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More goodies from Yayoi Kusama—a gigantic stainless steel pumpkin in this case. Ota Fine Arts decided to give her a solo show at the event in collaboration with Victoria Miro Gallery so closed to 40 of her pieces were shown.
Here behind the sculpture you can also see some of her printmaking works, which are silkscreen on canvas. In the far back the yellow organic forms from wonderland far far away is a mixed media sculpture formed with stuffed fabric.
Yayoi Kusama
Pumpkin, 2010
Stainless steel
H220 x diameter 220 cm
H86 5/8 x diameter 65 5/8 in
# Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama (草間 彌生 or 弥生 Kusama Yayoi, born March 22, 1929) is a Japanese artist and writer.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yayoi_Kusama/
# Ota Fine Arts
3F Piramide Building, 6-6-9 Roppongi, Minato-ku
Tokyo 106-0032
Japan
47 Malan Road, #01-23 Gillman Barracks
Singapore 109444
Singapore
# Victoria Miro
16 Wharf Road
London N1 7RW
United Kingdom
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T16:44:22+0800
+ Dimensions: 3474 x 3474
+ Exposure: 1/50 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 22 mm
+ ISO: 10
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'59" N 114°10'22" E
+ Location: 香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130523.6D.13830.SQ
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“Installation by Yayoi Kusama: Pumpkin, 2010 (stainless steel)” / Ota Fine Arts + Victoria Miro / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13830.SQ
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The Sydney Opera House, designed by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, has been photographed tirelessly since its opening. That makes it harder to find a point of view that may be of interest.
I have often found its roof to be most interesting, so I try to capture its spirit in an abstract manner. To get this view, you really need a long lens—400mm here—because there is no way to get the same view up close with a wide angle. This also shows that the 100-400 is not just for birds and moons photos. It definitely has its use even when traveling.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM.
Sydney Opera House / Sydney, Australia / SML.20140315.6D.30926.P1.BW
A gang of boys in black shorts carried a long row boat towards the Shing Mun River (城門河) in Shatin (沙田) for their summer of fun at the Shatin Rowing Centre (沙田賽艇中心) in Hong Kong.
I came here originally to work on some panorama but since I am carrying loads of deadweight anyway, I brought the 7D + 100-400 with me also — and besides walking into these kids, some asian waterbirds also grace their presence in this ridiculously hot afternoon.
Upon closer inspection on other captures from the same day, it would appear that they are from the 嶺大划艇 Lingnan University Rowing Team [1].
# Notes
1. www.facebook.com/LURowingTeam
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-08-09T16:19:04+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 2916
+ Exposure: 1/500 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 390 mm
+ ISO: 250
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°23'25" N 114°12'3" E
+ Location: 香港沙田賽艇中心 Shatin Rowing Centre, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 5
+ Serial: SML.20130809.7D.49261
+ Series: 體育 Sports, 男 Men
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
男孩的夏天 Boys of Summer / 嶺大划艇 Lingnan University Rowing Team / 香港水上體育運動 Hong Kong Water Sports / SML.20130809.7D.49261
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A floating mini lighthouse (light anchor?) in the middle of 沙田海 Sha Tin Hoi in Hong Kong. Another night time long exposure for 15 sec. It actually blinked a few times but of course you will only see a blur. At first I thought that I might not be focusing well, but I think that it just might be that since it is floating on the water it is not exactly still.
# SML Workflow
Photographed with the Canon EOS 7D with the Canon EF 70-200 f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III. Processed inside Lightroom 4.
# SML Translate:
冬夜萬物寧
金輝獨詠春
More Chinese poetry writing. My 二嬸 auntie (my dad’s second brother’s wife) said that my 二叔 (my dad’s second brother), who is a retired Chinese literature teacher, said that my previous poems do not fit in the structures of 平仄 [1] tone patterns [2]. Oh I did not know that there are so many rules. SML Thank You for the EDU.
But the issue is that even though I read through the Wikipedia I still have no clue how to do it properly. I speak Cantonese. My Chinese Literature teacher in high school once said that Cantonese is most similar to the language spoken in 唐朝 [3] Tang Dynasty [4]. So in some ways it should be possible to write Chinese poems using Cantonese intonation. However, the available texts online only reference Mandarin pronunciation rules, which I do not speak very well.
That said I am learning quickly—mainly because pinyin appears to be a very efficient way of inputting Chinese on the iPhone. I used to know how to type in Canjie but I don’t really know how anymore. Having Chinese handwriting input directly on the iOS devices have made me lazy these days.
+ 冬: winter.
+ 夜: night.
+ 萬: ten thousand. Metaphor for many aka all.
+ 物: things.
+ 寧: serenity. Metaphor for silence and peacefulness. (also title of the series).
+ 金: gold, golden color.
+ 輝: shine, shimmering.
+ 獨: alone, single.
+ 詠: sing, chant.
+ 春: spring.
+ 冬夜萬物寧: everything was quiet in the winter night.
+ 金輝獨詠春: while a singular golden light (referencing the single mini floating lighthouse) sings on its own for the coming of spring. (Chinese new year is this weekend, marking the end of winter and the beginning of the spring seasons)
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-08 03:30:09 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 15.0 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 280 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4 Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'26" E
+ Location: SML Universe (Hong Kong) Limited
+ Subject: Floating light anchor on a winter night on Sha Tin Hoi reflecting the lights from the Tolo Highway from the vantage point of Ma On Shan in Hong Kong SAR, China.
在中國香港冬夜的晚上, 從馬鞍山遠看沙田海, 海水反映了吐露港公路和浮光錨的燈光和倒影。
在中国香港冬夜的晚上, 从马鞍山远看沙田海, 海水反映了吐露港公路和浮光锚的灯光和倒影。
# Notes
1. 平仄，是中國詩詞中用字的聲調。平指平直，仄指曲折。根據隋朝至宋朝時期修訂的韻書，如《切韻》、《廣韻》等，中古漢語有四種聲調，稱為平、上、去、入。除了平聲，其餘三種聲調有高低的變化，故統稱為仄聲。詩詞中平仄的運用有一定格式，稱為格律。 zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/平仄
2. Tone patterns (Chinese: 平仄; Mandarin Pinyin: píngzè; Jyutping: ping4 zak1) are common constraints in classical Chinese poetry.
The four tones of Middle Chinese—level (平), rising (上), departing (去), and entering (入) tones—are categorized into level (平) tones and oblique (仄) tones. All level tones are level. All other tones are oblique. If tone patterns are used in poetry, the pattern in which level and oblique tones occur in one line is often the inverse of a that of line next to it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_pattern
3. 唐朝（618年－907年）是中國歷史上強盛的朝代之一。國號唐是晉國的古名，泛指今山西省的中心地域。唐朝由唐高祖李淵所建立，為胡漢融合後的大帝國，與隋朝合稱隋唐。唐室出身關隴集團，先祖李虎在南北朝的西魏是八柱國之一，封為唐國公。 zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/唐朝
4. The Tang Dynasty (Chinese: 唐朝; pinyin: Táng Cháo; IPA: [tʰɑ̌ŋ tʂʰɑ̌ʊ]; Middle Chinese: Dâng) (June 18, 618 – June 1, 907) was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. It was founded by the Li (李) family, who seized power during the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire. The dynasty was interrupted briefly by the Second Zhou Dynasty (October 8, 690 – March 3, 705) when Empress Wu Zetian seized the throne, becoming the only Chinese empress regnant to rule in her own right. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_Dynasty
“冬夜萬物寧 金輝獨詠春” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130208.7D.21344
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/ #中国 #中國 #china #香港 #HongKong #Canon7D #Canon70200f4L
When I used to look at photographs of birds, I asked myself, “How hard could that be?” And as it turns out, it is a whole lot harder than I expected.
I found this asian waterbird (亞洲水鳥) near the Shatin Rowing Centre. They are quite rare. Aside from gliding in air near my apartment in Hong Kong, it seems that if they are by the shore and they leap out to fly, it is so that they can catch a fish (as pictured here). The Klimt-like reflection on the water surface is from some architecture nearby.
With the fast action of the birds, it is the first time I found a good use with the AI Servo mode. Combined with hyper shutter speed action, it is possible to frame it somewhat.
I do look forward to visiting the Hong Kong Wetlands Park now later this fall when it is not as hot, so I will get a chance for more bird watching activities.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-08-09T16:43:39+0800
+ Dimensions: 4719 x 3146
+ Exposure: 1/500 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 400 mm
+ ISO: 200
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°23'25" N 114°12'3" E
+ Location: 香港沙田賽艇中心 Shatin Rowing Centre, Hong Kong
+ Subject: 香港沙田城門河 Shing Mun River, Shatin, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 5
+ Serial: SML.20130809.7D.49392
+ Series: 鳥 Birds, 自然 Nature
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
亞洲水鳥捕魚記 Asian Waterbird catching fish / 香港自然 Nature in Hong Kong / SML.20130809.7D.49392
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A protestor adorning the Guy Fawkes mask was seen in the rally to support Snowden in Central, Hong Kong today.
