Back of the Envelope announces the launch of the British Councils ADF papers, which can be downloaded for free, or requested, in ‘reality’. The first series is on ‘collectives’.
Archive for the 'Art' Category
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The Art Project, (powered by Google) is on one level, fantastically done, and on another level, unsettling.
The latest installment of Adam Curtis’s ‘All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace’ reminded me about this event that I went to at the front end of this year, and never got round to writing about. The linking thread is cybernetics, and the study of feedback loops. The programme prompted me to look out some notes, and while 92% of them are barely intelligible, I thought I’d repeat the soundbites that were less so. They are not arranged in any sort of order, make of them what you will.
“Cybernetic systems involve a governor, a moderating mechanism which shuts the system down if the feedback goes beyond a certain level.”
“Markets were the first computers”
“The (main) product of commercial TV is not programmes, but the audience” (I wonder if the same is true of the Internet and www? Is the main product there the searchers rather than the search results?)
“Cybernetics, in popular culture at least, tends to be presented in a dystopian light, i.e. Cybermen…”
A fuller (and probably better remembered) review of the event can be found here.
Image: Steve Rushton discusses mindspace, as part of talk.
One from the archive here: It’s rare for old blog posts here to attract many comments*, but Foreign Report: Pixacao – a report on Street Art from Argentina by Gordon Carmichael – has attracted a few of late, one which is in Portugese (I think, give it a go in google translate), and another of which offers a link to the video above, a really interesting segment from Style Wars. Thanks to Gordon for writing what has turned out to be the sleeper ‘hit’ of the Vis Com blog.
* please complete the “or new posts” or “only when you and lizzie comment on your own posts” jokes at your leisure.
Stefan Sagmeister – FOTB2010 from flashonthebeach on Vimeo.
Stefan Sagmeister on his latest sabbatical in Bali.
Manystuff offer some very comprehensive coverage of the first Amsterdam Art/Book Fair. The kind of place where I could bankrupt myself. They also do the animated gif meme.
A student was talking yesterday about an idea for a space agency for the East End of Glasgow, (Glasgow East End Space Agency, or GEESA for short, I felt it should be called) which put me in mind of the Open Source Satellite Initiative. My awful name idea in turn put me in mind of Geezer Gotta Flame Thrower, by GSA staff Beagles and Ramsay.
GSA Pecha Kucha V is the last of this academic year, and the last in the vic as we know it.
On at the moment at Market Gallery, Telling Stories is an exhibition featuring the work of David Shrigley, Frank Quitely, Gary Erskine, Jamie Grant, Sorcha Edward, Stuart Murray, Anna Tanner, Mitch Miller and many others. Runs to the 6th March.
“Scotland is world renowned for its story telling. This exhibition aims to celebrate this legacy whilst examining the relationship between illustration, film and fine art and encourage discussion about how these seemingly autonomous media share common themes and motivations.”
Throughout the show there will be a program of talks and events.
1st Year Department of Visual Communication
London Study Trip
24-27 January 2011
25.1.11
DAY 1
VISIT / 10.00am
- Company / Alex Swain
http://www.company-london.com/
- An informal insight into business acumen combined with how to take a client on a creative journey.
VISIT / 11.30am
- The Association of Illustrators / Paul Ryding
http://www.theaoi.com/
- There is very little former graduate Paul Ryding does not know about contemporary illustration.
VISIT / 1.00pm
- Tomato / Michael Horsham
http://www.tomato.co.uk/
- An intimate sharing of large and small projects from one of the most influential agencies. There portfolio goes back to 1991 and are continuing to work with Underworld.
VISIT / 4.00pm
- Pentagram / Jane Pluer
http://pentagram.com/en/portfolio/
- One of the most impressive offices in the creative industries with a workshop to match. Imperious work delivered with style and elegance.
26.1.11
DAY 2
VISIT / 11.00am
- Browns Design / Jonathan Ellery
http://brownsdesign.com/
- Jonathan engaged with the students immediately by asking how they defined art compared to design. Award winning work from a man who applauds the students form outside London including The Glasgow School of Art.
VISIT / 1.30pm
- Field / Vera-Maria Glahn
http://www.field.io/
- A German duo working with all the latest programming software and code to produce really beautiful ‘cross-media’ work. Cool rooftop garden with views over to the City of London.
VISIT / 4.30pm
- Build / Nicky and Michael Place with former graduate Lynne Devine
http://wearebuild.com/
- Michael allowed us to touch, feel and sniff the quality of his best design for print. Designers Republic guru happy to be working in a small agency with one of our best graduates.
Passing through witte de withstraat yesterday saw this exhibition, but unfortunately didn’t have time to go in. However, via retweet from v2, see that they’re putting their publication online:
Also in the ‘doing is thinking’ vein: http://www.dexigner.com/news/16225
Documenta 13 is the latest incarnation of the renowned art festival, which has now become, as many art festivals have, a “county fair for intellectuals“. Manifesta is a more itinerant version of its sound-a-like equivalent. Unitednationsplaza is what happened when the Greek/Cypriot government cancelled Manifesta in 2006, its video archive is now online. UNP was organised by (amongst others) Anton Vidokle. Open 16 investigates the phenomena of the art biennial, with some fascinating and critical writing.
Via manystuff.org, D-Crit lectures videos with Rick Poynor, “Curating ‘Uncanny: Surrealism and Graphic Design’”, Rob Giampietro, “On Design, Distribution, and Circulation”, David Reinfurt, “The First Rule is Always Production, Never Documentation. The Second Rule is There Are No Rules”, and more…
“Compare your life to other people’s — Test how you match up against their achievements!”
via MFA graduate, Ellie Harrison, and her new project; Trajectories.
These initial forays into a web-based Afghan culture museum, which I came across via this article, caught my attention, as it overlaps with some other interesting stuff I’ve come across recently about curating, museums, archives and how we create and propagate collective ‘memories’ in a digital/networked context.
Things magazine is a link-heavy read, with some really interesting combinations of culled hyperlinks. It eminates from the V&A/RCA and used to be a paper based magazine, which you can still get (some) back copies of.
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