°formal: september 2012

zaterdag 29 september 2012

Ryuji Nakamura

This beautiful tactile work by Ryuji Nakamura is all made out of wavy fabric that is hung from the ceiling. It lets the wind and light pass through, absorbing the initial distorted shape of the room and adding some softness to it.

Steve Rura

`Pass the Bauhaus´
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Duchenne de Bolougne

Here are the plates from Duchenne de Bolougne’s Le Mecanisme de la Physionomie Humaine 1876, an interesting but slightly insane work. He used electricity shots on poor people to get these expressions. The images, however, are useful to artists who draw, sculpt, or model facial expressions as they show extreme activation of the individual muscles of expressions.

donderdag 13 september 2012

zondag 9 september 2012

Kareem Rizk

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Ashkan Honarvar

Faces, This series constitutes Ashkan Honarvar’s search for an identity and the physical and psychological wounds inflicted on soldiers by war with the exception of Faces 3 and 5. Ashkan Honarvar used existing pictures of young First World War soldiers with facial mutilations. website

Jody Xiong

40% of carbon monoxide emissions come from cars. According to China’s Ministry of Commerce; the country is now the world’s largest car market with over 500 million vehicles on the road. This is without a doubt having a huge impact on the environment. China Environmental Protection Foundation wanted an attention grabbing tactic to urge everyone to do their bit for the environment. Jody Xiong from the agency DDB China developed this creative outdoor campaign by laying an enormous canvas on the ground, covering the pedestrian crosswalk with a large leafless tree. Placed on either side of the road beneath the traffic lights, were sponge cushions soaked in green environmentally friendly washable and quick dry paint. As pedestrians walked towards the crossing, they would step onto the green sponge and as they walked, the soles of their feet would make foot imprints onto the tree on the ground. Each green footprint added to the canvas like leaves growing on a bare tree, which made people literally feel that by walking they could create a greener environment. The Green Pedestrian Crossing was carried out in seven main streets of Shanghai and later expanded to 132 roads in 15 cities across China. After the campaign, the print was exhibited at the Shanghai Zheng Da Art Museum.