Ice Sculptures In Golden Square
I have a great many crosses that I have to bear & being a smoker is one of them. However, there are times when I’m glad of my trips outside to inhale nicotine & today was one of them.
Our office sits on Golden Square, which houses (much like Trafalgar Square) a number of empty plinths. […]
Art Meets Photography In Cinemaland
Aaron Hobson’s Cinemascapes occupy an eerie space somewhere between cinema and photography. His carefully staged and lit photos are like a still frame from a movie - all you need to do is add your own narrative. If you like Aaron’s work you might also like to check out Gregory Crewdson - here’s a selection […]
Blindin’
Some of the Altogether staff went to the Hayward Gallery last night to see the brilliant Blind Light exhibition by Antony Gormley.
What is Blind Light? It’s exactly that. A disorientating perspex, room filled with dense fog and fluorescent lighting. It kind of gives the same sensation of that when walking in pitch black darkness. You […]
Spamtrap
Artist Bill Shackleford has devised this very satisfying way of dealing with spam. The spam comes in via email, is printed out, and the page is immediately shredded. Watch the video.
L.E.M.U.R.
I give you… the League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots! Starring among others Guitarbot and Tibetbot, LEMUR is a Brooklyn-based group of artists and technologists developing robotic musical instruments. Founded in 2000 by musician and engineer Eric Singer, LEMUR creates exotic, sculptural musical instruments which integrate robotic technology. LEMUR’s philosophy is to build robots […]
Duodecuple guitar
You could really rock out with this guitar from Japanese artist Yoshihiko Sato, which won the 2002 Kirin art prize in Japan.
Incidentally is you want to know all the equivalent words for double, triple, quadruple etc, all the way up to a trillion, the answers have kindly been provided by the University of California Golf […]
L.A.S.E.R. Tag
New from Graffiti Research Labs. Amazing stuff. Click the play button now!
Reggie Watts impro
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Meet Hektor – the graffiti output device
Hektor is a portable Spray-paint Output Device for laptop computers. It’s brilliantly low-tech and the coolest thing since the gas powered pogo stick.
Back in Venice
When I got back from last November’s company trip to Venice, I said to Mrs G that I would take her back. Next thing I know, she’s booked the tickets.
So this weekend, I went back.
What did I discover?
- Harry’s Bar is a tourist trap with over-priced drinks.
- Venice is eerie in thick fog.
- […]
