Mrs.Miller : humour in music
Hinge and Bracket :: Rossini Cat Duet
http://youtu.be/l9Qd8AzjrPg
Sunday, 29 September 2013
Saturday, 28 September 2013
Marco Tempest: animation w Magic Pad
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/124657-marco-tempest-tells-the-story-of-magic-at-ted-with-kinect-powered-augmented-reality
http://marcotempest.com/
Marco
Tempest, the techno-illusionist who shot to internet stardom last year
with his three-iPod/iPhone magic act, has followed up with a augmented
reality, Kinect-powered TED talk on the history of storytelling and
illusion. The six-minute video, dubbed “A magical tale,” is embedded
below.
Like the iPod illusion (embedded at the bottom of the story), Tempest combines sleight of hand and digital computers to create a very satisfying performance — but this time he goes one step further and weaves 3D augmented reality into the mix. On the hardware-side, Tempest simply uses an HD video camera and Microsoft’s Kinect, but the software — bit that actually produces the illusion — is really quite complex.
Tempest,
working with two software development houses, Onformative and
Checksum5, used VVVV to script the six-minute magic trick. VVVV
is a hybrid programming environment that allows you to mash together
video clips, real-time special effects, and the input from external
devices. In “A magical tale,” every special effect is rendered in real
time using a desktop PC — the particle effects, the face tracking (and
re-mapping), and digital compositing (such as the big, 3D globe that
Tempest steps inside); they’re all reactive to Tempest’s movements. The
end result is impressive, if not quite as smooth or magical as the
iPod/iPhone trick. Embedded below is a “making of” video that
illustrates the technology behind the illusion.
Ultimately, Tempest says that “A magic tale” is more about engaging an audience than bona fide illusion. “Magic is a unique tool for pre-visualization,” he says. Instead of a magic trick with sleight of hand, the subject matter could instead be a video game, an interactive and interesting way to teach kids otherwise dull subjects, or even an augmented reality face-to-face Skype chat. It won’t be long until Kinect-like sensors are built into laptops and smartphones, don’t forget.
http://marcotempest.com/
Marco Tempest tells the story of magic at TED, with Kinect-powered augmented reality
- By Sebastian Anthony on April 3, 2012 at 6:48 am
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Like the iPod illusion (embedded at the bottom of the story), Tempest combines sleight of hand and digital computers to create a very satisfying performance — but this time he goes one step further and weaves 3D augmented reality into the mix. On the hardware-side, Tempest simply uses an HD video camera and Microsoft’s Kinect, but the software — bit that actually produces the illusion — is really quite complex.
Tempest,
working with two software development houses, Onformative and
Checksum5, used VVVV to script the six-minute magic trick. VVVV
is a hybrid programming environment that allows you to mash together
video clips, real-time special effects, and the input from external
devices. In “A magical tale,” every special effect is rendered in real
time using a desktop PC — the particle effects, the face tracking (and
re-mapping), and digital compositing (such as the big, 3D globe that
Tempest steps inside); they’re all reactive to Tempest’s movements. The
end result is impressive, if not quite as smooth or magical as the
iPod/iPhone trick. Embedded below is a “making of” video that
illustrates the technology behind the illusion.Ultimately, Tempest says that “A magic tale” is more about engaging an audience than bona fide illusion. “Magic is a unique tool for pre-visualization,” he says. Instead of a magic trick with sleight of hand, the subject matter could instead be a video game, an interactive and interesting way to teach kids otherwise dull subjects, or even an augmented reality face-to-face Skype chat. It won’t be long until Kinect-like sensors are built into laptops and smartphones, don’t forget.
Friday, 27 September 2013
Thursday, 26 September 2013
magician in real life and fabulous work in sl
http://npirl.blogspot.tw/2008/02/tunas-trippy-textures.html
http://io9.com/this-short-film-just-took-projection-mapping-to-the-nex-1383033085
Wednesday, 25 September 2013
Monday, 23 September 2013
Typhoon Usagi, and super typhoon definition - strongest this year, I missed by a hairline! :)
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-22/china-hong-kong-brace-for-typhoon-usagi-as-flights-cut.html
Hong Kong maintained its third-highest storm signal, with the city braced for floods and hundreds of flights canceled, after Usagi made landfall as a severe typhoon in southern China.
The Hong Kong Observatory repeated the No. 8 Storm Signal at 4 a.m. local time, meaning winds of at least 63 kilometers (39 miles) an hour are expected, while downgrading Usagi to a tropical cyclone as it moves gradually away from the city.
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In this satellite image taken by the Japan Meteorological Agency's MTSAT-2 satellite and provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Super Typhoon Usagi heads northwest on September 20, 2013 between the Philippines and Taiwan through the Luzon Strait. Source: NOAA via Getty Images
Thousands of people were evacuated by the Chinese government from coastal areas in Fujian province as storms knocked out power lines, while travelers were stranded around the region with more than 440 flights affected at Hong Kong airport. Banks and the Hong Kong stock market will be closed in the morning should Signal 8 remain in force past 9 a.m.
