Dear Everyone,
Today we will meet one of the masters of electronic art. Jim Campbell.
I’m sure we’ve all come across his work at some time or another especially during LED screen research, but this guy does some great experimentation with things that can not be seen but rather understood within moving images. Look through his site, its a wealth of inspiration.
<http://jimcampbell.tv/>
His ‘ambiguous icon’ series is awesome. Particularly ‘a fire a freeway and a walk’ (See attached images and video)
Also his ‘Portrait Of A Portrait Of Harry Nyquist’. The fact that his works are totally self contained, with video data stored locally – IN the work is very interesting. It isn’t a constantly changing interactive electronic art work, but rather more like a painting that takes you through a journey and then repeats itself – the ambiguity of the imagery often allowing you to discover new elements to it on every repeat.
More images / videos:
A Fire, A Freeway, and a Walk – Movie
White Circle Movie
http://flickr.com/photos/marcwathieu/sets/72157601236072223/
http://uk.youtube.com/results?search_query=jim+campbell&search=Search
Happy Friday!
Dear All,
Here is the first of Daniel’s Daily Art Dispatches. (Well we’ll see how daily it’ll be…)
I decided to inaugurate it with one of my personal favorites: “Wooden Mirror” by Danny Rozin. Wooden wedges reflect light more or less depending on their angle, which results in about 16 shades of grey. The result is a digital mirror made of wood! What you don’t see in the image is how responsive it is. And the sound is absolutely incredible. Each piece of wood has a little servo behind it that makes a lovely jjjjjjjttt sound as it moves into place. It was one of the first sculptures I’d ever seen that was digital and totally non screen based. Incredible piece.
http://www.smoothware.com/danny/woodenmirror.html
http://uk.youtube.com/results?search_query=wooden+mirror&search=Search
The second is something I came across just the other day! Its interesting because it makes visible and audible the space and emotion between people. The visuals are well handled and the interface is simple enough.
Se Mi Sei Vicino (If you are close to me)
<http://soniacillari.net/Se_Mi_Sei_Vicino_.htm>
