This work-phase entitled “klangfarben” (2006-07), is based on the 11-d hypercube. The work itself consists of two square LCD screens, a computer and custom software.

© 2007 by Manfred Mohr

Museum Waalsdorp: Eerste opdracht Meetgebouw Waalsdorp.

I was inspired and energized with the vast array of projects and artist pooled together. Personally attracted to the electronic elements of a particular artist featured. I found the installations of Tatsuo Miyajima to be insightful. The installations are elegant addressing the theme of technology as fetish or “A technology fetish is an idea fetish.”

To see more visit Synaptic Stimuli
http://synapticstimuli.com/tech-fetish/

detail image 08:42:08 Eugene USA

The Last clock was created by:

Jussi Ängeslevä & Ross Cooper ©2001-2004

Site Link: http://www.lastclock.co.uk/

This piece is Titled: Exit 2008 Electrical exit signs, flexible conduit, electrical wiring 104×72x3″

As Barthes observers the photograph he comprises a few main categories that mediate the relationship of the photographic process. Barthes concludes that photography can be the object of three practices, to do, to undergo, to look. The operator is the photographer and the camera. The spectator is all whom perceive and acknowledge or glance at pictures. Finally the person or thing targeted, the referent that Barthes calls the spectrum of photograph. He states that this is related to the spectacle and is recycled back to the death or return of the dead.

He continues to address the complex issue of the realness of the photograph by including the persona one becomes during a portrait. Barthes elaborates on the social mechanisms that contributes to this behavior. Furthermore he includes the photographic process and equipment braces, keyhole, sounds as transformers. Barthes then incorporates these states of being among other pictures and acknowledges his emotional and cultural rational.

When Barthes further contemplates his interest and attention derived from viewing photographs he established two categories. The first of the two he concludes as a state of his personal conditioning. He uses the Latin word stadium to label this average effect from photographs. This address the formal tastes and styles acquired by the individual participants. The second is also labeled with a Latin word that gains the viewer attention invasively punctum or punctuate. This accidental aspect pierces the surface getting under the skin.

With these fundamental themes outlined in photography Barthes continues to explore the truths of the image. This becomes evident with his relation and alienation of his own personal pictures. As one can conclude he thought of his portraits as dreading the process and stealing away his identity with false representation. Then as he reminisces through the photographs of his deceased mother we are invited into a crusade for truth. He struggles for an image that may portray her aura through his experience. He finally encounters such an image surprisingly of her at a very young age pure and full of innocence. This image sign acts as a simulacrum pointing to many emotional and phenomenological perception that satisfies his search.

D.T.O.

Check out the link http://cms.mit.edu/research/projects.php I found all of these projects that have similar ideas. Convergence media the future of media development, virtual environments, mobile technologies, social networking and interaction. I found that the emerging patterns of cross combining entertainment, advertising, brands and consumers with virtual and social experimental media to be the main theme. I think all of the projects are relative although the Center for Future Civic Media attracted my attention along with the Digital Humanities project.

Cheers,
D.T.O.

http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html

These two artist are amazing the amount of effort to get a project up and running is an art form itself. Unfortunately a few months ago Jean Caude passed at the age of 74. Although the expected Arkansas River project is still under way this demonstrates their dedication and resilience. I have been marveled be their works since childhood and hope to be able to see this project completed and in person.

This is an example of a time and site specific work of art that alters ones perception of the common place. The art form expresses the vision and ideas of the artist that could not be fully realized in theory. The final artworks needs to be experienced to gain full appreciation. Their installations provide a new way of seeing landscapes and other forms.

October of 2008 An exhibition of Christo and Jeanne Claude’s personal prints and photographs where hosted at The Center for Visual Art “CVA”. I was very fortunate to have seen this exhibition and become more aquatinted the the two artist work. The CVA displayed the show with great detail outlining the cumulative development behind the art. Each piece was grouped according to date and labeled with reference numbers tied to additional information. This exhibition gave insight to the complex planning and proposals that make the installations possible. The overall presentation was immaculate with a variety of models, diagrams, blue prints, and video documentation.

Many aspects of art history and theory culminate together in the course of defining these installations. Their progressive contemporary artworks question the fiber which art is threaded from. The process Christo and Jeanne Claude use to construct proposed installations are individual works themselves. I felt privileged to have witnessed the actual conceptual models and illustrations.

Since I was in high school Christo and Jeanne Claude’s work has been influential. I fondly recall a video documentary on the piece Running Fence and it’s flawless beauty. The art seemed so different that my perception would be forever changed. The interaction with the environment and management of the production crew assembling the work captivated me.

Christo and Jeanne Claude incorporate many artistic skills from traditional illustration to environmental planning. The individuality of each piece is amazing utilizing several traditional skills. One may find a personal connection regarding the location or objects used in the installations. The artwork in the show demonstrated Christos attention to detail as he drafts up a project. His designs incorporate mathematical scales and geographical surveys as blue prints for visual conception.

Despite the tragic loss of Jeanne Claude, the two artist made an obligation to their work and the show must go on. The current Over the River proposition has been in the works for sometime and will take place in southern Colorado’s Arkansas River region. This will be a magnificent achievement, the triumph of blood sweet and tears.

D.T.O.

http://www.christojeanneclaude.net/

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