“It’s probably the worst weekend ever,” Jessica Coelho, a Hong Kong-based human resources executive who was stranded in Singapore, said by telephone yesterday. “It’s a nightmare trying to get back. Everyone is trying to get on a plane home.”
The storm, rated the world’s strongest typhoon this year, was about 120 kilometers northwest of Hong Kong and moving west-northwest at about 22 kilometers an hour, the weather bureau said at 4 a.m. today. The city recorded maximum sustained winds of 73 kilometers an hour.
Trading Delays
According to Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd. (388) rules, premarket trading will be canceled today should Signal 8 remain in force between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m., with morning trading to begin at least two hours after the warning is lowered. There will be no morning session if the alert is dropped after 9 a.m. and no trading for the day if it’s still up after noon.
Usagi made landfall in Shanwei city in China’s southern province of Guangdong at 7:40 p.m. local time yesterday, the provincial meteorological office said in a statement. It was expected to move northwest at a speed of about 20 kilometers an hour, and its strength will gradually weaken before it leaves Guangdong today as a tropical storm, it said. At least three people were killed by a fallen tree and broken window glass in the province last night, Xinhua News said.
Intercity rail services between Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong, Zhuhai and Shenzhen have stopped, according to the official microblog of operator Guangzhou Railway (Group) Corp. Some bullet train services were canceled yesterday, with others also scrapped today, it said.
In Fujian province, Usagi-related storms knocked out three power lines early yesterday, cutting off electricity to about 170,000 households before it was restored to all but 25,000 by noon, Xinhua said.
Taiwan Battered
Thousands of people were evacuated from low-lying coastal areas in the province, Xinhua reported. The flood-control headquarters ordered reinforced patrols so that emergency repairs could be carried out to prevent embankment breaches.
Usagi dumped as much as 70 centimeters (28 inches) of rain in Taiwan’s east on Sept. 21, left 12 people injured and disrupted more than 100 flights, the Central Emergency Operation Center said.
While passing Taiwan, it had sustained wind speeds of 205 kilometers per hour, making it a super typhoon, according to a tracking map on the Hong Kong Observatory website.
In the Philippines, flooding forced 242 people in the north of the country to flee their homes for temporary shelters on Sept. 18, the country’s disaster agency said.
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. (293) and its Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Ltd. unit stopped some flights yesterday. Air China Ltd. (753) canceled 148 flights as of yesterday as airports in Xiamen, Shantou, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Zhuhai, Hong Kong and Macau were affected. It may adjust more flights depending on weather conditions.
Temporary Shelters
“Rain bands of Usagi are now affecting Hong Kong and have brought over 70 millimeters of rainfall over parts of the territory,” the city’s observatory said in its latest bulletin.
The government opened temporary shelters, with 274 people seeking refuge, while it received 69 reports of fallen trees. As of 3 a.m., 13 people had sought emergency medical treatment at the city’s hospitals, with six of them discharged, the Hospital Authority said.
Grocery shelves were almost empty yesterday at a Tuen Mun ParknShop store in Hong Kong, with only a few packs of instant noodles left and most vegetables sold out.
“The supermarket is so packed,” Fanny Wong, 54, a housewife who bought six packs of instant noodles, two cans of luncheon meat and some eggs, said at the store in the district’s Pierhead Garden. “People are just stocking up everything, from instant noodles, bread to ingredients for hotpot such as mushrooms, pak choi and other vegetables. It took me about half an hour to check out.”
Hong Kong, situated off China’s southern coast, gets on average about six tropical cyclones annually, according to the weather bureau. Usagi is the most powerful storm to threaten Hong Kong since Severe Typhoon Utor in August.
A severe typhoon, one grade lower than a super typhoon, is equivalent to a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, meaning “extremely dangerous winds will cause extensive damage,” according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center website.
“I came to Hong Kong for work last week and spent my weekend here,” Jay Johnson, a U.S.-based businessman, said yesterday. “It was a lovely stay but now it’s such a headache getting out. I need to be in Munich for a business meeting on Monday, but now I may need to cancel it.”
To contact the reporters on this story: Vinicy Chan in Hong Kong at vchan91@bloomberg.net; Jasmine Wang in Hong Kong at jwang513@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Hwee Ann Tan at hatan@bloomberg.net
Thursday, 19 September 2013
effect of music on plants: experiment, Kowloon Walled City in Yokohama; Robert Thurman's book
http://www.dovesong.com/positive_music/plant_experiments.asp
plants like: most 1: Indian sitar music 2 jazz 3 neutral+classical bach 4 no music 5 dies if rock music or "negative" music
http://randomwire.com/kowloon-walled-city-rebuilt-in-japan
http://www.hoshino-gumi.com/en/works/detail04/making.html
http://www.amazon.com/Love-Your-Enemies-Break-Happier/dp/1401928145
plants like: most 1: Indian sitar music 2 jazz 3 neutral+classical bach 4 no music 5 dies if rock music or "negative" music
http://randomwire.com/kowloon-walled-city-rebuilt-in-japan
http://www.hoshino-gumi.com/en/works/detail04/making.html
http://www.amazon.com/Love-Your-Enemies-Break-Happier/dp/1401928145
Monday, 16 September 2013
Sunday, 15 September 2013
Rebuilt Kowloon Walled City in Japan!
