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49 Microlog entries tagged with ‘art’
Bus-Tops
“Bus-Tops is a collaborative public art installation across 20 London boroughs. There are 30 red and black LED screens dotted around London, on the roofs of bus shelters. Absolutely anyone in the world can create artwork for them, creating a new exhibition space for the public, and Public Art.” This kind of thinking is completely absent from Irish public services. Shame. Arts & Culture ·
Cartographies of Time
“Selections from a captivating history of timelines—from time circles to time dragons, to a history of the world drawn on a single piece of paper.” Interesting ·
Minutemen Swissted poster by Mike Joyce
If anybody wants to buy me this, y’know, I wouldn’t mind. Just sayin’. Arts & Culture ·
The Sketchbook of Susan Kare, the Artist Who Gave Computing a Human Face
Shame this piece doesn’t reflect on the devolution of icons in the iPhone/iPad age: there’s so little consideration of semantics anymore, how do you know what you’re clicking on or touching? Arts & Culture ·
What’s on Leonardo Da Vinci’s “To-Do” list?
Dude was a multitasker, that’s for sure. Arts & Culture ·
Stereo Stack
A collection of vintage LP stereo banners. Arts & Culture ·
Vincent van Gogh: The Letters
The artist’s collected correspondence, with full text and annotations, and even images of the originals. This is pretty amazing. Arts & Culture ·
Glitchbot’s photostream
Posting a new corrupted image every day. Interesting ·
UpStart: an alternative election poster campaign
“UpStart is a non-profit arts collective which aims to put creativity at the centre of public consciousness during the Irish General Election Campaign in 2011. We plan to do this by reinterpreting the spaces commonly used for displaying election campaign posters in Dublin City.” Best thing to come out of this whole ridiculous situation. The poems are my favourites; better than any bullshit election manifesto. (By the way, if anyone starts a Flickr gallery of these posters, please do let me know.) Arts & Culture | 0 Comments ·
Inventables
Materials for artists, designers and inventors. And they’re surprisingly inexpensive. Interesting ·
WebCollage
Eleven years on the interweb and this totally passed me by till now (possibly NSFW). Interesting ·
Pen and Pixel: A Retrospective
On the infamous rap album cover design house. The scary thing is, they’re actually not that bad till around 1997, when they start getting crazy with the Photoshop. Arts & Culture ·
The Mona Lisa Curse on YouTube
Robert Hughes’ documentary on the corruption of art in the commercialised world (previously broadcast on Channel 4). His disdain for the bullshit of the contemporary art world is refreshing. Arts & Culture ·
Takeshi Kitano: one original gangster
It’s not enough being a good actor, a great director and the Japanese Chris Tarrant; no, the bastard has to be an accomplished artist as well. Arts & Culture ·
Roger Ebert re-enters the ‘games as art’ debate
This isn’t even really a debate: anything can be art in the right context or circumstances. Ebert should know better. Arts & Culture ·
Your pal, John K.
A fan of John Kricfalusi (of Ren & Stimpy fame) wrote to the man himself, and received a more than generous reply. This is for all of us who are too scared to say hi to our heroes (although I’ve shaken the hand of mine, and he complimented my shirt). Arts & Culture ·
MUJI & LEGO
This is lovely. I can haz it now? Interesting ·
The Art of Wesley Willis
He could whup a donkey’s ass. Arts & Culture ·
Rodcorp’s overview of the recent Art Shock series on Channel 4
This covers the first two shows, which were the only two I watched. Rod pretty much captures my own thoughts. Arts & Culture ·
Pitchfork presents The Worst Album Covers of All Time
And only one modern rap album cover? They could have filled the list with them. Sound & Screen ·
Hobo Signs & Symbols
Oh, what romantic notions… Arts & Culture ·
The man who invented album covers
This is why I love the internet, #574. Sound & Screen ·
Leonardo Da Vinci: Of the order of learning to draw
Good advice from the master. Arts & Culture ·
Banksy at the West Bank Barrier
I’m amazed he wasn’t shot to pieces. Arts & Culture ·
Acme Novelty Archive: The Chris Ware database [c/o LinkMachineGo]
I’m reading Jimmy Corrigan at the moment; it’s as much as I can do to keep the tears from flowing. Amazing stuff. Arts & Culture ·
Disney to close last hand-drawn animation studio [c/o ArtsJournal]
The craft isn’t going away, it’s just shifting to a different industry; all of the trainee animators I’ve ever known wanted to be comic book artists. Arts & Culture ·
Flipbook [c/o MetaFilter]
Be warned, it’s very addictive. There’s some excellent examples of what can be done, too. Arts & Culture ·
The Cartoons of Mr. Fish [c/o del.icio.us/mathowie]
They’re funny in a ‘what if Raymond Pettibon were more accessible’ sort of way. Arts & Culture ·
DC Comics rebrands, messes up
I completely agree with the critics. While I can see what DC is trying to do, the new logo just comes across as so much weaker than the original; a tweaking of the original (a narrower ring around the letters, maybe) might have been a better way to go. Arts & Culture ·
Paper Spends More Time With Its Family
A curious title; it’s almost the opposite of what the article discusses. And the author neglects to mention the growing popularity of the Moleskine (because it contradicts parts of the thesis, maybe?). Arts & Culture ·
“The space between the parting of the lips [the mouth] and the base of the nose is one-seventh of the face.”
Also: “The thickness of the head from the brow to the nape is once and 3/4 that of the neck.” I’ll try to remember that. Arts & Culture ·
Drawn!: a collaborative weblog for illustrators, artists, cartoonists, and anyone who likes to draw
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Artful dodger Banksy takes Manhattan
Another Banksy link for you; this time with a tad more detail. Arts & Culture ·
Banksy improves some of New York’s finest museums [c/o plasticbag.org]
It’s boring when it’s political, but the soup can is simply sublime. Arts & Culture ·
New York Public Library: Digital Gallery [c/o MetaFilter]
I’m dumbfounded. Excuse me while I explore here for a few days. Arts & Culture ·
An exhibition of new work by Raymond Pettibon
I should have posted this weeks ago. The exhibition is closed now, but the walkthrough is still open. Arts & Culture ·
Turner Prize shock as best artist wins
See? You don’t need to be controversial to be good. Not that I like his stuff or anything, but still. Arts & Culture ·
Some cartoon characters, and their skeletons [c/o kottke.org]
This is really fucking disturbing. Arts & Culture ·
Impressive collection of Mike Watt gig posters
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Massimo Vignelli’s subway map of 1972
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Raymond Pettibon: Works in Progress, Summer 2003
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Armed robbers have stolen the iconic Edvard Munch painting, The Scream, from the Munch Museum in Norway
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Peter Bagge vents his spleen all over contemporary art
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A deeper look at the world of ‘graphic novels’ from a warmer, more open literary perspective [c/o kottke.org]
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Raymond Pettibon has been awarded the 2004 Bucksbaum Award
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Archaeologists shed new light on African rock art
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The Art of Chindogu
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Illustrated catalog of ACME consumer products [c/o Interconnected]
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A gallery of Banksy’s distinctive stencil graffiti (plus an interview with the guilty party)
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