Pass The Bucket – Amy Purdy
Posted by Fabio 15 March 2011
Amy Purdy is a snowboarder, skateboarder, makeup artist, actress, model and is also a double leg amputee. At the age of 19, she contracted Neisseria meningitis, a form of bacterial meningitis. Due to the disease, which affected her circulatory system, both of her legs had to be amputated below the knee. Her spleen and a kidney had to be removed as well. Two years later, she received a kidney transplant from her father. Her friends now refer to her by the nickname Lucky.
MARCEL DZAMA
Posted by Fabio 14 March 2011
Marcel Dzama has become known for his prolific drawings, which are characterized by their distinctive palette of muted browns, grays, greens, and reds. In recent years, the artist has expanded his practice to encompass three-dimensional work and film and has developed an immediately recognizable language that draws from a diverse range of references and artistic influences, including Dada and Marcel Duchamp. read more
fork face commits
Posted by Fabio 10 March 2011
Directed by Douglas Burgdorff, music by Evil Skull. Explicit imagery so please be aware.
pictures of sound
Posted by Fabio 8 March 2011
Depicting the coastal islands outside Vancouver, pictures is an enigmatic landscape portrait caught by a stationary camera. Reducing land and water into colour gradations on a flat plane, Richard Kerr compresses and fragments temporality to focus on the gradual shifts and rhythms of light. Boats that penetrate the frame serve as reminders of the artificial world, and indeed, of the medium itself.
Anne de Vries
Posted by Fabio 23 February 2011
Latest piece, ‘Forecast’ by Dutch artist and photographer Anne de Vries.
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The Future of Art
Posted by Fabio 23 February 2011
What are the defining aesthetics of art in the networked era? How is mass collaboration changing notions of ownership in art? How does micropatronage change the way artists produce and distribute artwork? The Future of Art begins a conversation on these topics and invites your participation. This video was shot, edited and screened at the Transmediale festival 2011 in Berlin, Germany. Conceived and Edited by Gabriel Shalom.
Features
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"A woman is locked in her home with an egg" - A film by Italian film director and artist, Martina Scarpelli. -
Infinity represents a new form of digital art, presenting viewers with something fresh to discover on each viewing. -
Christina Nicodema's paintings explore the schisms of the food chain that all life participates in. They challenge the impossibility of reconciling the opposing notions of violence and empathy.. -
citylikeyou: Interview with Paris based illustrators and graphic designers Jérémy Schneider and Violaine Orson, founders of the design studio, Violaine & Jérémy.