http://randomwire.com/kowloon-walled-city-rebuilt-in-japan
Very nice kowloon city rebuilt in Japan near Yokohoma
Very nice kowloon city rebuilt in Japan near Yokohoma
Friday, 13 September 2013
Françoise Dolto
http://www.amazon.fr/Manuel-lusage-enfants-parents-diffciles/dp/202089226X
Psychoanalysis and Paediatrics: Key Psychoanalytic Concepts with Sixteen Clinical Observations of Children [Paperback]
Francoise Dolto (Author)
http://www.amazon.com/Psychoanalysis-Paediatrics-Psychoanalytic-Concepts-Observations/dp/1855758121/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379050738&sr=1-1
Psychoanalysis and Paediatrics: Key Psychoanalytic Concepts with Sixteen Clinical Observations of Children [Paperback]
Francoise Dolto (Author)
http://www.amazon.com/Psychoanalysis-Paediatrics-Psychoanalytic-Concepts-Observations/dp/1855758121/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379050738&sr=1-1
Thursday, 12 September 2013
New Media Artist :: a list
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_new_media_artists
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Jeff Crouse
http://eyebeam.org/events/unlogo-workshop
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director:: Lynn Hershman Leeson
director:: Lynn Hershman Leeson
http://womenartrevolution.com/
"women art revolution" (documentary film)
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Jeff Crouse
http://eyebeam.org/events/unlogo-workshop
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Golan Levin's artwork focuses on the design of systems for the creation, manipulation and performance of simultaneous image and sound, as part of a more general inquiry into formal languages of interactivity and of nonverbal communication in cybernetic systems.
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SUMMER 2013:: Ars Electronica 2013:: Cosmopolitan Chicken; Hiroshi Ishiguro and his double: a robot, DNA stockage of data
To be completed... with references and commentaries and photos
Top Ten Favorites viewed from Museum of Quai Branly, PHQ4 Biennale des images du monde 2013, Paris, France :
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7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Grand concert on main grass area on band stand with giant size screen.
Sound very very good.
Details next to me:
One young girl 16ish? and two pals horsing around and one guy held down the other guy so the girl could smear glossy paint on his cheeks... gloss was transparent, with nice sparkles . In a few minutes time, the two were kissing lovingly together and her helper disappeared.
Musicians seen on 13Sept2013
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8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
9 Rubber ball on white metal frame chair
Colorful round balls you could design like a pixel screen for seat and back.
Nice. Made in Poland.
8 Reed surfaced bed, reclining object, rug, small coffee table top - all very warm and nice to touch. The reeds are untreated. So better to use in a dry environment. from Eucuador
http://www.parisdesignweek.fr/fr/participant/165/
7 Folding shelves with many piano hinges, and a knitted type of mesh covering for lamps. Very soft, clean, nature good feelings. By a German designer
6 Square shaped hot tub - Jacuzzi on a terrace. The shape is very inviting and cheerful for social gatherings unlike a regular tub which has privacy connotations
5 Clothing using batik - very colorful patterns beautiful formal attire. Modzik boutique
4 Mattress/cushions made of mousse tied with large elastic bands.
3 Modular tiles made of cardboard, or medium (fiber boards) to re-combine into a wall screen.
2 fine textured concrete moulded into triangular bands, stacked together into various shapes for table base, lamps
1 Sofa/arm chair with an old jean type of thick textured cloth, with patch works (as if its an old thrown about rug) stuffed onto a fauteuil, with a pocket for drink. An idea thats a "hand made, return to nature, or recycled" themed arm chair.
Top Ten Favorites viewed from Ars Electronica 2013, Linz, Austria : theme::
Total Recall: Memory
Projects that I would have like to participated in, or done myself in someway.
10 Human scale snow globe as living room (jpeg)
A fun welcoming private/public space with sofa and tv, magazines, installed like a snow globe displayed in the public central square.
9 Old vinyl disk re shaped into a salad bowl, in Lentos boutique
The old black vinyl record has been heat stamped into the shape of a salade bowl. Re-purposing the old vinyl records, each one is unique.
8 Film Animation: Centrifuge Experiment, on Youtube.
Very well made animation, very humorous.
7 "Voices of women" a historical account of how women's voices were represented in a talk by a scholar. ref.
Well researched and important information for everyone to know.
