Thor Jonsson
I’m completely hooked on the still image. When I see a surf movie I always want to press the pause button. In the ocean everything is in constant motion—myself, the wave, the surfer, the light. Surfing is never static, it is all about movement, even so, we (or at least I) can never remember a […]
Origami Whales Project
Since 2004, the Origami Whales Project (OWP) founded by Peggy Oki, has worked to raise awareness concerning threats to cetaceans (dolphins and whales) through its “Curtain of 36,000 Origami Whales.” Created by thousands of concerned citizens across the globe and exhibited throughout the world, this large-scale public art project serves as a powerful visual statement […]
Teahupoo WHOA!
Biggest Teahupoo Ever by Chris Bryan by PayeTaChatte From Wikipedia: TeahupoÊ»o (pronounced cho-po) is a world-renowned surfing location off the South West of the island of Tahiti, French Polynesia, southern Pacific Ocean. It is known for its heavy, glassy waves, often reaching 2 to 3 m (7 to 10 ft) and higher. It is the site of the annual Billabong Pro Tahiti surf competition, part of the World […]
Mary Heilmann, Winter Surf, San Francisco
“Each of my paintings can be seen as an autobiographical marker, a cue, by which I evoke a moment from my past, or my projected future, each a charm to conjure a mental reality and to give it physical form.†— Mary Heilmann
Burning Man: Rites Of Passage – Night
The second and last part of the video series that I wrote about in a previous post is now up! This time we get to see what goes on at night at the Burning Man festival.
Michael Landy
British artist Michael Landy wowed at London’s Frieze Art Fair with his Credit Card Destroying Machine last fall. “Situated in the Thomas Dane Gallery (F17), Landy’s 12 ft, Jean Tinguely-inspired contraption whirrs and rumbles in front of a crowd itching to find out what on earth’s going on. They step forward one-by-one and select a felt-tip colour (red, blue, green […]
Acid Drops
This hand painted animated short by Matt Box is the first in a series that aim to capture the individual styles of influential skateboarders. First one up is Jason Dill.
Latest Work by Jason deCaires Taylor
Time Bomb depicts a collection of bombs and mines designed to support marine life whilst symbolizing the critical future of our reef systems and the countdown of time we have to reverse the increasing worldwide decline. The works also portray the irony of weapons of destruction being used to support and nurture life. The various […]
Great Pacific Garbage Patch
It’s pretty easy to disconnect from the impact our plastic habit has on the environment. But when you find yourself swimming in floating bits of garbage (as I did last summer in Far Rockaway), or you see an image like the one above, the impact is immediate and unavoidable. To learn more and bring awareness […]
Voguing
It takes one a few days to feel Nosaran. One either watches the surfers or is the one surfing, as was described to us when we first started to shuffle our feet along the bottom of the ocean floor to pop-up ourselves as well as the stingrays. Both activities occupy time, and at the end […]
El Mar, Mi Alma
This is a preview for a film about surfing in Chile. It makes me really want to go there and I love the music! -“You have to respect the sea.”
Anicka Yi, Fins
I am interested in connections between materials and materialism, states of perishability and their relationship to meaning and value, consumerist digestion and cultural metabolism, smuggling, stomachs as biological metaphor, molecular gastronomy, scent, the fragrance industry as memory machine, commodification of creativity, public relations as medium, and post-humanist theory with it’s sociopolitical implications for the body, […]
Free, Beautiful, Biodegradable Toys!
As part of my quest to incorporate more DIY, reused or found toys into my children’s lives, we’ve made it a point to show up at the beach without pails, shovels, etc and then see what we can find. My kids often find their own treasures, but sometimes (especially early on) I have found it’s […]
Illya Kagan in Costa Rica
This painting is just roughed in. I start them all on location, and get the foundations down. Then when I get them back to my studio, I make changes to the composition, colors, and details. As I look at this jpeg, I already see changes I will make to the clouds. This sight was interesting […]
Water, Water Everywhere
PHANTOM WATER EDITÂ on Vimeo. Amazing footage by Australian cinematographer, Chris Bryan.
Paul Sharits, Shutter Interface
For Shutter Interface I wanted a sound rhythm and a visual rhythm that would have something to do with high-amplitude alpha waves. I think that’s why it’s such a pleasant film. I did some biofeedback to listen to the sound of my alpha rhythm and I tried to approximate it in the piece. I wanted that sound […]
VOWEL HOUSE
In 1955, the letter A was used as the form for a structure by the architect Andrew Geller for the Reese House, a beach residence in Long Island, New York. The New York Times published the house on May 5, 1957. Following the publication of the house, the form went viral across the globe. Today, […]
Illya Kagan in Costa Rica
Once again, I found a site not far from home. The surfboards on the beach along with the palm covered beach shack and the lone palm make for a good entrance into the painting.
Burning Man: Rites of Passage – Day
Here’s a short glimpse of the creative madness from this year’s Burning Man festival in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert. This is the first of a two part series. Part two is still in the making. Credits to Ahmed.
New Windowfarms!
Creating your own Windowfarm is about to get a whole lot easier. Last week, the cool Brooklyn-based organization that creates vertical, hydroponic, modular, low-energy, high-yield edible indoor window gardens, succeeded in meeting their Kickstarter goal. Now they will be able to manufacture new Windowfarm systems that look great and are easier to use. The new […]
Illya Kagan in Costa Rica
One does not have to go far to find inspiration. The lone palm is an icon on the beach, and let’s you mark where you are from any point. As you walk to the beach along the woody path from Harmony, first you can hear the roar of the surf, then catch a glimpse of […]
Floatation Wetsuit
Now this is awesome. In 2010 big wave surfer Shane Dorian took the worst wipeout of his life whilst surfing Mavericks, California. After almost drowning he came up with the idea to incorporate an air bladder into a wetsuit. Shane contacted Billabong and straight away they started working on the life saving device. The suit […]
Materials for the Arts
Materials for the Arts (MFTA) is an incredible collaboration between the Department of Cultural Affairs and the Department of Sanitation in NYC. Â It was founded in 1978 to gather materials from companies and individuals who no longer need them and makes them available for free to NYC’s arts and cultural organizations, public schools and community […]
