Love this idea! Intended to introduce children to the world of visual art, ArtisanCam provides an insight into the lives of contemporary artists. The site contains great short videos, like the one above about sculptor Andy Goldsworthy, that focus on different aspects of an artist’s life, including techniques, preparing for an exhibit, timelapse of a work in progress, interviews, and activities. Designed for kids...but worthwhile for anyone interested in art.
Photo from Valerie Lamontagne
Imagine wearing a dress that inflates or deflates depending on the weather? Or sporting a jacket that barks like a rottweiler if another person gets too close? Or having a garment that tranforms your breath into pulses of coloured light? Electromode at Emily Carr, part of the Cultural Olympiad, showcases a whole wardrobe of interactive clothing just like this by artists like Valerie Lamontagne, Suzi Webster, Sara Diamond, Joanna Berzowska, and others. There’s even the aptly-named Skorpions, garments that change shape as they’re worn, conceived as a living parasite that can constrict the body and even cause pain. Fascinating, beautiful, and technical, these pieces merge science and art and challenge the relationship between body and garment.
Thanks to our Myron Campbell and Alex Beim of Tangible Interaction for last week’s incredibly fun Draw by Night event. Organized by Myron, the monthly drawing party went interactive as we got a chance to try out Alex’s Digital Graffiti Wall. Equipped with “spray cans” we had a blast digitally “painting” and “repainting” the two large screens set up in Emily Carr’s Intersections Digital Studios. Sometimes, you’ve just got to marvel at technology. For me, this was one of those times!
COMBO is a pretty sweet collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis which took place at this year’s Fame festival in Italy. If you like it as much as we do, you should watch Blu’s first animation MUTO as well.
Jennifer Maestre‘s amazing pencil sculptures were originally inspired by sea urchins. For each sculpture, Maestre cuts pencils into one-inch sections, drills a hole into each of them, and then stitches them together using a common bead-weaving technique known as peyote stitch. She estimates she uses approximately 5000 pencils a year for her work, which now includes jewellery based on the same technique.
+SAMOA #8 is a well-designed journal from São Paulo with a focus on the independent art, music, and performance scene. Worth checking out for the neat illustrations, graphics, and photos. If you can read Portuguese I’m pretty sure the articles are interesting as well. I like a lot the graffiti from Titi Freak and Tara McPherson’s illustrations.