6 DIY book scanner, low cost open source project.
Very helpful for everyone
5 Head gear/HD video cam for filming footage on site: Beehive (jpeg)
4 DNA sequencing code: transcribing alphabet into 4 letter codes (jpeg)
Fun transcribing machine. Maybe very useful in the right context.
3 DNA stockage of data (jpeg)
extrordinary ! (more detail coming)
2 Hiroshi Ishiguro and his double: a robot, (jpeg)
Especially useful for elderly people who needs companion, and exploration of the question of "What is human?" as expressed by the Professor.
1 Cosmopolitan Chicken; (jpeg) Portraits of the lineage of his exhibit, a very handsome cock.
Top Ten Favorites viewed from Chaumont-s-Loire, Garden Festival 2013, France :
Theme: Gardens of the senses
Cafeteria is v bad, awful machine type hot-chocolates w water, and tiny tiny scoop of ice cream... v bad.
9 Small terrace for drinking tea garden - Japanese landscape artist
8 The sniffetes :: headphone for smelling fragrance is a nice installation
7
6
5
4
3
2
1 New Chinese Garden section, all participants permanent installation
9 nano magnetic genes injected into plant seeds, they grow into responsive plants to magnets.
8 plants growing roots which form laces naturally
7 artificial fabric grown from tea bacteria
6 small house grown from vines
5 cactus which grows human hair - with gene modification
4 white feather interactive chandelier installation in the main hall
3 man made crystals
2 honey bee made vase
1 Industrial objects formed from growing calabash plants
Top Ten Favorites viewed from Venice Biennale, 2013, Italy :
Theme: Encyclopedia
9 Ivory Coast pavilion. Very nice boats, heads, paintings.
8 Psychiatry, spiritual teachers' sketches, private luxury album, methods, personal "spirit directed" automatic giant size drawings/paintings, voodoo drawings :: there was a continuous demonstration of teams of two people: while one does a free form improvisational sounds/music/personal lyrical/singing non verbal expressions with the other accompanying partner who responded to the sounds with qi-gong like, body extension, eyes closed, exploration of the internal energy of their body with spirit directed like movements. These are all very interesting. Looks like the analytical type of art work is one trend that has been the past main scientific investigation methods - art as a scientific investigation - are now merging with the older, alternative spiritual, the self directed internal (usually more Eastern philosophy rooted, mysticism) is now more coming into view - maybe due to the large number of people who needs spiritual guidance, psychological illness - artists are turning to looking inside the "unscientific" approach to a better spiritual life. There are many many such work all very interesting, including "art brut" artists, amateur high quality obsessional works, automatic spirit induced "voodoo" type of work, "dada", and also a "collect all" mad hand made scrapbook fantasy collection. All in the main building at Giardini site.
7 "Grosse Fatique", Camille Henrot 13mn film
6 stone collection with geometric shapes inside - by nature
5 379 small architecture models of imaginary houses, church, small buildings made by a professional accountant in his spare time
4 Children puppet in plaster (not shown in his life time) created by a professional photographer for his own private viewing, never exhibited in his life time.
3 Chinese pavilion : with the Suzhou embroidery of birds; using traditional high quality embroidery technique with a still life oil painting image. Beautiful, and anonymous because its made by workmen commissioned by the artist.
2 Ai WeiWei prison installation
1 Museum of Everything; from UK, installed their work at the Green house; Giardini installations; boutique with friendly design objects of everyday covering almost everything. Art Brut artist exhibition from the 70s, Hippy culture.
Top Ten Favorites viewed from Museum of Quai Branly, PHQ4 Biennale des images du monde 2013, Paris, France :
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9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Top Ten Favorites viewed from La Fete de l'Humanite, 13-14-15sept Paris, France :
L'Humanite is a communist newspaper, its spirit is to support everyone - from top to bottom. Mass public international concert event.
This is the first time I have attended this event, it was raining a fine mist, and large drops, and sometimes with a little sun. Huge amount of people showed up, mainly 20 something, up to grandma, grandpa type.
My friend says, hmm, these young people are singing to the songs, they know the texts by heart - unlike in his generation. (His generation was Genesis, Rolling Stones...)
Pop culture with representation from many countries, grilled food, wine, beer, mojitos, french fries. And super rides installed not far from the scene, gives the whole ambiances a fair ground atmosphere but without the junky griminess that usually accompanies fair grounds. Public toilets are very well organized, clean with toilet papers, and a person coming to check the "flushing" state of things... :)
Everything is running in an accessible, easy going way manner.
Many book stands, debates, smaller group concerts.
Sound very very good.
Details next to me:
One young girl 16ish? and two pals horsing around and one guy held down the other guy so the girl could smear glossy paint on his cheeks... gloss was transparent, with nice sparkles . In a few minutes time, the two were kissing lovingly together and her helper disappeared.
Musicians seen on 13Sept2013
1) Asian dub foundation
2) Tyro
3) Archive
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Top Ten Favorites viewed from Design Week in Paris, France :
10 www.padedesign.com
Hot Pink tube with tie chair.
