Category Archives: DIY Art
DIY…Sazerac?
Sorry to rip off the Wall Street Journal for artsy stuff, but their video on local hackerspot NYCResistor and Brooklyn’s MakerBot Industries (which is producing low-cost 3-D printers) is pretty instructive.
A robot at NYCResitor (Downtown Bklyn, near Fulton Mall) makes a Sazerac—a difficult drink to make, even for a human. It involves rinsing the glass [...]
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The Artist Statement Writing Workshop, DAC, ‘09
Dunno if I published this, but Amanda (and others) at DAC were kind enough to give me an edited version of the workshop I did there last summer. Sorry, the sound isn’t great. But if you stick with it, it might be humorous, um, educational. The gloss, below, is courtesy of DAC.
Making a Statement from [...]
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I Heart Improv
Legendary rock group, avant group CAN from Germany. Just because.
And also, some studio work:
Read up on the progenitors of “krautrock” here. Sometimes boundaries are best when blurred.
of Eames and Poles and moving seats…
Once again, Charles and Ray Eames figured out how we can take it easy—in style.
And the Polish design firm, Malafor, have figured out how to take it easy—on the go.
In your favorite, stylin’, white jumpsuit, of course. During the…Apocalypse?
Got these from sites like Designboom, and DesignTaxi. Which are fun to watch, when you’ve time to, [...]
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Visual Information: via 8 x 10, large-format camera
As explained by veteran lensman, Joel Meyerowitz.
the documentary format is sorta stilted; but who cares. You get to see an 8 x 10 camera!
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The “Corpse” Lives–in 3-D
Now artists can play the ‘exquisite corpse’ game with 3-D rendering.
This, from Wikipedia, both above, and copied below.
“Collaboration of kouiskas, gum, rore, Europrimus, chocobn, demicerveau, Digital-Mark and LOD. Made with Blender (software).
The process was translated to 3D by replacing previously modeled objects with cubes that had the same volume as the objects so the next [...]
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Pictures at a Blogxibition #1: The Hansens
Love Beck? I do. Ever wonder where he got his genius? Runs in the family. His grandfather was FLUXUS artist extraordinaire Al Hansen.
First, listen to Beck put it all together aurally–aural collage.
Then, see what Al Hansen did with Hershey’s wrappers decades before.
The same, kinda, yes?
Artists figure out how to green New York apts
Windowfarming. R&D.
What will artists think up next?
You can go to windowfarms.org to learn more about this project, which started at Eyebeam. And, or, if you want to give them money, and watch another (cute) video, check them out at their kickstarter page.
Maybe you have a project you want to register at www.kickstarter.com, and get yourself [...]
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Paper Movies are not-so-DIY project