Originally from the movie V for Vendetta, the Guy Fawkes mask has become the international symbol for the online hacktivist group Anonymous, which might explain why they are often commonly called the “Anonymous mask”.
Although these masks are seen across the globe for different governmental protests relating to the global financial crisis such as the Occupy Movement, it is a rare sight in Hong Kong.
I had expected to see more of these today but this was the only man I saw among the hundreds who showed up today.
# References
1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_mask
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_(group)
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-06-15T15:32:34+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/400 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 275 mm
+ ISO: 320
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°16'54" N 114°9'38" E
+ Location: 香港中環遮打花園 Chater Garden, Central, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130615.7D.42258
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, Hong Kong Rally to Support Snowden (SnowdenHK)
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
匿名者 Anonymous (Guy Fawkes Mask) / 香港聲援斯諾登遊行 Hong Kong Rally to Support Snowden (SnowdenHK) / SML.20130615.7D.42258
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Storyful write-up
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When this installation was first on view, many have questioned what it was intended to mean. The words “Same but not equal” was painted in all caps on top of a collage of Thai newspaper “khaosod” on linen canvas. The panel was placed on top of two piles of Thai rice. Although the pile of rice appears the same, one pile of rice is ordinary rice and the other, apparently, is premium export-grade Thai jasmine rice.
To one art blog Blouin Art Info [1], it is a commentary about ABHK, where Art Basel Hong Kong, though featuring many of the same galleries seen Art Basel Switzerland and Art Basel Miami, is in many ways different than their counterparts given the type of art works being shown in comparison.
To me, it is a commentary on a larger issue where news media speak of the same kind of political news though their analysis and content is highly different.
Art is up to all kinds of interpretation. I have no idea if the artist created this piece specifically for ABHK, if so then perhaps that does have some validity. It is interesting nevertheless, though I would most certainly not pay 100-150k USD for it which is apparently the asking price for this work [2].
Rirkrit Tiravanija
Untitled (same but not equal), 2013
Newspaper on Linen, Rice
286 x 220 cm
# Rirkrit Tiravanija
b. 1961 Buenos Aires, Argentina
1980 Carleton University
1980-1984 Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Canada
1984 Banff Center School of Fine Arts
1984–86 School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1985-86 Whitney Independent Studies Program
1982 Moved to New York, NY
Rirkrit Tiravanija (Thai: ฤกษ์ฤทธิ์ ตีระวนิช, pronunciation: [rɯk-rit tira-wanit] or Tea-rah-vah-nit) is a contemporary artist residing in New York, Berlin, and Chiang Mai. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1961. His installations often take the form of stages or rooms for sharing meals, cooking, reading or playing music; architecture or structures for living and socializing are a core element in his work.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rirkrit_Tiravanija
# Shanghai Gallery of Art 沪申画廊
3F, No. 3, Zhong Shan Dong Yi Road
200002 Shanghai
China
# Notes
1. enjp.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/905969/same-but-not-equ...
2. artsy.net/artwork/rirkrit-tiravanija-untitled-same-but-no...
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T17:45:10+0800
+ Dimensions: 5412 x 3619
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 29 mm
+ ISO: 640
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'59" N 114°10'22" E
+ Location: 香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130523.6D.14129
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
Mixed media installation by Rirkrit Tiravanija (b. 1961): Untitled (same but not equal), 2013 (Newspaper on Linen, Rice) / 沪申画廊 Shanghai Gallery of Art / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14129
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This ancient tree has just the right amount of “wrinkles” on its trunk.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM at the Summer Palace (頤和園) in Beijing, China.
頤和園古樹 Ancient trees, Summer Palace / 中國北京 Beijing, China / SML.20140502.6D.31716.P1
Drying fish is an age-old Chinese tradition. Seafoods are usually consumed fresh in Chinese cuisine. When you cannot finish them all, then you dry them under direct sunlight and they become some other form of delicacy.
This was photographed in Lau Fau Shan (流浮山), a fishing village in Hong Kong with the 7D + 100-400. Fishermen were seen drying the fish directly under the sun on the street near the market. The long lens renders a beautiful bokeh and allows the image to have an almost abstract quality.
魚乾 Dried Fish / 中國飲食文化 Chinese Food Culture / SML.20131118.7D.51326
Besides filled with plants unique to China, there is something special about the architecture seen inside 南蓮園池 Nan Lian Garden. No nails are used to construct any of the buildings—these are techniques developed in China way back in the 唐朝 Tang Dynasty (618 - 907 AD).
Situated in the middle of the garden is 圓滿閣 Pavilion of Perfection (pictured). Perfection (Sanskrit: paripūrna) describes being surrounded by adequacy and not lacking anything.
The Pavilion of Perfection is shaped as an octagon. The ponds surrounding it is also designed as a lotus with with eight petals. It is used to described the eight auspicious function of water used in the Buddhist tradition: 澄淨、清冷、甘美、輕軟、潤澤、安和、除飢渴、長養諸根 — to clean, to clear, sweetness, lightness, soft, moist, peacefulness, to quench thirst, and to enrich one’s roots.
In addition, the Pavilion of Perfection describes the perfectly harmonious human relationships, the perfect morality, the perfect merit, and the perfect wishes. It is used to describe a blessing for the visitors [1].
This panorama is photographed handheld using nine 7D RAW captures.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-29T15:48:20+0800
+ Dimensions: 9857 x 3653
+ Exposure: 1/40 - 1/60 sec at f/2.8
+ Focal Length: 24 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
+ Panorama FOV: 156 degree horizontal, 70 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Cylindrical
+ GPS: 22°24'12" N 114°12'25" E
+ Altitude: 21.6 m
+ Location: 中國香港九龍鑽石山鳳德道60號南蓮園池 Nan Lian Garden, 60 Fung Tak Road, Diamond Hill, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130329.7D.37104-SML.20130329.7D.37112-Pano.Cylindrical.156x70.P1.L1
+ Workflow: Hugin 2012, Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 中國旅遊 中国旅游 China Tourism, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography
# Notes
1. SML Translate: 南蓮園池: 園池景觀: 園池區域: 閣․圓滿閣:
圓滿，梵語paripūrna，是周遍充足，無所欠缺之意。南蓮園池圓滿閣為八角形，下面水池亦為八角蓮瓣造型，表示佛教淨土具有的八種殊勝功能之水，即澄淨、清冷、甘美、輕軟、潤澤、安和、除飢渴、長養諸根。此外圓滿閣有相好圓滿、萬德圓滿、功德圓滿、所願圓滿之意，表達了對各位遊人的祝福。
www.nanliangarden.org/view.php?cat=16&id=137
# Related SML Flickr
+ “南蓮園池 Nan Lian Garden” / 香港園林建築全景 Hong Kong Landscape Architecture Panorama / 中國旅遊 中国旅游 China Tourism / SML.20130329.7D.37068-SML.20130329.7D.37078-Pano.Cylindrical.154x58: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8602303024/
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“南蓮園池圓滿閣 Pavilion of Perfection, Nan Lian Garden” / 香港園林建築全景 Hong Kong Landscape Architecture Panorama / 中國旅遊 中国旅游 China Tourism / SML.20130329.7D.37104-SML.20130329.7D.37112-Pano.Cylindrical.156x70.P1.L1
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www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8609498517/sizes/o/ (9857 x 3653)
Playing with video bokeh with the Canon 7D + Canon 24-70 f2.8L.
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This is a 360-degree panorama shot from the docks of the Shatin Rowing Centre. It offers a great view of the residential developments situated around the Shing Mun River. Most of the rowing championships happen here every year.
An array of shoes were left behind on the shore by rowing participants, even though signs are posted everywhere advising people to not do that. For a long while now these “No ___” signs have become a historic snapshot of “what has been done near here” signpost for me around Hong Kong.
Noting that it would be something fun and healthy for me to do a bit of exercise, I am planning to take some rowing classes here in the future. And for that I bought a GoPro Hero3 Black edition specifically to photograph the scenery. So far I am not super impressed with its usability but we shall see what the quality is once I have gotten the chance to give it a ride.
