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Reminds me of Chris’s Celebration/Love/Loss.

Sun, 12 May 2013 01:26:12 -0400

Reminds me of Chris’s Celebration/Love/Loss.

An iPad, a projector and an app called Tagtool are all you need...

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:17:39 -0500

An iPad, a projector and an app called Tagtool are all you need to turn your city into a virtual canvas for your own custom light art and animations. Created by Vienna-based OMAi, Tagtool enables you to create art with your fingers on an iPad and project it large-scale onto the sides of buildings.

Since the 1960s, an increasing number of artists from around...

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 10:35:00 -0500

Since the 1960s, an increasing number of artists from around the world have incorporated artificial light in their work, exhibiting light itself or exploiting its perceptual effects. These artists approach light as a spatial and environmental experience, a factor of psychological influence, and an intangible material which can be manipulated and sculpted. Individual artworks examine different aspects of light such as colour, duration, shadows, natural and artificial illumination, and projection, demonstrating light’s crucial role in the transition of sculpture from object to environment.

The New Dream Machine Project is part of an evolving body of...

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:13:25 -0500

The New Dream Machine Project is part of an evolving body of work that explores the relationship between Beat culture and Middle Eastern artistic traditions, and their legacy today. Dawood’s New Dream Machine Project, a 3-metre-tall spinning steel sculpture, is a reworking of the original Dream Machine created in 1959 by artist Brion Gysin and scientist Ian Sommerville.

“Halfway out of the dark”, as Doctor Who put it in...

Tue, 25 Dec 2012 23:07:48 -0500

“Halfway out of the dark”, as Doctor Who put it in that Christmas special with the flying shark. To continue the Time Lord’s observation, humans have always celebrated the middle of winter, when the dark days reach their limit and the light begins its gradual return.

The Guardian asked artists from around the world to create...

Tue, 25 Dec 2012 22:10:17 -0500

The Guardian asked artists from around the world to create “Christmas screensavers,” including this one by Ai Weiwei. Other screensavers are by Martin Creed, Urs Fischer, David Hockney, Cornelia Parker, Susan Hiller, andCory Arcangel.

"What I see happening is a massive urban re-knitting”—a lot of it addressing scars like the..."

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:06:21 -0500

““What I see happening is a massive urban re-knitting”—a lot of it addressing scars like the freeway that destroyed the Rondo neighborhood in St. Paul or the wide racial gap in income and education that has grown over recent decades. “It’s a healing process both physical and psychological.” Landry sees the new light rail corridor between Minneapolis and St. Paul as “a major opportunity to do this urban reknitting.””

Based on the survey results, Toronto benefited to the tune of...

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:31:21 -0500

Based on the survey results, Toronto benefited to the tune of $38 million, with an additional $4.2 million spillover impact for Ontario. It also estimated that over 1 million were in attendance, which included more than 170,000 out-of-town visitors.

“The past seven years have seen Scotiabank Nuit Blanche transform and grow each year,” said Duncan Hannay, Scotiabank’s Senior Vice President, Canadian Marketing. “Part of our commitment to communities across Canada is support for the arts, and we are proud to help bring this innovative artistic event to Toronto. Scotiabank Nuit Blanche truly enriches the communities where we live and work, by making art accessible to everyone, and we look forward to building on its continued success in 2013.”

Art Video Nights Running from December 5 to 8, Art Video...

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 11:53:34 -0500

Art Video Nights
Running from December 5 to 8, Art Video Nights will showcase 60 film and video works on the 7,000-square-foot outdoor projection wall of the Frank Gehry-designed New World Center in SoundScape Park. Presented by participating galleries of Art Basel Miami Beach, the program features works by artists including Julieta Aranda, Daniel Arsham, Guy Ben-Ner, Theaster Gates, Jesper Just, Mauricio Lupini, Ryan McGinley, Rashaad Newsome, Robin Rhode, Sam Samore, Adam Shecter, and Hu Xiangqian. Art Video Nights will also feature a special dusk-to-dawn screening of the 12-hour long film Bliss by Ragnar Kjartansson, presented by Art Basel in collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) North Miami and the New World Center on Saturday, December 8 at 6pm. Art Video is organized in association with David Gryn, Director of London’s Artprojx.
www.artbasel.com/videonights

(via Baltā Nakts / EN)

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 23:48:32 -0400

(via Baltā Nakts / EN)

Northern Spark Art Festival 2012 (by delusionallinnea)

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 23:35:09 -0400

Northern Spark Art Festival 2012 (by delusionallinnea)

“Called Open Air and conceived by the electronic artist...

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 23:24:09 -0400

“Called Open Air and conceived by the electronic artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, the light installation’s design will be controlled by 30-second voice recordings anyone can make on an iPhone application or online. The website -www.openairphilly.net - went live Thursday, with Lozano-Hemmer in town to explain the proje’ct. It will be presented every night from Sept. 20 to Oct. 14.

(via Parkway art project will be big, public, and participatory)

“Tonight is the annual Japanese Lantern Festival in St....

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 23:48:07 -0400

“Tonight is the annual Japanese Lantern Festival in St. Paul. Thousands of people have gathered to enjoy Japanese culture, food and art. The highlight is the lovely floating of the paper lanterns in the Conservatory pond.”

(via Loving the Lights)

“The Joshua Light Show, founded by multimedia artist...

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:40:06 -0400

“The Joshua Light Show, founded by multimedia artist Joshua White, are perhaps the most legendary visualists of live music. As resident artists at Bill Graham’s Fillmore East during the late 1960’s, and in performances at Woodstock, Newport Jazz Festival, Tanglewood, Carnegie Hall, and the classic film, Midnight Cowboy, White and his cohorts created live, colorful, psychedelic projections behind the great bands of that era including The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, and The Who.”
(via NYU SKIRBALL)

“Robert Stadler installation in a Parisian Church. Photo...

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 01:09:27 -0400

“Robert Stadler installation in a Parisian Church. Photo by Marc Domage.”

Definition of nuit blanche - Oxford Dictionaries (US English)

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:53:19 -0400

Definition of nuit blanche - Oxford Dictionaries (US English):

“a sleepless night.”

Nuit Blanche; Bring to Light New York,…..Documentation (by...

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:40:15 -0400

Nuit Blanche; Bring to Light New York,…..Documentation (by Karen Ostrom)

I like the way this is “hidden” in a walkway overhang for a more up close experience.

“The festival, now in its 65th year, comes with a couple...

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:12:08 -0400

“The festival, now in its 65th year, comes with a couple of annual traditions. Every year, hundreds of runners dress up in glowing lights and participate in a “mass choreographed act of walking and running over Arthur’s Seat in the center of Edinburgh to illuminate the iconic landmark.” Below, photos of the run, by Reuters photographer David Moir.” (via A Glowing Run Through Edinburgh - Arts & Lifestyle - The Atlantic Cities)

“Wil Natzel’s “Night Blooms” mushroom...

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 22:37:56 -0400

“Wil Natzel’s “Night Blooms” mushroom art installation during Northern Spark 2012 as viewed from the Stone Arch bridge”

“Artist Wil Natzel is creating a pop-up art installation...

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 22:35:22 -0400

“Artist Wil Natzel is creating a pop-up art installation of incredible cardboard flowers near the Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis, MN using the humblest of materials — cardboard! Using his own specialized CNC cardboard cutting knife, he will create eight “Night Blooms” that range in height from 15 to more than 20 feet, assembled into a cluster. Each bloom has a round ten-foot diameter top that forms a permeable enclosure, creating an environment that can be explored throughout the night as part of the Northern Spark 2012 art festival.”