Cheerful unique chair, with some bounciness, tubes are quite heavy.
Fun to sit in.
"Rose Tube" chair, photo: Gilda Raffenel, Place de Clichee
http://www.parisdesignweek.fr/fr/participant/48/
http://www.parisdesignweek.fr/fr/participant/48/
9 Rubber ball on white metal frame chair
Colorful round balls you could design like a pixel screen for seat and back.
Nice. Made in Poland.
8 Reed surfaced bed, reclining object, rug, small coffee table top - all very warm and nice to touch. The reeds are untreated. So better to use in a dry environment. from Eucuador
http://www.parisdesignweek.fr/fr/participant/165/
7 Folding shelves with many piano hinges, and a knitted type of mesh covering for lamps. Very soft, clean, nature good feelings. By a German designer
6 Square shaped hot tub - Jacuzzi on a terrace. The shape is very inviting and cheerful for social gatherings unlike a regular tub which has privacy connotations
5 Clothing using batik - very colorful patterns beautiful formal attire. Modzik boutique
4 Mattress/cushions made of mousse tied with large elastic bands.
3 Modular tiles made of cardboard, or medium (fiber boards) to re-combine into a wall screen.
2 fine textured concrete moulded into triangular bands, stacked together into various shapes for table base, lamps
1 Sofa/arm chair with an old jean type of thick textured cloth, with patch works (as if its an old thrown about rug) stuffed onto a fauteuil, with a pocket for drink. An idea thats a "hand made, return to nature, or recycled" themed arm chair.
Top Ten Favorites viewed from Ars Electronica 2013, Linz, Austria : theme::
Total Recall: Memory
Projects that I would have like to participated in, or done myself in someway.
10 Human scale snow globe as living room (jpeg)
A fun welcoming private/public space with sofa and tv, magazines, installed like a snow globe displayed in the public central square.
9 Old vinyl disk re shaped into a salad bowl, in Lentos boutique
The old black vinyl record has been heat stamped into the shape of a salade bowl. Re-purposing the old vinyl records, each one is unique.
8 Film Animation: Centrifuge Experiment, on Youtube.
Very well made animation, very humorous.
7 "Voices of women" a historical account of how women's voices were represented in a talk by a scholar. ref.
Well researched and important information for everyone to know.
6 DIY book scanner, low cost open source project.
Very helpful for everyone
5 Head gear/HD video cam for filming footage on site: Beehive (jpeg)
4 DNA sequencing code: transcribing alphabet into 4 letter codes (jpeg)
Fun transcribing machine. Maybe very useful in the right context.
3 DNA stockage of data (jpeg)
extrordinary ! (more detail coming)
2 Hiroshi Ishiguro and his double: a robot, (jpeg)
Especially useful for elderly people who needs companion, and exploration of the question of "What is human?" as expressed by the Professor.
1 Cosmopolitan Chicken; (jpeg) Portraits of the lineage of his exhibit, a very handsome cock.
Top Ten Favorites viewed from Chaumont-s-Loire, Garden Festival 2013, France :
Theme: Gardens of the senses
Cafeteria is v bad, awful machine type hot-chocolates w water, and tiny tiny scoop of ice cream... v bad.
10
9 Small terrace for drinking tea garden - Japanese landscape artist
8 The sniffetes :: headphone for smelling fragrance is a nice installation
7
6
5
4
3
2
1 New Chinese Garden section, all participants permanent installation
Top Ten Favorites viewed from Fondation d'EDF,
Theme:: En vie / Alive, 2013, Paris, France :
Theme:: En vie / Alive, 2013, Paris, France :
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9 nano magnetic genes injected into plant seeds, they grow into responsive plants to magnets.
8 plants growing roots which form laces naturally
7 artificial fabric grown from tea bacteria
6 small house grown from vines
5 cactus which grows human hair - with gene modification
4 white feather interactive chandelier installation in the main hall
3 man made crystals
2 honey bee made vase
1 Industrial objects formed from growing calabash plants
Top Ten Favorites viewed from Venice Biennale, 2013, Italy :
Theme: Encyclopedia
10 Giant size participation of Chinese contemporary art, in over 10 huge events. The total number of participants is about half of the entire Venice Biennale. People question the "commercial" nature of these works, incentives. But that is an entire subject thats worthy of a special magazine issue on the subject. Almost all of the participation are very accomplished. With so much stories to tell, if you have the capacity of story telling; content is not a problem. So, I would say. This part is definitely the most interesting part for viewers. It has so much energy and drive, vitality that the other works pale in life energy. It is due to context. China has had and still has an ongoing complex socio, historical battle going on everyday - no lack of interesting life experiences for anyone living in China today. Correspondingly if you were an artist in China, how could you be studying the color of pale Venetian green in an almost empty environment of the everyday? Unless, this is what is dreamt of and desired in the bigger context of congestion in the artists daily life - such as an environment like Hong Kong. I did not really see the Hong Kong Pavilion in detail, it seem to be very esthetically oriented, all empty pale green. Meanwhile, pale venetian green napkins are handed out as a souvenir of the show... hmm. Very esthetically purified in prettiness with a reference to Venices natural colors - Venetian green and pale pink. You could see these two colors everywhere, in context of an entire city with its liveliness and successful commercial enterprises down through history. I am not certain what i see in the Hong Kong pavilion is what is intended in this tranquil and stylized pavilion.
