The End of the World  — WTF?

Yes, yes, I know it is old and there are more than hints of bad language, but it has been a family friend in my circles for years. My boys put us onto this site long ago and it still makes me laugh. I remember it often. I am surprised that it is still accessible.

But if you don’t like that one try…

another light-hearted approach

Taking over the world non-violently ..with words – cartoon

http://ninjadeathstarman.com/index.php?comicID=16

I am not too sure about this artist’s paintings but I love the idea of linking below and beyond the canvas…..

Perhaps  the possibility of  ‘too much information’ is now a problem. Allowing viewer’s own imaginations to work is more than half the fun in art I think.

What if traditional forms of art could be more interactive? That’s exactly what Jose Torres, better known artistically as Tony Taj, wondered. Jose, a painter and mobile designer, mainly paints intricate cityscapes on canvas, and is inspired by imagining the lives of the people who live and work on each floor and in each building he paints. So he came up with a way of sharing the stories he created around each character with you as you view the painting–all you would need is your smartphone.

Jose combined both his professions to create what he calls the Ambient Media Portal (AMP). Integrated into each of his works of art are a number of blended QR codes. When you scan a code, you will get a deeper insight into what is happening in the painting.

The code will link to further artwork, be it a live character video, animation, a song, or lyrics. Jose periodically changes this extra material so you can revisit again and again to learn more. Give it a try with the QR code in the above photo–it’s really cool.

*add your words in the link below.

Nam June Paik    Newmarch   Nolde    Nash    Nauman

Nelson    Newman    Naganobu

national park    natural environment   natural heritage    natural resource   network    non-renewable     nuclear    nutrients    naïve    nab    naked as the day you were born    namelessness    nanosecond    narcotic    narrow minded    nationalization    native land    nature    naught    nebular    nightmare    nightshade    nimbus cloud    nilpotent    nitrogen trichloride    noisiness    non acceptance

Excepts from Wikipedia…

Young British Artists or YBAs^[1] (also referred to as Brit artists and Britart) is the name given to a loose group of visual artists who first began to exhibit together in London, in 1988. Many of the artists graduated from the BA Fine Art course at Goldsmiths, in the late-1980s…… most of the YBAs were born in the mid-1960s. They are noted for “shock tactics”, use of throwaway materials, wild-living, and an attitude “both oppositional and entrepreneurial.”^[2] They achieved considerable media coverage and dominated British art during the 1990s. See below:  Goldsmiths where many TBA studied.

*add your own words in the comments below.

Steel    Hiroshi Sugimoto    Do-Ho Suh    Stubbs    Stoss    Still    Smithson    Cindy Sherman    Seurat

Schneider    Schwitters    Sargent    Andres Serrano

Yumik Sugo    Sedgley    Sage    da Silva    Cossington Smith    Storrier    stitt    stelarc    Smithson    Jill Scot

Solar    salinisation     scoping report    sewage    smog    socio-economic    soil erosion    solar power    solid waste    spatial planning    species    species diversity    species richness    stakeholders    stormwater    strategic   surface water    sustainability    sustainable

http://quellocreativo.blogspot.com.au/ artist who uses installation and QR codes.

Objects Qr code by David Sykes This art is getting further into the codes. There is so much more to be explored in this new world!

Here is another take on using QR codes in art…I like that the process surpasses language…..

Floppy Disk Qr-code
3×3 mt su stoffa (118,11″)
Flavio Tosi (quellocreativo.it) in collaborazione con sua nonna

Si tratta di un patchwork di più di 800 floppy disk da 3,5″.
Ogni dischetto è stato etichettato con una trama a venatura di foglia, intervallati in un ritmo damascato, se scannerizzato con un lettore, come quelli dei cellulari ne risulta un testo:
un tera non fa primavera.

*add your own words in the comments below.

Lee   Lawrence   Leveson    Laib    Lindy Lee   Leicher   Lichtenstein   Lambra   Lautrec    Leveson    Léger    Leonardo da Vinci     Maya Lin    Fra Filippo Lippi    Lorenzetti

Lorenzo Lotto   LS Lowry    Sarah Lucas

Land degradation    landfills    landscape    land use    local agenda    liposuction    lipstick    liquefied    liquid assets    listeria meningitis    literacy    lithium    litmus paper    litre    littoral zone    line of reasoning    living death    loam    lobbyist    locomotion

Uniting People to Protect the Planet March 31^st 8:30pm 2012

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Additional site…one I have been subscribing to for fine years.

http://www.avaaz.org/en/index.php home

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Avaaz is a global web movement to bring people-powered politics to decision-making everywhere.

