February 28, 2009 at 12:27 am (Other Sites, news, rambling)
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/02/doodlerecall.html
Hi guys, long time no post!
Anyhow, here’s an article that was forwarded to me about sketching and memory. I tend to sketch when I’m alert and relaxed; faces, random things, more random things, etc… especially while in class. I’ve had trouble where people assumed that I was not paying attention while sketching, even if I was (and still had copious amounts of text notes as well as the massive doodles in the margins.
October 14, 2008 at 11:07 pm (Art History, Other Sites, news)
the moMA had an exhibit called Sleepwalkers, and on iTUNES U, there’s a lot of different things, including a serries on the exhibition, of the artists and people involved talking about various things under Conversations with Contemporary Artists/Think Modern.
I found it interesting, because I don’t often get to hear artists speak about their work, and it adds something to the viewing experience to me, and it makes me stop and think about things as different people have a different take on various aspects of art -and the viewing of it. The Sleepwalkers conversation with the artists brings to light not just what is viewed, but also HOW we view artwork, and how space is set up.
April 13, 2008 at 2:31 pm (Art, Other Sites, news, rambling)
Tags: Lightup Wallpaper
I haven’t seen much to make me giggle and laugh like a small child lately; but this would be one thing. Light up wallpaper. Whimsical, useful, and just plain damn fun. I can’t wait to hear more.
April 12, 2008 at 9:34 pm (Other Sites, news)
Tags: cannibals, Hannibal Lecter, npr
NPR has an article on the fictional cannibal and serial killer, Hannibal Lecter HERE, showing that our culture’s fascination with the character hasn’t ended a great many years after the creation of the character. Nothing new, just pointing out the character was based on the real deal, and that serial killers and other ’societal monsters’ are often quite adept at being charming, showing the world not the bloodthirsty raving maniac, but a more charming face.
February 19, 2008 at 12:30 am (news)
Tags: bananas, Give Me Bananas or Give Me Death, npr
On my way to work, I heard a show on NPR about bananas. There was an anecdote about how when bananas were first introduced to the US in Victorian times, they had to have an ad campaign to show women that such a phallic fruit was ’safe’ to eat. Hah.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19097412
While trying to find the advertisement mentioned in the story, a search for ‘Victorian banana postcards’ ended up getting me Victorian Postmortem Photographs. Gofig.
February 13, 2008 at 2:54 pm (Other Sites, news, rambling)
Tags: African Biking, Kerri Finlayson, Tourdafrique
Kerri Finlayson was one of my teachers at NCMC; and taught the first class I took there when I was a wee, dual-enrolled highschooler. She’s also one of the most intelligent people I have met, and is very kind, and thoughtful.
Right now she’s biking across Africa on a trip from Jan 12- May 10.
Check out her blog:
http://www.tda2008.blogspot.com/
Lots of pictures, including pictures of camels (living and dead). Huzzah, Camels!
February 12, 2008 at 1:02 am (news)
Tags: art crime, art theft, zurich
Bandits in ski-masks ran off with several famous paintings today from a museum in Zurich.
A reward of $90,000 was offered for information leading to the recovery of the paintings — Claude Monet’s “Poppy field at Vetheuil,” Edgar Degas’ “Ludovic Lepic and his Daughter,” Vincent van Gogh’s “Blooming Chestnut Branches” and Paul Cezanne’s “Boy in the Red Waistcoat.”
Many pieces of art are stolen each year. Apparently it is a very proffitable thing, the trafficing and copying of famous paintings to sell. I hope the pieces are found, but I really doubt it; most just seem to vanish, as if they never were.
January 27, 2008 at 10:38 pm (Other Sites, news)
Tags: Sisi Palm
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18460750&sc=nd&f=1004
According to NPR, Vienna’s beloved “Sisi Palm,” a 170-year-old Chinese Fan palm named after the late Austro-Hungarian Empress Elisabeth, will be chopped down next month.
The NY Times had a more in depth article here, citing some of the plant’s history. And here’s a picture of the massive tree’s silhouette from Yahoo News. According to the media, the tree must be chopped down before it breaks free of the confines of the greenhouse, thus destroying it with it’s geriatric tree might.
January 26, 2008 at 12:00 pm (Art, Other Sites, news)
Tags: Flicker, Protest, The Decapitator, Vandalism
According to WIRED, the renegade artist The Decapitator has been going after London ads and editing them by decapitating heads, and then posting them to his/her flicker stream here.
The artwork shows a variety of styles, from nearly realistic decapitation of models to cartoony, stylized defacings of an add for Bee-movie and the KFC man.
I don’t know why the artist does it. Is it protest against big advertising companies, a mockery of media hype? an attempt to get us to look beyond the flash and glitz and see what’s around us? – not sure.
January 10, 2008 at 12:07 pm (Other Sites, news)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/08/AR2008010804626_pf.html
Corporations snag photos from Google and other internet sources and use them without credit or permission. Ouch.