9 Ivory Coast pavilion. Very nice boats, heads, paintings.
8 Psychiatry, spiritual teachers' sketches, private luxury album, methods, personal "spirit directed" automatic giant size drawings/paintings, voodoo drawings :: there was a continuous demonstration of teams of two people: while one does a free form improvisational sounds/music/personal lyrical/singing non verbal expressions with the other accompanying partner who responded to the sounds with qi-gong like, body extension, eyes closed, exploration of the internal energy of their body with spirit directed like movements. These are all very interesting. Looks like the analytical type of art work is one trend that has been the past main scientific investigation methods - art as a scientific investigation - are now merging with the older, alternative spiritual, the self directed internal (usually more Eastern philosophy rooted, mysticism) is now more coming into view - maybe due to the large number of people who needs spiritual guidance, psychological illness - artists are turning to looking inside the "unscientific" approach to a better spiritual life. There are many many such work all very interesting, including "art brut" artists, amateur high quality obsessional works, automatic spirit induced "voodoo" type of work, "dada", and also a "collect all" mad hand made scrapbook fantasy collection. All in the main building at Giardini site.
7 "Grosse Fatique", Camille Henrot 13mn film
6 stone collection with geometric shapes inside - by nature
5 379 small architecture models of imaginary houses, church, small buildings made by a professional accountant in his spare time
4 Children puppet in plaster (not shown in his life time) created by a professional photographer for his own private viewing, never exhibited in his life time.
3 Chinese pavilion : with the Suzhou embroidery of birds; using traditional high quality embroidery technique with a still life oil painting image. Beautiful, and anonymous because its made by workmen commissioned by the artist.
2 Ai WeiWei prison installation
1 Museum of Everything; from UK, installed their work at the Green house; Giardini installations; boutique with friendly design objects of everyday covering almost everything. Art Brut artist exhibition from the 70s, Hippy culture.
Tuesday, 10 September 2013
Tuesday, 3 September 2013
Reading :: Tu es le fils d'un roi, by Eric Lambé 2012; ball point pen art
http://laccoudoir.com/bande-dessinee-bd/le-fils-du-roi-eric-lambe-4397/
Eric Lambé – éd. Frémok
http://www.actuabd.com/Eric-Lambe-le-fils-du-roi
Éric Lambé, le fils du roi
5 mars 2013
5 mars 2013
Les
éditions FRMK se distinguent souvent par des objets à la qualité
singulière et impeccable et par des œuvres graphiques qui arpentent les
limites de la narration. "Le Fils du Roi" d’Éric Lambé en fait partie.
Portrait d’un auteur caractéristique de l’avant-garde de la bande
dessinée belge contemporaine. La Galerie Martel l’expose depuis un mois,
jusqu’au 9 mars 2013.
- Le Fils du Roi d’Éric Lambé
- Ed. Frémok
Il y a une narration sans aucun doute, mais nous sommes dans une poésie visuelle, une expérience de sidération qui nous invite à un voyage dans les méandres affectifs d’un enfant dont le père lui glisse à l’oreille : "Tu sais que tu es le fils du Roi."
Que signifie cette phrase sibylline qui s’insinue dans la psyché et la peuple, comme dans un rêve, de créatures improbables à la Picasso, de grelots magrittiens ou encore de cette poupée gonflable, entre frustration sexuelle et envie de suicide ?
Né en Afrique, ayant vécu une jeunesse un peu éclatée entre Kinshasa et la Belgique, Éric Lambé est issu de l’Atelier R de Saint-Luc à Bruxelles, une école de bande dessinée fondée par Claude Renard et François Schuiten. Il y fait son apprentissage au contact de Pierre Pourbaix et de Marc Sevrin qui la dirigent alors. "Ma grande influence à ce moment-là, c’est Bazooka, le groupe de graphistes punks de l’époque, et Loustal, nous raconte Éric Lambé. Je faisais de la bande dessinée depuis l’âge de dix ans et quand je rencontre ces deux profs, ils sont assez proches de ce mouvement Underground qui commence à débarquer en Belgique. L’approche de l’image et de la narration par Bazooka leur parle absolument."
À Saint-Luc
- La revue Mokka (1990)
Au cours de son parcours à l’Atelier R, il se lie à Alain Corbel. ils sont pareillement intéressés par le travail de Lorenzo Mattotti et par celui des graphistes espagnols de la revue Madriz [1]. "Alain, qui était plus dans le concret que moi, raconte Lambé, imagine tout de suite qu’il faut créer une structure car il se rend bien compte que les éditeurs, à la fin des années 1980, ne vont jamais accepter notre travail."