Stitched with 12 captures on the 6D + 17-40.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-08-08T16:08:09+0800
+ Dimensions: 18488 x 4528
+ Exposure: 1/125 sec at f/11.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ Accessories: Canon TC-80N3, Manfrotto 303SPH pano head, Manfrotto tripod
+ Panorama FOV: 365 degree horizontal, 95 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Spherical
+ GPS: 22°23'25" N 114°12'3" E
+ Location: 香港沙田賽艇中心 Shatin Rowing Centre, Hong Kong
+ Subject: 香港沙田城門河 Shing Mun River, Shatin, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Autopano Giga 3, Lightroom 5
+ Serial: SML.20130809.6D.26235-SML.20130809.6D.26246-Pano.i12.360x95.M02.L1
+ Series: 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
城門河 Shing Mun River / 香港沙田賽艇中心碼頭全景 Hong Kong Shatin Rowing Centre Docks Panorama / SML.20130809.6D.26235-SML.20130809.6D.26246-Pano.i12.360x95.M02.L1
/ #全景 #Pano #Panorama #SMLPano #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #自然 #Nature #docks #water #ShingMunRiver #shatin #landscape
www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/9483885209/
www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/9483885209/sizes/o/ (18488 x 4528)
As we descend in the cable car from the peak of 泰山 Mount Tai, we see the lower peaks of the mountain sandwiched between 雲 clouds and 霧 fogs. When I grew up seeing these in Chinese paintings I had always thought that they were artists’ interpretations. It turns out it really does look poetic like this in real life. I was stunned beyond words—it was breathtakingly beautiful.
A pre-pubescent girl appears lost in wonderland. Her dress is made with flowers, her hair turns into trees as the wind blows. Flocks of seagulls turn into clouds in air, which lead towards the deep space of galaxy. A 招き猫 Maneki-neko hair pin is seen on her hair, but it looks like that it might also be a kite flying in air.
The art of Aya Takano (タカノ綾 Takano Aya) is one coming straight from science fiction, or a mythology set in a distant future. As a Superflat artist, her work is deeply rooted in the language of manga and anime. Exotic animals and landforms combined with an urban city are common themes in her artwork, and are intended to show the juxtaposition between future and fantasy.
After graduating from college, Aya Takano became an assistant for 村上隆 Takashi Murakami, who became her first mentor and jump-started her career. She also work as a manga artist and science fiction essayist.
I will be frank and say that this is not really for me—I would have probably loved it though if the brushwork is more defined and precise—as it stands there is something rather amateurish about it—but it could also be intentional? It is hard to say.
Aya Takano (b. 1976, Japan)
Ejecta
Oil on canvas
606 x 500 mm
2013
# Aya Takano (タカノ綾 Takano Aya)
born December 22, 1976, Japan
Japanese Superflat artist, manga artist, and science fiction essayist.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aya_Takano
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T14:12:59+0800
+ Dimensions: 2836 x 3224
+ Exposure: 1/320 sec at f/2
+ Focal Length: 22 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM
+ GPS: 22°16'59" N 114°10'22" E
+ Location: 香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130523.EOSM.03974
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“Painting by タカノ綾 Aya Takano: Ejecta (Oil on canvas)” / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.EOSM.03974
/ #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLFineArt #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Art #FineArt #ArtBasel #ABHK #AyaTakano #タカノ綾 #girl #painting #oiloncanvas #superflat
Two Solo Exhibitions
Exhibition dates: September 26 - November 8, 2009
Artists’ reception: Saturday, September 26, 5-8pm
Smack Mellon is pleased to present Ellen Driscoll’s installation FASTFORWARDFOSSIL: Part 2 and Fernando Souto’s photographic series The End of the Trail. The two concurrent solo exhibitions compress layers of time to explore industries and lifestyles that go beyond geographic borders. Composed of thousands of discarded plastic bottles collected by Ellen Driscoll, FASTFORWARDFOSSIL: Part 2 takes a critical look at the environmental and human damage inflicted by the oil and water industries in the last two centuries on regions as diverse as Nigeria and the United States. During extended trips to cattle ranches in the American West, Australia, and Uruguay, Fernando Souto photographed the fading culture of ranchers, creating black-and-white environmental portraits in the tradition of iconic photographers such as Walker Evans and Robert Frank. Both Driscoll and Souto are intimately tied to their craft—painstakingly cutting up salvaged bottles and printing large-scale silver gelatin photographs—asserting a tactile personal connection in their work.
Ellen Driscoll
FASTFORWARDFOSSIL: Part 2
“This installation is a continuation of a multi-year series which explores the dynamics of resource harvesting and consumption. This part of the series focuses on oil and water. Rising at 5:30 AM, I harvest #2 plastic bottles from the recycling bags put out for collection on the streets of Brooklyn. For one hour, one day at a time, I immerse myself in the tidal wave of plastic that engulfs us by collecting as many bottles as I can carry. The sculptural installation for Smack Mellon comprises 2600 bottles transformed into a 28 foot landscape. Constructed solely of harvested #2 plastic, the sculpture collapses three centuries into a ghostly translucent visual fugue in which a nineteenth century trestle bridge plays host to an eighteenth century water-powered mill which spills a twenty-first century flood from its structure. The flow contains North American, Middle Eastern, and African landmasses (sites of oil harvesting and their consumer destination) buoyed by a sea of plastic water molecules. The piece looks back to eighteenth century American industry powered by water, and forward to the oil refineries of the Niger Delta, site of prolonged guerilla warfare against oil corporations and the source of over fifty percent of crude oil for the United States—the oil that produces the plastic within which our privatized water is currently bought and sold.
The wall drawings in the exhibition are based on a close study of the inner workings of an oil refinery. By using huge shifts of scale between the macro and the micro, they depict a dystopic future based on rampant oil consumption. An oil rig shares the horizon with ocean fires and garbage scows, mega shopping malls are abandoned to spontaneous communities of slums, and a refugee camp is inundated by the waters of a melting glacier. The worlds in the drawings are drained of color, but filled with the flux and spillage of a potentially chaotic future.”
Ellen Driscoll is a sculptor whose work includes FASTFORWARDFOSSIL: Part 1 at Frederieke Taylor Gallery, Revenant and Phantom Limb for Nippon Ginko, Hiroshima, Japan, The Loophole of Retreat at the Whitney Museum, Phillip Morris, As Above, So Below for Grand Central Terminal (a suite of 20 mosaic and glass images for the tunnels at 45th, 47th, and 48th Streets), Catching the Drift, a restroom for the Smith College Museum of Art, and Wingspun for the International Arrivals Terminal at Raleigh-Durham airport. Ms. Driscoll has been awarded fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Bunting Institute at Harvard University, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Massachusetts Council on the Arts, the LEF Foundation, and Anonymous Was a Woman. Her work is included in major public and private collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of Art. She is a Professor of Sculpture at Rhode Island School of Design.
Smack Mellon
92 Plymouth Street @ Washington
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Gallery hours are Wednesday-Sunday, 12-6pm.
Related SML
+ SML Flickr Collections: Events
+ SML Flickr Sets: Dumbo Arts Center: Art Under the Bridge Festival 2009
When I was walking around Nanluoguxiang (南鑼鼓巷), a wedding procession suddenly came out of nowhere. It does not appear to be a performance. It seems that a real wedding is in progress. How did I know that it is a wedding? By the double happiness (囍) script on the litter. Red is the color of good fortune in Chinese culture, so when you are in China, you will see the color red used for almost everything festive.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM.
囍 Double Happiness (Chinese Wedding) / 中國北京南鑼鼓巷 Nanluoguxiang, Beijing, China / SML.20140503.6D.31993.P1
Also at the Canon iSQUARE Hong Kong Showroom are these photo equipment demos which doubles as observation decks for visitors.
Tsim Sha Tsui, where the showroom is located at, is one of the prime location for tourists in Hong Kong. By placing these super telephoto L lenses on EOS-1 bodies, these demo setups go beyond the function of being a simple sales tool and do double-duty as observation decks for the casual visitors.
Although you can see only one of such setup here, the showroom in fact has six of these at this corner, showcasing all the crown jewels of the Canon EF Ls including the EF 400mm
f/2.8L IS II USM (pictured), EF 800mm f/5.6L IS USM, etc. These lenses all retails for 10k+ USD so if you ever want to play with these toys without breaking the bank, this is the candy shop for you to visit.
This is by far the most ingenious photography showroom display I have ever seen. Crazyisgood. SML Love.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-12T15:11:39+0800
+ Dimensions: 4875 x 3250
+ Exposure: 1/1000 sec at f/2.0
+ Focal Length: 22 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM
+ GPS: 22°17'48" N 114°10'19" E
+ Location: 九龍尖沙咀彌敦道63號國際廣場 (iSQUARE) 20樓香港佳能數碼影像坊陳列室 Canon iSQUARE Showroom, 20/F, iSQUARE, 63 Nathan Road
Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130412.EOSM.03836
+ Series: Photojournalism
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“Canon EOS-1 + EF Super Telephoto Lens as observation decks” / 香港佳能數碼影像坊陳列室 Canon iSQUARE Showroom, Hong Kong / Crazyisgood / SML.20130412.EOSM.03836
/ #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #Crazyisgood #SMLLove #SMLOpinions #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #佳能 #Canon #EOS #EF #Lenses #Showroom #geekporn #nerds #尖沙咀 #TsimShaTsui #TST #iSquare
Liberty Square (自由廣場) is a public plaza covering over 240,000 square meters in the Zhongzheng District of Taipei, Taiwan. The name of the square recalls the important historical role it played in Taiwan’s transition from one-party rule to modern democracy in the 1990s.
