DATAMOSH (BY YUNG JAKE): chaotic beauty
Datamoshing is the act of removing and/or replacing the I-frames (delta keyframes) and/or P-frames from a compressed video datastream causing the playback image and motion-vector data to distort with unpredictable & glitched outcome, resulting in trippy, LSD-like visuals. Yung Jake is a very interesting artist working with this technique http://yungjake.tumblr.com/: In our post of the 2nd ..read more..
SUSHI AND ICE CREAM
I remember walking back from Chelsea to my apt in the East Village in what is now recorded as the second most widespread power outage in human history or Northeast Blackout of 2003. It was a hot sweaty August afternoon as power outages spread throughout 8 U.S. states. Except for backup services, a blinded landscape ..read more..
BCXSY RUGS WOVEN BY BEDOUIN WOMAN.
BCXSY’s has developed a project called Origin Part II: Balance. This project enables Bedouin women of the Negev desert in Israel to maintain their tradition (with a decidedly modern, high quality twist) and support their families. The result is a series of rugs inspired by desert colors, woven with the wool of local desert sheep ..read more..
ANREALAGE, PIXEL FASHION
ANREALAGE is a combination of words meaning “real, unreal, and age. “Their designs are an endeavor to place value on those that do not catch our attention in our transient age, and in our everyday lives. This season both structure and patterns were put through a low-res digital lens that explored how digital imagery is ..read more..
PRETTY SMART TEXTILES
Pretty Smart Textiles is an exhibition in the Hague, the Netherlands about smart textiles. The opening will be May 27nd and will last until June 24th. For information please check: http://prettysmarttextiles.com/en/home/ Last year mid July the NIMK in Amsterdam http://nimk.nl/eng/ also had an exhibition about Smart Textiles: Wearable Technology-Powered Art & Fashion Design. One of ..read more..
