Monoblepsia

Tree, Line by Zander Olsen .//

noreply@blogger.com (monoblepsia.blogspot.com) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:54:00 +0000

If you are fans of Felice Varini you will enjoy this one. ‘This is an ongoing series of constructed photographs rooted in the forest. These works, carried out in Surrey, Hampshire and Wales,involve site specific interventions in the landscape, ‘wrapping’ trees with white material to construct a visual relationship between tree, not-tree and the line of horizon according to the camera’s viewpoint.’

“Illusion is the first of all pleasures.” Oscar Wilde

Philippe Ramette's Surrealism .//

noreply@blogger.com (monoblepsia.blogspot.com) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:29:00 +0000

Philippe Ramette is the living proof that some people prefer the hard old fashioned way of doing things. What may look like a photomontage is actually a real image envisioned and portrayed by French artist Philippe Ramette and photographed by his collaborator Marc Domage with the aid of some hardware.

"Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision. "

Salvador Dali

Hidden Ground Drugs Remix

Kids vs Queensland Gallery of Modern Art .//

noreply@blogger.com (monoblepsia.blogspot.com) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:11:00 +0000

. Albert Einstein said that in order to stimulate creativity, one must develop the childlike inclination for play and the childlike desire for recognition and the following collaboration between a few kids and Queensland Gallery of Modern Art strengthens his words.

Artist Yayoi Kusama designed an entire room filled with white domestic objects and then thousands of colored dots stickers were given to kids to decorate the room. It took two weeks to finish the installation turning the room into a genuine explosion of colors.

"The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of childhood into maturity."

Thomas Huxley

Back in Business.//

noreply@blogger.com (monoblepsia.blogspot.com) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 12:28:00 +0000

After a long time of neglecting this blog (only three posts in 2011), I've decided it's time to resume posting and bookmarking all those lovely and creative artworks out there as another tool of expressing myself. Furthermore, to kick it up a notch each post will contain a track and quote alongside with the story itself. All related. Something for the mind, ear and eyes.

" Find a way to express what moves you. (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi) "

Ray Vista - Don't Let It Go

Originally released on Neige Records, Canada in 1983.

RAFATORRE.//

noreply@blogger.com (monoblepsia.blogspot.com) — Tue, 10 May 2011 19:16:00 +0000

Modern Surrealism

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Bending Buildings.//

noreply@blogger.com (monoblepsia.blogspot.com) — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:41:00 +0000

First the streets of Paris (at least in Inception), now the facades of Lyon. In December, the Théatre des Celestins was the location of an unlikely phenomenon in the architecture world: a classical Beaux-Arts building smushed into a Gehry-esque blob. And all thanks to the vocal patterns of a very captive audience.

full story here:

http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/13168/bending-buildings/

The Four Icon Challenge .//

noreply@blogger.com (monoblepsia.blogspot.com) — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:15:00 +0000

The Four Icon Challenge is a project by designer, Kyle Tezak. The goal is to sum up an entire book or movie using only four icons.

http://www.kyletezak.com/design/the-four-icon-challenge/

Ray-Ban Never Hide campaign .//

noreply@blogger.com (monoblepsia.blogspot.com) — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:08:00 +0000

Great guerilla marketing idea for Ray-Ban Never Hide campaign in Paris.

full article here:

http://www.paper-plane.fr/2011/01/guerilla-pour-ray-ban/

The Mickey Mouse Mask .//

noreply@blogger.com (monoblepsia.blogspot.com) — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:51:00 +0000

The United States Army Chemical Museum has a very special gas mask. It looks like Mickey Mouse (©Disney)!! This mask was produced early in 1942 to protect children in case of a chemical attack on the United States.

more here : //

Locks of love at the Ponte Milvio .//

noreply@blogger.com (monoblepsia.blogspot.com) — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:43:00 +0000

Locks of love are the padlocks fixed by loving couples to symbolize their eternal love.
A couple would hang a padlock after inscribing their name or initials on it and throw the key away so that their love is locked forever.

COME ON PAINT ME WHITE AGAIN .//

noreply@blogger.com (monoblepsia.blogspot.com) — Mon, 24 May 2010 14:15:00 +0000

A funny conversation between mobstr and the Newcastle City Council.

"NY-Z" - An ABSOLUT Collaboration with Jay-Z

noreply@blogger.com (monoblepsia.blogspot.com) — Mon, 24 May 2010 13:07:00 +0000

Banksy Arrives in New York City .//

noreply@blogger.com (monoblepsia.blogspot.com) — Tue, 18 May 2010 16:10:00 +0000

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Banksy continues his North American tour. After spotting his art in Boston, now first works by the artist were seen in New York City. The opening is marked with a “I Heart NY” piece by Banksy, found on Cedar Street between Greenwich and Trinity.

