When just interesting isn’t enough – breathing new life into the artbook. An interview with French-Belgian media artist Gaston Gouron
Gaston Gouron is a visual media artist based in Brussels. His work caught my attention at a show about art books. Not by surprise, yet I think more by design, I had picked out each of Gaston’s three artworks on display before swooping in to catch a word with him. I arranged to meet two days later in Bar De Matin – BDM to those in the know – a chatty bar in Place Eugéne. I... Read More
Post War Years by Tobias Stretch
We were very impressed about 2 years ago when we stumbled upon the stop motion video from Tobias Stretch called Lucia a mesmerizing work, creepy at times but beautifully crafted throughout. Have a look at the video. Tobias has produced another wonderfully surreal in his latest video where we follow a girl and her encounters with all around strange big face character. Sit back and... Read More
Graffiti Analysis v3.0
This is simply one of the most exciting projects I have come across recently. My liking for this amazing technology is probably the result of a personality going geek sometimes. Graffiti Analysis is an extensive ongoing study in the motion of graffiti. Custom software designed for graffiti writers creates visualizations of the often unseen gestures involved in the creation of a... Read More
The billboard art project
Some will tell you how ugly all these road signs, billboards and others are and how much they give our cities an ugly look. This is when The Billboard Art Project comes in with a awesome idea which surely will enhance the city landscape. They acquire digital LED billboards normally used for advertising and repurpose them as roadside galleries. .Projects are currently held in various... Read More
Paul Collis – digital artist
We have met with Paul Collis, a talented mixed medias artist, who accepted to answer a few questions for us. Here is the interview. ART-PIE: Tell us about yourself in a few words? Paul Collis: I’m a graphic designer/artist with a love for street art and all the mystery that goes with it, my art is created by mixing hand drawn painted textures images than manipulating them... Read More
Video painting at Cordy house, London
Video installation by the creative Brooklyn duo Sweatshoppe. The principle is simple: a LED roller paints video onto a wall. The effect is guaranteed. Thanks to the programming language called Max/MSP, Blake Shaw wrote a software that makes possible the projection of video visible when it comes in contact with the LED lights on the roller. The video below is Sweatshoppe at it on... Read More
Immaterials: light painting WiFi networks
Light Painting WiFi is the creation of Timo Arnall, Jorn Knutsen, Einar Sneve Martinussen. Their work explores the invisible terrain of WiFi networks in Oslo urban spaces. They put together a four-meter tall measuring rod with 80 points of light reveals cross-sections through WiFi networks using a photographic technique called light-painting. By the simple action of walking down... Read More
James George or how to use Kinect (Xbox)
Microsoft must have amazed quite a few of us with their latest innovation, I want to talke here about Kinect by like for all genius products, there is a sleepy hacker waiting to exploit and excel in using such products. James George had the idea to modify the Kinect accessory and with the help of a HD SLR, he presents us with these amazing shots below taken across the NYC subway. For... Read More
The Brick Thief – a short film by LEGO
Lego, lego and lego. We like it very much here at ART-PIE and were very excited to learn about the release of their latest short film – The Brick Thief. To make it even better, the whole thing is in stop-motion. A definite must-see and feel good factor effect. Read More Read More
8-bitscapes prints now available: want one, defo.
I just love the concept and even more the outcome: a unique series of prints now available to purchase at Prescription Art 8-bitscapes is a collaboration between designer Jamie Sneddon and photographer Kevin Rozario-Johnson. The concept is simple: they use well-known classic video game characters such as pac-man or invaders and intricate them into real-life scenarios. The results... Read More
Damien Hirst artwork for Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Without mentioning (but I will anyway) that the hype around Damien Hirst these days is far too much, member of the YBA (Young British Artists) is, was, want to be, should not be; the point here is that he can now get away with mediocre work but some people, a large number of them sometimes, they will confabulate about it for days. Slagging off over. Below is his latest work and... Read More
Fractal art: when Mr maths is the artist
When I first heard about ‘fractal’ art, I did not have a clue what it could be so I thought I’ll investigate this further and was quickly to find out that Mr mathematics has its role to play here. Before carrying on, it might be best to get out of the way a few terms definitions which shall shed some light on this form of art Fractal: Rough or fragmented geometric... Read More
‘Brushes’ iPhone app: painting at the touch of your finger
If you read my post about digital painting, you may have got that ART-PIE believes in the ‘get your hands dirty’ approach when it comes to make art. Get your brushes, pencils, spray paint cans, anything and everything and get physical with the whole lot to get that unique feeling of satisfaction when finally the idea that was stuck in your head for a while is now right... Read More
Gordon Cheung at Room: multi media artist
I always find fascinating when an artist can juggle between medias or techniques, when artists can be as varied as Gordon Cheung is. It is definitely a sign of open mindedness and in this case also talent. Pyrographics, spray paint, oil, acrylics, sculpture, animation… Gordon Cheung seems to explore everything in is art. THE JOURNEY (ink, acrylic gel and spray paint on canvas),... Read More
Digital painting: not like the real thing isn’t it?
With computers everywhere (or almost) and the digital age, a new form of art is emerging and while the end product can be rather astonishing, this can surely not be compared with the real thing that is painting with a physical medium. Do not get me wrong here, ART-PIE does not dislike it or having a go at all the digital painters, I am just trying to say that I surely would not... Read More
Video painting: showing the world in real time
What an exciting concept and so twenty-first century! Any web 2.0 person with a strong interest in art has to embrace this concept. Not surprising that the idea blossomed in a philosopher mind – Hilary Lawson who is also a documentary film maker. What is all about then? ‘escape the limitations of the traditional video narrative’ ‘escape our cultural and perceptual... Read More
Digital art: stop motion
Stop-motion (also known as stop-action or frame-by-frame) is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a continuous sequence. Clay figures are often used in stop-motion for their... Read More
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