Released a few days ago on TED, Simon discusses and showcases her work. An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar attempts to reveal and direct light on facets of American culture and society rarely examined and The Innocents takes a look at the role photography itself has played with the wrongfully accused.
Archive for the ‘ART’ Category
TED Talks: Taryn Simon photographs secret sites
Thursday, October 1st, 2009 by CrapCoilhouse #3: Now For Sale
Friday, July 17th, 2009 by Crap
Being the only magazine I’ve purchased in the last decade or so, definitely excited. Just put in an order myself and am eagerly waiting for it to reach my doorstep. Plenty of interesting features this time around as well. An interview with Ron Moore of Battlestar Galactica, Kowloon Walled City, and of course plenty of articles featuring extremely intriguing artists such as Gustavo Lopez Mañas, who’s work graces this issue’s cover.
Follow the link below to see a tour of this issue and also to place an order:
Library of Congress: 1930s-40s in Color
Monday, April 27th, 2009 by Crap
Women become skilled shop technicians after careful training in the school at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant, Long Beach, Calif. Original Photo on Flickr
via the Steampunk Workshop, an amazing set of color photos on Flickr released by the Library of Congress. The photos use a type of color reversal film called Kodachrome, which is the first successfully mass-marketed color still film using a subtractive method.
It provides for a very crisp and saturated look that seemingly reinvigorates these past moments from the 1930-1940s by putting them through a more contemporary lens. It gives both a feeling of nostalgia as well as the sense that these images could have easily been taken today.
The Steampunk TARDIS
Thursday, March 12th, 2009 by Crap
I was just recently over on Brass Goggles, a community I haven’t lurked on for awhile, and came across the above wonder. From what I can gather, some particular individual has taken it upon himself to create a fully-sized TARDIS console in a steampunk flavor. From the looks of things, it seems he still has a ways to go, but if the released images are any indicator, its already looking mighty fantastic. His Livejournal chronicling the progress is below.
The Dream Diorama of Mark Powell
Monday, March 9th, 2009 by Crap
Mark Powell is an artist who makes some rather peculiar sculptures. The best way I can describe them is they are a sort of perverse cross between a Tool video and the surrealist works of Zdzisław Beksiński, but instead of on canvas, they burst forth and come to life. Whle the visual aesthetic and subject matter may seem gruesome to some, I still highly suggest people check it out, Powell’s attention to detail in these sculptures is simply stunning. Above is a shot of his Dream Diorama 1. You can see more of his work at his official site below:
Miru Kim’s Naked City Spleen
Thursday, March 5th, 2009 by Crap
Miru Kim is an NY native who explores the urban metropolis for its long forgotten and abandoned spaces and photographs herself naked among them. There is something very surreal and intriguing about her work that almost portrays this alternate world of the past, that has seemingly been hidden away from the teeming urban masses above.
In context of film, I can’t help but be reminded of Tarkovsky’s Stalker, and the cyberpunk films of directors such as Shinya Tsukamoto when looking at her work. On a related note, TED Talks actually recently featured Kim in one of their regular Talks videos where she explains the intent and purpose behind her works. Both this and her official site are linked below.
