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Amy Shackleton’s Liquid Landscapes

By Brodie Lancaster | September 28th, 2011 in Art | Locale:

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.

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Moleskine’s Infinite Writing

By Sacha Stephan | September 27th, 2011 in Art | Locale:

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.

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The Art Gallery Apocalypse

By Brodie Lancaster | September 26th, 2011 in Art | Locale:

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.

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Mark Gonzales Reigns Supreme

By Sacha Stephan | September 23rd, 2011 in Art | Locale:

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

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A Dry Cleaner Brought To Life

By Jenna Hawkins | September 22nd, 2011 in Art | Locale:

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

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Bring New York to Light

By Brodie Lancaster | September 20th, 2011 in Art | Locale:

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.

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Image Credit: Stephen Wilkes for The New York Times

Stephen Doyle’s Grit In The Gym

By Jennifer Zarichnyj | September 19th, 2011 in Art | Locale:

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.

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Ethereal Electronic Landscapes

By Jennifer Zarichnyj | September 14th, 2011 in Art | Locale:

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

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The Transparent Church

By Shivangi Ramachandran | September 13th, 2011 in Art | Locale:

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.

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The Notepad Project

By Shivangi Ramachandran | September 9th, 2011 in Art | Locale:

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.

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