somnolent deluxe

2011-07-14T13:07:00.003+01:00

Ben F Laposky : Oscillons, 1952-56 & Frieder Nake: 13/9/1965, Nr 2 & 7, 1965

the amazing history of computer generative art from the 50's-60's
see the full article here

2011-06-29T18:55:00.003+01:00

New site/portfolio, nearly ready to go. quite a few kinks to work out migrating to wordpress, but almost there.

2011-06-15T04:09:00.002+01:00

fireworks studies, by pierre le hors, available from Dashwood books in NYC.

2011-06-15T03:43:00.003+01:00

The Vorticists: Manifesto for a Modern World, at Tate Britain 14th jun - 4th sept.

from the Site:

Vorticism was a radical art movement that shone briefly but brightly in the years before and during World War I. This exhibition celebrates the full electrifying force and vitality of this short-lived but pivotal modernist movement that was based in London but international in make-up and ambition.

The Vorticists forged a distinctive style combining machine-age forms and energetic imagery, embracing modernity and blasting away the staid legacy of the Edwardian past.

Focusing on the only two Vorticist exhibitions mounted during the lifetime, in London and New York, this striking exhibition brings together over 100 key works; including photography and literary ephemera, as well as seminal pieces by Wyndham Lewis, Jacob Epstein and Henri Gaudier-Brzeska.

This exhibition aims to shine a new light on this revolutionary group of artists, presenting the style, radical aesthetics and thoughts of one of the most truly avant-garde art movements in British history.

2011-06-02T03:42:00.001+01:00

Plexus 5 by Gabriel Dawe

2011-06-02T03:32:00.002+01:00

Artificial Moon by Beijing-based artist Wang Yuyang.

2011-06-02T03:21:00.005+01:00

INFRA, a series shot by 30-year-old photographer Richard Mosse .

INFRA; examines the conflict in Eastern Congo using Kodak Aerochrome, a recently discontinued film that was originally developed for military reconnaissance. These extraordinary colors are not the result of Photoshop.

The project seeks a new strategy to represent Congo’s intangible conflict. Mosse chose to use this infrared aerial surveillance film out of context in order to explore how photography represents a place like Congo, a place deeply buried beneath its past cultural representations, from Heart of Darkness to Tin Tin.

Infrared light is invisible to the human eye, and so the work alludes metaphorically to the conflict’s lack of visibility in our global consciousness, as well as (paradoxically) this endless war’s over-saturation in the mass media.
Color infrared film portrays the world in a pink palette which the photographer uses to subvert the ways in which Congo and the African continent are traditionally photographed. He deliberately wishes to break the generic rules in order to question how we see (or don’t see) this war.

2011-05-20T13:28:00.006+01:00

"Flottille" by Etienne Cliquet, tiny origami made from sheets of paper only a few cm wide, intricately cut and folded. when placed in water, the sculptures draw the water in by capillary action and gracefully unfold.

2011-05-14T09:57:00.001+01:00

Placements by Julianne Swartz

2011-05-09T07:48:00.001+01:00

“Lakes and Reservoirs” by Matthew Brandt. photographic series made into C-prints and soaked in the water of the subjects. (via)

2011-05-09T07:38:00.004+01:00

2011-04-28T12:09:00.004+01:00

Symmetry,Words,Moments by Everynone, Beautiful work,more on the site.

2011-04-28T07:55:00.003+01:00

Argentinian photographer Alejandro Chaskielberg takes L'Iris D'Or at the Sony World Photography Awards, with the dreamlike images from "high tide" taken over two years spent living with islanders in the Paraná river delta.

2011-04-28T01:10:00.002+01:00

Amazing egg pinhole cameras, by francesco capponi

2011-04-12T18:31:00.002+01:00

Photographs of tube televisions the moment they are switched off by Stephan Tillmans (via)

2011-04-10T23:34:00.003+01:00

Lars Von Trier's new film, Melancholia, looks amazing.

2011-04-01T01:36:00.003+01:00

it's been a while since i saw the plans in 2009, but the treehotel in sweden is now up and running, including the amazing mirrorcube treehouse, a ufo, a suspended cabin and more. Check it out.

2011-03-16T22:56:00.005+00:00

Entirely new somdeluxe and lots of new work on the way. (hence it being quiet on here)
should be up and running in the next few months.

2011-03-16T22:55:00.003+00:00

Til Death Do Us Part by Kate Bauman. via

2011-02-25T00:05:00.003+00:00

Chris O'Shea creates an amazing interactive performance experience for kids, using a hacked kinect sensor and projectors.

from the project page

The use of technology literally brings their drawings to life on stage, allowing them to interact and respond to their creations in real time. By using a holographic projection film; sets, characters and objects appear to float on stage alongside the performers. A camera and custom software track the performers, allowing the scene to react in a playful & more dynamic way.

For children who show disinterest in writing stories and drawing, but love to play video games, this project hopes to inspire them to participate, creating their own immersive worlds that they can be proud to express their own creations through.

I used the Musion Eyeliner holographic projection system for this project, allowing the graphics to appear to be alongside the performers. This uses a technique called Pepper’s ghost, and you can see the technical set-up here.

2011-02-24T14:12:00.005+00:00

Amazing trailer for 'the art of flight'

2011-02-09T23:42:00.003+00:00

Beautiful work by vanessa winship, from a series on Georgia.

via

2011-02-08T00:03:00.005+00:00

LOVE this. Robo-Rainbow by Akay
via

2011-02-01T22:29:00.000+00:00

Stitched illustration by peter crawley
via

2011-02-01T22:12:00.002+00:00

get your hand printed 2011 year planner from Crispin Finn