Art Games

Does the concept of art games really make sense?The answer isn't quite as obvious as one might think. artificial.dk now has a section about art games, or to put it more correctly - video games made by artists. How is that for a pompous way of promoting entertainment, giving...

Universal Art?

There are some works of art that stupid people will never understand because they weren't made for stupid people. And there are a lot of stupid people. Why should anyone assume that any work of art can be reduced to the level of comprehension of a contemporary eight-year-old?-...

Polite Umbrella

The Polite Umbrella, by Joo Paek, respects people’s personal space in a public area. This shrinkable umbrella enables users to morph its shape like a jellyfish in order to reduce occupied space and to increase user maneuverability. The user can adjust their umbrella...

A Lesson in the History of Performance Art

A key event in the history of modern performance was the presentation in 1959 of Allan Kaprow's 18 Happenings in 6 Parts at the Reuben Gallery. (...)Kaprow chose the title "happening" in preference to something like theatre piece or performance because he wanted this activity...

Performance art

Here is some good old-fashioned performance art for your viewing pleasure. It is actually a video-performance, or: performance made jsut for the video, by Hyun-Joo Min. She was born in Corea, and has been living in Germany since 1990.uncut (1998)In her work Hyun Joo Min is interested especially in the...

Gift

The image above, by Matt Smear, is a Christmas gift for Grijsz. And for anyone who would like to receive it.

Technorati: net art, digital art, visual art, fine art, internet art, art, contemporary art, vvoi

Mobile art

Yes, it's here. And not just some flaky flowers or christmas trees or your favorite Monet. I'm talkin' all the hypest artists you've heard about (unless you're like me, then most of them you haven't heard about). On your mobile. For the humble price of $1.99 each. Yes,...

Christmas solution

The Foodloop.

Technorati: design, art, contemporary art, vvoi

The Origin of Net Art

Simple Version.
Complex Version.

Technorati: net art, art installation, digital art, art, contemporary art, vvoi

1-pixel Pac Man + Christmas card

The smallest Pac Man ever.The author, Alan Outten, author of the world's smallest website (with many other tiny versions of classic games), has a pretty Christmas card on his site.And this is my favorite small piece of his.Technorati: net art, internet art, art, contemporary...

Obscene Art #3: For the Love of Flesh - Joel-Peter Witkin

The sad thing is that more and more, we are becoming disconnected with a sense of wonder, of mystery and destiny. Joel-Peter WitkinIt isn't hard to think up something very deep and poetic concerning Witkin: through his imagery, we gain a greater understanding about human...

Animal pleasures

Sensuality is a delicate game.There is something about perversion that makes it aesthetically appealing.This glass is made of cat hair.This is part of a series of cups/glasses made of cat hair. They are incredibly attractive, soft and pleasant. Yet, at the same time, they...

Michael Hutter and the sex of death

Michael Hutter is a painter, a visual artist in the classical meaning of the word. Some of his pieces seem combinations of Dali and Beksiński. Others are closer to sci-fi yet others seem games with painting conventions. Take his The Girl and Death (2005), echoing as if...

Poetry, the internet, and the paradox of flash

Poetry on the internet is a delicate matter. More: poems are a delicate matter. They are fragile, require faith.And the internet doesn't seem to have the required stillness that reading a poem might demand. But it has other advantages. And Born Magazine uses them, combining...

Burden Fails: 220

220, F-Space, October 9, 1971: The Gallery was flooded with 12 inches of water. Three other people and I waded through the water and climbed onto 14 foot ladders, one ladder per person. After everyone was positioned, I dropped a 220 electric line into water. The piece lasted...

Human

Photo by Francine Gagnon.Does anyone say he is his body, period?What is it that makes the body such a scandal? Is it because bodies we see are not our bodies? Is it this un-identity, the fact that empathy seems like a childish dream, some sort of ridiculous belief? Is it...

Surface

Untitled (2005)

Technorati: photography, visual art, fine art, erotic art, art, contemporary art, vvoi

Artistic residency

Mousonturm is organizing an artistic residency for its Plateaux Festival: Plateaux is a supportive model for young performing artists. Plateaux invites international artists, performers and companies in the field of experimental theatre, performance art and live...

Obscene Art #2: For Christ' Sex - Sarah Lucas

Chicken Knickers (1997)"I was quite a tomboy when I was growing up, I liked hanging out with a lot of boys, and I sort of got used to their way of talking about sex. And at the same time as thinking it was funny, I suppose I was a bit aware that it also applied tome, and...

Obscene Art #1: Cutting off the penis

The Polish events, which just keep getting worse and worse, are an inspiration to write about body art and every possible controversial art form I can think of. For now, enjoy some pictures of Paul McCarthy's work:Here's a free translation of a (fragment of a) recent post...