Author: art_teacher_mcr

Making use of junk (via Connie Wong)

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I need to be more inventive with my rubbish.

Making use of junk While cleaning, I found some old slides of my artwork and some slide storage sheets.  I was going to throw them away but decided to turn them into these baskets: It's amazing what a bit of tape can do.  The idea wasn't totally original; I googled "what to do with old slides" and found a site that sells slide handbags and other items and decided to do somemthing similar without having to pay a hundred bucks. … Read More

via Connie Wong

JENNY HOLZER

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Can’t believe I’ve had my blog going for so long and not posted anything by Jenny Holzer. ‘Overdue’ is most definitely the word.

Whilst on the subject of words – I have a list of my favourites up at WORDNIK. ‘Overdue’ has just been added. You can follow them on Twitter too for daily words and the like. AND whilst now on the subject of Twitter, you can also follow HOLZER. Excellent!

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3RD I

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I wish I could be at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo but alas, I can’t. In person. But I could be telepresent; that is, to give the appearance that I’m present or have an effect at a location other than the one I’m physically in. This is no new concept, but it is an integral part of an exhibition at the Expo by Graham Smith and Christina Smith of Cybercity Ruhr.

The exhibition allows for robots to be manually controlled and manoeuvred through tiny streets. They can be controlled ‘locally’, over a game step pad, or ‘world wide’, over the internet. This enables the viewer to explore the environment as a pedestrian would, without actually being there.

Generally, the exhibition explores urbanism, spatial needs, interactivity with urban and built environments, identity and cultural exchange. But personally, ides of community, isolation and alienation are key.

For more info have a look HERE.