Archives de catégorie : Open Art

Contemporary Art: Artist vs. Craftsman

Contemporary Art: Artist vs. Craftsman

Template-1, 001, by Ai Weiwei  2007, Ming and Qing dynasty wooden window frames and doors The first impression of this installation may be disorderliness. But in fact, the large structure which was the Project 3 of Fairytale Art Event produced in … Continuer la lecture

Connect and challenge the nature

Connect and challenge the nature

 The Gate, Cornelia Konrads, 2004 http://www.cokonrads.de/situ/gate.html For the first impression of above-mentioned installation, I just see some floating stones. And I think the artist wants to show some unbelievable scenes from fiction movies purely. I would say people in reality … Continuer la lecture

Evolution of Organisms in Virtual or Reality World?

Evolution of Organisms in Virtual or Reality World?

Time of Doubles: Flux by Haru Ji (Korea) and Graham Wakefield (UK), 2011, immersive interactive art installation Time of Doubles: Flux is one of the version of their Artificial Nature series which is a research project and an evolving art installation … Continuer la lecture

When smile implies other meanings.

When smile implies other meanings.

Execution by Yue Min Jun is probably the most expensive Chinese contemporary art work. Every face inside the painting is same, and all of them are giving a jaw-breaking grin. The sense of weirdness rises from your heart since the guy’s … Continuer la lecture

Voiceless messages from nature

Voiceless messages from nature

Manuscript of Nature V and IV by Cui Fei Installation, tendrils, dimensions variable, 2002-present Installation view from New Britain Museum of American Art, 2007  What do you consider about the relationship between you and nature? Cui Fei, a Chinese artist who … Continuer la lecture

No More Text

No More Text

“If I wrote you a love letter would you write back?” (And thousands of other questions). Sound and network installation by Helen Pritchard and Winnie Soon, 2012. This artwork has been shown in the Microwave International New Media Arts Festival 2012. The … Continuer la lecture

Shadow Touch! Media art that fools the senses

Shadow Touch! Media art that fools the senses

Shadow Touch! by Teruaki Tsubokura http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ8fbp4b3Jw “We began our research because we wanted to eliminate the distinction between real and digital objects.”                                         -  Teruaki Tsubokura(坪倉輝明)  What is Shadow? A sign of fear? A symbol of darkness? Or lack of light purely? … Continuer la lecture