Liberty Square serves as a major site for public gatherings in Taipei and is home to three major landmarks as well as civic parks. At the east end of Liberty Square stands the National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall. The square is flanked by the National Concert Hall on the north and the National Theater on the south. A park surrounds the plaza and a wall surrounds the site.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Square_(Taipei)
自由廣場 Liberty Square / 台灣台北 Taipei, Taiwan / SML.20140213.6D.30815.P1
A black kite glides in the air looking for prey near some public housing development in Hong Kong.
These birds are approximately 50-69 long with wings which span around 150cm. They usually soar high in circles gliding among thermals. They are one of the commonest raptor in Hong Kong and can often be seen circling above urban areas (pictured).
The current global population are estimated to be around 6 million. They can be seen in Asia around the year, but only in the winter in Australia and Africa, and in the summer in Europe.
These medium-sized birds of prey feed on refuse, fishes and dead animals and are considered avian scavengers, as can be seen in a photo posted earlier in my stream [1].
# References
1. The Black Kite (Milvus migrans) is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors. It is thought to be the world's most abundant species of acciptrid, although some populations have experienced dramatic declines or fluctuations. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Kite
2. 黑鳶（學名：Milvus migrans），又叫做麻鷹、老鷹、老雕、黑耳鷹、老鳶、雞屎鷹。https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/黑鸢
3. GovHK: Leisure and Cultural Services Department: Common Wild Birds Seen in Urban Parks: Black Kite: www.lcsd.gov.hk/green/birds/en/bird_2.html
# Notes
1. “痛下殺手 In for the kill” / 自然 Nature / SML.20130502.7D.40945.SQ: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8701585828/
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-09T13:52:58+0800
+ Dimensions: 4902 x 3268
+ Exposure: 1/640 sec at f/11
+ Focal Length: 400 mm
+ ISO: 400
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°25'22" N 114°13'29" E
+ Location: 香港馬鞍山海濱長廊 Ma On Shan Promenade, Hong Kong
+ Subject: 中國香港馬鞍山錦豐苑 Kam Fung Court, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130509.7D.41656
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 自然 Nature, 鳥 Birds
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“城市獵人: 麻鷹(黑鳶) Urban Hunter: Black Kite (Milvus migrans)” / 自然 Nature / SML.20130509.7D.41656
/ #自然 #Nature #鳥 #Birds #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #麻鷹 #BlackKite #鷹 #鹰 #Kite #MilvusMigrans
A fundamental achievement of Chinese wooden architecture is the load-bearing timber frame, a network of interlocking wooden supports forming the skeleton of the building. Not a single nail is used during construction.
Unlike western architecture, in ancient Chinese wooden architecture, the wall only defined an enclosure, and did not form a load-bearing element. Buildings in China have been supported by wooden frames for as long as seven millennia.
Pictured is a detail of the roof of the Hall of Supreme Harmony (太和殿), one of the largest wooden structures within China. Built in 1406, it is also one of the most well kept.
Photographed inside the Forbidden City in Beijing with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM
# More Information
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Chinese_wooden_architecture
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_of_Supreme_Harmony
太和殿屋頂 Roof Detail, Hall of Supreme Harmony / Forbidden City, Beijing, China / SML.20140430.6D.31385.P1
Porsches are everywhere in Hong Kong, so I’ve wised up—there is no reason to go look for them on the street really, all I need to do is go downstairs to the car park and there is a healthy dose of them in very bright colors.
The 911s are my favorite Porsche model—the duck which speeds. Beautiful forms and very humanistic. It is an unassuming form which roars when it runs.
Crazyisgood. SML Love.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-19 12:41:30 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5044 x 3363
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/2.0
+ Focal Length: 22mm
+ ISO: 200
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF-M22mm f/2 STM
+ GPS: 22°25'10" N 114°13'27" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山聽濤雅苑停車場 中国香港马鞍山听涛雅苑停车场 Car Park B1 Level, Vista Paradiso, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130219.EOSM.02364.P1.L1
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics, Crazyisgood
“Orange Porsche 911 Carrera” / Crazyisgood 人流 Human Logistics / SML.20130219.EOSM.02364.P1.L1
/ #人流 #HumanLogistics #Crazyisgood #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLOpinions #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #停車場 #CarPark #攝影 #摄影 #photography
#opinions #SMLLove #design #Porsche #forms #cars #carpark
As usual, the challenge lies in photographing the subject while allowing full anonymity to their identity.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-21 14:18:49 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/500 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 280 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'14" N 114°13'40" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆康街1號馬鞍山運動場 中国香港马鞍山恒康街1号马鞍山运动场 Ma On Shan Sports Ground, 1 Hang Hong Road, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130221.7D.23945.P1.L1
+ Series: 形 Forms, 體育 Sports
“跑 Run” / 體育之形 Sports Forms / SML.20130221.7D.23945.P1.L1
/ #形 #Form #SMLForms #體育 #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #男 #men #人 #people #城市 #Urban #攝影 #摄影 #photography #跑 #Run
Window Farms (Flickr) are vertical, hydroponic, modular, low-energy, high-yield edible window gardens built using low-impact or recycled local materials.
The Beach The Pier
Goal 1: to start a Windowfarming craze in New York City and other dense urban areas, helping people grow some of their food year-round in their apartment windows.
Goal 2: give ordinary folks a means to collaborate on research and development at our.windowfarms.org
History
In February 2009, through a residency at Eyebeam, Britta Riley and Rebecca Bray began to build and test the first Window Farms prototype. Growing food inside NY apartments is a challenge, but within reach. The foundational knowledge base is emerging through working with agricultural, architectural and other specialists, collecting sensor data, and reinterpreting hydroponics research conducted by NASA scientists and marijuana farmers. We have been researching and developing hydroponic designs that are inexpensive and made from relatively inexpensive materials. The working prototype is a drip system made from recycled water bottles, holding 25 plants. Beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, arugula, basil, lettuce and kale are thriving.
While completing the first Prototype in mid-April, we invited a dozen "Pioneers" to join us in creating Window Farms. We asked them to approach the project like a night class, devoting one night a week for two months. We showed them our prototype and presented the DIY research and development we did so far and invited them to build on our research to create their own designs. Currently, the Pioneers are designing their systems. Their innovative ideas are adding to the knowledgebase about DIY hydroponics.
Eyebeam Open Studios: Fall 2009
eyebeam.org/events/open-studios-fall-2009
Eyebeam is pleased to host Open Studios for its 2009 Senior Fellows, Resident Artists, and Student Residents at Eyebeam’s state-of-the-art design, research, and fabrication studio; showcasing video performance, wearable technologies, code and humor, party technology, and sustainablity design.
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Eyebeam is the leading not-for-profit art and technology center in the United States.
Founded in 1996 and incorporated in 1997, Eyebeam was conceived as a non-profit art and technology center dedicated to exposing broad and diverse audiences to new technologies and media arts, while simultaneously establishing and demonstrating new media as a significant genre of cultural production.
Since then, Eyebeam has supported more than 130 fellowships and residencies for artists and creative technologists; we've run an active education program for youth, artists' professional development and community outreach; and have mounted an extensive series of public programs, over recent years approximately 4 exhibitions and 40 workshops, performances and events annually.
Today, Eyebeam offers residencies and fellowships for artists and technologists working in a wide range of media. At any given time, there are up to 20 resident artists and fellows onsite at Eyebeam's 15,000-square foot Chelsea offices and Labs, developing new projects and creating work for open dissemination through online, primarily open-source, publication as well as a robust calendar of public programming that includes free exhibitions, lectures and panels, participatory workshops, live performances and educational series.
After sweating in direct sunlight for an hour, I managed a seamless panorama without parallax horizontally, but it would appear that while I have setup the horizontal nodal point correct, I have failed the vertical nodal point so there are vertical seams.
But this is far better than my previous shot without a pano head [1], so it is definitely an improvement. (self pat on the back). Calibrating for the vertical nodal point is tricky, as it requires comparing horizontal lines. For vertical lines I just bring a light-weight light stand with me and compare with buildings far away. For horizontal lines I have to come up with something different.
Pictured is one of the public housing development in Hong Kong, where as you can see, the view is spectacular and the air is fresh.
68-image stitch. Captured with the 6D + 17-40 mounted on Manfrotto 303 SPH pano head + 190XPro tripod. TC-80N3 remote release.
