You know the platitude “The world is your playground?” Well, a group of artists in the Czech Republic are taking the statement quite literally by staging an urban intervention they call “Kolotoc.” The Prague-based artists in question are Vojtch Fröhlich, Ondej Mladý, Jan šimánek, and Vladmir Turner. Kolotoc translates to merry-go-round in English. Using nothing but ropes, climbing harnesses, wood planks and a massive rotating billboard on the side of a highway, they have created an urban amusement ride. Turning a giant eye-sore (the sole purpose of which was to advertise to the masses) into a joyous carnival...
Haas and Hahn Are Pa...
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The Favelas in Rio de Janeiro are not necessarily the first place you would expect to see world-class artists strutting their stuff. This is exactly what makes it the perfect place for Dutch artists Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn (of the collective Haas & Hahn) to implement their...
Infrared Architect’s 313-315 Symbiosis
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Have you ever wanted to play on a seesaw in an abandoned hotel? The Greece-based architecture firm Infrared has you covered with their newest piece “313-315 Symbiosis.” It’s a seesaw spanning rooms 313, 314, and 315 of an abandoned-hotel-turned-gallery-space, hence the name. It is symbiotic because you can be sitting on it in room 315 and interacting with the inhabitants of room 313 and 314 but never actually see them. Though you’re interacting with someone far away, you could still be by yourself in the room. The seesaw is about 25 feet long. The two outer rooms (313 and 315 respectively) are painted white and...
Akay’s Instruments of Mass Destruction
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http://vimeo.com/32312872 Sometimes, simple vandalism just isn’t enough. Why use one spray can when a robot can use 30? These thoughts propelled the Stockholm-based street artist Akay to create his Instruments of Mass Destruction (complicated technical solutions to aide in simple acts of vandalism.) I know of two devices that he’s made so far. Above you see the Rainbow Warrior. As the byline of the series says, it is a complicated device with a simple purpose. Rainbow Warrior consists of a vertical stand armed with 30 cans of spray paint in whatever color arrangement you want. The vandal rides his or her bike by a wall and...
Pearl Media’s Art Basel Miami 2011 3D Art In...
posted by Kat Bein
This past week, Miami has been celebrating its 10th annual Art Basel, a week in which the entire city is taken over by various artists from all over the world and rich people hover in super yachts to buy their work. It’s an exciting time to be in Miami, and everywhere you look are cool exhibits and installations. One of the coolest and largest pieces on display took place on the face of the Tides Hotel of South Beach Friday and Saturday night, and it didn’t even cost anything to see! A three and a half minute 3D video presentation celebrating 8bit video games and hot cars, brought to us by Pearl Media and Hyundai, as part of...
Life In A Day: A Vid...
posted by Kat Bein
What did you do July 24th, 2010? Life In A Day is more than 4,500 hours of footage, compiled down to an hour and a half by Last King Of Scotland director Kevin MacDonald, capturing brief moments of human lives from all around the world on that Saturday about a year and four months ago. The...
Pipilotti Rist’...
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Pipilotti Rist is one of my favorite artists. The second post I ever wrote for Wet Paint was about her mesmerizingly huge installation pieces. Pipilotti has been very busy since I wrote that though. In fact, she has recently shaped what is probably her most impressive multi-media...
Amanda McCavour̵...
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Amanda McCavour strikes me as a very meticulous person. I haven’t met her, but I feel you can learn a lot about someone through their creations. McCavour builds insanely intricate and detailed textile-based sculptures. She refers to them as “Thread Drawings.” When you look...
Tomás Saraceno’...
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If the future doesn’t consist of me lounging around on a bed of air inside a bubble, I’m not interested in participating. While I am sort of kidding, it is a relief to see the work of Tomás Saraceno. The artist was born in Argentina but relocated to Germany where his most recent...
The Flaming Lips 24 ...
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The Flaming Lips are scheduled to begin streaming their 24-hour song titled ’7 Skies H3′ at midnight on Halloween. Since the beginning of the year, The Flaming Lips have been releasing music in a unique and mostly physical form with their Flaming Lips Objects. The song will be...
Nick Georgiou’...
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Printed media is going the way of the dinosaur. Digital media is the now-preferred format for pretty much everything. I walked into a a car dealership the other day and found the lobby littered with digital picture frames displaying singular advertisements. So, in a world where $50-lcd...
Throwable Panoramic ...
posted by Kat Bein
If you’re not taking a photograph for artistic reasons, chances are you’re trying to capture a place and time as close to reality as you can. Panoramic cameras are pretty useful towards this aim, and there’s always a fun novelty in seeing a closer representation to what we...
Brian Matthew Hart: ...
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The root word “photo-” means light. It is derived from the Greek words “phos” and “photos.” The suffix “-graphy” means writing. It is derived from the Latin root “graphia.” Brian Matthew Hart is a photographer or light writer...
Architectural Mappin...
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I have a significantly large weak-spot for Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture. Wright’s architecture was and still stands as a magnificent perspective on a utilitarian future that somehow remains organic. I have another weak-spot for architectural mapping. Architectural Mapping...
Aakash Nihalani̵...
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Aakash Nihalni is doing his very best to keep the neon colored tape industry afloat during this economic recession. Aakash uses brightly colored paper tape formed into shapes, reminiscent of middle school geometry class. He then sticks them up in public spaces throughout New York City and...
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