Enjoying the work of Jacob De Graf at the minute. I saw his work in issue 10 of ArtBox.
Particularly his older pieces – architectural paintings of small homes in mostly nocturnal landscapes. His more recent work is concentrated on form and composition rather than feelings/mood.
I love that De Graaf explores the idea of psychogeography of the home in a 2D format rather than 3D/installation.
I wish I could be at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo but alas, I can’t. In person. But I could be telepresent; that is, to give the appearance that I’m present or have an effect at a location other than the one I’m physically in. This is no new concept, but it is an integral part of an exhibition at the Expo by Graham Smith and Christina Smith of Cybercity Ruhr.
The exhibition allows for robots to be manually controlled and manoeuvred through tiny streets. They can be controlled ‘locally’, over a game step pad, or ‘world wide’, over the internet. This enables the viewer to explore the environment as a pedestrian would, without actually being there.
Generally, the exhibition explores urbanism, spatial needs, interactivity with urban and built environments, identity and cultural exchange. But personally, ides of community, isolation and alienation are key.
For more info have a look HERE.
The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman.
Amazing!
Some collages which are from the REFLECTIONS series. I’m working from these in 3D.
I will be part of an exhibition in Slovakia called Mish Mash. The show will be split into two parts, the first will be in the Hrad Castle in Bratislava (I will doing one of my balloon installations), and the second part will be at the gallery, where I’ll be showing 3 new collages. Exciting! If you can make it, come along.
This is the plan view of my installation, the first section (before the first curtain) is white, and everywhere beyond the curtain is blacked out.
This is the view of the space as soon as you walk into the entrance.
The view as you move further into the space towards the ramp and first curtain.
As the viewer finds their way through the second corridor, they are filmed from behind by a camera which is feeding live to a projector. The viewer controls how much light is recorded and projected through their own movements. The camera and projector work to create a ‘never-ending’ space in front of the viewer, as they see the recording of themselves from behind, projected in front of them over and over again into a ‘virtual space’.
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