Yamamoto "Salt Installation, Artist"

tomàs saraceno: on space time foam - a billowing aerial landscape first image 'on space time foam' by tomàs saraceno image © al essandro cocco designboom met with argentinian artist tomàs saraceno to discuss his latest work 'on space time foam' on show at the hangar bicocca in milan, italy until the 3rd of february, 2013. saraceno is well known for conceiving large-scale aerial artworks, with this most recent iteration at the hangar, curated by andrea lissoni, no exception - a multi-layered installation of translucent PVC membranes suspended 24 meters above the ground. the work is a cohesive, extraordinary culmination of the artist's fascination and knowledge of airborne biospheres - merging theoretical frameworks and knowledge from engineering, physics, chemistry, aeronautics and materials science for a greater insight into not only future societies, but the human condition. a video showing visitors interacting with the artwork video © designboom the concept is informed by the tradition of 20th-century utopian architecture image © designboom

Impermanent Sand Paintings by Andres Amador San Francisco-area landscape artist Andreas Amador etches massive sand drawings onto beaches during full moons when his canvas reaches its largest potential. Using only a rake and often several helpers the geometric and organic shapes are slowly carved into the sand, often interacting with the physical topography like the stones in a zen garden. The works exist for only a few moments, just long enough to snap a few photographs before being completely engulfed by the encroaching tide. Amador has also collaborated on a number of killer marriage proposals, the question popped as part of his elaborate drawings viewable from an elevated distance. You can see much more on his website, and he also sells prints.

KAYOKOYUKI この度KAYOKOYUKIは、10/24（水）から11/24（土）まで、青木真莉子、有賀慎吾、土居下太意、野沢裕の4人のアーティストによる展覧会『地点 -POU STO-』を、千代田線沿線の3つの会場にわたって開催いたします。会場は、西日暮里の「TALION GALLERY」（10月28日［日］-11月24日［土］）、湯島の「JIKKA」（11/9日［金）-24日［土］）、もう一つは表参道にて行われる青参道アートフェア（10月24日［水）-11月4日［日］）の「JAMIN PUECH」ショップ内です。3会場の会期が異なりますので、足をお運びになる際にはご注意頂けますと幸いです。 青木真莉子（1985年生まれ）が扱う素材は熊や鹿、海亀の剥製から、カラフルなラメ素材、蛍光色、パフォーマーとしての身体まで、物質を愛しい存在へと昇華させる道具として選ばれています。剥製の首を切り落とす、あるいは仮面を剥ぐという行為は、その物を視覚的イメージから解放し自由を獲得する為の手段であり、光を鮮やかに反射するようにコーティングされた断面は、生き物として、また一人の女性としての存在そのものを映し出す鏡としての役割でもあります。 場所も性質も異なる3会場にて開催されるこの展覧会では、ギャラリーの次世代を担う4人のアーティストをご紹介いたします。 マザースペース, 6min, video, 2012 マザースペース, resizable, mixed media, 2012 鳥屋, 20min, video, 2011 New Garden ～繕い少女～, F30, mixed media, 2010 青木真莉子 埼玉生まれ 東京造形大学大学院修了 主な展示 〈いないいないGO〉相模原市民ギャラリー（神奈川県） 〈KOSHIKI ART PROJECT〉（甑島/鹿児島） 〈リムトリップ〉ANEXギャラリー（東京） 〈Ongoing Festival〉Art Center Ongoing （東京） 〈the two geostationary objects〉Art Center Ongoing（東京） 〈Ongoing X'mas〉Art Center Ongoing （東京） 〈アートアワードトーキョー2012〉丸の内行幸地下ギャラリー（東京） 受賞歴 ZOKEI賞 Mariko Aoki Born in Saitama.

Watch: A Huge Kinetic Sculpture Balanced Miraculously On A Single Feather I’ve happened across enough contact juggling videos on YouTube to know that souped-up circus routines are a dime a dozen on the Internet. But Balance, a short film directed by Tobias Hutzler, is the first I’ve been able to watch without laughing. Balance stars Maedir Eugster, the 58-year-old "balance master” and co-founder/director of Rigolo Swiss Nouveau Cirque, a performance art troupe based in Switzerland. Eugster, clad only in pantaloons (and maybe some eyeliner for effect?) spends the video building a temporary sculpture, based on a single feather. Then, thanks to physics, the whole thing collapses without Eugster’s steady hand. [H/t Ignant]

impossible architecture by filip dujardin jan 02, 2013 impossible architecture by filip dujardin filip dujardinhighlight gallery, san franciscoon from 7th february through til march 29th, 2013 belgian artist filip dujardin is also an architectural photographer by profession and extends his fascination with the artform through his fictional building series -his latest works being shown as part of his solo exhibition at highlight gallery in san francisco. dujardin’s photomontages are a collection of impossible structures created using a digital collaging technique from photographs of real buildings in and around ghent, belgium. most of his architectural creations are structurally implausible, however, seem perfectly ordinary at first glance, revealing their absurdity only as the viewer notices missing or incongruous details. the opus lays claim to his belgian cultural heritage, referencing surrealists such as rené magritte and raoul servais – carefully weaving the surreal into the rich urban language. ‘untitled #5′ by filip dujardin

Mousse graffiti | La communication sensible 13 | After Afghanistan, A Vet Finds His Talent For Felted Animals Kiyoshi Mino is a farmer who needle-felts incredibly realistic small animals for fun. The Illinois native had no intention of being an artist--or a man of the land, for that matter--but two stints in Afghanistan gave him a new perspective on personal priorities, and significantly changed the course of his life. After studying evolutionary biology as an undergrad Mino went straight into the army, and his four years of service included one deployed abroad. “My unit was tasked with disrupting Taliban movements into Afghanistan along the border with Pakistan in the Paktika province,” he tells Co.Design. “We spent three months up in the mountains going from village to village, sleeping under the stars or our Humvees. Most of these villages were so remote that we were the first foreigners they’d seen since the Russian Invasion. That experience led Mino to question the quality-of-life standards that most Americans are often born-and-bred to hold dear.

Fabienne Verdier