hypercanvas

Street Art - Berlin - Photoshop Palettes on Advertisements

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:25:57 +0000

Clever niche speak. Remind people that the ads they are always looking at are not representations of reality. Instantly communicated to any and all designers.
Flickr Set

via Kottke

Iphone Sketches

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:57:17 +0000

These sketches were all created on the iphone using the "Brushes" program. Very nice. Flickr Set of Iphone paintings

Minority Report Interface Comes Alive

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:36:33 +0000

g-speak overview 1828121108 from john underkoffler on Vimeo. The folks at Oblong.com, who inspired the famous Minority Report movie computer interface, have perfected their concept for the real world. They must be going for defense department bucks, what with the high production value of this video, and the killer missile launch sequence towards the end that seems straight out of War Games.

First E-Ink Magazine Cover

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:25:03 +0000

Esquire Magazine is celebrating its 75th anniversary by publishing a cover that includes a digitally changing screen. The screen requires a battery and is made possible with e-ink technology. The screen should remain active for 9 months. There are only going to be 100,000 of these made and I'm sure those that are for sale will be expensive. It might seem daring and futuristic for a print magazine to do this, create some buzz, update the old way with the new. But, isn't this a bit like putting a steering wheel on a horse drawn buggy? That effort wouldn't stop the coming age of auto, and this won't save the printed magazine from oblivion. Still, a first is a first. props.

Bad Apple

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:14:59 +0000

When I first saw that Armin Heinrich posted an iPhone app to the App Store called "I Am Rich", I thought: "Brilliant". This program displays nothing but a red gem, and has no function but to display your wealth to others through ownership. The app costs $1000. Conceptual art that strikes the perfect note. This idea is so perfectly a self-contained commentary on so many levels. It's so good, in fact, that the "man" had to keep something like this down. Too bad the "Man" in this case is Apple, who pulled the application from the iPhone App Store. You can read more about it on Kottke.org.

Looking again at the everyday

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:28:44 +0000

Organic video - Example 2 from electro on Vimeo. From Electro:

I wrote a loop which goes through the current video frame that it's on, looking at the pixel colours and then plot's the results to a 'canvas'. For these videos I then used MDM Zinc to allow me to 'grab' each rendered frame as a BMP.

Advanced Beauty

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:10:07 +0000

Advanced Beauty is releasing another DVD. They are releasing one every Monday for 18 weeks, which is pretty exciting. See our previous coverage here. From their site:

Advanced Beauty is an ongoing exploration of digital artworks born and influenced by sound, an ever-growing collaboration between programmers, artists, musicians, animators and architects. The first collection is a series of audio-reactive 'video sound sculptures'. Inspired by synasthesia, the rare, sensory experience of seeing sound or tasting colours, these videos are physical manifestations of sound, sculpted by volume, pitch or structure of the soundtrack.

Advanced Beauty from Konx-om-Pax on Vimeo.

Internet Art, Net.Art, state of the art?

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:25:59 +0000

Back in the day, circa 1998, I fell in love with what was possible to do with art on the net. Then, and now, one of the best versions of net.art I know of is Superbad. Now, the field is crowded and there are some good things to click on and explore. Rhizome just pointed to this one: Reality CPU. It is an enjoyable net.art world to enjoy. This is just my personal taste, and I know it runs counter to things I've done myself in the past, not to mention counter to the entire point of the internet...but I'll say it anyway. I'm sick and tired of clicking around on net.art trying to discover hidden click zones that bring me to the next screen. I really do seem to prefer a less interactive viewing of art I guess. Of course I appreciate the work and even enjoy a lot of the experience, but clicking on the art is starting to drive me a little bonkers. Just thought I'd share. From: realitycpu

The Building as Canvas

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:54:37 +0000

Yes it is very "Blade Runner", and appropriate that it comes out of China as well. Using LED technology an initiative called "GreenPix" has created a zero energy media wall that takes up the side of a building. From the site: "GreenPix - Zero Energy Media Wall - is a groundbreaking project applying sustainable and digital media technology to the curtain wall of Xicui entertainment complex in Beijing, near the site of the 2008 Olympics."

Music Videos

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:32:26 +0000

For me, the hypercanvas as a concept was first introduced by MTV. Growing up in Wyoming I had never been introduced to a lot of creative media. When MTV came about it was a revelation. MTV impacted me for the music and music videos, some of which were visually stunning works of art, but I was most impressed by those short 30 second or 1 minute creative segues that MTV put between videos. They came from all mediums, usually had little point to get across except visual entertainment and distraction. I was hooked. Those creative explorations were a brilliant evolution of the visual genius of Sesame Street's creative TV. When it came time for me to start thinking about what I wanted to be when I grew up, I always said I wanted to make the creative shorts for MTV. Sadly, MTV has none of this brilliance anymore, leaving a wide hole for new platforms to display visual motion art. But the music video and the hypercanvas will always be married, because music lends itself more to abstract creative visualization than anything. Almost anyone will watch a visual exploration if there is a song going along with it. To pay homage to the tradition, here is a nice piece of visual set to Interpol's "Rest My Chemistry".

Like YouTube for Artists

Tue, 27 May 2008 14:53:47 +0000

Rojo TV is a YouTube for artists. They focus only on creative art works. These works are broken up into channels by artists. Although I love the concept, the execution of this site is lacking. There aren't any suggestion tools or groupings of work by theme. I'm left to dig through the material and click to find out if I like something. This is good when you want to discover something new, but after clicking on a few works you don't like, it can be little frustrating. Also, you can't embed these works in another site, which is a feature I miss, and have come to expect. Perhaps that will be coming soon. Another frustration is I can't send a link directly to a work of art. I can only send the link to the site, and then mention the artists channel for you to find yourself. Hopefully they will continue to improve the functionality of the site. Overall, it's a good start, and there are some works of art that I found stimulating, but I don't see this becoming a big destination until the site tools improve.
via coolhunting

Lilium Urbanus

Wed, 21 May 2008 17:15:44 +0000

Joji Tsuruga and Anca Risca created Lilium Urbanus for their SVA thesis. It is a delightful piece of art and a stunning accomplishment. Click the image to watch it. From: We Make It Good.

Visualizing the Art of Consumption

Wed, 14 May 2008 15:12:01 +0000

Chris Jordan is a Seattle based artist with a series called "Running the Numbers". It is a series of massive prints (think 60x80 inches) that depict the number of a certain thing that is consumed by the world over a given time frame. For instance, he uses pictures of 32,000 barbie dolls to depict the number of elective breast augmentation surgeries performed in the U.S. in a month. Another example shows the 2 million plastic bottles used in the U.S. every 5 minutes. The true impact of this work would only be felt if you viewed the original prints, but the series of zooms that he provides does a very good job of bringing home the numbers. Depicts two million plastic beverage bottles, the number used in the US every five minutes. Actual Size: Thanks Ben for sharing.

Outdoor Art at the Meatpacking District

Tue, 13 May 2008 21:49:31 +0000

Google launched their new art themed browsers late last month. As it happens, we stumbled upon their launching show at the Meatpacking District a few weeks back. Projected art engulfed the buildings at the prominent intersection of 9th Avenue and 12th Street for an impressive display of work by influential artists and designers. Here's some footage of the event and a link to iGoogle Artist Themes.

Simply Incredible

Tue, 13 May 2008 21:00:27 +0000

I agree with computerlove, who said about this piece of incredible art: "I have no words to describe this, just watch". Just watch.
The new short film by Blu an ambiguous animation painted on public walls. Made in Buenos Aires and in Baden (fantoche)