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Joyrider is a revolutionary accessory that transforms a bicycle into a moving light show using just one LED. The design evokes new rave couture, with its iconic smiley face and the strobe effect, bringing kitsch glamour to the cycling experience. The two sterling silver, Swarovski studded components are attached to the spokes of the wheel, emitting a fixed image of a smiley face using a single LED light. This effect is achieved through inbuilt microchips that are able to calculate the speed of the wheel in such a way that the smiley face remains stationary while the wheel spins. The photographed bicycle is custom designed by Waldemeyer.
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WALDEMEYER REVOLUTIONISES THE WORLD OF LIGHTING FOR THE MP3 GENERATION
Twilight, the latest project by Waldemeyer, will be exhibited in the entrance of the new Zune space in Los Angeles, from May 2008. Commissioned by Microsoft’s entertainment brand Zune, the interactive chandelier illuminates the exclusive Zune-to-Zune sharing function that sets Zune apart from the rest by enabling users to share their music with the chandelier itself. The room has been specifically designed as a haven for Zune users to make full use of Zune's social functions that allows spontaneous sharing of full-length sample tracks, playlists or pictures with other Zune users. The Twilight chandelier brings this function to an exciting new level: the Zune users in the room can send a song to the chandelier and watch as thousands of integrated lights react to the music, sending waves of light up and down the internal space in time to the beat. The installation is constructed of 15 sheets of organza fabric suspended from the ceiling to form a 3m by 3m cube. LEDs have been stitched into the fabric, creating illuminated silhouettes within each square to comprise an internal shape that evokes a conventional lamp-stand or natural tulip-esque form. The striking layering is best appreciated at daylight, when the fabric’s ephemeral qualities are exploited. As the eye moves up the chandelier, the lights appear to dissolve into mist as another layer of fabric masks each LED silhouette. The effect is of gazing into a fog, bringing a hint of Dickensian London to the blue skies of LA. At night, the installation transforms into a dazzling lightshow, with subtle interplay between LED and fabric as the light traces its weave.
La guerra es nuestra
LA GUERRA ES NUESTRA - THE WAR IS OURS
Annamarie Ho + Inmi Lee
The piece, an intervention shown earlier this year via Madrid Abierto, was a large sign with the statement "La guerra es nuestra" spelled out in black, back-lit lettering and attached to the façade of the Círculo de Bellas Artes.
“The sign utilizes a format that is most often seen on storefronts - the viewer may initially overlook the sign, as we are often indifferent to new information and media that is constantly being introduced to us, but a second glance may procure a different reaction. Moreover, the placement of such a sign on a well-known cultural building leads to a juxtaposition of the political onto the beautiful and the historical.
The initial reference in the statement "La guerra es nuestra" is, of course, the war in Iraq. But the statement is also open-ended; the "war" or the "guerra" can refer to anything that incites concern in the viewer. In Madrid, this might be the activities of the Basque group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) or the need for more affordable housing within the city. The goal of the artists is to show that everyone is a voluntary participant in the political. Indifference is a statement, as much as waging a war or being involved in political activism.”
Image: Annamarie Ho
Laurie Anderson live in Vancouver!
International Arts Initiatives & Vancouver New Music in association with grunt gallery will present HOMELAND conceived and performed by Laurie Anderson at The Centre in Vancouver for Performing Art on 18 October 2008. For priority seating: info@mundomundo.com
Laurie Anderson's HOMELAND is a series of songs and stories that create a poetic and political portrait of contemporary American culture. Conceived as one long piece of music, the stories and songs that make up HOMELAND are marked by a political urgency. They address the current climate of fear, obsession with information and security. The music, built on a foundation of groove electronics and featuring many new melodic forms with which Laurie has been experimenting, is truly revelatory. They are also - as with all of her work - personal and utterly unique.
"Laurie Anderson is a singer-songwriter of crushing poignancy - a minimalist painter of melancholy moods who addresses universal themes in the vernacular of the commonplace. - "Rolling Stonehttp://www.laurieanderson.com
Lost Art of Conversation
LOST ART OF CONVERSATION Performed by Laurie Anderson and Band with special guest Lou Reed at Joe’s Pub, NYC on 18 March 2007. The song is part of her current tour, Homeland.
