REMEMBERING 9/11: Trough the art of children
As we near the the 10 year anniversary of 9/11, we reflect on how this tragic event as inspired art; more specifically how it has influenced the art of the youth. The images in this blog all come from a book titles The Day Our World Changed: Children’s Art of 9/11 featuring paintings by nearly 200 children (toddlers to teens) who lost a loved one in the attacks on New York City’s World Trade Center on February 26, 1993, and September 11, 2001. Thus book is was put together thanks to Robin Goodmen the author of this inspiring book. In many way the results of this attack not only effected the adult population as well as created a life changing the feature of the chi...Read more
Outta Flux, Lux
Fluxus was a movement originating from “chance operations.” In no way is the photography of Loretta Lux by chance, but Lux rhymes with flux, and it’s kind of a catchy title, don’t you think? Loretta Lux is a German artist who converges painting, photography and digital media into her tightly woven compositions of children. Recently, I was interested in incorporating children in my photographs as a way to induce a feeling of creepy weirdness, and Lux makes it look all too appealing. Lux’s photographs are made from images taken in a studio, and digitally retouches them on a computer. She has said that retouching a photograph can take up to 6 mon...Read more
Interactivity: The Music Video 2.0
It was only a matter of time before somebody updated the music video for the age of interactive media. That somebody is Director Sam Jones. With the aide of interactive production company Tool of North America, Jones created a choose your own adventure version of the Cold War Kids' "I've Seen Enough", in which users can customize the video and the song in an almost infinite amount of combinations. Shot inside a dimly lit studio, the video captures the band playing and recording four variations of the song. Filmed individualy, each band member plays their part four separate times, each time changing instrumentation while maintaining the same tempo. The resulting video is actual...Read more