[TheForge] New (Maybe OT now)

[Jim Beard]

Along a similar vein, There seems to have recently been a bit of
evolution in the graffiti artists available mediums recently.  I've
seen a lot of pictures where people are temporarily projecting large
images on buildings.  Using computer projectors and large urban
objects.

There was a sample how-to posted here:
http://www.instructables.com/id/EIDH3WPPZSEPD7QVIA/

I also got a kick about some large scale games I heard about.  Very
interactive, sort of installation art.  Here are links to a few.

http://homepages.nyu.edu/~dc788/conqwest/
http://www.pacmanhattan.com/index.php

Jim

On 1/16/07, Andrew Vida <osan at netlabs.net> wrote:
>
>
> xlch58 at swbell.net wrote:
>
> > The first time I heard about it was via Kirsten Skiles's Leaflady
> > blog.    I seem to recall she tried it, but I may be misremembering, I
> > may have found the link off of one of the links on her blog page.    It
> > is really a neat idea I think, though better suited maybe to artists
> > that can create something unique and then semi mass produce.  Postcard
> > art seems to be popular.  Think about the effect a small handforged
> > object might have on the finder though.  Simple forged details often
> > escape the notice of most non smiths, who have never invested themselves
> > in a piece of iron.  Leaving a small and sparingly worked bit of iron
> > for someone to find changes the equation -- the chance event of finding
> > it draws the finder in.  Finding the object makes them special, and they
> > in turn make the object special.  A simple scroll or even a small forged
> > leaf now enjoys a far different appraisal in the eyes of the finder than
> > the glance it might have received on a table of wares for sale or as a
> > faint detail of a larger work.  Obscurity banished by circumstance --
> > participatory art for blacksmiths, forcing the finder to complete the
> > piece with their imagination.   Or maybe it is just me that has a half
> > dozen cheap single earrings found in parking lots around the country
> > that I can't seem to toss out......
>
>         In 1973 one of my classmates was killed in a car accident.  In 1999 I
> finally made a sign that says "Remember <his name>".  I put it up on a
> tree right by the corner where his car went off the road.  I figured
> someone would remove or vandalize it, but it is still there.  I've even
> gone by once and there were people taking photos of it.  I was surprised
> at the degree of peoples' interest.  The now-retired principle of
> Freehold Twp. HS is an old friend of mine.  Even he knew about it.
>
>         I remember when that eye-talian sculptor fella did the stealth-install
> of the bronze bull down on Wall Street.  I had to laugh as the assholes
> in city hall got up in a bunch over it and immediately wanted to find
> the artist and put him in jail and remove the bull.  The public
> sentiment was so strong in favor of keeping the bull and canonizing the
> artist that the bozo cadre was forced to back down and eat their words.
>   I thought that was a very good day for art, individualism, public
> opinion, control of the commons, and all that is good in the world.
>
>         I think stealth installations of art in public places is a great thing
> to engage in.  Makes for interesting diversions and may in some cases to
> serve to remind some who the real bosses are. :)
>
>         -Andy
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