Condensed Matter
Amarie Bergman CONDENSED MATTER #1 newspaper, cotton 5.25cm diameter 2008
The first experiment by Amarie Bergman combining Condensed Matter with String Theory was completed on 24 June 2008. Components include a page of stock listings from The Vancouver Sun, dated 22 June 2008, and a single cotton string. No gravity was involved.
The Perfect Lie
Amarie Bergman THE PERFECT LIE #4 digital image 2007
Amarie Bergman, a conceptual artist and designer, professes little interest in the game of golf, yet she has some profound insights about it. On our walks past a nearby course, she usually listens to me rave on about the game then goes off to work in her studio, producing a graphic design that expresses golf in its most minimal form. One of the things we’ve talked about is the placement of a shot so near to the hole that it creates a sense of anticipation. Perhaps the golfer has chipped to the green and the ball rolls to the cup and stops just short. The golfer nudges the ball in for a birdie, par or bogey -- each level creating a different level of anxiety, frustration, excitement and euphoria. “I can see a golfer pausing for a second or two reflecting on their playing prowess,” says Amarie. “He visualizes the ball disappearing and probably the acclaim from his fellow players. Indeed, the sheer perfection of the ball’s poise is revelling Zen." She quotes a passage by Gaston Bachelard from The Poetics of Space: “… images of full roundness help us to collect ourselves.” This describes, she says, a moment in metaphor when a white sphere, like a golf ball, is associated with a brilliant idea anointed with a pristine quality. Somehow the seeming inevitability about the ball’s placement and the hole is worthy of a moment of reflection. Why? “Because alongside the idea is the black, seemingly flat, pure void of unfilled potential. And, Amarie adds via Philippe Diolét, “By changing space, by leaving the space of one’s usual sensibilities, one enters into communication with a space that is psychically innovating.”
-- MichaelS
Museu Farol de St. Marta
Museu Farol de St. Marta – Cascais, Portugal
Architect: Aires Mateus
Photographer: Fernando Guerro.
99 more images of the museum by Guerro viewable via Últimos Reportagens, the most comprehensive online image library of contemporary Portuguese architecture
Krijn de Koning
‘Abbaye de Corbigny’ (yellow), Corbigny (FR) site-specific work by Krijn de Koning
in ‘le grand escalier’ 5.84 x 4.80 x 3.60m.
the Cheaper Show
The Cheaper Show returns once again.
On June 21st, 2008, the eighth installment of The Cheaper Show series will take place in the Gastown district of Vancouver, BC.
The concept of The Cheaper Show is very simple: 150 multi-disciplined international artists presenting 300 pieces of art, each priced at $200 for one night only.
Here is the list of artists for The Cheaper Show No.8:
Abbas Akhavan. Adam Blasberg. Adam Dodd. Adam Fryatt. Aigin Larki. Alana Paterson. Aleah Dunfield. Andre Pinces. Andrea Tucker. Andrew Pommier. Andrew Tong. Andy Chung. Andy Dixon. Angela Fama. Arleigh Wood. Attila Richard Lukacs. Ayma Letang. Basco Five. Ben Frey. Ben Tour. Biliana Velkova. Bob Kronbauer. Bob Scott. Breadman. Brenndan Laird. Brian Garson. Britta Fluevog. Byron Barrett. Chad Krowchuk. Chad Woodley. Char Hoyt. Charlotte Falk. Chelsea Pas. Chris Allen. Chris Vena. Christian Nicolay. Christopher Fadden. Clinton McDougall. Curtis Santiago. Daniel J. Biddle. Danny Vermette. Dasha Novak. Dave Barnes. Dave Spicer. David Lang. Davida Kidd. Derek von Essen. Douglas Haddow. Dr. Steven Hope. Ed Spence. Ehren Salazar. Eric Cairns. Erica Larson. Evaan Kheraj. Fiona Garden. Geoff McCann. Graeme. Heather Passmore. Heidi Gerhardt. Heidi Greenwood. Heidi Iro. Helen Yagi. Ian Buchko. Ignacio Coral. Jack Dylan. Jared Penner. Jeff Boyes. Jeff Lee. Jeff Otto O'Brien. Jeff