-T.- Paolo Grassino,
La lettera T del titolo allude tanto alla città di Torino quanto all’azienda Tyssenkrupp. L’opera di Paolo Grassino (Torino, 1967) rappresenta, infatti, un toccante e attualissimo studio sul tema dei caduti sul lavoro. Si tratta nello specifico di un omaggio ai sette operai morti nel 2007 a causa di un incendio nelle acciaierie ThyssenKrupp di Torino.
(cemento e putrelle in ferro)
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Nina Katchadourian - Mended Spiderweb series, 1998
Part of the Uninvited collaborations with nature projects
Do you remember that awesome series of photos we recently posted of Nina Katchadourian posing in airplane bathrooms using tissue paper to create hilarious self-portrait photos in the style of Flemish Renaissance paintings?
Well here’s another awesome photography project that has a similar, if less spontaneous, feel. Instead of airplane paper towels, this particular artist, Suzanne Jongmans, uses discarded packing and insulation materials to create the impressive and beautiful illusion of centuries old portraiture:
“Referring to both vulnerability and impermanence, Suzanne Jongmans investigates the texture and feel of both the present and past. Since 2007 she has been working on the series ‘foam sculptures’: caps and collars, inspired by 16th and 17th century Flemish and Dutch “Golden Age” paintings, made from materials currently used for packaging and insulation (cheap material which is often discarded after use). By using these materials Jongmans makes a reference to consumerism and the rapid circulation of materials. Jongman transforms old costumes into new plastics and old masters into new photographic works. By using time foreign materials, plastics and techno’s, she is creating a time crux, a tension of time for all of us to enjoy.”
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(Source: kdcphoto, via napalmdreaming)
The paper I am taking next semester sounds like soo much fun
Special Topic: Puppets, Animated Film & Gaming
Materials looked at will include cave paintings, marionettes, Muppets, Japanese Bunraku, Oskar Schlemmer and Bauhaus, The Lion King on Broadway, Victorian Philosophical Toys, early films, Disney, Daffy Duck, claymation, Jan Svankmajer, World of Warcraft, Second Life, robots, Kinect and motion capture technologies.
Where the origins of theatre and performance are traced to religious ritual, the origins of animation lie in the investment of icons, effigies and talismans with divine power, the “en-souling” of matter. Broadly speaking, then, animation could be defined as the projection of qualities perceived as human or divine – life, power, agency, will, personality – outside of the self and into the sensory environment. Such a definition allows us to look at puppetry, animated film and contemporary gaming as incarnations of the same primordial practice that arguably demarcates modern humans from their forbears.
Through these various media, we will explore the question of what it takes to bring the inanimate to life. Professionals in the fields of puppetry, animated film and gaming/robotics will lead in-class demonstrations and discussions, and students will work in groups to create a performance or film in which they give life to everyday objects.
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Fresh Air
Victoria Carran
2012
With Fresh Air my aim was to make the viewer aware of their surroundings by transporting them to a new environment within the space. I created a microcosm inside a minimalist frosted glass plinth that contrasts with the studio space. As the viewer peers through the eye hole they have a birds eye view of a misty forest. They can smell the trees and hear the birds below. There is a sense of peace created by the glimpse of nature, shifting the viewers perception.
Glass, silicone, frosting spray, soil, trees, iPod, mini speakers
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Last weeks exhibition in the SOFA gallery at art school. The sculptures are awesome, done by 3rd year Ashlee and 4th year Sophie. Can’t wait to have my first show!
Mariele Neudecker
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The old bank bitches (Taken with instagram)
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