Ok, so I ran across a couple of videos this week. It has nothing to do with Legos or music. One is a guy who paints in 3D. The other is a dance routine.
This one is a dance routine done with light. Now imagine how awesome a dance routine has to be to catch my attention. I can only provide the link. You will have to log in to Facebook to watch it, as I can find no other way to link it, and I cannot find it on Youtube.
Whew, I haven't posted anything in forever. Y'all are doing a great job! I've totally been slacking though. Well, here's my contribution for this week. I've been wanting to post it for a while now, but I just kept forgetting. Before you watch it, be warned that it could be offensive to some. It's a fantastically clever French commercial that promotes safe sex practices. It's just as funny now as it was when I first found it years ago. The animation is hilarious! Just watch....
i figure anyone in 20th century like me could probably use some inspiration for their installation & i really loved the idea of this piece so i thought i'd share.
“In 2003 a building housing the Massachusetts Mental
Health Center (MMHC) was slated for demolition to make way for updated
facilities. The closure was a time for reflection & remembrance as the
MMHC had been in operation for over 9 decades and had touched countless
thousands of patients and employees alike, & the pending demolition
presented a unique problem. How does one memorialize a building
impossibly rich with a history of both hope & sadness, and do it in a
way that reflects not only the past but also the future? And could this
memorial be open to the public, not as a speech, or series of
informational plaques, but as an experience worthy of they building’s
unique story? To answer that question artist Anna Schuleit
was commissioned to do the impossible. After an initial tour of the
facility she was struck not with what she saw but with what she didn’t
see: the presence of life & color. While historically a place of
healing, the drab interior, worn hallways, & dull paint needed a
respectful infusion of hope. With a limited budget & only three months
of planning Schuleit & an enormous team of volunteers executed a
massive public art installation called Bloom. The concept was simple but
absolutely immense in scale. Nearly 28,000 potted flowers would fill
almost every square foot of the MMHC including corridors, stairwells,
offices & even a swimming pool, all of it brought to life with a sea
of blooms. The public was then invited for a limited 4-day viewing as a
time for needed reflection & rebirth.”
here's a video of the progression of the project if you are interested, but it is lengthy. Bloom by Anna Schuleit if not i recommend at least this link to more photographs & an interview with the artist. Colossal Interview.
so this is Out Getting Ribs by a kid named Archy (how fitting) Marshall, also known as King Krule. the first time i heard this song, it gave me chills. i love his voice. also the name must be a Basquiat reference which of course catches my attention. anyway he's been getting pretty popular lately & i wanted to share. & here is Portrait in Black & Blue, another song of his that cemented his awesomeness in my mind.
also speaking of Basquiat, thanks to Bobby i recently watched the movie about him (in which non other than David Bowie plays Warhol) & of course, it was so interesting to get a look into the life of an artist, especially one of young fame who struggled with so many things. here's a clip of the real Basquiat. (sorry the quality only like 2 pixels)
Warhol & Basquiat from the shoot.
& because now i'm feeling a little jazzy. here is one of my favorite pieces of jazz. ENJOY!
I've only posted once before so I'm going to post a lot of stuff to catch up :) Sorry for the randomness in advance...This is just a compilation of things I think are interesting.
I recently liked this page on facebook, and they are always posting great artwork! I would recommend it! http://weirdtalesmagazine.com/
In my search for inspiration I came across this website. Very inspiring! There's alot of artists listed on the website. I have included a link to one artist I found that inspired me personally. http://www.brooklynstreetart.com/theblog/#.Uwgg5pLVCSp
For the procrastinator: I found this book a long time ago and just recently looked through all the 'bookmarks' in my computer... And figured it would be appropriate to show here since probably someone out there hasn't started their process book.. http://shop.coolmaterial.com/products/to-do-notebooks-2pk
While I may regret posting this video... I'm just curious if there's anyone out there that thinks it's crazy that this is a thing. I saw this clip on Tosh.0 (I think) and was left questioning life. Hahah. Anyways I also (re)found it in my 'bookmarks' the other day. That's when I noticed to the side where related videos are located, there is actually 15 minute video (which is even more odd in a weird sexual way.. I don't even know.) And THEN I realized not only was there a 15 minute long video of that clip... but there is like A LOT of people who partake in this style of dance (?) I'm just posting the small clip, research if you feel the need. :P
ANYWAYS.. the other day I signed up for study abroad info in the caf and received an e-mail about this volunteer work in Thailand! http://www.art-relief.blogspot.com/ Very cool and inspiring message about art and its power. Considering it, if I win the lottery!
