The idea that we’re currently creating archaeology for future generations is a pretty fascinating one, for me at least. Whilst our digital history might not be so permanent the idea that someone might uncover evidence of our existence in the future is pretty interesting.
Which is why I love this piece by artist Matthew Sawyer entitled FUCK YOU to the future (without me), 2014.
Via lots of people.
BAT Studio have been at it again, making playful installations that engage the user in a cross over of art and architecture. This time they’ve been fucking with the fragile minds of whacked out ravers festival goers.
Humans’ relationship with their reflection has been a source of superstition for thousands of years. This pavilion is a play on the classic hall of mirrors, however these are animate mirrors which distort, magnify and focus the reflections of people and their environment.
The look on some of these people’s faces when they see the mirrors moving and distorting is hilarious. Apparently this is their “largest mirror installation to date”, hopefully there’s bigger and better versions still to come.
Incredible work.
A master of color and geometric composition, Andy Gilmore’s work is often characterized as kaleidoscopic and hypnotic, though it could just as well be described as visually acoustic, his often complex arrangements referencing the scales and melodies in music.
Since 2010, Gilmore has been collaborating with Ghostly International, creating several album covers for the artist Gold Panda, along with releasing his own visual compositions under Ghostly International Editions, Ghostly’s art house division dedicated to releasing the work of a growing cadre of talented visual artists.
Via Weequizzie.
I had some time to myself yesterday so caught up on a few bits and bobs including remembering that I had a folder of images from Feb that I hadn’t done anything with. This also coincided with me thinking I should give my Vimeo account a little more love.
I offered to help Max record this event that he wanted to stage as part of his application for a place at Cooper Union Architecture School in New York. I can’t remember the whole idea but anyway we went down there and set up in an afternoon until the tide came in. Freezing for me but worse for Max. We did a load of stills and I ended up with all these extra shots which seemed ideal for a time-lapse. We drew quite a crowd from the tourists on the Southbank who seemed pretty confused if it was an installation piece or just some idiots with a camera and too much time on their hands.
And this is it – a 20 second clip of him going in for each and every shot and getting completely wet and freezing each time. Suffering for his art.
And with all those photos I also did this really bad stitch of him coming out of the water in flippers which I did share at the time. Most importantly his application was successful and he even got a scholarship too.
Lovely to see the Quentin Blake exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge last weekend. The museum is completely incredible and literally stuffed to the gills with art. Too much for us to take in but we’ll definitely be back.
We were both really looking forward to the exhibition but it was a little sad to only see one room of his work and also mainly work from the last five years. It would have been great to see some of his Roald Dahl work. I always remember his illustrations from those books, in particular George’s Marvellous Medicine which was read repeatedly to me by my father. My favourite line in the book being:
Grandma had a face like a puckered up dog’s bottom.
But still great to see his wonderful work and even his paint palette.
I recently shot a few images for the opening night of the Wing Assignment exhibition in the fantastic Asylum Chapel in Peckham. It’s well worth visiting the space as well reading up on the history of it. Emma interviewed Nina and Asa about the project a while back.
There were some great pieces and the industrial lighting really worked well to create some dramatic lighting effects along with some fairly remarkable shadow play as people walked around. We also shot a time-lapse for the duration of the setup, private view and open day the following day which also included a children’s workshop.
Finally got to see this on Sat after finishing a shoot in the morning. It’s impressive as you walk in and walk through the middle. The thousands of threads are strangely disorientating as you pass amongst them and almost trippy as you walk down the middle. The way clusters of colour appear is fantastic. Well worth seeing and is on until the middle of May.
I also love the fact that the SLG let you take pictures in there!
I recently headed up to Chester to shoot a small installation by BAT Studio as part of the Rogues Gallery series that took over a series of empty shops in the high street.
As visitors enter, microphones are listening… As soon as a visitor speaks, their words are transcribed by a series of machines dotted around the room. Every time someone speaks, the devices immediately reel out the words, printed onto streams of paper.
The streams will continue to flow and throughout the course of the festival, every spoken word will be recorded.
Communication can be considered the transfer of data. This installation both records and mis-records data, and through doing so creates a spatial and sculptural experience. Visitors will be able to return during throughout the festival and see the scribe’s interpreted verbal history of the space.
Speaking into the microphone set off all of the thermal printers in the space with the translated words being printed out. The interpretations of the spoken words were highly amusing at times and surprisingly accurate at others. Such a great idea but a tiny space unfortunately. Hopefully they can repeat it in a larger gallery space at some point. We also set up a time-lapse for the week it was on which will be uploaded soon.
A wonderful video of illustrator Marion Deuchars talking about what it’s like to be an illustrator. There’s some great shots of her workspace which looks like an amazing space to work in too.
So good.
Slogans for the Early 21st Century
Douglas Coupland
2012
Installation photo at the Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto, September, 2012
Photo credit: Jennifer Rose Sciarrino
Courtesy of the Daniel Faria Gallery