Denis Smith's Lightwritting.//

noreply@blogger.com (monoblepsia.blogspot.com) — Sun, 16 May 2010 12:36:00 +0000

I've previously posted about Lichtfaktor's lightwritting but the Australian photographer Denis Smith took this technique to the next level. Pushing the boundaries of light graffiti, Smith has produced something mysterious and mythical light shapes.

Oscar Diaz | Ink Calendar

noreply@blogger.com (monoblepsia.blogspot.com) — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:34:00 +0000

"Ink Calendar" makes use the timed pace of the ink spreading on the paper to indicate time.

The ink is absorbed slowly, and the numbers in the calendar are "printed" daily. One a day, they are filled with ink until the end of the month. A calendar self-updated, which enhances the perception of time passing and not only signaling it.

The ink colors are based on a spectrum, which relate to a “color temperature scale”, each month having a color related to our perception of the whether on that month. The colors range from dark blue in December to, three shades of green in spring or oranges, red in the summer.

The scale for measuring the “color temperature” that I have used is a standard called ‘D65’ and corresponds roughly to a midday sun in Western / Northern Europe.

The "Ink Calendar" was developed for “Gradual “, an exhibition featuring works, which were evolving during the exhibition time at the London Design Festival 2007.

http://www.oscar-diaz.net/

Lucas & Cameron .//

noreply@blogger.com (monoblepsia.blogspot.com) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:48:00 +0000

1998: Lucas Sent This To Cameron, When Titanic Dethroned Star Wars At The Box Office

Fainting goats .//

noreply@blogger.com (monoblepsia.blogspot.com) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:39:00 +0000

This breed of goat was once used by farmers, kept in the pastures with sheep and other small livestock. When wolves and coyotes would attack, the goat would be frightened and faint, so the predator would get the goat while the rest of the animals fled to safety…and this is where the term “scapegoat” originated.

This is one of mother nature’s cruel sick jokes.

The Lambeth Palace by Banksy .//

noreply@blogger.com (monoblepsia.blogspot.com) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:12:00 +0000

Dubbed The Lambeth Palace by its creator, Banksy describes the venue as “London’s newest, darkest and dirtiest purpose-built cinema”

“The Lambeth Palace is a makeshift 150-seat auditorium in a tunnel under Waterloo train station with popcorn stall, lounge bar and stunning temporary toilet facilities,” boasts the blurb.

Showings, which predictably almost immediately sold out, are 6pm and 9.30pm daily until 4 March.

*checking it out in 2 weeks.

Polaroid Scarfs .//

noreply@blogger.com (monoblepsia.blogspot.com) — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:24:00 +0000

Polaroid looks 100% silk scarfs by Philippe Roucou

Shop: http://www.reborn.ws/shop/PhilippeRoucou/

Left out of science textbooks .//

noreply@blogger.com (monoblepsia.blogspot.com) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:19:00 +0000

Funny what’s left out of science textbooks:

Legendary biologist Francis Crick was reportedly under the influence of LSD when he and his lab partner, James Watson, discovered the double-helix structure of DNA in 1953. Apparently, Crick—a devotee of Aldous Huxley—confessed his use to a fellow scientist years later, saying he frequently did small doses of the drug (then still legal for psychotherapy) to “boost his powers of thought,” the Mail on Sunday reported following his death in 2004. Crick never went public with his use—though he was a vocal founding member of Soma, a group that worked to legalized marijuana, named after a drug in Brave New World.

“Ubiquitous” by Naoko Ito .//

noreply@blogger.com (monoblepsia.blogspot.com) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:15:00 +0000

The Japanese artist Naoko Ito from New York has made a great piece of art using only a big tree branch and jars. She has cut the branch into several pieces before putting them in the jars and then stacking the jars into the original shape of the branch, so it looks like the branch is growing inside them. This art piece is called “Ubiquitous” and is a part of Naoko’s art series “Urban Nature 2009.”

Via .//

Banksy Film .// Exit Through The Gift Shop

noreply@blogger.com (monoblepsia.blogspot.com) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:16:00 +0000

http://banksyfilm.com/

Banksy.//Sundance.//Street Art Disasters movie .//

Jason Phillips - ‘Al Dente’ Furniture Concept .//

noreply@blogger.com (monoblepsia.blogspot.com) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:54:00 +0000

Brilliant furniture design from Jason Phillips inspired by uncooked strands of spaghetti.

Art History (Part 1) by Vuk Vidor .//

noreply@blogger.com (monoblepsia.blogspot.com) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:31:00 +0000

Medium silkscreen

Size 41.4 x 29.3 in. / 105.2 x 74.3 cm.

Year 2005 - Edition EA 10/11 Misc. Signed

Vuk Vidor, an artist from Belgrade now working is Paris created Art history (part one) as part of the exhibition Palais de Tokyo, Paris in 2004.

The mural is a list of artists and his or her cultural impact, defined in one sentence by their, medium material or concept.

Favs: Manzoni Owns Shit and Picasso Owns The Century.

Dalinian Quote .//

noreply@blogger.com (monoblepsia.blogspot.com) — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:35:00 +0000