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Photocopied Walls

Photocopied Walls process paper multiples installation conceptual

An installation by Andrea Mastrovito using 3,307 individual black and white photocopies that were pieced together to create the view outside the gallery walls. Incredible. (thnx, chelsea!)

Kinetica Artfair 2011

Several photos and videos from the third annual 2011 Kinetica Artfair going on this very moment in London through February 6.

An unusual event now in its third year, this London fair brings together kinetic, electronic, robotic, sound and light art works. [...] An edgy underground atmosphere pervades the exhibition, both literally, being held in the vast basement space of the Ambika P3 gallery, and stylistically with a host of international artists who are, in the best sense, geektastic.

Photos by Alex Robertson and there’s many, many more of them. (via coolhunting)

By Christopher on February 4, 2011 • art fairs installation kinetic sculpture neon robotics sculpture

Friday Link Dump

This week I learned how to make my own mini wind-powered Theo Jansen beast. One of the better art prints of a woman lounging on an octopus you’ll ever see. Just in time for Valentine’s: wearable planter necklaces. The photography of Dan Holdsworth. A limited edition paper model set for creating geometrically awesome clouds. We’re in the market for the new house and we’d prefer one with a living room spa. A new kind of aluminum can and a wooden ammunition pencil. This is what a $90,000 clock looks like. Take a dip in a bomb crater swimming pool. Refacing government tender. A bunch of beautiful ladies in enormous bubbles. The deconstructing chair by Mads Jeppe Hansen. Ben Huttly just won student packaging design. Completely insane stacked felt typography. And a bicycle for the lawnmower man.

By Christopher on February 4, 2011 • colossal linkdump

The Knit Fort: A Flexible Playspace

When I was a kid we were lucky to have a stick, an old car tire, and and on a really good day maybe some mud. There’s certainly nothing wrong with that, and there’s nothing wrong with this incredible play structure, either. The Knit Fort is a gorgeous playspace created by Matt Ganon Studio. The carefully interlinked walls allow for a flexible, organic form that can be pushed and pulled to create new shapes and spaces.

The assembly technique, similar to knitting, allows the addition or subtraction of columns responding to the site context without altering the design. Depending on the scale, the surface can remain elastic allowing the occupant to manipulate and deform the profile. The shape can be expanded or contracted to alter the apertures of the space. The participatory aspect of the surface prolongs the process of creation and allows fine tuning the boundary of the space.

If I was a kid this would cease being a fort and quickly become a permanent residence. (via ok great)

By Christopher on February 4, 2011 • architecture kids playgrounds wood

Laura Zindel

There’s nothing greater than when cool things appear in my inbox … hint, hint. Awesome bowls and plates by Laura Zindel, available at Blackbird. (thnx, jeff!)

By Christopher on February 4, 2011 • bees birds ceramics home

Kyung Woo Han

Green Room is an installation by South Korean artist Kyung Woo Han who has an MFA in Film, Video and New Media from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. With nothing more than a little paint, some furniture, and clear wire he’s created one of the most stunning spacial visual effects I’ve encountered in a long time. To fully appreciate what’s going on you can catch a video on his site as someone (presumably Han) navigates the space. (via spaceinvading, bumbumbum, look in art)

By Christopher on February 4, 2011 • installation optical illusion sculpture water

Film Lamp by Davide Groppi

Love the concept of this modular LED film light by Davide Groppi. Each individual unit containing 10 slides can be attached to another for a potentially unlimited stream of photos or colors. (via mocoloco)

By Christopher on February 3, 2011 • lighting recycling

Armelle Caron

New York

Montpellier

Berlin

French artist Armelle Caron abstracts urban city plans into organized components.

Caron deconstructs cities, identifies fragments, classifies blocks by size and shape. All meaning, memory, void and heritage is kept away by decontextualization. The urban assemblage of the “villes rangées” relies on analysis, order, rhythm, dimension, typology, strata.

The installed prints were accompanied by similar wooden cutouts that could then be organized similarly by visitors. (via things magazine / pytr75)