Sunday, August 28, 2011

Video: Flash mob at Copenhagen Central Station. Copenhagen Phil playing Ravel's Bolero.

Flash mob at Copenhagen Central Station. Copenhagen Phil playing Ravel's Bolero.

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Video: iPhone 5 Concept Features

iPhone 5 Concept Features

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Friday, August 19, 2011

The Incredible World Of 3D Street Art

Who wouldn't love them?

via All That Is Interesting on 17/08/11

Iceberg 3D Street Art

3D street art — alternatively known as pavement, chalk or sidewalk art — is a form of anamorphic art pioneered by American Kurt Wenner. Sprawling over sidewalks, walls, and public spaces, artists use chalk or pastels to render pictures that use mathematical continuation of perspective to give the illusion of three-dimensionality. Though the medium is widely regarded as a modern art, street art traces its origins back to the Renaissance.

Renaissance Roots


The penchant for putting chalk to sidewalk was practiced widely by Italian vagabond artists. Known as the Madonnari because of their copious reproductions of Madonna, the artists would travel between festivals, creating religious works from brick, charcoal, colored stones and chalk. Giving credence to the ‘starving artist’ stereotype, the Madonnari lived solely off the coins passers-by tossed at them for their skill. This practice continued for centuries until the hardships of WW2 significantly reduced the numbers of the Madonnari. However, the art form was revitalized thanks to the International Street Painting Festival in Northern Italy, and the tradition has morphed and continued to date.

                 

Founding Father: Kurt Wenner


Kurt Wenner Water God Street Art
Kurt Wenner 3-D Street Art Photo

The pioneer of 3D street art, Kurt Wenner saw the artistic possibilities of combining the traditional street technique of the Madonnari, with his classical training in architecture and perspective. Born in Michigan, Wenner studied at the Art Centre College of Design and Rhode Island School of Design, and had a short stint at NASA before leaving to study art in Italy in 1982. He first introduced the concept of 3D pavement art the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and founded the first street painting festival, The Old Mission Festival, in the US in 1980.

Wenner Mermaids Street Art
London Piccadilly Circus Subway Art
Fallen Roman God Three Dimensional Art Pic

Wenner’s artwork always uses the language of classicism to tell a story. He developed 3D specifically to highlight the relevance of classical art in understanding modern art. All of the current 3D street artists can trace their roots back to Wenner’s vision, though nowadays, most use computer programs or simplified geometry to create the illusions that Wenner was able to do free hand. The staggering work o Wenner is wonderfully documented and collected in the recently released Asphalt Renaissance: The Pavement Art and 3-D Illusions of Kurt Wenner.

Dead People Street Art
Lebron James 3D Art Pic
Buick Street Art
3D Pavement Illusions



Emerging Contemporary Artist: Edgar Müller


Edgar Mueller Creatures From Underground
Edgar Mueller Gigantic Street Crack Picture

Edgar Müller is a 41-year-old German artist best known for his first giant work, turning the 270 square meter River Street in Canada into, naturally, a river ending in a huge waterfall.

Edgar Mueller Street Lave Street Art Picture
Mueller River Street Waterfall 3D Street Illusion

Müller is known for creating the first 3D street painting that changed from day to night. Müller is also the Guiness world record holder for largest pavement art and largest anamorphic pavement art.

Three Dimensional River Bed In Street Art Photograph
Mueller Street Waterfall Picture

Even more magnificent is the video below highlighting the inception and creation of one of his street art masterpieces, The Crevasse:

                 

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Saturday, August 13, 2011

Video: Exclusive Preview on iOS 5

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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Aleksandr

Fantastico!

via ChetArt by Chet on 2/08/11

Directed by Rémy Dereux, Maxime Hibon, Juliette Klauser, Raphaëlle Ranson and Louise Seynhaeve.

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“My Body is a Cage: Arcade Fire” - Assorted Hearts

I like it!

via assorted hearts on 1/08/11

“My Body is a Cage: Arcade Fire” - Assorted Hearts

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