Liminal Air, by Shinji Ohmaki

Japanese artists Shinji Ohmaki does the unthinkable; visualise the weight of the invisible air all around us. This awesome and strangely cuddly installation is made up from around 123 thousand nylon strings all hanging from the ceiling. Cut off at irregular lengths the threads create almost like some kind of landscape that you can walk through (take your shoes off, though), breathe through and maybe get lost in.

Authored by	Wybe
Posted on	Saturday, May 15th, 10:44
Archived in	Installations & Public Space
Tags	air, awesome, cuddly, japan, nylon, shinji ohmaki, threads, weight

TurmKunst Checkup

A while ago I tipped you guys off about an international art project by artists Flying Förtress, Honet, Sozyone and Craig “Krink” Costello. The idea was to give one of the towers in Berlin a sweet new colour. By now the project is in full effect, and Just (from the previous post) was there to photograph it once more. Check out his photos (or just the Turmkunst ones) and awe! Turmkunst :)

Above is KR’s work, two more photos after the jump! (more…)

Authored by	Wybe
Posted on	Monday, May 10th, 17:22
Archived in	Exhibitions, Installations & Public Space, Pieces & Murals
Tags	berlin, bierpinsel, craig costello, ekosystem, flying förtress, france, germany, honet, just, krink, pop art, restaurant, sozyone, spain, tower art, usa

Ephemicropolis Petrus Rootus

“Ephemicropolis”, by Peter Root, is just damn cool. Check out the (fast forwarded) video of this guy arranging stacks of staples hours on end after the jump :) (more…)

Authored by	Wybe
Posted on	Wednesday, April 28th, 12:33
Archived in	Installations & Public Space
Tags	ephemicropolis, metropolis, micropolic, peter root, staple art, staples, time consuming

The Italic Room

I can tell you what I think of this little project here, but I might as well copy-paste a text from Linna Xu’s own portfolio that perfectly describes the meaning and effect of The Italic Room. If you’re still interested bytheway, it will follow after the jump :) (more…)

Authored by	Wybe
Posted on	Tuesday, April 13th, 13:42
Archived in	Installations & Public Space
Tags	bauhaus, germany, haha, italic, linna xu, optical illusion, typography, weimar

the Village that was an Optical Illusion

Felice Varini certainly is an ambitious kind of artist and probably a very charismatic figure too, getting a whole village to agree on having circles painted on their houses. After projecting these rings onto the village they were applied to the houses, so that they appear like they are in the above panorama, giving the village a flat, postcardy appearance to it. I imagine it’s a very special sight. Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together for Felice and the town of Vercorin, Switzerland, for making the project “Cercle et suite d’éclats” a fact :) You’ll find a panorama, and two close up pictures from another perspective after the jump. I ofcourse copied them from the site. (more…)

Authored by	Wybe
Posted on	Tuesday, April 13th, 3:08
Archived in	Installations & Public Space, Spaces and placement, Streetart generally speaking
Tags	circles, felice varini, optical illusion, panorama, perspective, switzerland, vercorin, very very very large

Turm Kunst

“Turmkunst” they call it, the german words for “tower” and “art”. Honet (France), Flying Förtress (Germany), Craig “KR” Costello (US&A) and Sozyone (Spain) will be painting the outsides of this former restaurant. I’m not sure if I think the building is butt-ugly or retrofuturistic cool (some pictures of it from a worms eye view are quite cool), but I am quite certain that it could use a little touch-up. After the damage has been done, 14 international artists will exhibit their work there.

Work starts on April 4th, exhibition May 15th. If I have money I might just make the trip. God living in Europe is awesome!

The video at the top of this post just about says it all, but if you could always check out their site or Vimeo profile for more info and video. I’ve included a clear pic of the Bierpinsel after the (more…)

Authored by	Wybe
Posted on	Friday, March 26th, 20:17
Archived in	Exhibitions, Installations & Public Space, Pieces & Murals
Tags	berlin, bierpinsel, craig costello, flying förtress, france, germany, honet, krink, pop art, restaurant, sozyone, spain, tower art, usa

Michael Johansson Ghost Cabinet

I know everything is great in Sweden, but white never looked that good on furniture, not even in my wildest dreams. Eyegasm courtesy of Michael Johansson :)

Authored by	Wybe
Posted on	Wednesday, February 3rd, 18:10
Archived in	Installations & Public Space
Tags	michael johansson, sweden, trolhättan

Michel de Broin, Disco Paris!

A giant discoball in the parisian sky, consisting of a thousand mirrors. That, a 50 meter high crane and some good spotlights make Michel de Broin’s public installation a success in my opinion. Wish they’d cheer up the place around here sometime, too.

Authored by	Wybe
Posted on	Thursday, January 14th, 1:20
Archived in	Installations & Public Space
Tags	50 meter, crane, discoball, discofever, elevated, france, installation, michel de broin, paris