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Betsey Pitts Ms. Pitts has been a researcher in microbial biofilms and recently decided to create amazing enormous pieces of art. Her team and her used bacteria and harvested them in petri dishes filled with a nutritious solution and used these dishes to “paint”. With these petri dishes they create colonies and then create patterns to then further create “bioglyphs” through the study of Biofilm Engineering. “This was all done in an afternoon, and the organisms were grown up and glowing in the dark by the next morning, when the show opened,” said Pitts. As the nutrients gave out over time, the light production slowed and then finally stopped — thus ending the exhibit. Hunter Cole This artist worked on a series called “Living Drawings” which centers itself around the concept of life and death, of mortality. She is also working on a series called “living light” which is photographed certain subjects using only the glow of bioluminescent bacteria as the light source. Miya Ando This artist also experiments with bioluminescence as well and has created a work of art that uses 1,000 Bodhi leaves. These leaves were painted with phosphorescent pigment which makes them glow in the dark. She released said leaves in a pond due to the inspiration of a Japanese Buddhist festival which honors the spirit of one’s ancestors. “It is believed that during this three-day ceremony the spirits of one’s departed family members and ancestors return to the home and are reunited with their loved ones,” said Ando. Obon Festival Obon is one of the most important Japanese traditions. People believe that their ancestors' spirits come back to their homes to be reunited with their family during Obon and pray for the spirits. For this specific reason it has become an important time where families reunite. This festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the 7th month of the lunar calendar. The Japanese people clean out their homes and organize them in such way that food offerings are left for the spirits of their ancestors in front of a Buddhist altar. Apparatus During the fashion week in Milan I happened to stumble upon a little exhibition of a company called Apparatus. The two designers who collaborate in order to create the pieces of work, Gabriel Hendifar and Jeremy Anderson, combine very unique materials to create furniture and lighting. It interested me due to the fact that they manipulate the strength of the light as well as the tint through the use of material. Charles Petillon. http://www.charlespetillon.com/albums/invasions-en/
Soo Sunny Park
http://soosunnypark.com http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/05/shimmering-chain-link-fence-installation-by-soo-sunny-park/ , http://www.ricegallery.org/soo-sunny-park/
The Official Ralph Lauren 4D Experience – London For their 10-year anniversary since their “digital innovation” Ralph Lauren made an innovative piece of work which involves the stimulation of the 5 senses as well as combining fashion, art and technology to create something visually stunning. Projected on top of their avenue on Madison Avenue (number 888) you emmerge yourself into this fashion show and completely forget that you are looking at the face of a building due to the incredible images and objects rendered in 3-Dimensional space, into holograms. To add to the whole experience, apparently, at specific moments they would release cologne into the area where the audience was standing in. Nikola Tesla’s Biography and Life (2015 BBC Documentary) My brain is only a receiver; in the universe there is a universe from which we obtain knowledge, strength, and inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core but I know it exists. This documentary just blew my mind, it made me think of where we would be today if it weren’t for great inventors like Nikola Tesla. It also made me think of where would we be today if he was allowed to freely experiment without any restrictions or boundaries. To be able to design a machine in your head and know it works, when no other similar technology even existed at the time. I was astounded by how much the education system has pulled wool over our eyes regarding inventors. History has hidden Tesla in the shadows of men such as Thomas Edison and Marconi whom take credit for many inventions and ideas which were Tesla’s. Shock and Awe – The Story of Electricity (Jim Al-Khalili) Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity is a BBC documentary which is divided into three main parts.
Francis Hauksbee, Benjamin Franklin, Henry Cavendish, Galvani, Volta and Humphry Davy. The episode starts off with Hauksbee’s static-electricity generator and what it demonstrated.
The star of this section is the War of Currents rivalry between Direct current and Alternating current or rather the war between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla. Revelations and Revolutions closes the film with the final understanding of electromagnetism. It tells the story of more recent scientists such as Heinrich Hertz, William Shockley, James Clerk Maxwell…etc. The Original Human TETRIS Performance by Guillaume Reymond
I was highly entertained by this video! It was intriguing to see someone recreate an arcade classic via stop motion and with human being as the blocks. On Saturday 24 November 2007, 88 people participated from 9:30 am till 3:30 pm. to a film being recorded at the Rumine Palace in Lausanne, Switzerland. Every participant was assigned a specific coloured t-shirt and from there they were directed to assigned seats to commence the stop motion. Overall the session lasted four and a half hours and amounted to a grand total of 880 images. The TETRIS recreation was then projected at the “Festival des Urbaines” where the public could witness human tetris. I then proceeded to go to the science museum as to gather a wider variety of information regarding technology and electricity. I also wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to visit the museum since they recently “updated” the exhibitions as well as the permanent collections. |
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AuthorI am a first year student of Illustration and Visual Media at LCC. Archives
February 2017
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