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Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Friday, August 24, 2012
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Things you can't do with an e-reader...
Artist Brian Dettmer (aka the "Book Surgeon") makes books into works of art. There are some images at the bottom but they are tiny. Click on the link at the bottom of the article to see larger images. They are amazing.
Using knives, tweezers and surgical tools, Brian Dettmer carves one page at a time. Nothing inside the out-of-date encyclopedias, medical journals, illustration books, or dictionaries is relocated or implanted, only removed.
Dettmer manipulates the pages and spines to form the shape of his sculptures. He also folds, bends, rolls, and stacks multiple books to create completely original sculptural forms.
"My work is a collaboration with the existing material and its past creators and the completed pieces expose new relationships of the book’s internal elements exactly where they have been since their original conception," he says.
"The richness and depth of the book is universally respected yet often undiscovered as the monopoly of the form and relevance of the information fades over time. The book’s intended function has decreased and the form remains linear in a non-linear world. By altering physical forms of information and shifting preconceived functions, new and unexpected roles emerge."
Dettmer is originally from Chicago, where he studied at Columbia College. He currently lives and works in Atlanta, GA.
Dettmer manipulates the pages and spines to form the shape of his sculptures. He also folds, bends, rolls, and stacks multiple books to create completely original sculptural forms.
"My work is a collaboration with the existing material and its past creators and the completed pieces expose new relationships of the book’s internal elements exactly where they have been since their original conception," he says.
"The richness and depth of the book is universally respected yet often undiscovered as the monopoly of the form and relevance of the information fades over time. The book’s intended function has decreased and the form remains linear in a non-linear world. By altering physical forms of information and shifting preconceived functions, new and unexpected roles emerge."
Dettmer is originally from Chicago, where he studied at Columbia College. He currently lives and works in Atlanta, GA.
[from mymodernmet.com]
There is a more in depth interview here (as well as more images).
Sunday, February 13, 2011
This guy totally stole my idea...
There is sometimes a day where I sleep in and then I just mosey about eating cereal straight out of the box. There is some hardcore TV watching followed by me catching up on my comics.
Maybe after that-- a nap.
Motoi Yamamoto arranges giant labyrinths made entirely out of salt and they are beautiful. Yamamoto created the installation over the course of five days. He patiently worked backwards until the piece was finished.
The finished product is totally badass-- or as they say in the art world: stunning.
Prudes.
These labyrinths that he creates are just really amazing. You can't help but be inspired.
There is a balance to the universe, though. In order for people like Yamamoto to have the dedication and patience to create these mazes-- there have to be people like me in the world.
People who wake up at 11am and then scroll through the Huffington Post for two hours whilst snacking on leftovers and granola bars.
Just know that when Yamamoto is taking a break-- I am being crazy diligent.
Unnervingly dedicated... to... stuff.
Check out Yamamoto's website. There is a blog, pictures of previous projects, and videos of him creating the mazes. It is awesome.
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