Rippled, light painting and animation at their best
There are quite a few light-painting based videos/animations out there these days, some very well done, some others a bit less but what about this one – “RIPPLED“, another collaboration between Darcy Prendergast and the creative team at OH YEAH WOW. Two words – truly amazing. You do not get perfection or beauty without pain. 6 months is how long this work... Read More
Soundsculpture by Daniel Franke & Cedric Kiefer using Kinect
When I first watched this video of Daniel Franke & Cedric Kiefer’s soundsculpture project, I was fascinated and watched it again several times. Not for me to try to breakdown to you how this is done as it is quite complex. I’ll invite you to read the complete explanation from Creative Applications Network. In short, you are looking at a moving sand sculpture from... Read More
The Duel – a LEGO animation
Animation by Namchild (based on ‘Duel’ by Lohenhart) All effects (incl. motion blur/explosions/wind/wood etc.) are in shot and were happening as the picture is taken. No cgi is used. Photoshop is only used to remove support wires etc. Lohenhart. http://www.youtube.com/user/Lohenhart Official music – Camo & Krooked http://camoandkrooked.com/ Hospital Records http://www.hospitalrecords.com Read More
Sound painting – get your own today
I have not been felling so excited like this for a while. Steady, I am talking here about the concept of sound painting. I know what you are thinking right now – “How does it work?”. Read on. Right, the gear you need first - a camera with a flash, a loudspeaker unit, plastic sheeting, electrical tape, paint (ideally poster paint), and a laser trigger (if you happen... Read More
Dropbear’s latest stop-motion
920 pencils and 5125 images is what what Jonathan Chong (also called Dropbear) needed to put together this very neat stop-motion for the Melbourne-based indie-folk band called Hudson. Enjoy it below. Also included is a “behind the scenes” footage just to tell you how much work this sort of work involves, loads, no really a tremendous amount of time and patience! <iframe... Read More
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
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