31-May-10
SMOKE BATH (raising some money for a very good cause)
Smoke Bath is a collection of photographs and art work loosely based on the theme of camping/ nature/ exploring. The Fresh Air Fund is an independent, not-for-profit agency that provides free summer vacations to New York City children from low-income communities. The goal of smoke bath is to showcase the work of artists that are inspired by nature and raise money for freshair.org in the process.
“For the last few years I’ve been thinking of art outside of the context of galleries, sales and museums. I’ve wondered about the power of art and its potential to do something positive. At it’s core, this project is a test, and I hope the result will be an (online) exhibition that people all over the world can enjoy while raising some money for a very good cause in the process. I hope the images collected here inspire people to think about the beauty of the wilderness, and perhaps inspire them to donate to freshair.org. Visiting natural and wilderness areas can be a very peaceful and mind-expanding experience. Hopefully this project helps kids to discover the outdoors. Thanks to all of the artists who contributed to Smoke Bath!” PETER SUTHERLAND
SMOKE BATH WEBSITE
FRESH AIR WEBSITE
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10-May-10
Viviane Sassen
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06-May-10
POLAROID AURA PROJECT
AURA PROJECT by Carl Van de Roer :
These portraits are made with a Polaroid aura camera developed in the 1970s by an American scientist in an attempt to record what a psychic might see. This project explores the idea that a portrait photograph can reveal an otherwise unseen and accurate insight into the subject’s character.
The subject is connected directly to the camera by hand-plates that measure biofeedback, which the camera depicts as an aura of color in the Polaroid and translates into a printed diagram and description explaining the camera�s interpretation of the subject. It also explains separately, what the the subject is expressing and how they are seen by others, such as the photographer, suggesting the camera bypasses the control of the photographer and subject in making the portrait. This printout, which includes information about the subjects emotions, potential, aspirations, future, etc. is presented to the viewer along with each photograph in a similar manner to a caption.
The aura camera has undertones of pseudo-scientific authority and attributes associated with a less mediated type of photography. It’s a modified land camera that uses instant film and has only one button, allowing the photographer little control over the mechanisms mediating the portrait making process.
Aura photography is a relatively recent offshoot of spirit photography. Unlike attempts to record images of ghosts, aura photography evolved from a type of spirit photography – popular around the time diagnostic imaging devices like the x-ray emerged — which sought to objectively measure and document unseen aspects of the human body.
I am photographing people who are familiar to me, or that I have expectations of — including friends and people whose personalities are in the public sphere.
Aura Project website
You must check also the Carl Van de Roer website
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28-Apr-10
aurel schmidt
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26-Apr-10
the infinite library
infinitelibrary website
The Infinite Library is an ongoing project by Daniel Gustav Cramer and Haris Epaminonda.
It is primarily an expanding archive of books, each created out of pages of one or more found books and bound anew.
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01-Apr-10
photo of the week
matt stuart, check his website there are great streetphotos
he’s also part of the group in-public
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31-Mar-10
worried noodles by david shrigley
David Shrigley ’s book is being interpreted by various artist and put it in a double cd.
here the song MAY BE by Scarlet’s Well
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30-Mar-10
before things change by seth fluker
a small book project he did while working as dish washer.
“if life give you a lemon make a lemonade” as it’s write in the introduction of the book.
for more info look here
seth fluker website
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