# Notes
1. 馬鞍山海濱長廊 Ma On Shan Promenade / 香港360度全景之寧 Hong Kong 360-degree Serenity Panorama / SML.20130308.7D.27330-SML.20130308.7D.27356-Pano.Cylindrical.360x62.8: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8538184863/
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-06-30T15:38:09+0800
+ Dimensions: 18473 x 6818
+ Exposure: 1/400 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ Panorama FOV: 360 degree horizontal, 136 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Spherical
+ GPS: 22°25'22" N 114°13'29" E
+ Location: 香港馬鞍山海濱長廊 Ma On Shan Promenade, Hong Kong
+ Subject: 頌安邨 Chung On Estate, 錦豐苑 Kam Fung Court, 吐露港 Tolo Harbour
+ Workflow: Autopano Giga 3, Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130630.6D.17608-SML.20130630.6D.17682-Pano.i68.360x136.Spherical
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
夏日熱度 Summer Heat / 香港馬鞍山海濱長廊360度全景之寧 Hong Kong Ma On Shan Promenade 360-degree Panoramic Serenity / SML.20130630.6D.17608-SML.20130630.6D.17682-Pano.i68.360x136.Spherical
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #全景 #Pano #Panorama #SMLPano #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
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The Summer Palace (頤和園 Yíhé Yuán) is a vast ensembles of lakes, gardens and palaces in Beijing, China. It started out life as the “Garden of Clear Ripples” (清漪園 Qīngyī Yuán) in 1750. In 1888, it was given the current name, Yihe Yuan. It served as a summer resort for Empress Dowager Cixi.
Today, it serves as a popular destination as well as a recreational park. In 1998, UNESCO included the Summer Palace on its World Heritage List.
Pictured is a panorama of the Kunming Lake (昆明湖) with the Longevity Hill (萬壽山) in the background. 18 captures were stitched together using cylindrical projection covering a FOV of 190.92 x 60.21 degrees. Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM.
# More Information
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_Palace
頤和園萬壽山昆明湖全景 Summer Palace Panorama: Longevity Hill + Kunming Lake / 中國北京 Beijing, China / SML.20140502.6D.31657-SML.20140502.6D.31674-Pano.i18.C.190.92x60.21.P1
Painting by James Cospito (Flickr), seen at the Brooklyn Art Project HQ (Flickr Group) during the Dumbo Art Festival 2009.
James Cospito's portfolio is available at www.brooklynartproject.com/profile/jcospito.
See also
+ Artits on Art: James Cospito talks about his NYC Subway series (Flickr HD video)
+ Art + Artists: James Cospito talks about Brooklyn Art Project (Flickr HD video)
13th annual D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival® (Sept 25 to Sept 27, 2009)
www.dumboartfestival.org/press_release.html
The three-day multi-site neighborhood-wide event is a one-of-a-kind art happening: where serendipity meets the haphazard and where the unpredictable, spontaneous and downright weird thrive. The now teenage D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival® presents touchable, accessible, and interactive art, on a scale that makes it the nation's largest urban forum for experimental art.
Art Under the Bridge is an opportunity for young artists to use any medium imaginable to create temporary projects on-the-spot everywhere and anywhere, completely transforming the Dumbo section of Brooklyn, New York, into a vibrant platform for self-expression. In addition to the 80+ projects throughout the historical post-industrial waterfront span, visitors can tour local artists' studios or check out the indoor video_dumbo, a non-stop program of cutting-edge video art from New York City and around the world.
The Dumbo Arts Center (DAC) has been the exclusive producer of the D.U.M.B.O Art Under the Bridge Festival® since 1997. DAC is a big impact, small non-profit, that in addition to its year-round gallery exhibitions, is committed to preserving Dumbo as a site in New York City where emerging visual artists can experiment in the public domain, while having unprecedented freedom and access to normally off-limit locations.
Related SML
+ SML Flickr Collections: Events
+ SML Flickr Sets: Dumbo Arts Center: Art Under the Bridge Festival 2009
A dirty bunny with a bow-tie sits quietly on a log in trance, completely ignoring the humans around him. People who walked by gave a curious glance but were all too WTFed-up to stand around to admire.
Much of American artist Marnie Weber (b. 1959)’s work revokes around a recurring cast of characters. Inspired by American Wsterns and Surrealism, her work is defined by a unique style of poetic narrative, which combines fantasy, animal costumes, and pastoral scenes.
This particular mixed media installation, titled ‘Log Lady & Dirty Bunny,’ was originally exhibited in 2009 for Weber’s first exhibition ‘The Truth Speakers, Sea of Silence’ with Simon Lee Gallery in London. The installation was intended to establish te relationships between the characters in the film ‘The Sea of Silence,’ which was the central focus of that show.
Marnie Weber
Log Lady & Dirty Bunny, 2009
# Marnie Weber
b. 1959
1981 B.A. University of California, Los Angeles, CA
1977-79 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marnie_Weber
# Simon Lee Gallery
304, 3/F The Pedder Building, 12 Pedder Street
Hong Kong, Central
China
12 Berkeley Street
London W1J 8DT
United Kingdom
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T17:11:54+0800
+ Dimensions: 5472 x 3648
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 800
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'59" N 114°10'22" E
+ Location: 香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130523.6D.14087
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“Installation by Marnie Weber: Log Lady & Dirty Bunny, 2009 (Mixed Media)” / Simon Lee Gallery / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14087
/ #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLFineArt #Crazyisgood #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Art #FineArt #ArtBasel #ABHK #MarnieWeber #SimonLeeGallery #US #LA #WTF #LOL
The Gate of Mental Cultivation (養心門 Yang Xin Men) is the entrance to the Hall of Mental Cultivation (養心殿 Yang Xin Dian), a significant building in the inner courtyard of the Forbidden City in Beijing.
Of particulate note here is the languages used on the blue and gold name plate of the gate. It is in both Chinese (left) and Manchu script (right). The last dynasty of China, the Qing Dynasty (清朝 Qīng Cháo), was founded by Manchurian invaders. Thus sign posts inside the palace are often written in both languages.
The hall was closed for renovation when I visited so I could only get to its gates. However, the vibrant ornaments at the gate are still quite a feast to the eyes.
Photographed at the Forbidden City in Beijing, China with the the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM.
# More Information
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qing_dynasty
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_of_Mental_Cultivation
養心門 Gate of Mental Cultivation / 中國北京故宫 Forbidden City, Beijing, China / SML.20140430.6D.31467.P1
When I posted artworks by Yoshitomo Nara and Yayoi Kusama on Facebook, artist Claudia Schwalb commented that she prefer works by Murakami, and we had an interesting discussion of whether or not it is fair to compare them to one with another.
Japanese contemporary artists are interesting as they often blur the lines between “fine” vs “commercial” or what is unfortunately coined as “high” vs “low”. The visual language which these artists employ are used by illustrators and designers alike, but the medium they choose is one which roots from more academic roots.
What is pop anyway? What is fine? What is high? What is low? I think that in the end none of that matters—what matters is that you respond to the works. Certainly we need no “academic eye” to evaluate our taste, do we?
Takashi Murakami
Pom & Me: On the Red Mound of the Dead
2013
Acrylic on canvas mounted on board
39 3/8 x 39 3/8 inches
100 x 100 cm
# Takashi Murakami (b. 1962 Japan)
Takashi Murakami (村上隆 Murakami Takashi, born in Tokyo on February 1 1962) is an internationally prolific contemporary Japanese artist. He works in fine arts media—such as painting and sculpture—as well as what is conventionally considered commercial media —fashion, merchandise, and animation— and is known for blurring the line between high and low arts.
He coined the term superflat, which describes both the aesthetic characteristics of the Japanese artistic tradition and the nature of post-war Japanese culture and society. Superflat is also used as a moniker to describe Murakami’s own artistic style and that of other Japanese artists he has influenced.
Murakami is the founder and President of Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., through which he manages the careers of several younger artists and organizes the biannual art fair GEISAI.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takashi_Murakami
# Blum & Poe
2727 S. La Cienega Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90034
USA
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T16:18:57+0800
+ Dimensions: 2650 x 2650
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 325 mm
+ ISO: 200
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'59" N 114°10'22" E
+ Location: 香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130523.6D.13924.SQ
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“Painting by Takashi Murakami 村上隆: Pom & Me: On the Red Mound of the Dead, 2013 (Acrylic on canvas mounted on board)” / Blum & Poe / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13924.SQ
/ #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #Crazyisgood #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLFineArt #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Art #FineArt #ArtBasel #ABHK #TakashiMurakami #村上隆 #blumandpoe #Japan #popart #pop
Here is a super close-up look of the changing of the guards against the red facade at the main shrine. The honor guards seen here are from the Air Force, as depicted by the badge on their jacket (空軍儀隊).
The heavy 100-400 saw its first (and only) use for the entire trip. I have to think hard every time I pack when I travel, mostly because of the dead weight, but then every now and then I am so glad that I did bring it along. So these days it’s a keeper unless I envision that I will be trekking long distances.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 7D + Canon EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS USM. Processed in Lightroom 5.
