Tag: Art
Last June, Amsterdam-based interdisciplinary media artist Jonas Lund developed ThePaintshop.biz, a collaborative online platform for creating, buying and selling reasonable algorithm-priced art in real time. Many paintings were made, though not so many were sold–only about three of 3,500. In an effort to reach a wider market, to extend beyond the standard art collector type milieu, he […]
Here’s one of the more awesomely infuriating apps you’ll ever see advertised: Moritz Greiner-Petter’s Tick, which commands your computer’s pointer to do loop-de-loops even when you’re moving your mouse in a straight line. According to Grenier-Petter, the idea is to get people taking stock of the programming that defines much of the ways we live […]
The amazing animator and artist Don Hertzfeldt of Bitter Films fame (Pssst… I love you) has recommended this project. one-time promising animator david oreilly has totally washed up and is now trying to support himself by making these horrible t-shirts in a sad los angeles alley. please help before he sinks any further. “Dumb T-Shirts” offer a wide array of politically […]
“Every year I send valentines. This year I won’t have to. Times Square will do it for me.” ARE YOU BEING SARCASTIC TRACEY EMIN? It’s your thing, right? That’s alright though. When the digital billboard versions of the famous British artist’s neon signage series I Promise To Love You go on view in Times Square this Friday, no […]
How do you turn a white-walled gallery space into an underground enclave? By hanging roots from the ceiling, if you’re Sicilian artist Giuseppe Licari. Licari’s Humus (not to be confused with hummus) refers to a life-sustaining layer of soil made up of decomposed organic matter. Here’s Licari on the nature of his work: The aim is to […]
In the near future, this tiny pet drone helicopter could hover over your shoulder and monitor everything you do for just 50 bucks. Always Innovating, the company behind the MeCam, isn’t planning on mass producing, but believes a larger company could license the technology and sell the device at bargain prices. Coupled with Twitter’s new […]
After making in the news in a bad way with a donnybrook involving Frank Ocean, Chris Brown took to his art in order to cool off some nerves. He put a picture of his work on Instagram with the caption, “Painting the way I feel today. Focus on what matters!” So, he feels persecuted like […]
American artist Betty Tompkins needs your help. Tompkins specializes in “large scale photorealistic paintings of heterosexual intercourse.” They’re like… very photorealistic. The “Fuck Paintings” were displayed in Miami last year. For her next series of works, the artist wants you to tell you what words you use to describe women. As per the open email call quoted on Art In the Air, […]
In an effort to raise money for the victims of Hurricane Sandy, New Jersey-based artists Allbriton Robbins and Hema Patel created the above objets d’art from the storm’s driftwood, and are selling them and donating the proceeds to Sea Bright Rising, a local nonprofit. Each piece has an elegant plaque that names where it came from and […]
Canadian artist Jeremy Bailey would like you to know that you’re appreciated–if you give him money, that is. So he’s taking to Kickstarter, creating augmented reality portraits of any backer willing to donate $149 or more to help put on his next show, an exhibition of portraits of Kickstarter backers. Convenient! The whole thing is […]
