What does voice from sky sound like? You may get a taste of it through Tiffany Singh’s art project, Knock on the sky listen to the sound, which is exhibited in ‘18th Biennale of Sydney: all our relation’. In one of the installations at Cockatoo Island, I see hundreds of wind chimes suspending in outdoor space. They are arranged in layers according to the color gradation and there are totally 800 of wind chimes. The wind chimes are made of bamboo and in natural light brown; the painted colors are relatively bright and saturated. When there is wind, the wind chimes would create complicated sounds. The title is a Buddhist proverb which concludes Tiffany Singh’s feeling on a journey over the Himalayas where the sky felt so close that people felt like they can knock on it. Lire l’article
Botanicalls Kit
-2006 -Rob Faludi, Kate Hartman and Kati London -Interactive Telecommunications
When I first see Botanicalls kit in exhibition of Wikitopia, I asked if this is a piece of artwork but not just an invention. Would people define the creation of light bulb by Thomas Edision as art but not just invention?
After doing research about this, I realize that the kit is involved in a project called “Botanicalls” and The Museum of Modern Art’s Architecture & Design Acquisition Committee has approved the addition of Botanicalls to the MoMA permanent collection. Botanicalls is an ongoing collaboration between a group of artists including Rob Faludi, Kate Hartman, and Kati London. Lire l’article
Free Basket is a large scale art work which is made of concrete, steel, paint, plastic, located in the Indianapolis Museum of Art. It is commissioned by the Museum with the funds provided by Griffith Foundation Gift. It is drawing on the form of an international basketball court, blue and red steel arcs are the main structure of the sculpture. The arcs are irregularly placed in different direction. It makes the apparent the trajectory of a bouncing ball. The ground is made of white, yellow and green tiny plastic triangle. It clearly shows that there is a boundary between the court and land. Lire l’article
This is a painting by Yue Min Jun, a famous contemporary Chinese artist. There is always a same man in his painting, an ordinary Chinese face with an uncomfortable grin and eyes in line. In fact, the man in his painting is himself. All his painting is a self-portrait. In the back of his every painting, a kind of political and social critic he wants to express. Lire l’article
This art work is done by Alicia Martin in 2010. The place is in Casa De America, Madrid, Spain. Casa de America Museum is a cultural center dedicated to promoting Latin American art and history. It showcases works of all upcoming and established artists. The buildings of there are historical and cultural. The art work done there by Alicia Martin makes the things become more historical and artistic. The art work is actually surrounding the historical building, in fact, not only one but three of them are done.
The tile of this art work is called Biografias, a site specific installation and book art in Spain. Actually, the place of this art work is near the historical building. Lire l’article
Offener Schaltkreis is a silent labyrinth created out of open copper trails on the floor and the walls of the gallery, carrying electrical signals of a multichannel sound repository. User can put wireless speaker on the copper trails to activate the sound, which changes in volume and melody as the speakers are moved around and put in different combination.
« The Cremaster Cycle » is a famous artwork by the contemporary artist Matthew Barney. It is an impressive film which really attract me to know more about the content.
Matthew Barney, born in 1967, is a famous American artist who works in sculpture, photography, drawing and film. He firstly studied in Department of Medicine in the university and then transferred to the Department of Fine Arts in year 2. Even so, his short-term medical background still have a profound impact of his work.
His first work is called “Drawing Restraint” and then started this artwork of « The Cremaster Cycle » from 1994 to 2002. The « Cremaster Cycle (the Cremaster series) » is consisting of five feature-length films that explore processes of creation.