# More Information
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Revolutionary_Martyrs'_Shrine
空軍儀隊 Air Force Honor Guards / 國民革命忠烈祠儀隊交接儀式 Changing of the Guards at the National Revolutionary Martyrs’ Shrine / 台灣台北 Taipei, Taiwan / SML.20140211.7D.51759
/ #台灣 #臺灣 #Taiwan #台北 #Taipei #SMLTravel #旅遊 #旅游 #Travel #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #男 #Men #SMLMen #人 #people #兵 #soldier #軍 #military #shrine #紅 #红 #red
The rooftop of this Buddhist temple features intricate details of dragons painted in vibrant colors. These figures are traditionally used to decorate Chinese imperial roof tops, and it shows influence here towards temple designs. In historic China, the color yellow and the dragon figure is reserved for the emperors only. Here in Taiwan, such restriction obviously does not apply.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 7D + Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L. Processed in Lightroom 5.
# More Information
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_roof_decoration
佛寺蹲獸 Chinese imperial roof decoration (roof-figures) of a Buddhist temple / 台灣台北 Taipei, Taiwan / SML.20140210.7D.51740
/ #台灣 #臺灣 #Taiwan #台北 #Taipei #SMLTravel #旅遊 #旅游 #Travel #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #architecture #建筑 #建築 #tradition #roof #decoration #dragon #Buddhist #figures #vibrant #colors #orange
Inside the main hall sits a large bronze statue of Chiang Kai-shek. The figure is shown smiling, seated and wearing traditional Chinese dress. Inscribed on the wall above and behind the seated figure are the Chinese characters for Ethics (倫理), Democracy (民主), and Science (科學).
An elaborate caisson is set into the ceiling, decorated with the emblem of the Kuomintang (KMT). Representatives of the armed forces guard the main hall during its open hours.
# More Information
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Chiang_Kai-shek_Memorial_Hall
中正紀念堂正堂 Main Hall, Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall / 台灣台北 Taipei, Taiwan / SML.20140213.6D.30753
/ #台灣 #臺灣 #Taiwan #台北 #Taipei #TW #SMLTravel #旅遊 #旅游 #Travel #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #landmark #memorial
This is where I live. Not this particular tower but another one close to the promenade. No feng shui holes here but who needs feng shui holes when you the air is free of pollution and birds are singing outside?
When this place was first built, there was absolutely nothing around the complex, and it truly felt like a paradise. But alas the space in Hong Kong is tight but very soon the development is surrounded by other buildings, including some public housing development which is seen also at the top of the capture.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-09T13:56:12+0800
+ Dimensions: 5384 x 3589
+ Exposure: 1/500 sec at f/10
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'18" N 114°13'30" E
+ Location: 香港馬鞍山恆明街2號聽濤雅苑 Vista Paradiso, 2 Hang Ming Street, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130509.6D.05679
+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“聽濤望藍天 Vista Paradiso against the blue sky” / 香港住宅建築之形 Hong Kong Residential Architecture Forms / SML.20130509.6D.05679
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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #聽濤雅苑 #VistaParadiso #住宅 #residential
13th annual D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival® (Sept 25 to Sept 27, 2009)
www.dumboartfestival.org/press_release.html
The three-day multi-site neighborhood-wide event is a one-of-a-kind art happening: where serendipity meets the haphazard and where the unpredictable, spontaneous and downright weird thrive. The now teenage D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival® presents touchable, accessible, and interactive art, on a scale that makes it the nation's largest urban forum for experimental art.
Art Under the Bridge is an opportunity for young artists to use any medium imaginable to create temporary projects on-the-spot everywhere and anywhere, completely transforming the Dumbo section of Brooklyn, New York, into a vibrant platform for self-expression. In addition to the 80+ projects throughout the historical post-industrial waterfront span, visitors can tour local artists' studios or check out the indoor video_dumbo, a non-stop program of cutting-edge video art from New York City and around the world.
The Dumbo Arts Center (DAC) has been the exclusive producer of the D.U.M.B.O Art Under the Bridge Festival® since 1997. DAC is a big impact, small non-profit, that in addition to its year-round gallery exhibitions, is committed to preserving Dumbo as a site in New York City where emerging visual artists can experiment in the public domain, while having unprecedented freedom and access to normally off-limit locations.
Related SML
+ SML Flickr Collections: Events
+ SML Flickr Sets: Dumbo Arts Center: Art Under the Bridge Festival 2009
I have to take a break from my photojournalism, so here is a panoramic view of the Hong Kong Coliseum (香港體育館), photographed recently when I went to attend a lecture but could not hear a thing because the sound projection at the “mountain top” was dismal at best. So as usual, I took the opportunity to do photography instead.
The coliseum is better known amongst the public as the Hung Hom Coliseum (紅磡體育館, 紅館). Although it was built for sports originally, it was mostly used for pop music concerts and other large performance events which need to house a large amount of audience. Opened in 1983, it seats 12,500 people and is the second largest indoor facility in Hong Kong, only behind the AsiaWorld-Arena opened in 2005.
The seats to the top of the audience stage is intimately known as the “山頂” (mountain top) mostly because it was so far away from the stage. But as you can see, it offers a fantastic view for panoramic photography.
Stitched using 10 full res RAW captures with the 6D + 17-40 f/4L. Processed using Autopano Giga 3, a new pano stitching software I just bought and am trying out.
# References
+ Hong Kong Coliseum: Wikipedia: EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Coliseum
+ 香港體育館: Wikipedia: ZH-HK: zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/香港體育館
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-27T19:336:05+0800
+ Dimensions: 9253 x 4433
+ Exposure: 1/15 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 12800
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ Panorama FOV: 176 degree horizontal, 93 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Spherical
+ GPS: 22°17'4" N 114°9'39" E
+ Location: 香港九龍油尖旺區紅磡灣暢運道9號香港體育館 Hong Kong Coliseum, 9 Cheong Wan Road, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Autopano Giga 3.0, Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130527.6D.15089-SML.20130527.6D.15098-Pano.Spherical.176x93
+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“紅館山頂觀” / 香港體育館全景 Hong Kong Coliseum Panorama / SML.20130527.6D.15089-SML.20130527.6D.15098-Pano.Spherical.176x93
/ #建築 #建筑 Architecture #形 #Forms #SMLForms #全景 #Pano #SMLPano #CreativeCommons #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #香港體育館 #紅館 #Autopano
www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8556232281/sizes/o/ (7783 x 3280 original)
Sunset is the perfect time for landscape photography, and it is clear from this panorama why that is. This is stitched together using 11 full res RAW captures with the 7D + 17-40 /f4L. It is handheld, but as you see Hugin 2012 does a beautiful job.
On the left hand side is a row of old-style public housing development. In the center is some new private housing development. And to the right is the New Town Plaza as well as the Shatin City Hall.
Different pricing, same view. Hong Kong is awesome, yes?
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-06 17:35:19 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 7783 x 3280
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ Panorama FOV: 166 degree horizontal, 72 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Cylindrical
+ GPS: 22°22'46" N 114°11'29" E
+ Altitude: 9.2 m
+ Location: 中國香港新界沙田城門河瀝源橋 中国香港新界沙田城门河沥源桥 Lek Yuen bridge, Shing Mun River in Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130306.7D.26953-SML.20130306.7D.26963-Pano.Cylindrical.166x72
+ Workflow: Hugin 2012, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography
“沙田城門河日落 Sunset in Shatin Shing Mun River” / 香港全景攝影 Hong Kong Panoramic Photography / SML.20130306.7D.26953-SML.20130306.7D.26963-Pano.Cylindrical.166x72
/ #全景 #Pano #SMLPano #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #沙田 #Shatin #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #landscape #城市 #Urban #街 #Street
Chinese celebrates the Lantern Festival (元宵節) [1] on the fifteenth day of the first month the lunar calendar. It is celebrated because it is the first full moon of that lunisolar year.
It is customary during this festival to hang lots of colorful lanterns for people to appreciate. Word puzzles are often written directly on these lanterns to be solved with prizes to be won. I do not see any riddles here, but if you look closely, you will see that the lanterns are marked with individualised numbers, which suggests that the puzzles may very well be present inside.
These were seen at a temple [2] filled with festive red lanterns while I was walking around the Shilin Night Market (士林夜市).
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM. Processed in Lightroom 5.
