Yamamoto "Salt Installation, Artist"

tomàs saraceno: on space time foam - a billowing aerial landscape first image 'on space time foam' by tomàs saraceno image © al essandro cocco designboom met with argentinian artist tomàs saraceno to discuss his latest work 'on space time foam' on show at the hangar bicocca in milan, italy until the 3rd of february, 2013. saraceno is well known for conceiving large-scale aerial artworks, with this most recent iteration at the hangar, curated by andrea lissoni, no exception - a multi-layered installation of translucent PVC membranes suspended 24 meters above the ground. the work is a cohesive, extraordinary culmination of the artist's fascination and knowledge of airborne biospheres - merging theoretical frameworks and knowledge from engineering, physics, chemistry, aeronautics and materials science for a greater insight into not only future societies, but the human condition. a video showing visitors interacting with the artwork video © designboom the concept is informed by the tradition of 20th-century utopian architecture image © designboom

Impermanent Sand Paintings by Andres Amador San Francisco-area landscape artist Andreas Amador etches massive sand drawings onto beaches during full moons when his canvas reaches its largest potential. Using only a rake and often several helpers the geometric and organic shapes are slowly carved into the sand, often interacting with the physical topography like the stones in a zen garden. The works exist for only a few moments, just long enough to snap a few photographs before being completely engulfed by the encroaching tide. Amador has also collaborated on a number of killer marriage proposals, the question popped as part of his elaborate drawings viewable from an elevated distance. You can see much more on his website, and he also sells prints.

Watch: A Huge Kinetic Sculpture Balanced Miraculously On A Single Feather I’ve happened across enough contact juggling videos on YouTube to know that souped-up circus routines are a dime a dozen on the Internet. But Balance, a short film directed by Tobias Hutzler, is the first I’ve been able to watch without laughing. Balance stars Maedir Eugster, the 58-year-old "balance master” and co-founder/director of Rigolo Swiss Nouveau Cirque, a performance art troupe based in Switzerland. Eugster, clad only in pantaloons (and maybe some eyeliner for effect?) spends the video building a temporary sculpture, based on a single feather. Then, thanks to physics, the whole thing collapses without Eugster’s steady hand. [H/t Ignant]

impossible architecture by filip dujardin jan 02, 2013 impossible architecture by filip dujardin filip dujardinhighlight gallery, san franciscoon from 7th february through til march 29th, 2013 belgian artist filip dujardin is also an architectural photographer by profession and extends his fascination with the artform through his fictional building series -his latest works being shown as part of his solo exhibition at highlight gallery in san francisco. dujardin’s photomontages are a collection of impossible structures created using a digital collaging technique from photographs of real buildings in and around ghent, belgium. most of his architectural creations are structurally implausible, however, seem perfectly ordinary at first glance, revealing their absurdity only as the viewer notices missing or incongruous details. the opus lays claim to his belgian cultural heritage, referencing surrealists such as rené magritte and raoul servais – carefully weaving the surreal into the rich urban language. ‘untitled #5′ by filip dujardin

Mousse graffiti | La communication sensible 13 | After Afghanistan, A Vet Finds His Talent For Felted Animals Kiyoshi Mino is a farmer who needle-felts incredibly realistic small animals for fun. The Illinois native had no intention of being an artist--or a man of the land, for that matter--but two stints in Afghanistan gave him a new perspective on personal priorities, and significantly changed the course of his life. After studying evolutionary biology as an undergrad Mino went straight into the army, and his four years of service included one deployed abroad. “My unit was tasked with disrupting Taliban movements into Afghanistan along the border with Pakistan in the Paktika province,” he tells Co.Design. “We spent three months up in the mountains going from village to village, sleeping under the stars or our Humvees. Most of these villages were so remote that we were the first foreigners they’d seen since the Russian Invasion. That experience led Mino to question the quality-of-life standards that most Americans are often born-and-bred to hold dear.

Fabienne Verdier Land art Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Le land art est une tendance de l'art contemporain utilisant le cadre et les matériaux de la nature (bois, terre, pierres, sable, rocher, etc.). Le plus souvent, les œuvres sont à l'extérieur, exposées aux éléments, et soumises à l'érosion naturelle ; ainsi, certaines œuvres ont disparu et il ne reste que leur souvenir photographique et des vidéos. Les premières œuvres ont été réalisées dans les paysages désertiques de l'Ouest américain à la fin des années 1960. Caractéristiques[modifier | modifier le code] Si les Earthworks sont des altérations durables du paysage, la plupart des œuvres du land art relèvent plutôt de l'art éphémère, vouées à plus ou moins longue échéance à la disparition sous l'effet des éléments naturels. Histoire[modifier | modifier le code] Les motivations premières du land art étaient de se débarrasser de l'art de chevalet et des grands principes du Modernisme prônés par le critique d'art Clement Greenberg.