Underground Art Blog

The Nuance of Open Fermentation

Bill and Eva — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:17:36 +0000

Commercialism has won yet again. Hundreds of years of knowledge, tradition and craftsmanship has been replaced by economic sensibility. Originality, uniqueness and integrity have been pushed aside by bean counters and their bottom lines. They are all betting that YOU can’t tell the...

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Walk In The Rain

Bill and Eva — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:41:24 +0000

Few things in life can be so rejuvenating as when one throws all common sense aside and surrenders to natures way of cleansing and starting fresh. (Ok, before this gets any sappier and starts to sound like Readers Digest babble, we will get to the (a) point.) You see there is a connection between...

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Trends Are Evil

Bill and Eva — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:26:34 +0000

Trends. Fashion trends, music trends, movie trends, art trends, car trends… etcetera, etcetera. Are they so bad? Are they really evil? Yes, in fact they are. They are like theme parks. They seem fun and innocent for a while, until you get home and wonder what on earth motivated you to pay $7...

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Espresso: The Romance Factor

Bill and Eva — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 23:40:01 +0000

While no one was looking, under the cover of darkness, the magnificent Italian hand built La Marzocco machines were replaced one by one with fully automatic computerized press-a-button versions. (This took place in thousands of Starbucks across the land.) This is the day when the romance and...

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Why Art Really Is Priceless

Bill and Eva — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 01:05:39 +0000

Mark Sandman wrote: “I am like a mirror, I am nothing till you look at me.” Words for deep thought at 2 a.m. when you can’t sleep. Lets apply this to art. Does art have value if it is never appreciated? I suppose that is why we have museums of art. Art is also one [...]

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Discovering The Arts Outside Your Doorstep

Bill and Eva — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 01:32:51 +0000

“If one was too wise, one would never had left England,” replied Miss Honeychurch when questioned on if it was wise for a single female tourist to walk the streets of Florence alone. This is a quote from E.M. Forester’s classic novel, on which the wonderfully romantic film, A Room...

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Room 19: What Makes Great Thinkers, Leaders And Artists?

Bill and Eva — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:40:34 +0000

Bob Geldof wrote in the song Room 19: “When I woke up I was freezing… I was stuck up on a shelf with the other guys in room 19. Tchaikovsky played the music, Pasternak wrote the poetry, Lenin never shut up talking, and every talk became a speech.” The idea that all the brains of...

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You Are What You Buy

Bill and Eva — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:04:06 +0000

If you are what you eat, then is it such a stretch to say that you are what you buy? You can be sure I am not the first to make this connection. As you read this article, the marketing gurus are busily working, analyzing your purchases, movements, clicks and downloads. Armed with highly advanced...

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The Anti-Corporate Mission Statement: Don’t Change, Stay Original And Be Happy

Bill and Eva — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:24:15 +0000

Some self-proclaimed business guru once said if you are successful, it is time to change. The idea of course is that you have to be permanently dissatisfied in order to get better. Sounds good, right? Or does it? The example he gave was Toyota and something about their rising sun or sun rising or...

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Wonder Bread Art: The Absence Of Substance In Pop Culture

Bill and Eva — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:58:05 +0000

Substance. There is a serious lack of it in modern day popular culture. The commercial powers that be, have almost banished artistic integrity from our vocabulary. Wonder bread art rules. It feeds the mouths of the majority but sadly it lacks substance. The over commercialization of mainstream...

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Why Are Micro-Softies So Defensive? Relax, Go Wash Your Honda

Bill and Eva — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 06:32:51 +0000

First, Apple’s Get a Mac ads were voted among the best ads for 2006 according to The Wall Street Journal, and then Steve Jobs stole the show from CES (Consumer Electronic Show) with the iphone and Apple TV, holding in his hand the future of electronic convergence while Bill Gates just stood...

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Be free: It Hurts When You Go To School Too Long

Bill and Eva — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 03:09:43 +0000

Andy Warhol reportedly once said: “It hurts when you go to school too long.” Now, obviously, if you are a heart surgeon or nuclear engineer, you may want to take Andy’s comment with a grain of salt. The point stands however that too much school becomes counter productive and can...

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Terroir, Penguins and Parrillas: The Inconsistent Pleasures

Bill and Eva — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 08:08:10 +0000

Terroir (no, not terror, try to stop thinking about terrorism for at least a day) is a term used in wine that explains how wine speaks of the earth is comes from. What a wonderful and romantic way travel to the earth. The next time you visit your favorite wine market, pick up a bottle [...]

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The Lupilin Effect: India Pale Ales And Artistic Creativity

Bill and Eva — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 23:35:38 +0000

For a long time we have had the suspicion that there is a link between India Pale Ale and artistic creativity. Before you think we are a little loopy, let’s first look at a brief history of this fine beverage. The British troops who were sent to India more then a century ago, brought with...

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The Espresso Experience: Enjoy The Moment

Bill and Eva — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 18:44:56 +0000

Mature waiters in white tuxedos, gleaming brass machines and professional baristas pouring double espressos in handmade white porcelain cups. It is a time to reflect, take stock of the day and enjoy the moment. This is the daily ritual for the people of Buenos Aires. No line-ups at the counter, no...

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When Did Doors Lose Their Soul?

Bill and Eva — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 06:19:39 +0000

One of the first things you notice in the charming old neighborhoods of Buenos Aires (such as the antique and tango district of San Telmo) is that even the doors are unique, each one having a personality of its own. Many of these doors have inspired paintings here at the Underground Art Project...

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Art Fuels Art

Bill and Eva — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 05:48:53 +0000

The other day someone asked Eva (the greater half of the Underground Art Project) where she gets the inspiration to keep painting. My thoughts immediately turned to the often repeated remark attributed to Brian Eno, that while the Velvet Underground’s first album in 1967 sold only a few...

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Art + Style = Originality

Bill and Eva — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 07:22:37 +0000

What is art? How do you define it? These are difficult questions to answer and probably better left unanswered. Of course you know we are not going to let that stop us. Right? So, here is our take and hopefully it will get you thinking about YOUR OWN answers. Andy Warhol showed us that art [...]

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Full Fat, Full Flavor, Full Health

Bill and Eva — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 23:31:19 +0000

Something is terribly wrong. Are we the only ones that can see it? Are we the only ones who care? Is anyone going to do something? Let us explain. When we came back to Canada after a several year hiatus in South America, we made a brief visit to our favorite brew pub with a [...]

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Everyone is a Minimalist: They Just Don’t Know It Yet

Bill and Eva — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 21:21:45 +0000

Wow, for minimalists we sure make a lot of noise. Search the web and you find all kinds of minimalists spouting off about the virtues of “less is more” and how “form follows function.” Why even big corporations are putting out minimalist adds in the big glossy rags. So why,...

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Limited Edition Prints And Fake Rolexes

Bill and Eva — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 21:26:09 +0000

They call it limited edition posters, err… I mean prints. It’s bad for the art world. It has less to do with art and more to do with rampant commercialism. The frame is usually worth more than the print. But the artist has signed it you say. Sure if the artist becomes world famous and...

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Artist’s Statements: Pretentious Words About Nothing

Bill and Eva — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 19:42:23 +0000

Mark Eitzel from the venerable American Music Club (whose CD jackets by the way contain brilliant art and who many believe is one of the best songwriters of all time) once said he writes “pretentious little songs of quiet self-loathing.” If only all artists could be as honest about...

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