justin ashbee

marcus • April 4th, 2008

very nice pencil drawings by justin ashbee

ulrich rückriem - ikarus

vera • March 4th, 2008

The german sculptor Ulrich Rückriem, well known for geometrically divided and rearranged blocks of stone, now shows a series of conceptual drawings in a small exhibit at Museum Ludwig in Cologne. The black and white wall drawing and prints are based on a grid of 7×7=49 crosspoints. 7 points are selected and connected by straight lines which touch each point only one time and then get back to their origin. This produces a variety of acute-angled geometrical drawings.
The aesthetic system is based on what is known as a standoff situation in checkers game: Eight pieces stand on positions on the game board from where none of them can beat one another, neither on horizontal or vertical lines nor on diagonals.

image credit: Ulrich Rückriem, Ikarus, 2007 Copyright Ulrich Rückriem

the state of things

vera • February 14th, 2008

Heiko Windisch, illustrator from Heidelberg, Germany

artist

vera • February 14th, 2008

via fffound.com

ikarus

vera • February 14th, 2008

a lamp made from wax by Aylin Kayser & Christian Metzner, which melts in the heat of its own illuminant – and creates these beautiful shapes.

found via designspotter.com

NervousInk2

marcus • February 7th, 2008

Patashnik (a + b) is a two-part performance about travelling, created with the custom built realtime animation software NervousInk. It tells about a journey into an unknown world. NervousInk works like a visual instrument, controlled by intuitive drawing gestures. The abstract lines, strokes and areas in black and white are combined with a sound layer of field recordings, sound effects and melodic fragments.

The event is part of the Rotlichtkonzert series presented by vonm.de and will take place at the fluctuating images gallery in Stuttgart. March 30, 2008, 8pm

To get an idea of the animation, please check our or previous project Gestures on Sound