A transnational community that is more democratic, and could be more effective, than the United Nations.
— Suddeutsche Zeitung

*add your own words in the comments below

Endo    earth art     environment     electronic    Einstein     Ernst    Eluard    Evans    Ely    Eakins    Emin     Ensor    Jan van Eyck   Epstein    Ecology     Eco-consumer    Eco-friendly    Ecological Footprint    Energy Efficient    Environmental Management    Environmental Impact    Emissions    Ethical Goods    earth    ECOCEOVER    endangered    eagle    electromagnetic    electrolyte    electron    electronic simulative deception    endoskeleton    endorsement    endoplasm    endure    episodic    erodium texanum    engulf

Recycled Art: 66 Masterpieces Made From Junks

I think he means ‘junk’

By Alvaris Falcon

Honestly, much art from junk is good for recycling but not good for art, (says she who recycles and considers it art). Many sites I went to confirmed this.

(Matt…a separate blog below)

Actually, some of us artists do object to the term ‘Trash Art’. I don’t mind it as then people who see no value in this type of work can at least feel confirmed in their opinion. I do not feel any compulsion to change those people’s minds! I am having too much fun playing with unusual objects and taking it to a new level.

And if you are looking for recycled links…check this amazing hook….it actually connects not with the artist’s site but with an advertizing site…

Leading Chinese artist recycles ancient porcelain – Vidéo Dailymotion

? 1:55? 1:55

www.dailymotion.com/…/xgy2h4_leading-chinese–arti…8 Feb 2011 – 2 min
Chinese artist Li Xiaofeng is one of China’s most original artists. Looking for a new kind of material, he has

*add your own words below in the comments.

Uccello    Ufan    Hwa-Un     Unsworth   undergrowth

unemployment    unicity    urban agriculture    urban form    urbanization    urban sprawl    unfortunately

ubiquity    ufo    Uganda    ultimate  unabashedly    unable to help    unabridged    unaccustomed    unadvisable    unaffected    unaided    unapproved    unbearable unbiased    unblemished    uncared for    unclog    unconfessed    unencumbered    uneroded    unicef    unilateral    uninvolved    universe    unjust    unnecessary    unopposed    unrestricted

Opening at the Guggenheim….too funny, especially being an installation artist myself! I actually like the cringe factor myself. Cartoon is a good way to not take oneself too seriously.

Still, standing out at this level is not for everyone. If you are a little more timid, try this one…

http://30vanquish.com/awkward-moments-experiment/

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Frans Hals    Hamilton    Hesse    Hausmann    Hepworth    Hiller    Hingston    Hinde    Hockney    Hogarth

Hokusai    Hans Holbein    Holzer    Homer    Hopper

Horn   Horton    Hall    Hirst    Hartoum        Hugo    Heidelberg

habitat    hazardous waste    heavy metal    herbicide    hydrology  holograms    haemadromograph   haemoglobin    habitation    hagiologist    hammer it out    hand to hand struggle     to Hell in a hand-basket    harass    hamper    hasty defense    the have and have-nots    havoc     health hazard    heartbroken    heaven sent    hedonistic    helix    helium    horizon    hemisphere    horror    horseless carriage

Imagine being able to see artwork in the greatest museums around the world without leaving your chair. Driven by his passion for art, Amit Sood tells the story of how he developed Art Project. What a great idea!

This type of access to art galleries completely voids the time/space/cost restrictions. How splendid! And this process is equally useful to art as object, process and performance.  But, with increased access does one gain increased understanding? Does the sensuousness or immediacy of art still transfer? Or, is this just more remote, DIY art experience without intelligence? Knowledge is not wisdom. It is only more knowledge.  Does it diminish the value of art by such easy access or add value by increasing a pseudo intimacy? Will non-paying consumers start the slippery slope of uneconomic viability for galleries? Internet overload itself will prevent too much helpful insight into this aspect of the tool. So, we shall see…

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Tracey Deep      tableau      taboo      Toulouse-Lautrec      taper   take a look       Tàpies     Tintoretto       Titian      Turner       Cy Twombly      Turpin      technology      tanning        Toyen    Tjapaltjarri      Tucker      Teilhard de Chardin

Tsunami    toxic chemical      toxic cloud      teteatete    tobacco      tables      technician      tail feather        take effect    take a hit     take a breath      take away    take the bull by the horns    take possession    talk turkey      tangent    Tanzania    tax exempt   telehydrobarometer       telesteroscope       tax free