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Monday 21 June 2010
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Friday 11 June 2010
Examing the works of Warp Records devotee Mira Calix
Mira Calix, real name Chantal Passamonte, is an artist signed to Warp Records, specialising in mixing her intimate vocals with jittering beats and experimental electronic textures.
As a live performer and DJ, she has supported and toured with a broad range of acts, including Radiohead, Plaid, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Aphex Twin.
This video explores some of her more experimental and collaborative pieces with a series of visual artists.
http://www.miracalix.com/
As a live performer and DJ, she has supported and toured with a broad range of acts, including Radiohead, Plaid, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Aphex Twin.
This video explores some of her more experimental and collaborative pieces with a series of visual artists.
http://www.miracalix.com/
Thursday 10 June 2010
Solar Equation - Public art in Wintery Melbourne, by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
As part of the 'Light in Winter' Festival in Melbourne Australia, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer has created one of his largest projects ever: a three-dimensional, animated scale model of the Sun, tethered in the sky above Federation Square, called 'Solar Equation.' Lozano-Hemmer employs a giant helium-filled balloon, approximately 47 feet in diameter (100 million times smaller than the real Sun), upon which he projects a simulation of the turbulence, flares and spots on the solar surface comprised by observatory images from NASA.
That's not all, the piece is also interactive:
"Using an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad, people may disturb the animations in real-time and select different fluid dynamic visualizations," writes Lozano-Hemmer. The five projectors used for the animation are joined with audio loops of "rumbles, crackles and bursts" also simulated from solar activity. While pertinent environmental questions of global warming, drought, or UV radiation might arise from the contemplation of this piece, Solar Equation intends to likewise evoke romantic environments of ephemerality, mystery and paradox, such as those from Blake or Goethe. Every culture has a unique set of solar mythologies and this project seeks to be a platform for both the expression of traditional symbolism and the emergence of new stories.
Photos: Julie Renouf
http://www.lozano-hemmer.com
Wednesday 9 June 2010
Haunting Grafitti of Kids in the Ghost Town of Pripyat, Ukraine
All shots were taken in Pripyat and the surrounding area affected by the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.
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