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Voyage: A Fleet of 300 Illuminated Boats in Canary Wharf by Aether & Hemera

Media architect Claudio Benghi and light artist Gloria Ronchi joined together in 2006 to form Aether & Hemera, an interdisciplinary collaboration that seeks “to research the aesthetic challenges of light and its power to trigger emotions and response, creating a sense of identity or setting a mood.” Their latest installation in London’s Canary Wharf is this beautiful fleet of 300 illuminated boats called Voyage. Each floating light is reminiscent of a paper-folded origami boat that is illuminated from within, and I’m told there is a wireless network in the vicinity that allows you to join with your mobile device and somehow alter the color of the entire installation.

Voyage will be up through February 15th, 2013, and while the lights are on during the day, the viewing is probably best at night. I want to thank photographers Sean Batten and Ian Docwra for providing the images for this post.

The Present: An Annual Clock that Tells Time in Seasons

The Present: An Annual Clock that Tells Time in Seasons seasons color clocks

Making the rounds this year on a couple of design-y gift guides is The Present, a clock designed by Booklyn-based creative firm m ss ng p eces. The clock automatically sets itself to the current calendar date when you insert two AA batteries and then takes a year to make an entire revolution as the single hand highlights colors associated with the passing season. An original run of the clock was successfully funded on Kickstarter last year, but the clock is now available to the general public through their website.

By Christopher on December 4, 2012 • clocks color seasons

Black & White in Color: Visual Trickery from Eran Amir

Black & White in Color: Visual Trickery from Eran Amir optical illusion color

I’ll let this fun video from filmmaker Eran Amir speak for itself, suffice to say the entire thing was shot as you see here without any color correction, and here’s a making of to show how he did it. Amir previously shot a music video using 1,500 photographs held by 500 people around Israel.

By Christopher on October 9, 2012 • color optical illusion

Tauba Auerbach’s RGB Colorspace Atlas Depicts Every Color Imaginable

Tauba Auerbachs RGB Colorspace Atlas Depicts Every Color Imaginable color books

The RGB Colorspace Atlas by New York-based artist Tauba Auerbach is a massive tome containing digital offset prints of every variation of RGB color possible. For you designers, think of it as a three-dimensional version of a Photoshop color picker. At 8in. x 8in x 8in. the perfectly cube book was co-designed by Daniel E. Kelm and bound with assistance from Leah Hughes. What a beautiful sculptural object. (via designboom)

By Christopher on September 6, 2012 • books color

Colored Thread Installations by Gabriel Dawe

Colored Thread Installations by Gabriel Dawe thread installation color

Dallas-based artist Gabriel Dawe (previously here and here) creates colorful site-specific installations using bright gradients of suspended thread. Above is a small selection of his work over the past year as part of his Plexus series. Despite the geometric precision in each installation, it’s fascinating to see how some works become sort of amorphous clouds of floating color, and I’m sure seeing these on a computer screen hardly compares to seeing them up close. See much more on his website.

By Christopher on August 29, 2012 • color installation thread

Unusual Long Exposure Firework Photographs by David Johnson

Unusual Long Exposure Firework Photographs by David Johnson long exposure light fireworks color

While attending the International Fireworks Show in Ottawa, Canada earlier this month photographer David Johnson had his camera in hand to document the night. When Spain’s entry into the competition begin he decided to try something a little different resulting in the photos you see here which are unlike any long exposure firework shots I’ve ever seen. Via email David tells me how he accomplished the effect:

The technique I used was a simple refocus during the long exposure. Each shot was about a second long, sometimes two. I’d start out of focus, and when I heard the explosion I would quickly refocus, so the little stems on these deep sea creature lookalikes would grow into a fine point. The shapes are quite bizarre, some of them I was pleasantly surprised with.

What’s interesting is that unlike usual firework photos that seem to make long trails across the sky, Johnson’s photos look like flowers with little triangular plumes coming to a point. Pretty amazing. You can see several more photos here.

By Christopher on August 27, 2012 • color fireworks light long exposure

Graffiti Meets Sculpture in Colorful Figures that Explode Through the Canvas by Shaka

Graffiti Meets Sculpture in Colorful Figures that Explode Through the Canvas by Shaka sculpture graffiti color bas relief
Sans Titre, 2012

Graffiti Meets Sculpture in Colorful Figures that Explode Through the Canvas by Shaka sculpture graffiti color bas relief
Human Behaviour #1, 2012

Graffiti Meets Sculpture in Colorful Figures that Explode Through the Canvas by Shaka sculpture graffiti color bas relief
Human Behaviour #1, detail

Graffiti Meets Sculpture in Colorful Figures that Explode Through the Canvas by Shaka sculpture graffiti color bas relief
Autoportrait, 2009

Graffiti Meets Sculpture in Colorful Figures that Explode Through the Canvas by Shaka sculpture graffiti color bas relief
Mort Face Prix, 2010, photo by Marie Aschehoug-Clauteaux

Graffiti Meets Sculpture in Colorful Figures that Explode Through the Canvas by Shaka sculpture graffiti color bas relief
Stress, 2009

Graffiti Meets Sculpture in Colorful Figures that Explode Through the Canvas by Shaka sculpture graffiti color bas relief
Street Allegory, 2010

French artist Shaka (Marchal Mithouard) explores a wild intersection between painting, sculpture and graffiti with his colorfully explosive bas-relief sculptures that seem to cross from the canvas into reality. The aggressive human figures formed from a multitude of intertwined objects are partially inspired by the works of Caravaggio, Arcimboldo, and Van Gogh, all of whom the artists cites as influences in his work. Shaka had a recent solo show at Seize Gallery in Marseille, France and he has a number of prints available in his shop. Photographer Marie Aschehoug-Clauteaux also has a huge gallery of his works worth exploring.

By Christopher on August 23, 2012 • bas-relief color graffiti sculpture

Colorful Portraits from the 2012 Festival of Colors by Thomas Hawk

Colorful Portraits from the 2012 Festival of Colors by Thomas Hawk portraits holi color

San Francisco photographer Thomas Hawk has a great collection of portraits taken during the 2012 Holi Festival of Colors (previously) at Spanish Fork, Utah earlier this year. No matter how many times I see photos and videos of this day, I never get tired of it. It’s simply the most joyous looking celebration I could imagine. (via devid sketchbook)