Mephistopheles Probably Wished He Was More Like Sisyphus or Whatever, You Know What I’m Sayin’? (Part 2)
“Inspiration could be called inhaling the memory of an act never experienced.” - Jonathan Letham, via Ned Rorem. It seems only a natural progression and appropriate response to the Postmodern condition of creativity, to briefly touch upon the various manifestations and re-contexualisations of Mephistopheles, and to gaze into the horizon of creative linearity in...
Virtual Desktop
As a designer it’s important to have an online presence available for people who need to see your work and learn more about you as a creative. This is extremely helpful for those, whom you cannot meet personally to be able to get sense of your process, character and talent. Having a portfolio site is...
Jenny Odell – Satellite Collections
Satellite Collections incorporates a brilliant use of readily available tools and resources to create thought provoking statements on what is important in our physical and digital landscape. Jenny Odell has used Google Satellite view, available to anyone with an internet connection, and turned a tool made for navigation into a design program. Jenny cuts and...
Fragmentr
Fragmentr by Ryan Weafer allows users to upload any image to the specified grid, cropping images and pairing them with other unexpected images, randomized to create dynamic compositions and interesting textures. There has been approximately 1550 images created to date. Participants are asked “to select images that will combine in interesting ways: a variety of colors,...
How Many Images?
Using a Java Application, Net Artist, Km Asendorf is exploring the boundaries of the “Unlimited Upload and Storage” usage agreement that Flickr claims for their Pro account members. In hopes of exploiting this claim, the artist is posting a small file of about 4KB, 3.600 times every hour. Within one hour, the total amount of...
