Do-it-yourself: Origami and video mapping in your walls

The audiovisual installation Paper and Light (2012) of the French artist Joanie Lemercier was originally made during a workshop with kids in Manchester (UK). As the artist explains, “It is about having conversations about balance and randomness; about the subjectivity of our perception of beauty and the beauty emerging from simple patterns.» The first editions of Paper and light were made out of sheets of … Seguir leyendo Do-it-yourself: Origami and video mapping in your walls

Lighting art that play with your senses

The online exhibition Keep Yourself Clean presents a reconstruction of the art collective’s VOLNA major works from 2016 to the present in a virtual space. Exhibition spaces and installations are created using video game development tools that simulate real-time lighting effects and scenes. Visitors are invited to immerse themselves in the surroundings of each installation and can move freely in the room and choose any observation point. … Seguir leyendo Lighting art that play with your senses

Arte sonoro e improvisación, un retorno a lo fundamental desde la experimentación musical

La música en el siglo XX se expresa en el movimiento de las ciudades y el dinamismo de las grandes urbes, que con su ruido ensordecedor transportan a las masas al caótico frenesí de la modernidad, donde la armonía y la consonancia desaparecen para manifestarse en lo simple, el sonido. Éste, pasa a ser el centro de atención de músicos, compositores y artistas que encuentran … Seguir leyendo Arte sonoro e improvisación, un retorno a lo fundamental desde la experimentación musical

Ordenadores que pintan cuadros

Ordenadores que pintan cuadros Si paseando por las salas de arte flamenco de su museo favorito, vieran estos dos cuadros uno al lado del otro, ¿creen que sabrían diferenciar cuál es un original del pintor holandés Rembrandt y cuál es una imitación? Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) fue la figura central de la edad de oro holandesa durante su florecimiento como potencia económica internacional. Su pintura … Seguir leyendo Ordenadores que pintan cuadros

“Massless” encompasses expression freed from physical constraint

“Massless” encompasses expression freed from physical constraint teamLab, a Tokyo based 500 + team of artists, programmers and animators has skyrocketed the Amos Rex ART museum to international fame with its all-digital exhibition Massless. Daily long queues in central Helsinki outside an art museum has been a familiar sight all past autumn. In less than four months tens of thousands visitors per week have pais a … Seguir leyendo “Massless” encompasses expression freed from physical constraint

Watch your mind affecting sound and light 

Watch your mind affecting sound and light It is all about the power of thought on light and sound, or how to make the invisible visible and the inaudible audible. Claudia Robles-Angel’ Web-Mindscape allows us to have an impact on her exhibition, whether we’re present or not. Claudia Robles-Angel is a Colombian born digital artist working in the intersection of visual & sound art, science and … Seguir leyendo Watch your mind affecting sound and light 

Floating digital nature of human stem cells revealed by Jennifer Steinkamp

Floating digital nature of human stem cells revealed by Jennifer Steinkamp “Ovaries” (2017) is a depiction of floating ripened fruit ovaries trapped inside an image. This animation was created by the digital artist Jennifer Steinkamp for the USC Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine as part of their permanent collection. Steinkamp, pioneer in the use of digital animation, seeks to transform the architecture … Seguir leyendo Floating digital nature of human stem cells revealed by Jennifer Steinkamp

Daniel Canogar y las fluctuaciones digitales de la memoria humana

Daniel Canogar y las fluctuaciones digitales de la memoria humana Daniel Canogar (Madrid, 1964) vive y trabaja entre Madrid y Nueva York y es uno de los artistas españoles de mayor proyección internacional. Desde muy temprano, se interesó por las posibilidades de la imagen proyectada y la instalación artística y, con el auge de la tecnología digital, se introdujo en el ámbito de lo electrónico. Ha … Seguir leyendo Daniel Canogar y las fluctuaciones digitales de la memoria humana

Freezing time and your ice-cream

Freezing time and your ice-cream In “Blow Up”, Ori Gersht presents a marriage of traditional art and photography’s capacity to freeze time with a high-speed camera. By freezing flowers in liquid nitrogen, he then blew the arrangements up, capturing an uneasy beauty in destruction. #Cultural Data The liquid nitrogen is a compact and readily transported source of dry nitrogen gas, as it does not require … Seguir leyendo Freezing time and your ice-cream