QuantumLevitation. Algorithmicity, Islamic Art, and Virtual Philosophy: Thoughts on Laura Marks’ ‘Enfoldment and Infinity’ « Networkologies. One of the most incredible works of architecture I've ever seen: The Hall of the Two Sisters in the Alhambra, Granada. The dome is composed of a multitude of tiny, pixel-like cells known as muquarna. “The universe is not dualistic, but folded, so spirit is separated from matter only by degree” - Laura Marks, Enfoldment and Infinity: An Islamic Genealogy of New Media Art (2010, p. 271). As someone deeply invested in using networks to understand a wide range of phenomenon, I was thrilled to see Laura Marks’ new book Enfoldment and Infinity: An Islamic Genealogy of New Media Art. But I had little sense of just how amazing this book was going to be.
I can’t recommend it highly enough. Beyond art, this is a work of philosophy, and I’ll get to Marks’ ontology shortly. How sameness can give rise to diversity: Interactive architecture that changes shape as you move within it, my own photograph, from the great mosque of Cordoba, Spain. Marks’ Algorithmic Ontology: Infinity, Information, and Image. Illustrating with Thread and Pins. The images within post are from various art installations and projects by Debbie Smyth. View more of the artist’s work at her blog. Notes about Smyth (from bio published at New British Artists): Debbie Smyth graduated with a First Class Honours Degree in Contemporary Textiles in 2008. She has exhibited widely since then, selling her work to the public as well as being commissioned for a number of corporate projects from the New York Times to the Dorchester.Her playful yet sophisticated artworks are created by stretching a network of threads between accurately plotted pins.
Leaving loose threads implies movement in the picture and Debbie has a keen eye for storytelling in a simple, contemporary manner. She documents the everyday from walking the dog and birds on telephone wires to well known sayings.Debbie also undertakes large scale installation pieces, the threads of her compositions stretching from one wall to another, from floor to ceiling.
Artwork © Debbie Smyth Link via Designaside. Es ist nicht tot, was ewig liegt, bis dass die Zeit den Tod besiegt… « Zechelon’s Weblog. Es ist nicht tot, was ewig liegt, bis dass die Zeit den Tod besiegt… 02Nov09 So – nach quasi ewigen Zeiten finde ich mal wieder die Muße einen Eintrag in meinem Blog zu schreiben :-) Das hat mehrere Gründe – erstens, dass ich ziemlich direkt nach meinem Diplom einen festen Job gefunden habe (man hat doch wirklich dann weniger Freizeit ;-) ) und zweitens bin ich dann endlich aus dem Studentenwohnheim in eine größere Wohnung gezogen… Eine Sache für Rhino die ich vor einiger Zeit entdeckt habe, will ich aber hier niemandem vorenthalten. FlexiCad hat hier ein sehr interessantes Tutorial geschrieben wie man Einstellungen an Rhino vornimmt um es mit 3D-Brillen nuzten zu können. Die Dinger gibts quer übers Internet für ein paar cent, vielleicht hat man sowas auch noch irgendwo rumliegen… Hier mal als Beispiele ein paar Rot/Cyan-3D-Bilder meiner Diplomarbeit (eine entsprechende Brille wäre schon ganz praktisch ;-) ) In diesem Sinne, in hoffentlich nicht allzulanger Zeit ;-) Gefällt mir:
10 excellent blogs about industrial design. Most of you are probably not industrial designers, as topics on Designer Daily are more often about graphic and web design. Howeve it would be a bad attitude to totally ignore what goes on in the world of industrial design, even if you never do a product design. To keep up-to-date with the world of industrial design, these blogs should give you more information than you need. 1. Yanko Design Website – RSS feed Web magazine dedicated to introducing the best modern international design, covering from industrial design, concepts, technology, interior design, architecture, exhibition and fashion. 2.
Website – RSS feed Started in 1995, it is probably the oldest of the industrial design sites in this post. 3. Website – RSS feed Product Design Hub is an online community place where industrial designers come together to socialize and to create, share and find useful resources. 4. Website – RSS feed Behance’s inspirational site for industrial design, a real goldmine for inspiration. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Fascinating Lamps by Calabarte | Pondly. Calabarte is the pseudonym of a Polish artist named Przemek Krawczynski, whose art takes on a peculiar but incredibly beautiful form: cool lamps. The name itself is a portmanteau of two words – art (obviously), and calabash, the fruit that carries his imagination. The calabash is a bottle gourd originating in India, although Calabarte gets his supply from Senegal. Due to ancient domestication and usage, the bottle gourd has an incredibly tough outer shell.
In the past, the gourd’s usage was defined mostly as a water container, due to having a tough, smooth shell with an ergonomic shape for handling, and natural buoyancy on water. Nevertheless, it’s edible both raw and cooked, and used in various cuisines. But Calabarte’s usage for the gourd has to do with neither eating nor drinking, but rather, carving. Yes; he offers various cool lamps – from table and floor lamps to hanging ones – made entirely out of a carved calabash with a halogen bulb in it. Website.