Author: lindsayjsmith

Rozendaal is a New York based net artist with a focus on the accessibility of art. Each piece he does exists in its own web domain as a stand alone piece. He is opposed to the idea of art being purchased by the elite and embraces the idea that art should be shared with everyone. He only allows people to purchase his work by selling the web domains that his work is on. The people who purchase the websites must still keep them accessible so that his work can be seen by all.

floatbounce.com and openthatwindow.com are examples of his work. They are interactive and do different things when you click/drag the mouse.

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The influential concept behind this project by Mark Dorf, called Transposition, is that oftentimes people view things in our world as independent of each other. Things such as nature and technology or landscape and city. His idea is that none of these things that people view as separate could actually exist independently of each other. His goal is to demonstrate ways that these concepts interact and portray these categories not as separate, but as a spectrum that reveals the influence each has on the other.

There is a project done by Human Element Inc./Philipp Schmitt in which somewhat of an intervention is placed at a bus stop. The concept is that while people wait for the bus they engage with a machine that tasks them with things that advance computer knowledge on human behavior. It is not completely an intervention because it is just a machine, people only choose to engage if they go up to it and interact with it. The incentive for people to participate is that they will earn a small amount of money for each minute they spend completely these tasks. The machine may just tell the person to stare into the camera it possesses while it shows different images on the screen. This is so that the computer can obtain information on how the persons expression may change depending on what they are viewing. It is a super interesting idea I think and there are two other parts of the project that also involve collecting information on human behavior for use by computers.

The Z is a 10 story parking garage in Detroit that encompasses the work of 27 different street artists from around the world. It is a collaboration between the Library Street Collective and Bedrock Detroit. Inside there are murals 130 feet wide and cars can drive into the garage to view the art. The project encapsulates the building that is in since it is street art in what was originally just a regular parking garage. The murals all vary in style, some very bright while others are just black and gold.

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I just found this artist while looking for ways to create certain textures in Processing. Tyler Hobbs creates all of his work digitally with custom computer programs. His focus is on the relation between randomness and order and he draws inspiration from naturally occurring patterns. He creates algorithms based on the natural world that are meant to invoke different sensations. His website is linked here it is really cool I definitely recommend looking at more of his work. https://tylerxhobbs.com/bio

Francis Picabia is another Dada artist who contributed to many different art movements throughout his life. You can see here the great variety in his style and how he contributed to impressionism, cubism, and dadaism. His work has been shown in many museums throughout the world such as MoMA and the Tate.

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Man Ray is a visual artist who spent most of his life in Paris and contributed to the Dada and surrealist movements. He has produced art in a variety of media, but considers himself to be a painter foremost. Some of his photography and paintings are shown below.

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Bancroft is an animator who has worked on many projects such as Mulan and The Lion King. It is interesting how in this gif you can clearly see the steps on the animation and the process behind getting the animation to look as if it is moving in one sweeping motion. There are many character designs such as this one from Bancroft and it is cool to see how the different stages of the animation come together to form a video.

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Joan Miro was a Spanish painter and sculptor from Barcelona. A quote from him is “I try to apply colors like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music.” This is interesting because it tells a bit about the intention behind his work.

Designed by Pentagram in a project led by principal graphic designer Paul Scher. It was originally designed for one location and was not known that Shake Shack was going to become a chain where these icons would be used everywhere.