The Augusta Chronicle (Georgia) - Kicking off the [Wesbou] festival Wednesday, Oct. 3, and opening the visual arts night at the Old Academy of Richmond County is Augusta-born Julia Easterlin, performing in collaboration with Atlanta digital artist Ben “Bean” Worley, combining sound and vision. The event is free. Read more.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Media-Arts Titan: Vello Virkhaus on Amon Tobin’s ISAM Tour
Art Digital Magazine - AD MAG recently caught up with the founder of V Squared Labs. His name is Vello Virkhaus, and if you haven’t heard of him already, chances are you’ve seen his work, because VirKhaus is arguably one of the most innovative, living art-technologist producing work in media arts today. Read more.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Ottawa Convention Centre renews digital screen proposal
Ottawa Citizen (Canada) - The Ottawa Convention Centre is looking for someone to operate a “digital wall” on the south side of the building after shelving the plans this spring because its costs were unsustainable. Read more.
Saturday, September 22, 2012
New Art for Brooklyn
NY Times - The Barclays Center, home of the Brooklyn Nets, is now also the site of a few ambitious art projects that include a giant vinyl mural of Brooklyn’s cityscape by Mickalene Thomas...read more.
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Upcoming exhibit at the Met shows how artists manipulated photos before the age of digital technology
New York Daily News - "The camera doesn't lie," or so the old saying goes.
An exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, however, will show that photographers have been toying with the truth since well before Photoshop 1.0 popped up on computers.
"Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop," will open at the museum on Oct. 11 and features over 200 striking photographs taken and altered between the 1840s and the 1990s. Read more.
An exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, however, will show that photographers have been toying with the truth since well before Photoshop 1.0 popped up on computers.
"Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop," will open at the museum on Oct. 11 and features over 200 striking photographs taken and altered between the 1840s and the 1990s. Read more.
Digital Superwomen
Daily Mail (UK) - Digital artist Michael Oswald describes his art as ‘photo manipulation on steroids’ and quite rightly as he transforms posed photographs into beautiful illusions. Read more.
Art fight! Digital Animation Students Battle For Space, Respect At San Jose State
Silicon Beat (California) - After years of bubbling under the surface, the tension over the future of San Jose State University’s Animation/Illustration program erupted into protest this week and a series of petitions and letters. The problem comes down to this:
The program has become too successful. too fast. Read more.
The program has become too successful. too fast. Read more.
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