Art

[old school]

Impressive Eric.

CrewC

[Michael P Clark]

Eric, your stylings remind me of some elements and pieces from this guy, http://www.sam3.es/

Perhaps a revival of your art career is in order?

[Michael P Clark]

Found this to be clever. You can always leave it to artists to bring awareness to global issues

[Colin Heath]

Reminds me of a bit of guerrilla gardening, plus "plastic life".

Plastic life Link - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bousserez/sets/72157594266762278/

[Olle Sjostrom]

haha Well, I've never attempted any street art or anything that large-scale, but I have had a graphic novel on the back burner for what seems like forever. Maybe someday it'll see completion.

We'll pay for it! In subway tunas!

[soundslikejustin]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukyDrkwvJXQ

[Michael P Clark]

Here is a piece from an amazing artist of our time. Chihuly has this piece in the fountain at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens. Having a piece like this outdoors makes me think they bring this indoors during the winter months in case of hail. It is a beautiful piece. Fountain is off for obvious reasons.

[Michael P Clark]

That's an amazing piece of 3D artwork. One of the best I have ever seen.

[Michael P Clark]

[Michael P Clark]

Despite what many DP's think, The artist Rashad Alakbarov from Azerbaijan may just be referred to as a master of lights and shadows.

[Michael P Clark]

An awesome environmental statement, located on Botafogo Beach, in Rio

[Michael P Clark]

Thanks, Jim. I was just about to search out the rest of that story.

[Michael P Clark]

Kumi Yamashita, http://www.kumiyamashita.com , Check out his website to see how he makes these portraits. It's pretty amazing!

[VASI]

I saw it on facebook. Not exactly Art but...

[Michael P Clark]

If you're ever in Singapore, be sure to check this out.

And here's a decent user video

[jozzafunk]

[Michael P Clark]

Thanks Google for the reminder, it's Gustav Klimt's 150th birthday today. Thank goodness we don't live that long, right? He is my wife's favorite painter. And of course, "The Kiss" is her favorite, like many people.

I was always partial to "Tannenwald", and preferred his nature paintings and landscapes.

And I also preferred "Family" over "The Kiss", maybe because the kiss led to a family

[Olle Sjostrom]

Visiting my brothers fiancées parent's apartment I discovered a book with works of edward hopper, beautiful paintings!

Which reminded me of pictures taken by Gregory crewdson, who I also adore!

Wide shots. Gotta love em. When they're not shooting tight simultaneously.

These particular pics does not have anything in common or anything, but the inspiration is clear in the crewdson footage.

[Michael P Clark]

We can't forget about our artistic brothers and sisters of cinematography.

[Guest dawidbrook]

Such a Great Art collection in this group, and Its nice to here in it. I saw all the Pictures which is uploaded in this community, apart from this all collection of Art one of the most eye catching picture which is Mona Lisa.

[Michael P Clark]

Such a Great Art collection in this group, and Its nice to here in it. I saw all the Pictures which is uploaded in this community, apart from this all collection of Art one of the most eye catching picture which is Mona Lisa.

Thanks dawidbrook, I'm glad you enjoy it. We've had a lot of great contributions to this thread. Please feel free to include your favorites also!

[Michael P Clark]

Perhaps best in a thread "All Things Audio", thought this was pretty cool, nonetheless

[Michael P Clark]

This is an amazing musical sculpture near Burnley, England, that creates a sound resembling a whale song. It’s made from steel pipes that in combination, act as multiple flutes.

Perhaps for the T-shirt design with Sound Speeds on it.

Hyperrealistic pencil/graphite drawing

[VASI]

[VASI]

The 78 Project: Recording in a Forgotten Format

The modern studio, equipped with the latest microphones, mixers and amplifiers, allows the producer to easily capture recordings with clarity and minimal ambient sound. But for New Yorkers Alex Steyermark and Lavinia Jones Wright, ambient noise is just one of the things they want to capture as they record modern musicians direct to a 78 RPM record, on their 1930s Presto direct-to-disk recorder.

Last year, after learning how to use a Presto machine from mastering engineer Mark Wilder, Steyermark, a film director, editor and producer, said he wanted to get his hands on a Presto recorder for his next film project: a video series showcasing the recordings of musicians on this old time machine.

Aided by Wilder, Steyermark acquired two nearly-functional Presto machines, and combined the parts to create a fully functional device. With writer and producer Jones Wright as his partner on the project, Steyermark began recording musicians in New York for the team’s first Web series, The 78 Project.

“We ask each artist to choose a song from public domain as well as record one of their original songs,” explained Jones Wright. “We have the artists go into the past and find a song they want to interpret and explore the intersection between the old music and their own music on 78s. We want them to hear their own songs on that format and find connections.”

To use the Presto recorder, Jones Wright said she heats an acetate disk under a photographer’s lamp to soften the material, and then places the disk onto the machine, aligning the cutting stylus against the edge of the disk. As the machine records, the stylus cuts into the disk, recording the track. Each 78 holds less than 3 minutes of audio—a factor that often adds an extra layer of immediacy to the performances.

“It took a lot of experimentation to learn how to use it,” said Steyermark. “There was a lot of failure initially and it took some trial and error to perfect our method.”

But once the team got the hang of it, Jones Wright said the result was a completely original sound.

“First, it’s blatantly an analog recording—it has cracks and skips, a little bit of a hiss—but there’s also a sort of almost intangible beauty to that sound,” said Jones Wright. “You also get everything that’s happening in the room, like someone tapping their foot or a car going by; you can sense it and hear it in the recording. It’s impossible to replicate that in any other way.”

Steyermark said they try to avoid recording in studios, in order to capture all types of sounds.

“Each [web short] we do is an opportunity to give an intimate portrait. The record has its own story on how it came into existence,” Steyermark said. With the success of the Web series project, he said, they are working on a feature length documentary on a road trip through the eastern United States, recoding musicians on the Presto along the way.

“We stopped by in Philadelphia and did a recording, stopped in DC to visit the Library of Congress, recorded a banjo symposium,” said Jones Wright. The film is only 25 percent completed, and the pair plan to head west to Chicago, Kentucky and on to California, with the goal of completing the film by next summer.

“I feel like we’re just getting started,” said Jones Wright.

(1) www.the78project.com

(2) http://www.kickstart...ocumentary-film

from: http://www.prosoundn...=69&EntryId=597