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i love light, shadows, texure, numbers, typography and coffee cups. :)
.... all so lovely.
happy, happy weekend... hope to find some time to peek at all the flickr awesomeness today!
also hoping to brave the COLD and takes some pics of the lovely snowy trees... but i'm afraid my camera may freeze.
hmmmm... :)
gosh darn work is getting in the way...
texture by florabella.
The line is of the most fundamental to “reading” a work of art: a single line can make shape, contour lines can evoke three-dimensionality, and implied lines can simply direct the eye. But beyond basic functions of a line for rendering shape or dimension or direction, depending on where a line is placed in space (the line-in-space) it has the power to alter human perception of the mind and body. Vertigo and optical illusions make strong cases for the line; these side effects distort what is perceived as real and material - what is truth and what is augmented.
Much of Czech contemporary art grapples with what is real and what is illusion. Whether in painting, sculpture, or installation, artists are looking for ways to both identify truth and either distort perception or completely augment one’s reality. To examine the ways lines are rendered is to find clarity in an artist’s mission to offer truth or alter perception; Czech artists Stanislav Kolíbal, Magdalena Jetelová, and Frederico Díaz are three artists who manipulate the line-in-space to draw attention to human vulnerability to error and misinterpretation.
The show features four of Kolíbal’s works, each work building on his exploration of line. His early use of line in primarily geometric, relating to themes of perceived differences in illusion and reality. Much of his oeuvre is informed by his penchant for geometric arrangement of matter and space. More recently, his emphasis has shifted to the need for order, a reflection on the unruliness of the earth, and the causal link to man’s presence there.
Jetelová uses thick, bold lines in all of the mediums she explores, including photography, sculpture, and land art. She sees the world turning faster, and as a result, people are losing contact with reality, which can be verified by the ubiquitous terrifying headlines of the media. By focusing on line, she allows the viewer’s vision to be narrowed to
a small point, which can then trace the pathway of the lines she has created. Her work often concentrates of these uncomplicated lines that start at point
A and end at point B. The simplicity points to the simplicity of the viewer’s vision, and the inability to see the surroundings. Her work is often characterized by this concentration on contextuality.
A busy artist and determined activist, Díaz chiefly creates installations, including many site-specific pieces. Most recently, his work has combined media and technology in order to create
a socio-political catalyst for social change. For this show, his installation Eccentric Gravity explores the time-tested tradition of designing and constructing buildings, specifically focusing on cathedrals, and their place as a religious icon in our culture. Line is as important, if not more, in design, and Díaz’s work points to this, exploring the relational qualities of line.
As a tool of expression, the line is integral to the artistic process, an understated communication of style. It links together these Czech artists in this exhibition who can seem, at times, quite disparate from each other. It reveals that an emphasis on any theme - geometry, humankind, the earth, order, social change - can be illustrated carefully through the use of line.
Ysabel Pinyol is the chief curator and co-founder of Mana Residences, Miami, Jersey City and Chicago. She lives and works alternately in New York and Miami.
A doctored photo of a poster from the exhibit of Jewish-Arab musicians. The grand Algerian singer, Line Monty. Dar Souiri, Essaouira, Morocco, Nov. 3. d.j. Cheb i Sabbah's jukebox of Arab-Jewish musicians is here: www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/france/sabbah.html.
Reflection in a window of the Louise T. Blum Institute, an art gallery in London W11. The red line is part of a James Turrell lighting installation in the windows.
Despite hours of persistent rain, Eagles the won Battle Line 59…again. Sorry for the sloppy, moist photographs. Hoping next week will see a dry Eagles victory.
Mooring line on a dock at Astoria Marine Construction Company (AMCC) located at the confluence of Jeffers Slough and the Lewis and Clark River - Astoria, OR.
Factoid:
Astoria Marine Construction, originally called Astoria Shipbuilding, was started in 1924. AMCC was originally a builder of fishing boats but became a leading builder of pleasure craft, including the Columbia River One Design. During the 1920s-1950s, AMCC built minesweepers, tugs and patrol boats for the military. It continues in business today as a repair yard.
During the almost nine decades of operation, chemicals used in boat building and repair have contaminated soil, groundwater and sediments. Investigations at the site revealed the petroleum, organotins, and heavy metals among the contaminants. The site has been proposed to the EPA's National Priorities List of contaminated sites.
This is one of the old office buildings at the Bethlehem Steel Plant. Looking inside one of these buildings was like looking into a time capsule. These buildings probably haven't been operational since the 70's or 80's and haven't been touched since. I quite liked the telephone attached to the post inside the building. The reflection of the glass doors created a double exposure look, which normal I wouldn't like, but I think it helped this photograph a bit.
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Taken from the Desert Road on New Zealand's north island. A line up of three volcanoes: Mt.Ruapehu, Mt. Ngauruhoe, and Mt. Tongariro, which together make up Mt. Tongariro National Park. The largest is Mt. Ruapehu, which also boasts 2 major ski fields, and is still an active volcano.
Tongariro Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
View of the State Line Generating Plant as viewed from underneath I-90 and along Indianapolis Blvd. (US 12, 20 & 41)
*3/2015 update -- State Line Generating Plant is the process of being demolished.
Turning the clock back to the good old days of EJ&E independence, an eastbound State Line load thunders along the Eastern Subdivision just to the west of Matteson back in September of 2008. The middle motor is a leased HLCX SD40-2 rebuild in a former Conrail/Erie Lackawanna SDP45 carbody.
Photo from a visit to The High Line a week after the opening of the first leg from Gansevoort Street to 20th Street.
Looking north at the "sundeck" between 14th and 15th Streets.