in january, i went to japan for 2 weeks with my good mates yewot and chenga.
i took a load of photos and have been trying to get them into a montage for ages. well, it has finally happened, and now i present to you, every photo i took in japan in january.
hope you enjoi it! i cant wait to go back.
also, i have been invited to guest post over at rice candy magazine’s website, and will be starting that soon!
catch you on the flipside.
peace
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today i thought i would focus on works that use photography to a mad crazy degree…
from what i can remember reading, elias raschle is only young, but already has an amazing grasp of the photographic medium! his shots are raw, gritty, and tell a tale of life growing up in the czech republic. there isnt much info on his website anymore tho.
check out selected works at – www.eliasraschle.ch
i have never heard, or thought of, photo weaving before, but it looks like an interesting way to give some three dimensionality to a photo, adding texture and a little bit of chaos to what could start out as a boring print. this video shows a timelapse of the process, that took roughly 20 hours.
Untitled (Rose) Weave – Time Lapse from Todd M Duym on Vimeo.
pretty amazing, especially when shot as a time laps!
julien breton has been a busy beaver of late, pumping out a whole body of works utilizing a favourite technique of mine – lightpainting! but breton has really stepped up the art, incorporating calligraphic creations into the now widespread medium
there are an amazing amount of great photos at – www.kaalam.free.fr
asaka narahashi has some intruiging photographs in a series called – half awake and half asleep in the water. they are really well composed, but ambiguous enough to make you stare at them for ages and ages.
you can view the whole set at – www.03fotos.com
and to finish, another video. i did swear to myself i wouldnt let my drift life and my art life intersect. i wanted to keep them seperate as both are arts in their own right, but Mez Productions are really stepping up the the productions value with his latest video from the stadium drift track day.
one of the best drift videos i have seen in a long while, its fresh footage, well shot and really well edited!
thats it from me today
peace
qwux
the words i mean, not the practice. i think what some people are doing with their website design and layout cant be called web design anymore.
it is something much more than that. in an age of broadband connections and high res screens, the good old internet just doesnt cut it anymore. recently i have come across some amazing sites that take web design into web fucking awesome design, or something along those lines.
most impressive was the site of laimonas stasiulis (try saying that after a couple of beverages) and his amazing portfolio site. he is a phtographer born in lithuania and based in england, who has been shooting for a few years, in 2007 he even took out first place in a competition.
his photographic work is top notch, but its more the site interaction that blows me away.
check it out at – www.laimonas.co.uk
i came across some brilliant sculptural work from kevin francis gray, very dark, but also beautiful to look at, really does amaze me at the way some people can work.
check out more work from his goff and rosenthall show at – www.goffrosenthal.squarespace.com
amazing living jewellery from icelandic product designer hafsteinn júlíusson. its got real living icelandic moss, and the shop which was set up in a gallery for their launch is visually breath taking too, reminiscent of the icelandic landscapes.
see more from him, and this exhibit at – www.hafsteinnjuliusson.com
and from a good friend of mine, comes the recommendation of illustrator jasper goodall.. and apart from having a rocking name, he does some super clean, stylistic illustrations.
very amazing stuff.
see the rest of his portfolio on his site – www.jaspergoodall.com
and for those of you out there who are scrubs fans, there is a double header on american abc tonite, which is scrubs new home.. i cant wait to see new eps!!!
well, wot can i say, i like to lead with a video! this time its an aesop rock video, featuring artwork (as in, the whole process of creation) by jeremy fish.
jeremy fish has really been making the rounds lately, andif you like his style, check out his site at – www.sillypinkbunnies.com
i stumbled across this photo last nite, and i have to say, even tho its not a technically perfect photo, i like it more then most of the photography i have seen lately.
its quite impressive but i couldnt find much info on artist.. his name is terje, and he is part of g8 (gate).
see more at – www.g8.no
i really dig (no pun intended) the older works of walter martin and pamela munoz. their recents works are nice, but this old scultpure is probably my favourite.
isnt it awesome! i want one as a pet! haha.
see more of their stuff (particularly the past work) at – www.martin-munoz.com
i love james jean’s moleskine sketchbook work. random scribblings from daily life, but wen viewed as a whole give a really good insight to this artists workings.
see the whole book at – www.jamesjean.com
fantastic illustration work from adrian knopik out of poland.
see more from this body of work on his behance page at – www.behance.net/RARRFC
stina persson has been doing some lovely work thats been classified as photo incorporation. i really like the style and the avenues opened up by this form of mixed media. its almost like grafitti that was meant to be there!
see more of these works at – www.stinapersson.com
now this is rad shit. valory milovic has been rocking my socks for a long time, and i didnt even know it. i randomly came across one of her works a year or so ago, and i had no info on the artist at all! now, i know who it is and i couldnt be happier!
amazing mixed media works with so much grime it makes me feel like i am rolling in the gutter (in a good way). the happy little characters in the grunge of wot looks to be a post apocalytpic (human caused of course) world really appeal to me, on so many levels.
this work is called hapathy, and its wot happens wen “happiness and apathy produce an offspring.”
be sure to check out more at – www.brokentoyland.com
aro is from germany. aro is an illustrator. aro wants you to be his friend. aro rocks. and you can be his myspace friend!
be his friend at – www.myspace.com/itzso_weezee
nathan coley is an installation artist from britain, and right now, i love this piece
well, what have you done?
find more from him on his profile at the doggerfish gallery at – www.doggerfisher.com/artists
well, in the spirit of giving, i will be posting more often. ahhaha.. its true.
i will start in the same vein as the last post i made, with animals in a video. this one is called souvenir de chine by larytta. i love the kaleidoscopic effect by using mirrors. now this one mite be deemed as cruelty to animals by some, but its quite a harmless beautiful video with a great soundtrack to accompany.
now, i am always a fan of light. its clean, its pleasing to the eye, and its sexy (yeah, sexy) so wen i came across the work of yuichi higashionna i was instantly impressed.
there is an awesome interview with him on www.shift.jp.org
or check out his full site at – www.ycassociates.co.jp
little ghosts on livejournal has been doing some amazingly detailed papercut work lately, and these ones particularly tweaked my interests. with a very día de los muertos feel.
mmmm tasty. see more on her livejournal – www.little-ghosts.livejournal.com
zach johnsen has been blowing my mind and inspiring me for a good year or so. i love his style and alternate reality. his site, zenvironments, is full of awesome.
mostly illustration work, lots of inks, washes, splashes and detail, i am sure you will get something from it like i have.
check it at – www.zenvironments.com
found an ad for the lil camera i am lusting after (from this post) and i have to say, its pretty hilarious…
gotta love them japanese kids….
i am really liking jeff soto’s illustrative works as well, great colours and interesting subject matter help give it some awesomeness.
check more of his work, including pieces from his upcoming show, at – www.jeffsoto.com
dominic wilcox has made the most awesome pendant light i have ever seen. called nimbus, it looks exactly like a cloud…
and its made from…. bean bag beans!!! insane!!! see more photos and the idea behind it on hist site at – www.dominicwilcox.com
peter baker took fucking rad photos in iceland. he is from the states. look.
now good look some more, on his flickr at – www.flickr.com/peterbaker/