Ars Electronica Festival 2008: Photos, Impressions and Links

Last year, I was at the *Ars Electronica Festival* in Linz, Austria. Unfortunately, I was too busy with [beyond vision](http://www.kreativrauschen.com/projects/beyond-vision/) to post my impressions immediately, but now I’m going to make up for it. In the months that have passed, my memory of the event has faded a bit, but I’ll do my best to […]

Incandescent Light Bulb Scultpures by Dylan Kehde Roelofs

Artist Dylan Kehde Roelofs responds to the „soulless glow of low-energy bulbs“ with a series of self-made light bulbs and lamps. These artworks are fully fledged lamps which indeed do give off light. Dylan doesn’t specify the life span of such a bulb, but he claims that his testing lamps are already glowing for 2500 […]

Paintings of Raw Meat – Victoria Reynolds

Victoria Reynolds chooses rather uncommon subjects for her paintings: Raw shreds of meat. Pictured left is Flight of the Reindeer (2003, 81,25×111,12cm ). Most of Victoria’s painting in that size cost about 3000 Euros. Somehow, the paintings have a fascinating morbid flair. I only wonder what the buyers are going to do with them. I […]

Papercuts by Peter Callesen – Between 2D, 3D, Magic and Tragedy

Peter Callesen, an artist from Denmark, works preferredly with paper. Some of his artworks are silhouette-like forms in whole paper sheets, others are three-dimensional paper sculptures.

Crayon and Nail Sculptures by Jennifer Maestre

Jennifer Maestre creates small sculptures with crayons, nails and other materials. According to her the spiky sculptures are inspired by sea urchins. The spines of the urchin, so dangerous yet beautiful, serve as an explicit warning against contact. The alluring texture of the spines draws the touch in spite of the possible consequences. I like […]

Freaky Tentacle Chandeliers by Adam Wallacavage

Chandeliers have a reputation of being antiquated. They just aren’t trandy anymore. Maybe Adam Wallacavage can help this kind of lighting to new fame. He builds chandeliers in tentacle designs. There is a tentacle for every taste. Black tentacles. Bright pink tentacles. Thick tentacles. Slim tentacles… 🙂 The only downside ist he pice: The pinc […]

Of the Now – Wings by Projection

Of the now from bednarz on Vimeo. The installation called Of the Now by Nick Bednarz gives wings to anyone who steps into the human outline in the center. If you move on, the wings disappear again. There isn’t much hi tech involved (apparently flash and a light barrier), but the idea is still enchanting. […]

Dune 4.0 – “interactive landscape”

An interactive installation by Daan Roosegaarde is called Dune 4.0. It consists of hundred of black fibers with LED-lighted tops, which react on the movements and sounds of passing visitors. It kinda reminds one of futuristic techno reed. 🙂 Daan Roosegaarde refers to his installation as an interactive landscape. I like this beautiful, slightly eerie […]

Tutorial for Creative Painting

I recently stumbled upon an interesting article about painting. It shows a nice little method to create “freestyle” paintings. This is the short version:

Augmented Sculpture – A Light Installation

This installation by Pablo Valbuena is called Augmented Sculpture v1.0. I don’t think words can convey the fascinating effect of this installation of light, so better watch the video above. 🙂 This is one of my favorite installations. I have seen it in reality (at Ars Electronica 2007) and it was at least equally fascinating […]