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My good friend Stefan Zwahlen is putting together a CD of original music. You may recognize one of the songs from the Spin video I put together. He’s also kind enough to use one of my images for his album cover. Please help him fund this great opportunity via Kickstarter! Thanks.
“He used the computer to assess and compare nearly 5 million drip patterns at different locations and magnifications in each painting—from the length of a full canvas (up to four yards in some cases) to less than a tenth of an inch. The fractal dimensions of Pollock’s earlier drip paintings, Taylor concluded, correspond closely to those found in nature. A 1948 painting entitled Number 14, for instance, has a fractal dimension of 1.45, similar to that of many coastlines.”
Very cool video using a rolling shutter to capture the waves the guitar strings make when struck. It’s creativity like this I like to see. Created by Kyle Jones and gone viral.
Check out Kyle’s website for his motion graphics work as well. http://work.justkyle.com/
The original theme was ReMake It New. I started this as part of the class I taught in March. And in that spirit I am ReMaking it New into a blog that contains the same sort of info but for a wider audience. I hope you enjoy Teknicious.
“Artists and performers of every kind are confronted with the daily challenge of making something new out of what is before them. It is said, “Necessity is the mother of invention.” Never has that been more true, than in the eco-era of today. Invention is the ability to bring dissimilar ideas, tools, experience, and materials together in ways that surprise, instruct and lead.
In Artward Bound 2011, we explore and celebrate that invention and resourcefulness. Re-source, re-use, re-make, re-balance, re-mix, reflect —- are the keywords that allow us to effectively tap the past, within the present, in order to construct a creative and sustainable future.”
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Glad to see David Lockwood is still using his Tumblr Blog he created in my class. It’s very cool and he’s posting some innovative and exciting stuff. Check it out!
FAQ: What comes first…the music or the lyrics? Most often for me, it’s the music……a groove or melody arrives in my head without much warning while I’m in the shower, the airport, the car, at the piano, on the street. Sometimes it’s while I’m doing some kind of manual labor like repairing the mudwalks or “buckin’ up wood for the winter,” the unofficial state sport of New Hampshire. This melody came to me while I was chainsawing. It eventually became PreNup Tango.
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Interesting bit on the evolution of the iphone and it’s impact on photography.
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Interesting video that is essentially a visualization of taxis in London. But it shows so much more. It shows how we strive to maximize our time, how we best interpret information and how we can best communicate complex ideas to each other.
Beautiful data visualization work by Robert Hodgin using physics, math and design to play with visualization of the human voice.
“I have been working on a real-time version of the Solar piece from a couple years ago. Since it is going to be responding to people’s voices and ambient noise instead of music, I started listening to podcasts while I was developing it. I made this video to commemorate my new found love for WNYC’s RadioLab podcast. Thanks to Branden Hall and Bill Lindmeier for introducing me to it.”
A video intro from the BBC on the Golden Mean or Golden Ratio and how it shows up in nature and art.
Photographs and poem by Tori. She has a deep well of creativity that is inspiring and wonderful. I’m hoping she continues to post her work here so I can follow along with her as she explores that aspect of herself.
Lately I have been lost in the wonder-ization of moments passing me by. Although I am surrounded by the joyfulness of living mellow yellow, sometimes the more melancholy aspects of life can be just as invigorating, and can reflect my creativity. This image reveals the light of my higher self, but the darker surface below awakens a recharged, and spiritual soul which is embedded behind my hazel eyes.
Ben’s self-portrait for the workshop. I love this image. The original photograph was deceptively simple, just his shadow and a puddle. But he is learning to “see” and anticipate what he might capture with the camera.
TED Talk by David McCandless who turns complex data sets (like worldwide military spending, media buzz, Facebook status updates) into beautiful, simple diagrams that tease out unseen patterns and connections. Good design, he suggests, is the best way to navigate information glut — and it may just change the way we see the world.
Chase Jarvis - world renowned photographer shares why he created the Best Camera app for the iPhone and subsequently a book and launched a community.
