Berlin bombed with 100,000 poems
On Tuesday, August 28, the Chilean arts collective Los Casagrande dropped 100,000 poems from the sky onto the Lustgarten in Berlin to celebrate poetry and condemn acts of war. The action was their contribution to one of Berlin’s most popular cultural events, A Long Night of Museums. | via
Propellerhead Creates Worlds Largest Drum Machine
Propellerhead recently decided to create a giant, 4×4 light-emitting device so large that you have to literally jump between each of the pads in order to trigger the drum samples. Then they just randomly set up shop outdoors somewhere and hooked everything up to a projector showing the Kong drum synthesizer that it was hooked up to, and hundreds of people just stood there in awe.
Kong is a new instrument added in Reason 5, which by the way, has benn launched on 25th of August. It is a $129 upgrade if you currently own ANY previous version of the program, $349 if you are buying it for the first time, and $449 in combination with Record, which is also getting an update tomorrow. More info here! | via
The Seattle Gum Wall – A Sticky Attraction
One of the most offbeat attractions in the United States, the Seattle Gum Wall is also one of the most germ infected tourist spot in the world.
Located in Post Alley, under Park Place Market, the Gum Wall has its beginning in the early 1990s, when people, irritated that they had to wait in line to get tickets to the theater, stuck chewing gum on the wall.At first, they would use the gum to stick small coins to the wall, but in time, the tradition of the coins disappeared, and the gum remained.
Theater attendants scraped the Gum Wall twice, but gave up in 1999, when it became a certified tourist attraction of Seattle. Now it is filled with thousands of pieces of chewing gum, of any color imaginable. And, as the wall grows, the chewing gum art becomes more sophisticated. You’ll find names written with pieces of gum, and symbols like hearts or the peace sign.
But, the Seattle Gum Wall is also one of the germiest tourist destinations on Earth. In a ranking made by Trip Advisor, it came in second place, after Ireland’s Blarney Stone.
Ducobi
Not your regular teddy bear, the RB Artisan Toy collection, fabricated by the South Korean toy company Ducobi, is not just design but art. The 10-100 designer piece, limited-edition toy consists of 5 designs heavily inspired by the Far East. Ducobi have gone all out creating a high quality toy with great finishes: inlayed mother of pearl in resin which is then lacquered. With costs ranging from $750 to $1,440, this exclusive toy is great for collectors not so great for cuddling. Hurry and get yours here.
Requiem for a Thought
Text message in the thoughts of the strange character lurking along the wall. The interactive bubble reveals the characters inner thoughts, as it tracks the characters movements. A collaboration piece between Paul Notzold’s TXTual Healing and Jared Gradinger with Pictoplasma. This piece was made during Les Grandes Traversees festival in Bordeaux France in July of 2010. | via
VR/urban: “SMSlingshot”
The SMS slingshot is a device designed to create digital augmented realities in urban space.
The device is shaped as a wooden slingshot with a build-in mobile phone display, a keypad and a laser. Users can type a text message and shoot it straight at a large facade. A projector pointed at the facade will show the message as a colour splash with the message written within.
The project is designed by VR/URBAN, a group of digital intervention-activists based in Berlin. They will demonstrate the device at various media-festival in the next couple of months. Check their website for dates and technical specs! | via & via
Dark night of the soul
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Dangermouse & Sparklehorse
Visuals by David Lynch | via
Rainbow by Helmut Smits
Rainbow by Helmut Smits. | via
Buttons by Sascha Pohflepp
Buttons in a project by Sascha Pohflepp playing on the notion of the camera as a networked object. Unlike a conventional analog or digital camera, this one doesn’t have any optical parts. It is a camera that will only capture a moment at the press of a button by recording only the time it was pressed. Quickly after it begins to continuously search on the net for other photos that have been taken in the very same moment and displays on the screen. Essentially, it is a camera that – using a SonyEricsson K750i hidden behind the boxing – takes other’sphotos. Photos that were created by someone who pressed a button somewhere at the same time as its own button was pressed. | Via
GRAFITTI IS NOT A CRIME
Da sempre la street art è considerata una disciplina artistica di controcultura, fedele alle sue leggi di strada e di branco, con dogmi e immaginari del tutto propri e originali. Lunga gavetta e passione viscerale sono le caratteristiche prime di quest’arte affascinante e un po’ ribelle. Gli inizi non sono facili, bisogna avere abilità con l’uso della bomboletta e costruirsi gli strumenti da sé come dei veri e propri faber della creatività: così l’aspirante writer si fa da sé il tappino con l’ago adatto per dare forma ad una linea di un certo spessore. Al principio si comincia a disegnare sui muri, anche illegalmente, tempestando le zone dimenticate della nostra città, i treni, i sottopassaggi, i ponti e chi più ne ha più ne metta. Piano piano arrivano i permessi comunali, piano piano l’artista comincia ad affinare la sua tecnica raggiungendo uno stile proprio e del tutto autentico. Oggi la street art viene ritenuta una nuova forma d’arte comunicativa ed urgente, sensibile ai problemi della società, portatrice di contenuti e voci all’unisono.
La galleria SPAZIO TINDACI ha organizzato un’interessante iniziativa, dieci artisti per dieci messaggi, dieci messaggi con un unico tema, ovvero il diritto allo studio come diritto di cittadinanza europea. Dieci artisti di fama internazionale hanno dato così vita ad una fantastica performance nel cuore del centro storico di Padova, dando il loro contributo ad una tematica di grande attualità.
L’evento, commentato da Philippe Daverio e seguito da una conferenza stampa a cui hanno partecipato rappresentanti di enti nazionale per lo studio , il sindaco di Padova, il rettore dell’Università più rappresentanti studenteschi, ha prodotto opere piene di colore e significato, che verranno esposte alla galleria di SPAZIO TINDACI fino al 29 agosto per la mostra 10 4 CT/ dieci artisti per la città.
365 Clock by Siren Elise Wilhelmsen
German designer Siren Elise Wilhelmsen exhibited her 365 knitting clock at DMY International Design Festival Berlin. The clock includes a circular knitting machine with 48 needles, a thread spool, a thread holder, and roll of yarn. The design seeks to make time a tangible, physical thing. It moves clockwise and after one year, creates a scarf two meters long. | via
iPhone Dioramas
Website designer and photographer JD Hancock creates these clever miniature scenes, played out using an iPhone screen as part of the backdrop. | Via