Création de Mokka
C’est la revue Mokka qu’ils créent avec Denis Larue en sortant de l’école trois ans avant la génération Fréon de Thierry Van Hasselt et d’Olivier Deprez, touchés par le professeur de sémiologie Michel Ceder : "Il nous avait appris à lire une bande dessinée autrement. Il questionnait la bande dessinée de la même manière que l’on questionnait un tableau." Ils réalisent que la bande dessinée, ce n’est pas seulement raconter une histoire et la dessiner le mieux possible. Cela leur permet de l’aborder par d’autres chemins.
"Je ne me posais pas la question d’une bande dessinée expérimentale à ce moment-là. Je voulais me glisser dans une famille graphique qui était plus celle de la revue Raw, Gary Panter et ces choses-là qui étaient mes références, ou de celle de Mattotti. C’était une manière différente de voir le monde par la bande dessinée."
La première étape est de faire des expos, pour montrer leur travail. Ils s’associent pour ce faire avec les artistes sortis de la section d’illustration, avec des photographes, des écrivains... Tous se retrouvent dans Mokka, revue "séminale" (1990), renommé Pelure amère en 1992 avant de disparaître en 1994.
Mais bientôt, Alain Corbel part pour la France, puis le Portugal. Éric Lambé n’a pas l’énergie suffisante pour continuer à faire vivre le groupe. Deux ans plus tard, Corbel revient et décide de lancer une revue avec une direction bicéphale "sud" et "nord". Corbel à Lisbonne en est le réacteur en chef, tandis que Lambé en est le garant graphique. Le tirage est de 1000 exemplaires et la diffusion complètement artisanale. Grâce à Michel Ceder, Mokka expose au Musée des Beaux-Arts de Madrid.
- Éric Lambé dans la Galerie Martel en février 2013
- Photo : D. Pasamonik (L’Agence BD)
En 2001, il publie, sur un scénario de Philippe de Pierpont, Ophélie et les directeurs des ressources humaines, un ouvrage inspiré par l’écrivain portugais Pessoa, chez Fremok, fusion récente des labels bruxellois et parisien Fréon et Amok. Quelques temps plus tard, avec le même scénariste chez le même éditeur, il rend hommage à Alberto Giacometti avec Alberto G. (2003).
- Éric Lambé, le Fils du Roi - (c) Frémok
Bientôt, après un an de chômage, il devient prof à Saint-Luc, ce qui lui permet de bâtir son œuvre en toute quiétude. "Chez un éditeur comme Frémok, en comparant son expérience avec celle de Casterman, je peux espérer me trouver chez un éditeur avec qui j’aurai beaucoup plus de liens, qui va avoir envie de montrer mon travail, de m’emmener dans des festivals, que dans une maison d’édition où je serai une petite goutte dans leur catalogue." En 2001, il publie encore Joue avec moi chez Frémok. comme ce nouvel album, qu’il n’imagine pas publié ailleurs.
Le Fils du Roi
"Avec Le Fils du Roi, je fais un livre que j’ai envie de voir. C’est de la bande dessinée ; c’est séquentiel, il y a des cases, c’est édité chez un éditeur de bande dessinée, présenté comme un objet de bande dessinée, mais c’est autre chose aussi."
- Éric Lambé, le Fils du Roi - (c) Frémok
Rétif à la "propagande théorique", il se reconnaît dans ce que ses successeurs de Fréon appelleront "la bande dessinée de poésie" : "J’avais envie de pouvoir aller au fond de moi-même dans tous les sens, de produire des images brutes, mélancoliques, tristes, voire impolies, et d’avoir la liberté la plus grande au niveau narratif, donc pas de scénario. Je cherche à donner une lumière, un volume qui donne une image que je n’ai jamais vue. Dans cet univers, des événements et des personnages peuvent exister. Une fille et un garçon traversent des rues, se cherchent, sans jamais se croiser. À partir de cette image, je pouvais faire un livre, imaginer tous les jours des situations."
- Éric Lambé, le Fils du Roi - (c) Frémok
Ces dessins sont actuellement visibles à la galerie Martel jusqu’au 9 mars et, effectivement, la fascination est au rendez-vous.
Commander cet album chez Amazon ou à la FNAC
Eric Lambé à la Galerie Martel, jusqu’au 9 mars 2013.
17, Rue Martel
75010 Paris
Le site de la Galerie Martel
[1] En 1984, le conseil municipal de Madrid décida de soutenir la BD. Ce fut la création de la revue Madriz, figure de proue, en termes graphiques, de la Movida avec des artistes comme Federico del Barrio, Cava ou Raul,. Ce mouvement culturel de l’après-franquisme a connu une effervescence particulièrement remarquable au cours des années 1980.