# Notes
1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lantern_Festival
2. As suggested earlier, temples appear to pop up everywhere unexpectedly in Taipei.
元宵燈籠 Red lanterns during the Lantern Festival (CN: Yuan Xiao / HK: Yuen Siu) / 台灣台北士林夜市 Shilin Night Market, Taipei, Taiwan / SML.20140210.6D.30696
/ #台灣 #臺灣 #Taiwan #台北 #Taipei #SMLTravel #旅遊 #旅游 #Travel #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #temple #士林 #Shilin #燈籠 #lantern #紅 #红 #red #festival #tradition #元宵 #YuanXiao #YuenSiu #LanternFestival
# 黃嘉麗 WONG Ka Lai, Kali
Monsters Family
kalai.w1990@gmail.com
+852 6849 7416
# Sponsor
+ China Union (Cashmere) International Group Limited
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
黃嘉麗 WONG Ka Lai, Kali: Monsters Family: Collection / PolyU Fashion Show 2013 / SML.20130626.7D.43076
/ #PolyUFashionShow2013 #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #Crazyisgood
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #理工大學 #PolyU #fashion #design #people #WongKaLai #KaliWong #黃嘉麗 #MonstersFamily #womens #women #models #cashmere
Whereas the Bird’s Nest has red chairs accented with whites, the Water Cube has blue chairs accented with whites. Like the Bird’s Nest, the chairs also form a gradated patterns moving from the bottom to the top.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM.
# More Information
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_National_Aquatics_Center
水立方北京國家游泳中心 The Water Cube, Beijing National Aquatics Center / 中國北京體育建築之形 Sports architecture forms in Beijing, China / SML.20140502.6D.31855.P1
New York-based artist Petah Coyne has taken the term “mixed media” to new heights. Seen at the Galeries Lelong at Art Basel Hong Kong 2013, the “Untitled #1378 (ZELDA, Alabama Slammer Series)” has a media listing which reads like a laundry list of ingredients on a piece of candy. It is eye candy in this case, which includes silk flowers, a personal wax formula, candles, stands of ribbons, knitting needles, steel rods and more.
I do not know if it is specific to the very “friendly” Chinese audience, a lot of these sculptures seen at the art fair comes with a gigantic glass display case. There is a fantasy world housed inside her cage, waiting to come alive.
Enchanting. Crazyisgood. SML Love.
# Art Info
Petah Coyne
Untitled #1378 (ZELDA, Alabama Slammer Series), 1997-2013
Silk flowers, specially-formulated wax, candles, acrylic paint, white pigment, pearl-head pins, artificial pearl strands, cast wax, statuary figure, cast wax hand sculptures, ribbon, knitting needles, steel rods, chicken-wire, washers, fabric, thread, wire, horse hair, Masonite, plywood, drywall, plaster, glue, filament, rubber, steel, wood and metal screw, maple, laminated Luxar.
81.2 x 35.75 x 35.75 inches (206.2 x 90.8 x 90.x cm)
# Petah Coyne
Born in New York, USA, 1953
Lives and works in New York
Petah Coyne is well known for her beautifully hand-crafted sculptures made from innovative materials such as silk flowers, velvet, ribbons, and pearls. In many of her works, Coyne adds layers of floral elements to adorn central figures, carefully covering the composition in her own unique blend of wax. Her sculptures often convey a complex narrative about innocence and seduction, life and death, and vulnerability and redemption as a mirror to real life. In 2010, Coyne presented a major solo exhibition at one of the United States’ largest contemporary art museums, MASS MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petah_Coyne
# Galerie Lelong
Galerie Lelong is located in Paris, New York and Zurich.
The Paris gallery has been exhibiting recent works from artists of international standing since 1981. The 1980s were notable for artists who went on to become household names, including Joan Miró, Antoni Tàpies, Francis Bacon, Eduardo Chillida, Paul Rebeyrolle and Pierre Alechinsky, but also for the next generation of artists: Konrad Klapheck, Jan Dibbets, Jannis Kounellis, Arnulf Rainer, Nicola De Maria and Jan Voss.
In the 1990s, the gallery hosted artists who represented major movements in contemporary art: Sean Scully, Günther Förg, Andy Goldsworthy, Karel Appel, Ernest Pignon-Ernest and Antonio Saura.
Since the turn of the century, Galerie Lelong has accentuated the geographical and expressive diversity of its artists: from sculpture and objects by Jaume Plensa, David Nash, Wolfgang Laib, Rebecca Horn, Barry Flanagan and Urs Lüthi to installations by Barthélémy Toguo, without forgetting painting, namely Robert Motherwell, Ryan Mendoza and Kate Shepherd.
Following the first personal exhibition of Louise Bourgeois in France in 1985, Galerie Lelong has also exhibited Nancy Spero, Ana Mendieta, Kiki Smith, Nalini Malani and Jane Hammond.
Galerie Lelong has a large publishing department which produces and distributes engravings, lithographs, digital prints and multiple objects, and collates these works in catalogues raisonnés.
It produces monumental sculptures to order for public spaces and private clients.
The gallery is present at the leading international contemporary art fairs (Art Basel, Art Basel Miami Beach, Fiac Paris, Art HK, Arco Madrid, Art Brussels, Art Cologne).
The directors of the Gallery are Daniel Lelong, Jacques Dupin and Jean Frémon (Paris); Patrice Cotensin (editions); Mary Sabbatino (New York) and Anne Blümel (Zürich).
13, rue de Téhéran
75008 Paris
France
528 West 26th Street
New York, NY 10001
USA
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T16:21:37+0800
+ Dimensions: 2874 x 4672
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 35 mm
+ ISO: 800
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'58" N 114°10'22" E
+ Location: 香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130523.6D.13930
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“Mixed Media Sculpture by Petah Coyne: Untitled #1378 (ZELDA, Alabama Slammer Series), 1997-2013” / Galerie Lelong / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13930
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EL Wire Dress by Diana Eng
Aqua silk chiffon organically draped dress edge with electroluminescent wire controlled by an accelerometer. Circuit boards are housed in 3-D printed neck piece.
SML Pro Blog: Diana Eng's Fairytale Fashion Collection Debut at Eyebeam NYC
+++
Fairytale Fashion Show
2010-02-24
7pm - 9pm
Eyebeam
Diana Eng presented the Fairytale Fashion Collection in a technology fashion show on Wed., February 24, 7PM, at Eyebeam. Models hit the runway while an orchestra of circuit bending DJ’s create music from hacked video game consoles.
The Fairytale Fashion Collection uses technology to create magical clothing in real life. Electronics, mechanical engineering, and mathematics are used to create clothing with blooming flowers, changing colors and transforming shapes. Research and development for the Fairytale Fashion collection are shared online at FairytaleFashion.org as an educational tool that teaches about science, math, and technology through fashion. Fairytale Fashion was created with the support of Eyebeam Art and Technology Center, the leading not-for-profit art and technology center in the United States.
Diana Eng is a fashion designer who specializes in technology, math, and science. Her designs range from inflatable clothing to fashions inspired by mechanical engineering. She is a designer from Bravo’s Emmy nominated TV show, Project Runway season 2 and author of Fashion Geek: Clothes, Accessories, Tech. Diana is cofounder of NYC Resistor hacker group. Diana is currently a resident artist at Eyebeam.
See also video interview with the artist (Flickr HD video).
Deadly Sins
A new collectible, slated to set the mark as an icon for the 22nd Century - collect all Seven Deadly Sins. Due out by December in an exclusive limited edition set.
Pure Products USA | Ligorano/Reese Collaboration in Art
Towards a Surreal Politik…
In 1992, we began Pure Products of America as a series of multiple editions focusing on the impact of marketing on politics. Over the past 17 years, the series has expanded and now includes 14 pieces running the gamut from snow globes to underwear (our underwear was the first to pack a political message), to happy meals.
Each object is signed and numbered in various sized editions. When we introduce Pure Products, we send some of them as gifts to government officials. Presidents Obama, Bush, and Clinton, members of the Supreme Court and various Senators and Congressional representatives have all received a pure product at one time or another.
Pure Products also function as discreet elements in installations. The installations The Bible Belt, Pillars of the Clean Order, and Steel Nipples incorporated them in sculptural settings with video and other media. In 2001, we expanded on this idea with the inauguration of an online retail website as part of the project.
Each piece is grounded within a framework that satirizes political values and, often, lampoons morality. Some pure products, like Line Up and Contract with America underwear, became media sensations, reported in the press, on television and radio. The commentary surrounding the artwork is a mixture of absurdity and culture jamming, amplifying how much the media interprets and misinterprets contemporary art and blurs the connections between art, activism and commerce.
ligoranoreese.net/pure-products-usa
Bio
NORA LIGORANO and MARSHALL REESE have collaborated together as Ligorano/Reese since the early 80’s. They use collaboration to blend diverse talents into a singular voice and vision. In the process of creating their work, their individual contributions cross and criss-cross between each other from brainstorming to realizing and making the art on location or in the studio.
They use unusual materials and industrial processes to make their limited edition multiples, videos, sculptures and installations, moving easily from dish towels, underwear, and snow globes, to electronic art and computer controlled interactive installations.
