Letting environmental art speak for itself is no longer enough Cynthia Hooper is constantly dancing. At least, this is how the Californian film-maker describes balancing the two halves of her practice. Yes, she makes works of art; but she also tries to raise awareness of environmental issues. Her films of energy infrastructure, waste landscapes and agricultural spaces are often stark and hypnotic – even strangely alien and futuristic – when presented on their own. A couple of weeks ago, Hooper presented some of her work as a guest in the Infrastructure Aesthetics series at New York University’s Department of Media, Culture, and Communication. Advertisement Exportadora De Sal from Cynthia Hooper on Vimeo. The first piece she showed was Exportadora de Sal (2007), which perfectly sets the tone for her style of work. Geotérmoeléctrica Cerro Prieto from Cynthia Hooper on Vimeo. Geotérmoeléctrica: Cerro Prieto (2012) was again filmed in Mexico, this time at one of the country’s largest geothermal energy fields. More on these topics: energy and fuels
Stina Persson: a moda em aguarelas De entre todas as formas em que a moda chega até nós, a ilustração é talvez a mais sincera, despretensiosa e, de certa maneira, a mais poética, menos aprisionada pelas contingências comerciais. E se na moda a ilustração é a forma poética, na pintura imagino que seja a aguarela, com as suas transparências e sobreposições. Sendo assim, Stina Persson será também poeta, ilustrando a moda com a sua paleta de aguarelas. © Stina Person, "This is my veil". Senhora de um vasto portefólio e de uma alargada lista de clientes, Stina Persson continua a transmitir um olhar muito próprio sobre o mundo da moda, começando com o tipo de materiais e técnicas que escolhe para ilustrar. Através de um estilo que mistura o estilizado com o texturado, Stina traz-nos a moda a partir de elementos quase abstratos, manchas de cor que iluminam o fundo branco, misturando-se e vagueando pelo papel até formar belas representações femininas e masculinas. © Stina Person, "Blue Jean". © Stina Person, "Catwalk".
Poppy Dandiya- Poppy Dandiya Poppy Dandiya is a studio jeweler living between Jaipur and England. Poppy was born in 1955 and by 1975 he completed his formal education at St Stephens College in Delhi. This education was designed to pave his way into the Indian bureaucracy, but he started biking and backpacking across India and Europe instead. To pay for his travels he bought pieces of old silver jewellery from pawn shops during his biking trips around the Thar desert, and sold it to friends, and later boutiques. Little did he know then that he was setting up the foundations of his new career. By 1980, Poppy found himself in London, taking evening classes in jewellery-making and gemmology at Sir John Cass, honing the jewellery instincts he had inherited from his jeweler grandfather. Finally, since around 1996, Poppy started sharing his time again between Jaipur and the UK, first in Cambridge and later in Devon.
fluidos coloridos: um jogo excitante e criativo de formas e cores O artista promove um campo específico de fotografias abstratas em que ele explora as possibilidades de suas expressões criativas. "Demersal" é uma série de fotografias experimentais do fotógrafo Luka Klikovac, de Belgrado, que mostra a interessante aleatoriedade das formações de fluidos coloridos. Por meio de uma técnica de captura de imagens, submerso em água, ele conseguiu captar as formas liquidas abstratas suspensas em um copo d'água, com movimentos imprevisíveis e surreais, criando efeitos psicodélicos. O artista usou apenas sua câmera e um sistema especial de iluminação.
Photographer encounters forgotten Chinese city covered in lush vegetation Whenever new photographs arise of manmade structures gone untouched for years, it's hard to look away. Some photos are haunting and eerie, yet these lush, green-shrouded buildings on Gougi island, in China’s Yangtze River, are anything but eerie. Instead, they reveal a tranquil sense of what happens when nature reclaims the land. Related: Buy your very own gold rush ghost town on Craigslist! Gouqi island is located in the Shengsi archipelago of about 400 islands. Each discovery of abandoned cityscapes is captivating, but one covered in beautiful ivy and greenery surely enchants in its own way. Via Bored Panda and Weibo.cn Images via Jane Qing
Ausra Osipaviciute Photography Beautiful fractal landscape seems like eerie, epic ruins / Boing Boing "Poetic Fractals," writes Julius Horsthuis. "I use fractals for developing skills – they are exercises in framing, composition, typography, color and style." In this four-minute journey through a computer-generated world, we see landscapes and massive fractal structures that seem eerily reminiscent of abandoned human places. The music is "Reaching Land" by Patrick O'Hearn; the software used to render the world is Mandelbulb3D—available free of charge! Real-time fractal zoomer on the web Following up on yesterday’s fractal fun, here’s a real-time fractal zoomer on the web. Fractal fun on the web You like zoning out in front of fractals, right? Fractal gears webtoy Liabru’s Fractal Gears is a beautiful webtoy that draws randomly meshed gears of descending ratios, with a set of sliders you can use to tweak their parameters. Safely store your data and save 94% with 2TB of Genius Rescue cloud backup If you’ve been blessed enough to avoid them yourself, you’ve definitely heard the horror stories.
AJ Fosik's New Wooden Sculptures Jump Off the Canvas Portland, Oregon-based artist AJ Fosik creates bright, three-dimensional wooden works that look like vibrant illustrations come to life. The artist uses a radiant spectrum of colors for each of his pieces, exaggerating their animated nature. As a result, the sculptural works have a whimsical appeal that, upon closer inspection, leads one to question the presence of violent tools and symbols of death (skulls). The artist's work, presented in an exhibit titled Against the Infinite, uses locally sourced lumber from Oregon that is meticulously carved, painted, and nailed together. Against the Infinite is currently on display at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery in New York through December 21, 2013. AJ Fosik websiteAll images courtesy of Jonathan LeVine Gallery
yourshot.nationalgeographic Lucky for some of you that I’m not such a stickler for technical perfection—some of the frames I’m marking would never make it past my colleagues. I’m such a sucker for beautiful statues and paintings, but you can’t just walk up and document the art; your image has to transform it in some way—you have to add your voice, or I might as well buy a postcard. Love when you are imaginative like this—using reflections, shooting up or down to get a different perspective. These are the random thoughts that flew through my mind as I edited your faith images. Over the course of the assignment I selected over 600 images I liked, so it was tough to bring the published count down below 30. What did I look for? Thank you for sharing your intimate images and generous, heartfelt insights with all of us.
Powerfully Dramatic Landscapes by 23-Year-Old Shane Hawk My Modern Metropolis Powerfully Dramatic Landscapes by 23-Year-Old Shane Hawk Whether we are watching or not, the sun rises every day and sets every evening. From strikingly vivid sunsets and misty golden skies to the gray clouds that cover a mountaintop, Hawk certainly has an eye for beautiful places. Shane Hawk's website You might like: Makeup Artist Transforms Women in Stunning Before and After Photos New Non-Photoshopped Body Art by Chooo-san Fascinating Differences Between Human and Animal Vision Massive Paper Installation Feels Like You're Walking Inside a 3D Painting Recommended by Views: 7192 Tags: Shane Hawk, landscapes, photo Share Twitter Facebook Facebook Add a Comment You need to be a member of My Modern Metropolis to add comments! Join My Modern Metropolis Welcome toMy Modern Metropolis Sign Upor Sign In Or sign in with: Hot Right Now © 2014 Created by alice. Badges | Report an Issue | Terms of Service