11 W 81st Street . September 22, 2007 . 11:22 pm .
http://homepage.mac.com/joester5/art/images/RFS%20sunset%203.mov
(Those flashing lights
come from everywhere.)
T
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Solar Dish Kitchen
59 W 12th Street . 7:01 pm . September 18, 2007 .
What would a couple of them eggs taste like if cooked on a solar disk kitchen?
On a plane from Venice to Paris I found myself with absolutely nothing to read and was getting bored out of my mind. I was later pleasantly surprised by an Air France magazine article on the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum of New York and its current exhibitions. "Design For The Other 90%" sounded like a very interesting premise for a show. After reading about it thoroughly I made up my mind to go and check it out as soon as I came back from abroad.
"It is estimated that 6 billion people -or 90% of the world's population- have no connection to consumer society."
The word connection is what really rings a bell here. It's not a matter of knowledge or even understanding anymore. It all boils down to connection. 6 billion people are far beyond the reaches (and riches) of cultural consumption simply because they have no access to it... at any given level. Being a boisterous cultural consumer myself, this exposition was something that I had to go see.
Many object samples that seem to solve lotsa problems (real problems) for the world's poor were presented in the Museum's garden. Everything from motorcycles with Internet access to stations for day laborers to rest in the shade. The Q-Drum and the Lifestraw -by the way- have to be two of the cleverest inventions I've seen in a very long time.
Please find their website enclosed and remember not to worry about getting the iPhone... you only have 10% of the world's population to fight over it.
http://other90.cooperhewitt.org/
T
What would a couple of them eggs taste like if cooked on a solar disk kitchen?
On a plane from Venice to Paris I found myself with absolutely nothing to read and was getting bored out of my mind. I was later pleasantly surprised by an Air France magazine article on the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum of New York and its current exhibitions. "Design For The Other 90%" sounded like a very interesting premise for a show. After reading about it thoroughly I made up my mind to go and check it out as soon as I came back from abroad.
"It is estimated that 6 billion people -or 90% of the world's population- have no connection to consumer society."
The word connection is what really rings a bell here. It's not a matter of knowledge or even understanding anymore. It all boils down to connection. 6 billion people are far beyond the reaches (and riches) of cultural consumption simply because they have no access to it... at any given level. Being a boisterous cultural consumer myself, this exposition was something that I had to go see.
Many object samples that seem to solve lotsa problems (real problems) for the world's poor were presented in the Museum's garden. Everything from motorcycles with Internet access to stations for day laborers to rest in the shade. The Q-Drum and the Lifestraw -by the way- have to be two of the cleverest inventions I've seen in a very long time.
Please find their website enclosed and remember not to worry about getting the iPhone... you only have 10% of the world's population to fight over it.
http://other90.cooperhewitt.org/
T
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Play Pause
59 W 12th Street . 7:55 pm . September 15, 2007 .
I went to see a video installation by Sadie Benning at the Dia Art Foundation in Chelsea today. A pleasant surprise it was to learn that she's a founding member of... Le Tigre!
Wanna disco?
Wanna see me disco?
I really appreciated the way the screening was presented: a huge set of speakers next to a two-screen projection on a wall and nothing else. The space in itself though contributed greatly. The sounds and ambient recordings were outstanding. The drawings were OK. According to the very formal press release handed to me at the entrance "Play Pause tracks a number of urban figures as they navigate their city in search of everyday play and pleasure."
The video was only 29:22 minutes long so less than an hour later I exited the gallery and took my own urban figure on a very afternoon-ish stroll down 22nd Street... one gotsa love New York in the fall.
Who took the bomp from the bompalompalomp?
Who took the ram from the ramalamadingdong?
Who took the bomp from the bompalompalomp?
Who took the ram from the ramalamadingdong?
T
I went to see a video installation by Sadie Benning at the Dia Art Foundation in Chelsea today. A pleasant surprise it was to learn that she's a founding member of... Le Tigre!
Wanna disco?
Wanna see me disco?
I really appreciated the way the screening was presented: a huge set of speakers next to a two-screen projection on a wall and nothing else. The space in itself though contributed greatly. The sounds and ambient recordings were outstanding. The drawings were OK. According to the very formal press release handed to me at the entrance "Play Pause tracks a number of urban figures as they navigate their city in search of everyday play and pleasure."
The video was only 29:22 minutes long so less than an hour later I exited the gallery and took my own urban figure on a very afternoon-ish stroll down 22nd Street... one gotsa love New York in the fall.
Who took the bomp from the bompalompalomp?
Who took the ram from the ramalamadingdong?
Who took the bomp from the bompalompalomp?
Who took the ram from the ramalamadingdong?
T
Light Attack
59 W 12th Street . 2:21 pm . September 15, 2007 .
I tried to upload this piece directly from the artist's website to tanialicious but elegantly failed. I very much wanted to share it with everyone so voila the link and congrats to Daniel Sauter for a beautifully done clip.
http://www.daniel-sauter.com/webmovies/Light_Attack_Florence_320_240_pcm.mov
T
I tried to upload this piece directly from the artist's website to tanialicious but elegantly failed. I very much wanted to share it with everyone so voila the link and congrats to Daniel Sauter for a beautifully done clip.
http://www.daniel-sauter.com/webmovies/Light_Attack_Florence_320_240_pcm.mov
T
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Foundations of Media Design
59 W 12th Street . 12:14 am . September 13, 2007 .
This is where I live and this is where I go to school... Greenwich Village. It occurred to me to map myself during a Foundations of Media Design class. The whole idea for this blog came from that class. I think the easiest way to organize and follow the course is by blogging it. According to Susan Sontag cameras used to be "the toy of the clever, the wealthy, and the obsessed" which is the least we can say nowadays about computers and the web.
In order to survive creatively -as connoisseurs, producers, artists- in the midst of our ever changing times, we must be (or become) technology savvy. I am therefore looking forward to this space since I truly wish to dominate the skills I need to do the things I want. It will probably require much practice but me don't mind at all. Just as Isaac Asimov said "I do not fear computers; I fear the lack of them."
A picture from Look At Me... one of my favorite photography websites:
This is where I live and this is where I go to school... Greenwich Village. It occurred to me to map myself during a Foundations of Media Design class. The whole idea for this blog came from that class. I think the easiest way to organize and follow the course is by blogging it. According to Susan Sontag cameras used to be "the toy of the clever, the wealthy, and the obsessed" which is the least we can say nowadays about computers and the web.
In order to survive creatively -as connoisseurs, producers, artists- in the midst of our ever changing times, we must be (or become) technology savvy. I am therefore looking forward to this space since I truly wish to dominate the skills I need to do the things I want. It will probably require much practice but me don't mind at all. Just as Isaac Asimov said "I do not fear computers; I fear the lack of them."
A picture from Look At Me... one of my favorite photography websites:
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