Also, I was listening to my favorite song while I posted this and ran across a video for it made by a fan. It seems like a lot of effort for a hobby, but he obviously has talent. Again, here's the link for the bigger video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYLGfPRmeNE
Just for good measure, here's a few more Eddie Izzard lego bits...
i intended on posting this playlist with the girls post but i forgot.
it's just a bunch of awesome ladies, musicians & artists i could think of to share.
skip around, whatever, enjoy!
twilley's playlist. *i'm not crazy about the milk thing Alexa Meade is doing but i still thought it was an okay video to share. i read an article about her in Nylon magazine years ago & thought the idea behind her work was very interesting, the idea of collapsing a three dimensional space to look like a 2-D plane. here, is an example...
she paints directly onto her subjects skin & then she photographs them & their surroundings resulting in an image that would appear to simply be a photograph of a 2-dimensional painting. also... the end of the Elinor Carucci video is just her talking about paper so you might wanna skip that but she is just someone i came across on tumblr & i thought her photographs were pretty beautifully done.
This is still relatively confusing. I've been wanting to post stuff, but I wasn't sure how. UNTIL NOW :) (and hopefully I'll be less confused next time...a big hopefully)
Anyway here are some things that I found interesting.
I found this funny because it mimics those serious [insert addiction] posters.
Grover copying a Old Spice Commercial.
A serious topic that has a happy ending. The imagery in this is what made me watch the whole thing. I honestly hate the "arms of an angel" animal abuse commercials. And then there are stars who help promote such campaigns (either because they care or they are paid). This however seems stronger simply because its all images.
Last one guys :)
I don't think I can take this... I'm just throwing that out there.
Is the web browser replacing the art gallery? For the past 200 years, the gallery has been the home of new and cutting-edge art, a place where the art community can come together and share new ideas. But in this episode, we ask: is the web browser replacing the gallery as the best place to view amazing, cutting-edge art?!? In the era of the internet, you can view remarkable art from the comfort of your laptop. Accessible to virtually everyone, web art does away with the physical limitations of the gallery and makes impossibly cool art a part of our daily lives!
Okay - here goes nothing. I found this site that someone had sent me. I thought it was cool. Could be an idea for 20th Century Art History Installation.
http://www.viralnova.com/beach-art/
For all of us who grew up in the 50's to 80's welcome to my youth -
so...
it's been brought to my attention that this song is a lot more about
status than art appreciation but i can forgive that because i like it
anyway & i think that this video is great & includes a lot of cameos by contemporary creative minds (including a few cast members from GIRLS! :)
the idea for the video was inspired by performance artist Marina Abramovic who is kind of one of my favorites... she's limitless in her ideas, & commits herself fully to her work which i totally admire. she's also a little funny to me...
after last week's media assignment & starting to think about things that are inextricable when it comes to who we are & the content of the art we end up making... one of, i think, the most obvious factors for many of us in the class is being a girl! & trying to make it as an artist. (my apologies to anyone this post alienates *coughstevecough*). it's not something i planned but i feel fortunate to be in an environment where i'm surrounded by so many talented young women (& fellas) where our viewpoints are embraced & encouraged in finding our voices as artists regardless of gender & how much or how little that plays an active role in the work that we make. I also found an interesting point in that it is up to each of us to tell our own stories because nobody else can & besides, what else do we truly know? So speaking of girls, one of my favorite shows is HBO's GIRLS despite the controversy over it's lack of diversity & regardless of how true that is lol i kind of adore Lena Duhnam & admire her success...
Kacey Mann
Coffee painting of Audrey Hepburn! I just thought this quick video was amazing!!! I want to do something like this for fun!! These videos made me go YAY!!!/ watercolor
