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Zinging Landscapes by Jonathan Zawada

"An exhibition of large scale drawings and oil paintings at Prism Gallery, Los Angeles from December 16, 2010 – February 28, 2011. The landscape topographies were derived from graph data, modeled in 3D and then oil paintings created from those 3D renders." 

See more of his work http://zawada.com.au/2010/12/over-time/ - found via http://blog.2modern.com/2011/05/jonathan-zawada-painting.html

Artist Ai Weiwei arrested & his whereabouts still unknown (Sunflower Seeds @ Tate Modern)

The artist Ai Weiwei was arrested by Chinese authorities on 3 April 2011 - currently there is no information on his whereabouts and the charges are unclear.

Ai Weiwei arrest - http://aandalawblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/ai-weiwei-arrest.html
Artist Ai Weiwei arrested at Beijing airport, held incommunicado - http://en.rsf.org/chine-artist-ai-weiwei-arrested-at-03-04-2011,39942.html

Ai Weiwei, A Conversation
Talk with Ai Weiwei (before his arrest) where he is questioned by an audience member on why he thinks he hasn't been arrested yet...

Ai Weiwei: Sunflower seeds
Here's the video which is being shown at the Tate Modern to accompany the sunflower seeds exhibit in the Turbine Hall - is well worth watching it all, the story of how the seeds were made is epic, with each seed being hand-fired and hand-painted by the inhabitants of Jingdezhen, the 'porcelain capital' of Ai weiwei's native China."1600 people and more were involved in the project in the town...that means almost everybody knows someone who is making Sunflower seeds." Ai Weiwei

Photos from The Guardian In Pictures article
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2010/oct/11/aiwewei-sunflower-...

Dev Harlan's Pyramid 3-D Video Projections

"Dev Harlan is a multidisciplinary artist whose hybrid practice combines the physical and the virtual with the use of sculpture, light and projection" http://www.devharlan.com


Images from the "Any Colour You Like", Installation, Christopher Henry Gallery http://www.flickr.com/photos/c-trl/sets/72157624741517986/with/4899842526/

Found via http://www.fastcodesign.com/1663439/dev-harlans-eye-popping-3-d-light-shows-v...

We all ♥ Tony Hart

I had a random dream about Take Hart last night and it reminded me about how much I miss everybody's favourite art teacher (...everybody of a certain age that is!). Tony Hart set the Art teacher mould as far as I'm concerned, and has a permanent place in all our hearts, end of. Here's three Tony Hart videos from the archive - an early episode of Take Hart from the first series in 1976 - there are some very hip animation pieces within this video and some great art techniques, a really interesting showreel of Tony Hart's own animation on 16mm, and a rather cool Dalek short from Vision On in 1972...(oh, and no Morph in sight, sorry Morph fans!)


"A brilliant minute-long clip from Vision On, shown first on 1st December 1972. Tony Hart draws the outline of a Dalek using a football-pitch line-marking machine, and then it 'comes to life'. Dalek spods will recognise these as the 1972 BBC Visual Effects wooden Dalek builds, appearing in their gunmetal 'Planet Of The Daleks' livery"

For any of you that don't know who he was...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hart
http://www.frieze.com/blog/entry/remembering_tony_hart/

Real-time Generative Art on Southbank Sky Arts Awards 2011 Website

To celebrate the fantastic creativity being featured in the Southbank Sky Arts Awards 2011, we at Sky Creative have designed a website allowing you to create your own unique piece of Generative Art simply through navigating the site.

Site Design

Examples of Generated wallpaper Art
Also available for download here:

Generated iPhone wallpapers
Also available for download here:

Brush Samples
Included in the pool of assets that the generative code is sampling from...

Why Generative?
The thinking behind the Generative Art for was to create a dynamic vibrant backdrop for the users to engage with through the process of interacting with the site itself. The Gen Art evolves over the course the user's journey and is directly influenced by the interactions they make within the site (page views/mouse clicks). This affects the current art style and the range of brushes available at any one time. The Gen Art draws upon a variety of individual 'brushes' which are then grouped used together and used to simulate a particular 'art style'. Some of these styles are custom-made and others are designed to reflect the essence of a particular well-known artist (e.g. Matisse, Miro). A compatibility matrix was created that allows the styles to flow into each other whilst attempting to maintain a visually appealing mix of colours and patterns. This allows for greater variety of art and gives the visitor a unique experience every time. The visitor then has the option to save the 'canvas' as wallpaper for their desktop or mobile device, as MSN and profile icons or submit it to the Generative Art Gallery housed within the South Bank site to share with others. The Awards Ceremony takes place on Tuesday 25 Jan on Sky Arts, go to http://www.skyartsonline.co.uk/southbank to create your artwork and hear all the news about the Awards.

Credits
By the Digital team at Sky Creative:

Senior Designer | Marc Bendel http://www.marcbendel.co.uk/
Art Director | Kathy Kavan http://www.kathykavan.com
Creative Technologists | Greg Fleming, Dennis Hing http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/dennis-hing/2/176/6a
Creative Technology Manager | Andy Dobson http://www.andrewdobson.co.uk/