Petry. Jeremy Crowle. Jesse Savath. Jessica Eaton. Jody Rogac. Joseph Holmes-Peters. Joel Fraser. Joel James Loewen. Johnny Taylor. Jonathan Syme. Jordan Todd. Kathy Lo. Katsumi Kimoto. Ken Diamond. Kevin House. Kris Krug. Kyle Good. Lee Hutzulak. Leigh Righton. Les Ramsey. Lesley Anderson. Lincoln Clarkes. Lindsay's Diet. Lisa Birke. Lissa Veinot. Marianne Chenard. Mark "Atomos" Pilon. Mark Anderson. Mark DeLong. Mary Porter. Matt Leaf. Matthew Morgan. Meghan Paterson. Michelle Ford. Milan Basic. Mikala Grante. Mo Salemy. Murray Siple. Nancy Berglund. Nokin. Office Supplies Incorporated. Pamela Rounis. Paul Nickless. Peter Taylor. Project Rainbow. Randy Grskovic. Rebecca Chaperon. Renee Renee. Rick Marr. Rob Harrison. Robert Mearns. Ronan Boyle. Roselina Hung. Samera Gibson. Sara Bøgh Jansen. Sarah Murray. Sascha Yamashita. Sean Coggins. Sean Maxey. Sean Orr. Shawn O'Keefe. Sol Sallee. Stephan Thompson. Syx Langeman. Taralee Guild. The Dark. The Rainbow Collective. The Wax Museum. The Woodpile Collective. Thomas Anfield. Thomas Berlin. Tim Barnard. Tiziana La Melia. TJ Schneider. Todd M Duym. Tony Dubroy. Wayne Webb. Weakhand. Wendy Dyk. Zoe M Peled. Zoe Pawlak.
ALL ART SELLS FOR $200
ADMISSION IS FREE
ONE NIGHT ONLY!
Saturday, June 21, 2008
7pm–Midnight
142 Waterstreet (old Storyeum building)
Vancouver BC
Stardust
LILIANE LIJN
Riflemaker
London
15 April – 5 July 2008
For the first time in history, stardust, particles of comets and burned out stars have been brought to our planet from beyond Mars. An exhibition by American artist Liliane Lijn acts as a metaphor for this groundbreaking NASA mission: it presents interstellar dust as cosmic ruins. Lijn's exploration of Aerogel - her creation of heavenly fragments consisting of whole and fragmented forms made from a silicon-based, untouchable and ephemeral substance used by the NASA Stardust Project as the collector of interstellar dust - will be exhibited in Stardust, a glowing large-scale installation at Riflemaker.
- London Architecture Diary
Breathless
BILIANA VELKOVA
Jeffrey Boone Gallery
Vancouver
29 May – 22 June 2008
The launch of Breathless, a perfume that exists in brand only, extends the artist’s research into consumerist notions of identity and the accompanying obsession with labels. In Velkova’s practice, marketing strategies and art-making practices coalesce to illuminate the phenomenon of co-branding celebrity identity and luxury consumer products. Launching a non-existent product with an unknown persona, devoid of famous trademarks, she poses questions of the artist as brand so as to blur the lines of art, commodity, and social identity. Employing marketing strategies reminiscent of ad campaigns that use popular icons to create brand, the exhibition consists of packaging, a promotional video and the use of the gallery space as consumerist venue to attract attention and material curiosity. In the absence of an actual product, only a celebrity mirage will exist.
- Jeffrey Boone
Symphony in Red
Konzerthaus Dortmund, Dortmund Philharmonic Concert Hall, promoted its 2006/07 season with Symphony in Red, a study in typography in swirling movements of red liquid: Musik Im Blut (Music In The Blood). Symphony in Red was developed at Jung von Matt, Hamburg, by executive creative director Wolf Heumann; creative directors/art directors Sascha Hanke, Timm Hanebeck; copywriters Michael Okun, Moritz Grub; agency producers Alexander Schillinsky, Hermann Krug. Filming and animation were directed by Niko Tziopanos via Sehsucht GmbH with cinematographers Bea Wellenbrock, Alex Heyer, Valentin Heun; producers Andreas Coutsoumbelis, Martin Woelke; animators Alex Heyer, Martin Hess. Music was provided by composer and pianist Fazil Say. Symphony in Red has won silver (for animation) and gold (for graphic design) at the International ANDY Awards, 2008.