Posts Tagged ‘Art’

Marina Abramovic’s frequent companion

Posted on May 11th, 2010 • Filed under mediarosa • 1 Comment

Maybe it’s just an image that pops while I’m connected with Marina. Let’s say it’s an image of someone I love deeply, and then this creates the emotion, the tears just come out. Most of the time it’s tears of joy. You’re just being and thinking about somebody or something that’s important in your life. And then just acknowledging this person or situation and moving on into being present because yeah, the tears come, but I don’t want to cry for the entire sitting. I want to move on and continue to be with Marina, to be present.

via Marina Abramovic’s frequent companion.

 

Morell – Camera Obscura

Posted on September 12th, 2009 • Filed under mediarosa • 1 Comment

Here’s another small, but fascinating set of Camera Obscura images, this time from photographer Abelardo Morell. Some beautiful landscapes, made to be intimate by bringing them inside, others more of a nod to Camera Obscura as the origin of photography.

Abelardo Morell

 

David Flores Sneak Peak

Posted on August 7th, 2009 • Filed under mediarosa • No Comments

Reblogged from Clutter Magazine:

David Flores has blogged a sneak peak at a new piece of vinyl being created by Kidrobot and licensed by Disney that looks distinctly like his unique take Thumper from Bambi. This seems to be taking all the design cues from the X-Large version of the Medicom Mickey Mouse Flores did using pretty muted tones. Also interesting that KR has got a Disney license…more to come from them perhaps?

Licensed by Disney? I have to get over my prejudice that Disney is either; 1) an impenetrable grumpy giant, or 2) fodder for gray market Asian knockoffs. I know I see examples over and over again, like the one above, but they still have not one me over. Maybe when the have a graffiti night at Disney World.

 

O-No Sushi

Posted on August 4th, 2009 • Filed under mediarosa • 1 Comment

Imagine if Chris Burden had found inspiration in sushi. The performance artist with a knack for self mutilation might have ended up on a series of small plates. Try not to think about it. Instead, enjoy Andrew Bell’s humorous O-No Food Company Sushi toys.

via NOTCOT

 

Laura Plankster’s Dioramas

Posted on June 21st, 2009 • Filed under mediarosa • No Comments

Photographer Laura Plankster creates some fantastic dioramas. Check out her Feral Foes if you dare, or her photos and text for Tiny Tenants, intended for a children’s picture book.

 

SORRY WE’RE CLOSED

Posted on April 22nd, 2009 • Filed under mediarosa • No Comments

I came across this store window exhibit by Claire Fontaine. There’s an arts festival in Brussels starting next week, which has provided several occasions for me to see some of the preparation, but I especially liked this piece.

All images on the website are copyrighted by the gallery and the artist, so I went back to take a shot of the store front window myself. This is a good example of how being too protective over property forces inferior representations of the work. Creative Commons licensing makes sense for providing a level of control  over the usage of images rather than just saying ” No unauthorized use may be made of the images“.

I’ve always wanted to create a service that would match artists and retail space owners. It would be great opportunity for promotion for both parties. Sorry Claire, I didn’t mean to reduce your wonderful work down to a capitalist opportunity. Here’s a little something about the work:

The sculpture exhibited in the window Untitled (flag dryer) composed of a modified industrial dryer and of several Belgian flags tackles the cycle and the stagnation as typical aspects of the rags of any national identity. The continuous drying of the flags is in the same time a bitter consideration about corruption and a comment on the Belgian habit of displaying the national flag outside apartment windows; this action is compared to the one of hanging out the washing, that even if not dirty, would be better far from the eyes of the passerby.

SORRY WE’RE CLOSED [Claire FONTAINE]

Contemporary Daily

 

Camera Obscura Flickr Set

Posted on April 13th, 2009 • Filed under mediarosa • 1 Comment

Check out the camera obscura images from Flickr user mauricioasial asial. I’ve always loved this idea. It’s like, or really is, being inside the camera.

 

Light Painting

Posted on April 10th, 2009 • Filed under mediarosa • No Comments

If you are a fan, you might want to check out Light Paint, which is also one of the coolest Tumblr sites I’ve seen.

But let me add this about this light painting – I don’t see enough credit given to Pablo Picasso who did this in 1949.

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