Tag Archives: Art

Jet Fighter Art Installation on Brick Lane

Posted on 24 Nov 2008 in Pop Culture

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This empty shop space on Brick Lane caught my eye. Very cool. I assume it is an art installation, rather than the decoration for a closed or soon to open shop.


Blushing While You’re Flushing, and All for Art’s Sake

Posted on 23 Dec 2003 in Daily, London

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A toilet setup outside the Tate Modern in London, people can't see in, but you can see out while you see too business. Excellent (NY Times login required).

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/23/international/europe/23TOIL.html

British Museum and 70′s cinema

Posted on 03 Aug 2003 in Daily, London

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We went to the British Museum yesterday, I was mainly interested in their Eygptian collection which was good. The 5,600 year old preserved body was particularly amazing. Other highlights included the mechanical time piece collection and the Reading Room.

We also went for a wander down Hanway Place off Oxford St to find the exclusive Hakkasan chinese restaurant. If you didn't know about it, you'd easily miss it. We'll save it for a special occassion as mains were around

beats.per.minute

Posted on 01 Apr 2003 in Pop Culture

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I did something a bit different last night by going to an experimental performance at The Studio (Opera House) by a group called Beats per Minute. If you're familiar with the layout of The Studio you'll know that it has few chairs and is designed for the audience to mostly stand, mingle and participate in the performance.

BPM consists of three modern tappers (tap dancers) and a band consisting of a bass and electric guitarist, saxophonist, drummer, and two vocalists, one of whom was a hip-hop vocalist/talker. The tappers and band members would move between three stages during the performance, doing various modern/street tap routines backed by the band and vocalists. They also had some visuals on a big screen synchronized with the performance and used subtle lighting to create an intimate atmosphere.

The performance was particularly interesting as the group had only spent the day before the evening performance putting it together. At the end the lights came up and the audience was asked to critique the performance both on paper and on video so they could improve future shows. It was also a bit of a PR exercise by the performers to get as many friends and associates in as possible to convince the Opera House to pickup the show for a proper run.

The music and dancing was great, and the discussion between all the artsy types at the end arguing whether a performance like this should stay within the arts community at the Opera House or be made accessible to all in the club scene was just as entertaining.

If Beats per Minute get a permanent show, or they run another experimental night to tweak their performance through audience critique, I recommend checking them out. The blurb from their site describes the style of performance quite nicely:
"beats per minute intertwines tap dance, vocals, brass and drum, layering live rhythms to invent a new interpretation of the art of tap. With an original score of acid jazz and hip hop sounds, this performance features a unique full body style of smooth, sophisticated tap."


http://www.beatsperminute.com.au/

Creepy..

Posted on 19 Dec 2002 in Pop Culture

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http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/12/18/1040174295862.html

3D Artists – Art Gallery

Posted on 18 Aug 2000 in Pop Culture

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A massive gallery of 3D artists from around the world, featuring over 260 artists from 30 different countries and over 640 individual pieces of artwork.

http://www.raph.com/3dartists/artgallery/

LEGO Concentration Camp Edition

Posted on 11 Oct 1999 in Pop Culture

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In 1997 Polish artist Zbigniew Libera used Lego blocks to depict a Nazi death camp to show the gap between the ideal world marketed to children and reality. [via JWZ]

http://users.erols.com/kennrice/lego-kz.htm

Soviet Pollution

Posted on 19 Sep 1999 in Pop Culture

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An excellent photographic series by Gerd Ludwig entitled Soviet Pollution. [via bespoke.org]

http://zonezero.com/exposiciones/fotografos/ludwig/lud01.html

H.R. Giger’s official US Site

Posted on 12 Aug 1999 in Pop Culture

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"In 1978 Giger began work on the film ALIEN, and ended up sculpting much of the creatures and sets. In 1980 the artist is awarded an Oscar for his stunning work on the classic film." (blurb from web site as I'm too lazy to type something intelligent about this link)

http://www.giger.com