Leo Tolstoy on Emotional Infectiousness and What Separates Good Art from Bad by Maria Popova “A real work of art destroys, in the consciousness of the receiver, the separation between himself and the artist.” By 1897, Leo Tolstoy (September 9, 1828–November 20, 1910) was already a literary legend of worldwide acclaim and a man deeply invested in his ultimate quest to unravel the most important wisdom on life. Tolstoy puts forth a sentiment Susan Sontag would come to echo decades later in asserting that “art is a form of consciousness,” and frames the essential role of art as a vehicle of communication and empathy: In order correctly to define art, it is necessary, first of all, to cease to consider it as a means to pleasure and to consider it as one of the conditions of human life. This core quality of art Tolstoy calls its “infectiousness,” and upon the artist’s ability to “infect” others depends the very recognition of something as art: Tolstoy defies the academy’s intellectualizations of art: Infectiousness, however, is not a mere binary quality. Share on Tumblr
Los 13 tatuadores más geniales del mundo Science is Beauty: Archive 80 oeuvres de l’artiste Banksy qui vous feront voir le monde d’une autre façon L’art urbain (ou street art) est une forme d’art contemporain qui regroupe différentes disciplines appliquées dans la rue. L’artiste anglais Banksy est une des personnalités emblématiques de ce mouvement : ses oeuvres réalisées avec des pochoirs oscillent entre humour, politique et poésie. DGS vous présente son univers à travers 80 de ses oeuvres. Banksy, c’est le pseudonyme de cet artiste anglais qui cherche à préserver son identité. Originaire du Royaume-Uni, il serait né à Bristol en 1974. C’est dans les années 80 qu’il aurait commencé à exprimer son art via des graffitis.
Art and the Evolution of Consciousness — Eros & Kosmos Allan Combs California Institute of Integral Studies acombs@ciis.edu The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend. — Henri Bergson The idea that consciousness, or experience, has evolved and may continue to evolve through time and history has been explored in one way or another by many philosophers and pioneers of the inner life, but is seen nowhere more clearly than in the history of art. Gebser’s explorations of art and history beginning with a sudden recognition that art at the fin de siècle represented a new kind of consciousness, a new way of seeing and experiencing reality. The most ancient of these forms of experience was the archaic structure of consciousness, perhaps 200,000 years into our past. The earliest human art seems to come from this period. These images exhibit a vigor and simplicity that has not been seen since. Horizontal Evolution Ancient tales from around the world include exchanges between human beings and gods or goddesses. — G. Zones of Experience
JOUE À MA BD HOPPER Bienvenu(e) l'artiste dans l'atelier de bande dessinée ! Avec Ma BD Hopper, tu es scénariste de bande dessinée. Tu as carte blanche pour créer ta propre bande dessinée à partir des œuvres de l'exposition "Hopper". Nous rajoutons de nouveaux dessins, chaque semaine. Activité jouable sur l'ordinateur et sur tablette via des navigateurs IE 9, safari, Firefox, Google ChromeClique ici pour lancer l'activité-jeu Une activité-jeu pour tous les enfants • les plus petits y trouveront de nombreux dessins à colorier,• les plus grands s'exerceront au métier de scénariste de BD. Le but de l'activité: Imagine une histoire avec les œuvres re-dessinées de l'exposition. Comment ça marche ?
The Visual Patterns of Audio Frequencies Seen through Vibrating Sand Youtube user Brusspup (previously here and here) who often explores the intersection between art and science just released this new video featuring the Chladni plate experiment. First a black metal plate is attached to a tone generator and then sand is poured on the plate. As the speaker is cycled through various frequencies the sand naturally gravitates to the area where the least amount of vibration occurs causing fascinating geometric patterns to emerge. There’s actually a mathematical law that determines how each shape will form, the higher the frequency the more complex the pattern.
Art and the Internet of Things Wireless is increasingly pulling in all kinds of applications, platforms, services and things (rfid) into networks. Many people communicate through mobiles, blackberries, digital organizers, palmtops. Cars become information spaces with navigational systems and consoles like Nintendo DS have wireless capacities and get linux kernels installed.We are witnessing a move towards pervasive computing and disappearing technologies in intelligent clothing (wearables), smart environments (knowing where and who we are), pervasive games, and we will see doors opening for some and closing to others. Mimickry and camouflage will become part of application design. Ipods and Iphones will show colors and produce sounds corresponding with your surroundings. Katherine Moriwaki’s handbag, (Inside/Outside) is a keywork. This means we deal with ad hoc networks, environmental sensors and smart textiles.
TOC Arts Impression 3D pour faire des instruments de musique L’impression 3D qui permet de fabriquer des objets simplement soi même commence tout juste à se démocratiser, mais on voit déjà des pionniers innover en fabriquant des instruments de musique complexes. En voici quelques exemples en vidéo. Lire la suite… Comment monétiser ses vidéos sur YouTube? (et faut il le faire ?) Quelles audience faut il atteindre pour monétiser ses vidéos ? Instrument DIY: comment fabriquer une carrotte-clarinette Dans cette vidéo TEDx, Linsey Pollak transforme une carotte en clarinette en moins de 5 minutes utilisant simplement une perceuse et un embout de saxophone. Lire la suite… Street Pianos et réflexions sur les usages collectifs de la culture A travers cet article, une belle réflexion sur le droit d’auteur, la culture et ses usages. Les évènements co-créatifs pour passer du Do-it-yourself au Do-it-Together Inspiration: magnifique performance mélant technologie, danse, lumières
No, they¿re not photographs: Astonishing acrylic paintings which are so detailed they look like they were taken on a camera By Damien Gayle Published: 11:28 GMT, 9 June 2012 | Updated: 14:56 GMT, 9 June 2012 With their spectacular use of focus and reflected light, these incredible artworks look like carefully composed still-life photographs. But in fact they are all painstakingly rendered on canvas with acrylic paints by Canadian artist Jason de Graaf. The hyperrealistic paintings, which almost appear as if they are computer generated, are like freeze frames of a world more magical than our own - inspiring the term Magic Realism as a description. The X-Statix: Acrylic on canvas 30in x 24in Untitled (Self-portrait): Acrylic on canvas 30in x 30in Bedlam: Acrylic on canvas 24in x 30in Dalliance: Acrylic on canvas 24in x 36in Fluid mechanics: Acrylic on panel 22in x 42in That Morning: Acrylic on wood 24in x 18in A Wave Of Refreshment: Acrylic on canvas 30in x 24in Kiwi Splash: Acrylic on canvas 30in x 40in Suspension Of Disbelief: Acrylic on canvas 24in x 36in Apple Blossoms: Acrylic on canvas 24in x 18in