Art Category

This is a video that almost needs no corresponding text…but we’re going to write some nonetheless. The clip condenses 30 hours of Toronto artist Amy Shackleton creating her new work Terraced City into a two-minute time-lapse, through which the effects of her brushless technique can really be seen.

Bidjocka and Njami are encouraging us to celebrate the 3,500 year-old invention of handwriting by bringing some sentimentality and awareness to the possible disintegration of the written word.

If natural events and new films are anything to go by, we may be expecting the end of days anytime now. The art world is also joining in on the doom and gloom; to celebrate the Tate Britain’s major retrospective of John Martin’s work, director Simon Burrill was commission to create a short film inspired by Martin’s apocalyptic visages.

Professional Skateboarder/Artist Mark “Gonz” Gonzales has been tapped to let his creativity run wild with the interior design of Supreme London.

Italian soundscape artist Diego Stocco sure knows how to make a beat, and this time he’s doing it in your humble dry cleaner.

In this video, artist Vicki DaSilva—a fine art photographer specializing in Light Graffiti—”paints” her images of New York City with the name of the Bring to Light festival, a free showcase of site-specific installations of light, sound, performance and projection art in streets, parks and on the industrial waterfront of Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

Doyle Partners has been a prominent graphic designer and illustrator for over 20 years. He’s known for playing with shadow and perspective to create depth where there otherwise would be none. For a recent piece in the NY Times, Doyle’s unique brand of design was called upon to spell out pivotal words from a story on education.

German artist Robert Seidel creates dreamy landscapes by manipulating abstract sculptures with light.

Over the past few years, churches in the Netherlands have become unpopular, and are slowly falling into disuse. In response to this, Belgian architects, Pieterjan Gijs and Arnout Van Vaerenbergh are working on a five-year long installation project, where they will construct transparent churches throughout the country.

Back when the professional masses switched from white paper to yellow pads, they did so in hopes that the sharp color contrast would provide more clarity. The Notepad Project, released by SWAMP is determined to continue to improve on that goal.