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Photos © 2012 Fremok éditions
Bibiographie d’Eric Lambé :
1994 : Publication de son premier livre, Les jours ouvrables, éditions Amok.
2001 : Ophélie et les directeurs des ressources humaines, éditions Fréon
2004 : Illustrations du livre Le sac à mains, texte de Marie Desplechin, éditions Estuaire.
2005 : La pluie, texte de Philippe de Pierpont, éditions Casterman,Illustrations du livre La photo, texte de Marie Desplechin, éditions Estuaire.
2008 : Un voyage, texte de Philippe de Pierpont, éditions Futuropolis.
2012 : Le fils du roi
Article suivant: Le phénomène Kamagurka
Eric Lambé… Le petit prince du roman graphique
Publié le 27 janvier 2013 par Dezzig
J’avais perdu de vue Eric Lambé… 6 ouvrages en 16 ans ! Voilà un auteur de roman graphique qui se fait rare !
Ce professeur de bande dessinée bruxellois a participé à des ouvrages
collectifs, publiant dans des fanzines et revues belges tout en menant
parallèlement une carrière d’illustrateur (presse, publicité, éditions)
et dernièrement dans la Revue XXI.
Comme ses dessins, Eric Lambé est un
homme de l’ombre… Je l’ai rencontré en 2001 au Festival de la bande
dessinée à Angoulême à la sortie de son livre Ophélie et les directeurs des ressources humaines…
échanges d’adresses et quelques dédicaces plus tard… J’avais mis la
main sur un object graphique non identifié : ses dessins tout noir,
ombrés, crayon gras contre blanco faisaient echo aux gravures de
Rouault. Pire : l’inquiétante poésie de ses histoires vous attrape définitivement…
12 ans après, le voici enfin en pleine lumière (articles élogieux dans Libérations, Les Inrockuptibles et même Etapes graphiques). Et tous saluent l’exploit de son dernier livre Le fils du Roi
: un livre entièrement réalisé au bic noir et bleu sur du carton ! Un
défi un peu fou. Eric Lambé a mis 5 ans pour réaliser ce livre
« autistique ». C’est parce que (dit-il) « un jour mon père m’a glissé au creux de l’oreille : tu es le fils du roi”.
La page est complètement noircie (bleuie ?) et si les traits se relachent enfin… les formes apparaissent, le blanc éblouit soudain. Mais le style n’a pas changé… Les corps sont bruts, taillés dans la masse, sombres et vides comme 2 ronds blanc au milieu d’un visage… C’est juste beau !
La page est complètement noircie (bleuie ?) et si les traits se relachent enfin… les formes apparaissent, le blanc éblouit soudain. Mais le style n’a pas changé… Les corps sont bruts, taillés dans la masse, sombres et vides comme 2 ronds blanc au milieu d’un visage… C’est juste beau !
Photos © 2012 Fremok éditions
L’exigence d’Éric lambé se
poursuit jusqu’à l’impression de l’objet livre. Au format d’une pochette
de 33 tours, le livre est imprimé en 4 couleurs Pantone (teintes
directes). C’est selon l’éditeur Fremok, leur plus gros chantier en 2012. Je les crois volontiers, un ouvrage hors norme !
« Je ne pourrais pas imaginer que ce
travail ne soit pas un livre ; le livre en tant qu’objet est une
présence. J’ai dans ma bibliothèque pas mal de livres que je n’ai pas
complètement lu, que je n’ouvre pas souvent et pourtant je ne pourrais
pas m’en séparer. J’aime voir leurs dos et les savoir là. Il était donc
important que le travail de maquette et de production du livre soient
dans la complémentarité, la continuité du contenu. Le format est assez
proche des orignaux papier et la technique d’impression (quatre
pentones, deux bleus et deux noirs) est très fidèle à la manière dont
j’ai travaillé avec les bics bleus et noirs. Le livre devient l’oeuvre
originale pour le lecteur qui l’a entre les mains. » (Eric Lambé dans l’interview qu’il a donné sur le site des éditions Fremok)
Si vous êtes à Paris, ne manquez pas l’exposition d’Eric Lambé à la galerie Martel
( (17 rue Martel, 75010 Paris). Elle déjà connue pour ses expositions
de Crumb, Spiegelman, Swarte, Tomi Ungerer, Mattotti… Du beau monde !
C’est justement ici que vous pourrez admirer l’intégralité des planches
du livre jusqu’à à fin février.
Bibiographie d’Eric Lambé :
1994 : Publication de son premier livre, Les jours ouvrables, éditions Amok.
2001 : Ophélie et les directeurs des ressources humaines, éditions Fréon
2004 : Illustrations du livre Le sac à mains, texte de Marie Desplechin, éditions Estuaire.
2005 : La pluie, texte de Philippe de Pierpont, éditions Casterman,Illustrations du livre La photo, texte de Marie Desplechin, éditions Estuaire.
2008 : Un voyage, texte de Philippe de Pierpont, éditions Futuropolis.
2012 : Le fils du roi
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