Saturday, March 31, 2012

"1400 feet grass carpet by Gaëlle Villedary" (via David Report)

"Artist Gaëlle Villedary recently made a nice installation called ‘Tapis Rouge!’ in a small French town called Jaujac. It was made as a celebration of their arts and nature trail programs. Gaëlle Villedary wanted to connect the center of the village to the rich natural surroundings. Magic pictures below by David Monjou."

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"'Waiting for Climate Change' by Isaac Cordal" (via Juxtapoz Magazine)

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"Working in one of the smallest mediums in the street we know of, Isaac Cordol’s  newest ephemeral installations comment on stereotypes of people that confront climate change in different ways.  Starting today, March 31st through September 30th, 2012, the artist will create work on the beach of De Panne in Belgium, as well as in a local historic villa once occupied by Chalutier.  For more info on this project."  (via Juxtapoz)

"SHINJI OHMAKI’S INTERACTIVE FLORAL Floors" (via Beautiful/Decay)


"Shinji Ohmaki’s interactive floor installations are composed of traditional floral patterns made out of food coloring, laid on the floor for viewers to walk over, destroying it as they do so.  This work transformed with the passage of time, and the space too was reborn through this process." (via Beautiful/Decay)

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Friday, March 30, 2012

Daniel Lahoda on LA FREEWALLS Project


LA FREEWALLS is a community initiative in Los Angeles, California that gears its creativity towards promoting creative freedom and "positive cultural influence" within Los Angeles city.  In this video filmed by Jason Wawro, Daniel Lahoda discusses LA FREEWALLS and the potential it has to build LA into a greater, more well-rounded cultural landscape. 

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

"Tomás Saraceno’s Amazing Web Installation" (via Beautiful/Decay)

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"Tomás Saraceno takes the spider’s web as a starting point in Galaxies Forming Along Filaments, Like Droplets Along the Strands of a Spider . Investigating how the gossamer thin filaments of these intricate webs are able to suspend life by way of intricate geometry, Saraceno suggests at a conceptual architectural proposal that relies on this most delicate and prehistoric system of life to take us into our future..." (via Beautiful/Decay)

On View: Jim Campbell's 'Exploding Views'//SFMOMA



Now through November 2012, Jim Campell's installation Exploding Views will be on view at the San Fransisco Museum of Modern Art. "Exploded Views investigates the nuances of perception through a series of four different films, changing every two months. (-SFMOMA)" Learn more about the artist and this work in the video above.  Event Details: SFMOMA.org

Monday, March 26, 2012

Colossal Revisists Nike Savvas


"Atomic: Full of Love, Full of Wonder was a 2005 installation by artist Nike Savvas at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art in Melbourne. The piece involved an immense array of suspended bouncy balls creating a dense field of color in the gallery space that was gently moved in waves by a nearby fan." (Via Colossal: Art and Design)

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