30/06/10
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An old project by Dalí and Disney never realized because of financial problems in 1945. This short was released by Disney in 2003 after working on the original Dalí’s storyboard.
More info at IMDB: Destino
30/06/10
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“To me the great hope is that now these little 8mm video recorders and stuff have come out, some… just people who normally wouldn’t make movies are going to be making them, and – you know – suddenly, one day, some little fat girl in Ohio is going to be the new Mozart – you know – and? make a beautiful film with her little father’s camera…corder – and for once the so-called professionalism about movies will be destroyed. Forever. And it will really become an art form. That’s my opinion.”
13/07/08
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British newspaper Mail on Sunday claim that they have uncovered guerrilla graffiti artist Banksy’s secret identity after a year long investigation.
Banksy is known all over the wolrd for his creative graffiti technique and the social and political messages behind all of them. Recently his art has reached new grounds as people started preserving his street graffitis. Angelina Jolie payed as much as 200.000 British pounds for one of his works. Read the rest of this entry »
25/02/08
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Looking for some info on Google Maps API, I stumbled on this project where German artist Aram Bartholl plays with the Google satellite by placing physical Google Maps markers on the ground.
Here’s a picture:
Check Bartholl’s other projects where he explores the interactions between the web and the physical world.
28/06/07
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31/05/07
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(Life Blogging from Espacio Movistar)
18:00: Introduction of rhizome.org Special del.ico.us page created by Lauren Cornell for the presentation. Media and art links.
10:05: Presentation of various Net-Art projects Alexei Sholguin Desktop Art
18:10: Talks about her involvment in Rhizome.org in 2005 Database, lo-fi, dirt style, public art, online celeb, on and off line art. How online art translates into real life. Internet art takes a lot of different forms even offline.
18:15: How internet has gone offline and moved into galleries in the form of objects
Artist felt the pressure to make money with internet art. Need to make objects to make money (bits don’t sell, atoms do)
Cory Arcangel & Paper Rad super Mario Movie
18:20: How artists with web 2.0 and social networks MyOwnSpace.fr
18:25: Shiftspace
18:30: Timeshares shows on Rhizome.org Fultilines:
Automatedbeacon.net: Monitoring what people search on Google
The Dumpster: A visualization of romantic breakups for 2005 taken from letters in MySpace, Friendster, etc.
18:35: What makes an artist? People posting to Flickr?
Professional surfer. Web surfing considered art.
18:40: Nastynets.com. Ars Electronica Award winner for this year.
18:45: Artists produce tools. A trend in today’s art. Fundrace.org: A database about who gives money to each candidate in the US campaigns.
18:50: Rhizome.org an online comunity created 10 years ago. Now with presence online and in art galleries.
22/04/07
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An all time classic revisited. Browsing the web for some Web 2.0 memes I stumbled upon a poster named FooBar by Pixel Art masters Eboy.com. I’ve always admired the creativity and the hard work behind all Eboy works but this one is an perfect picture of the Web 2.0 as it is today, including all the mess in the poster.
Here it is for your viewing pleasure.
If you want to buy it go to Eboy.com and you should be able to find a link to an online service.
16/03/07
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We all loved Citroën’s transformers dance on TV. In March you’ll be able to see it for real in Citroën’s showroom in Paris.
Here’s a zillion pictures of the project at Amorphic Robot Works, the New York based company building the robot.
Via Wired 15.03: PLAY:
In March, Citroën unveils the Totemobile, a million-dollar-plus robotic sculpture that’s sure to drive potential customers to its Champs-Élysées showroom. The venerable French automaker gave free conceptual rein to artist Chico MacMurtrie and his team at Brooklyn’s Amorphic Robot Works.
05/08/06
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Two pictures of some wall painting in trendy El Born area in Barcelona
Photos by Quim Massana
16/06/06
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An email with an hyperlink, a blank page and voilà I’m Jackson Pollock!
Go create: jacksonpollock.org
btw: here’s where you use flash and a .org domain.
Here’s my first e-pollock:
Via AnÃbal Estrella