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Passion for Advertising
8:48 pm by admin in Multimedia
I don’t mind pointing out some great ads…
Copy says: “They told me I can have a body like this in just two months.”
London Punk Photos
4:10 pm by admin in Digital
Very cool punk photos on Flickr by Andy Rosen. These photos span the years 1976 to 1984 in London
This one is of Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols.
Haha, Wedding Robots!
6:30 pm by admin in Sculpture, Digital
I just saw a Google advertisement on this site for ‘Welding Robots’, which I had mistakenly read as ‘Wedding Robots‘… which turn out to exist!
Wedding photographers could be put out of a job by a robot developed by scientists at Washington University in St Louis in the US.
The machine, called Lewis, looks like an upside down dustbin with a digital camera on top.
It is programmed to wander around a room, picking out people’s faces and taking photographs.
Tracing Shadows
6:23 pm by admin in Drawing
Many, many chalk tracings of hydrants and bicycles started cropping up all over Brooklyn this past spring.
During daylight, the outlines did not make much sense. Shopkeepers and bar owners had little information. Deliverymen muttered to themselves as they moved their outlined bicycles indoors. Parents were just as confused as their young children.
But under the orange glow of the streetlights, the intent became clear: the outlines are shadows, burned into the sidewalk.
Shadow art was born out of the experience of being mugged, and the shadow of the machete-wielding assailant was burned in the artist’s mind.
William James
8:56 pm by admin in Uncategorized
“The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.†– William James
Food-related Art
7:35 pm by admin in Digital
Cocinalia is a wonderful Spanish food blog and the writer, Fini, has come up with an excellent idea for a one off me-me: a virtual online food museum.
Via Slashfood.
Oldies, but Goodies!
Pop Art Stampede in Paris
A fibre-glass cow titled “Time for Seduction,” and dressed by French lingerie designer Chantal Thomass.
The herd of fibreglass bovines will be spread through the centre of the capital from Thursday, including along some famous landmarks, such as the Champs-Elysees, the Garnier Opera and in the chic Saint-Germain district.
Among them is a sculpture of a cow […]
Food-related Art
Cocinalia is a wonderful Spanish food blog and the writer, Fini, has come up with an excellent idea for a one off me-me: a virtual online food museum.
Via Slashfood.
“The Random Sample” Exhibit @ Vernissage
I am showing some of my paintings in a joint art exhibit with TollyOskar at the IBM Ottawa Lab Employee Gallery beginning April 26th. Once it is installed, I will post some pictures…
So far, the list of paintings/sketches includes:
Shelley Lambert’s List:
Gaspe Fisherman, 1999, acrylic
Roman Boy, 2004, acrylic and oil
5 Stones Portrait, 2000, acrylic
Race […]
Remove Plaque with Your Tongue Stud
Eewww! A toothbrush tongue stud! I am all for dental hygiene, just ask me how often I floss my teeth in a day… but I find this truly disturbing!
Bluejacking - Unsolicited Bluetooth Messages
There is a project underway to raise awareness of the ways in which our activities and habits can be tracked. The art project is known as Location Oriented Critical Arts, or
Loca is grass-roots, pervasive surveillance. A person walking through the city centre hears a beep on their phone and glances at the screen. […]
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