maria Popova “It is at the moment o f a craft’s disappearance that its cultural value suddenly becomes plain to see.” As a lover of exquisite hand-lettering, elegant vintage-inspired typography, and vibrant storefront signage, I was instantly smitten with Sign Painters (public library) — a stunning companion to Faythe Levine and Sam Macon’s documentary of the same title, exploring the disappearing art through interviews with some of its most prominent masters amidst a lavish gallery of extraordinary hand-painted signage, with a foreword by Ed Ruscha. But this is no mere eye candy — brimming with candid insights, personal stories, and wisdom on the creative life, the book envelops the “what” with rich and ample layers of the “how” and the “why.” Macon affirms this in the introduction: This book, like the job of the sign painter, isn’t always about eye-popping, flashy designs. In setting on this topic, Levine and Macon are just in time. Bigger and better machines became available.

artists in their studios Robert Rauschenberg 381 Lafayette Street Photo: Henri Cartier-Bresson Robert Rauschenberg and Brice Marden Beverly Pepper Todi, Italy Photo: Ban Budnick George Grey Barnard Upper West Side ca. 1916 Photos: top- unknown, bottom- Underwood & Underwood Grant Wood 5 Turner Alley Cedar Rapids, Iowa Photo: John W. John Storrs 854 1/2 North State Street, Chicago Photo: Unknown Chaim Gross Queens Photo: Peter A. Robert Boardman Howard San Francisco Eugenie Gershoy 145 West 14th Street Photo: Max Yavno Yasuo Kuniyoshi 30 East 14th Street Alexander Calder Roxbury, Connecticut Action Jackson Pollock The Springs, Long Island, New York Photo: Rudy Burckhardt David Smith Voltri, Italy Photo: Ugo Mulas William De Kooning 85 Fourth Avenue Photo: Kay Bell Reynal Marcel Duchamp 210 West 14th Street Hans Hofmann 53 East Ninth Street Robert Motherwell 14th Street Saul Steinberg East 71st Street Photo: Inge Morath Marky Mark Rothko West 53rd Street Claes Oldenburg 330 East Fourth Street Photo: Robert R. Lee Krasner Photo: Hans Namuth Ad Reinhardt 732 Broadway

Amazing Underground Art In Stockholm’s Metro Station EmailEmail A casual underground ride in Stockholm becomes quite a treat for the eyes of the passengers, as most of the stations in the capital of Sweden are showcasing some amazing underground artwork. Russian software architect Alexander Dragunov must’ve really enjoyed his rides as well, and made some stunning shots of the underground artwork. The pictures below were taken in the Solna Centrum station, were the cave-like installations were created by artists Anders Aberg and Karl-Olov Bjor back in the 1970s. Ever since 19th century, a debate has been going on in Sweden about the need to make art more accessible to people outside the salons. No wonder then that with the first proper underground line opened in 1950, various artwork was installed in the stations shortly. Website: adragunov.com

Yayoi Kusama, Japan's Most Celebrated Contemporary Artist, Illustrates Alice in Wonderland by Maria Popova Down the rabbit hole in colorful dots, twisted typography, and strange eye conditions. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass endure as some of history’s most beloved children’s storytelling, full of timeless philosophy for grown-ups and inspiration for computing pioneers. The illustrations that have accompanied Lewis Carroll’s classics over the ages have become iconic in their own right, from Leonard Weisgard’s stunning artwork for the first color edition of the book to Salvador Dali’s little-known but breathtaking version. Since childhood, Kusama has had a rare condition that makes her see colorful spots on everything she looks at. A breathtaking piece of visual philosophy to complement Carroll’s timeless vision, Kusama’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is the latest affirmation of what appears to be the season of exceptionally beautiful books. Donating = Loving Bringing you (ad-free) Brain Pickings takes hundreds of hours each month.