DRAWING VS. REALITY
Drawing is very important for me. It forms a really enormous part of the architectural process. Everything comes out of it; drawing is the initial idea, which is the most important thing. Even if the project doesn’t come to fruition, if it is not built, it is real because there is a drawing and it can be realized at any moment. Unbuilt projects are no less real than built projects: they exist in different ways.
Alexander Brodsky
I worked as master printer (HPWI) with Brodsky in 1999 and he, his thoughts, work ethic and work were inspirational and influential to me and still are 13 years later
GARY HILL tall ships Artist’s Statement   “…That person, however vulnerable, will come forth no matter  what. It’s the simplicity of the idea - humans approaching humans in a space of a work that is  always slightly haunted by the notion of “ships passing in the night.” via 1.bp.blogspot.com
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GARY HILL tall ships Artist’s Statement   “…That person, however vulnerable, will come forth no matter  what. It’s the simplicity of the idea - humans approaching humans in a space of a work that is  always slightly haunted by the notion of “ships passing in the night.” via 1.bp.blogspot.com

I love the work of John Grade He has some beautiful images of this piece dissolving into the ink on his site zuzaland: Elephant Bed Installation by John Grade John Grade does really incredible large scale scuptures that are both inspired by nature and interactive with nature. These are made from a completely biodegradable paper that has no binder in it.  Binder is what holds paper together and what prevents it from just falling apart when it touches water.  So this special paper, when touched to water, completely disintegrates.  It is completely safe for the environment. Half of the pieces exposed were left hanging over a pool to slowly disappeared into ink during the course of the exhibit and the other half were walked into the ocean, where they were left to dissolve in its waters.
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I love the work of John Grade He has some beautiful images of this piece dissolving into the ink on his site

zuzaland:

Elephant Bed Installation by John Grade

John Grade does really incredible large scale scuptures that are both inspired by nature and interactive with nature. These are made from a completely biodegradable paper that has no binder in it.  Binder is what holds paper together and what prevents it from just falling apart when it touches water.  So this special paper, when touched to water, completely disintegrates.  It is completely safe for the environment.

Half of the pieces exposed were left hanging over a pool to slowly disappeared into ink during the course of the exhibit and the other half were walked into the ocean, where they were left to dissolve in its waters.


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Sites of Impact The new book Sites of Impact (Princeton Architectural Press) by artist Stan Gaz brings together 85 gorgeous portraits of “impact sites”—pockmarks on the Earth marking where the planet’s been struck by meteorite fragments. In our conversation below, he recounts some of his adventures flying to remote territories, including the time when his helicopter pilot fell asleep while they hovered over a crater.
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Sites of Impact
The new book Sites of Impact (Princeton Architectural Press) by artist Stan Gaz brings together 85 gorgeous portraits of “impact sites”—pockmarks on the Earth marking where the planet’s been struck by meteorite fragments. In our conversation below, he recounts some of his adventures flying to remote territories, including the time when his helicopter pilot fell asleep while they hovered over a crater.

Source: themorningnews.org

Really liking this piece. (Strongly influenced by Gary Hill’s work) hideandseekgallery: Digital Message In A Bottle In this interactive narrative piece by a group of ITP students, Message in a Bottle uses a creative method of engaging the viewer: The viewer is presented with a simple glass bottle and a plank of wood. Five distinct quotes surround five separate areas of the wooden platform. Upon being picked up and moved across the plank, the bottle triggers different sounds. The five auditory signals serve as another form of guidance, each relating to a certain quote. When the container is placed on one of five specific points, an image or animation is projected into it. Each one of the five locations has its own set of imagery evoking a different character’s life. Every time the bottle is placed on a point, a new aspect of that person’s story is revealed. Video of the making and demonstration here.
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Really liking this piece. (Strongly influenced by Gary Hill’s work)

hideandseekgallery:

Digital Message In A Bottle

In this interactive narrative piece by a group of ITP students, Message in a Bottle uses a creative method of engaging the viewer:

The viewer is presented with a simple glass bottle and a plank of wood. Five distinct quotes surround five separate areas of the wooden platform. Upon being picked up and moved across the plank, the bottle triggers different sounds. The five auditory signals serve as another form of guidance, each relating to a certain quote. When the container is placed on one of five specific points, an image or animation is projected into it. Each one of the five locations has its own set of imagery evoking a different character’s life. Every time the bottle is placed on a point, a new aspect of that person’s story is revealed.

Video of the making and demonstration here.