They take and manipulate images, audio and text from old media: print, television, radio and combine that with the new: internet and mobile telecommunications. Their pursuit is an ongoing investigation into the impact of technology on culture and the associations and meanings that the media brings to images, language and speech in politics.
They have an interest with using open forms to involve community interaction, like their drawing contests, Crater Bay Area for the 01 Festival in San Jose and Crater New York at Location1. Installations that combine sculpture with public participation in drawing, within the context of a contest that is also streamed on the internet and in Second Life. Their ice sculptures, “Main Street Meltdown” and “The State of Things” share that same sense of open possibility, fusing natural processes of erosion and decay as flexible durations and markers to determine the experience of the work.
Many of their sculptures and installations reinterpret and reexamine older forms of technology - using objects that signify truth, authority and manifest cultural historicity. Ligorano/Reese use mirrors, clocks, metronomes and medieval codex bindings and combine them with video screens. They have invented micro-projection systems to display films on the head of a pin or the counterweight of a metronome.
Since 2004, they’ve investigated portraiture as a construct of social representation. Line Up (2004-5), their series of portraits of Bush administration officials in mug shot, acknowledges that the mug shot is the preeminent form of portraiture now that more people are incarcerated in the U.S. than any other country in the world. In December, 2007, the exhibition of these photos at the New York Public Library caused a firestorm of controversy with heavy rotation on FoxNews, DrudgeReport’s homepage and many, many other publications.
In 2001, they launched www.pureproductsusa.com, the online retail website for their infamous political art series the Pure Products of America. Since 1992, Ligorano/Reese have made 11 multiples in signed editions of 3 to 100. They are best selling editions at Printed Matter, artbook@ps1 and the New Museum store and have prompted, at least on one occasion, the RNC to threaten them with copyright infringement.
For more information see “The Joy of Collaborating: recipes for time-based art.”
Eyebeam Open Studios: Fall 2009
eyebeam.org/events/open-studios-fall-2009
Eyebeam is pleased to host Open Studios for its 2009 Senior Fellows, Resident Artists, and Student Residents at Eyebeam’s state-of-the-art design, research, and fabrication studio; showcasing video performance, wearable technologies, code and humor, party technology, and sustainablity design.
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Eyebeam is the leading not-for-profit art and technology center in the United States.
Founded in 1996 and incorporated in 1997, Eyebeam was conceived as a non-profit art and technology center dedicated to exposing broad and diverse audiences to new technologies and media arts, while simultaneously establishing and demonstrating new media as a significant genre of cultural production.
Since then, Eyebeam has supported more than 130 fellowships and residencies for artists and creative technologists; we've run an active education program for youth, artists' professional development and community outreach; and have mounted an extensive series of public programs, over recent years approximately 4 exhibitions and 40 workshops, performances and events annually.
Today, Eyebeam offers residencies and fellowships for artists and technologists working in a wide range of media. At any given time, there are up to 20 resident artists and fellows onsite at Eyebeam's 15,000-square foot Chelsea offices and Labs, developing new projects and creating work for open dissemination through online, primarily open-source, publication as well as a robust calendar of public programming that includes free exhibitions, lectures and panels, participatory workshops, live performances and educational series.
This capture has a weird dimensions because it was shot while I was in video mode—I shot the full video of this, to be posted once I am done with it.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-04T17:43:50.092 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 2916
+ Exposure: 1/200 sec at f/11
+ Focal Length: 38 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°26'11" N 114°13'2" E
+ Altitude: 3157.5 m
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Serial: SML.20130304.EOSM.03030.P1.L1
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 自然 Nature
“日落雲海觀 Sunset Cloudscape” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130304.EOSM.03030.P1.L1
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #自然 #Nature #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #landscape #雲 #Cloud #Cloudscape #自然 #Nature
Situated in the middle of buzzing streets of Hong Kong, there lies a 3.5-hectare Chinese Classical Garden called Nan Lian Garden (南蓮園池) built in the Tang Dynasty style with hills, water features, trees, rocks and wooden structures.
Whenever visitors to Hong Kong asked me where they should go, I always recommend them to visit here. Not only is the garden filled with exotic plants unique to Chinese landscape, it also has one of the best vegetarian restaurant and tea house in the city.
The garden is completed in 2006 as a joint project of the Chi Lin Nunnery and the Hong Kong Government.
Photographed handheld, this panorama is stitched using eleven 7D RAW captures.
# More information
+ Wikipedia: EN: Nan Lian Garden: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nan_Lian_Garden
+ Hong Kong Leisure and Cultural Services Department: www.lcsd.gov.hk/parks/nlg/en/index.php
+ Hong Kong Tourism Board: www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/see-do/culture-heritage/chin...
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-29T15:42:24+0800
+ Dimensions: 9690 x 3474
+ Exposure: 1/50 - 1/80 sec at f/2.8
+ Focal Length: 24 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
+ Panorama FOV: 154 degree horizontal, 58 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Cylindrical
+ GPS: 22°24'12" N 114°12'25" E
+ Altitude: 21.6 m
+ Location: 中國香港九龍鑽石山鳳德道60號南蓮園池 Nan Lian Garden, 60 Fung Tak Road, Diamond Hill, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130329.7D.37068-SML.20130329.7D.37078-Pano.Cylindrical.154x58
+ Workflow: Hugin 2012, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 中國旅遊 中国旅游 China Tourism, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography
“南蓮園池 Nan Lian Garden” / 香港園林建築全景 Hong Kong Landscape Architecture Panorama / 中國旅遊 中国旅游 China Tourism / SML.20130329.7D.37068-SML.20130329.7D.37078-Pano.Cylindrical.154x58
/ #中國旅遊 #中国旅游 #ChinaTourism #全景 #Pano #SMLPano #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #鑽石山 #DiamondHill #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #園林 #Garden #城市 #Urban #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #landscape #自然 #Nature
www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8602303024/
www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8602303024/sizes/o/ (9690 x 3474)
You don’t normally talk about sex in China, so it was fun to see this gigantic installation at Art Basel Hong Kong recently.
Titled “Play - (201301)”, it is a gigantic gothic cathedral made completely out of leather fetish gear. The artist responsible is 没顶公司 MadeIn Company, a contemporary art creation company founded by Chinese artist 徐震 Xu Zhen.
Quite a showpiece. When I saw this a crowd of high school girls were giggling non-stop around the installation. This might be the first and last time they would have ever experienced this—perhaps no one really knew what they are looking at except me?
Crazyisgood. SML Love.
MadeIn Company
Play - (201301), 2013
# MadeIn Company
MadeIn Company was established in 2009 in Shanghai by Xu Zhen, it is a contemporary art creation company, focused on the production of creativity, and devoted to the research of contemporary culture’s infinite possibilities.
没顶公司是由艺术家徐震创办于2009年。 是一个当代艺术创作型公司，以生产艺术创造力为核心，致力于探索当代文化的无限可能。这对当代艺术的创作模式、收藏消费系统以及作者权等问题开始了全面挑战和标准的刷新。
沒頂公司是由藝術家徐震創辦於2009年。是一個當代藝術創作型公司，以生產藝術創造力為核心，致力於探索當代文化的無限可能。這對當代藝術的創作模式、收藏消費系統以及作者權等問題開始了全面挑戰和標準的刷新。
Personnel:
徐震 Xu Zhen, 金利萍 Vigy Jin, 关超群 (關超群) Alexia Dehaene, 俞玮 (俞瑋) Yu Wei, 陆平原 (陸平原) Lu Pingyuan, 郁天柱 (鬱天柱) Yu Tianzhu, 奶粉 Nathan Zhou, 林晓彤 (林曉彤) Louise Lam, 沈崴崴 Shen Weiwei, 汪嘉伦 (汪嘉倫) Wang Jialun, 沈卿 Shen Qing, 朱慧 Zhu Hui, 郭利 Guo Li, 余菲菲 Yu Feifei, 周菁 Zhou Jing, 王强 Wang Qiang, 张俐 (張俐) Zhang Li, 夏云飞 (夏雲飛) Xia Yunfei, 孙崴 (孫崴) Sun Wei, 何越 He Yue, 何雪峰 He Xuefeng, 仇银美 (仇銀美) Chou Yinmei, 李强 Li Qiang, 江国雄 (江國雄) Jiang Guoxiong
1/F, Bldg 8, 18 Wuwei Road, 200331 Shanghai, CHINA
上海普陀区武威路18号桃浦创意园8号楼1楼
# Long March Space 长征空间 (長征空間)
Founded by Lu Jie in the 798 Art District of Beijing in 2002, Long March Space plays a vital role in pursuing new avenues of production, discourse, and promotion of contemporary art in China. Working to advance the careers of eighteen artists across three generations, the gallery looks to establish a portfolio of the most progressive artists working in contemporary China today.
4 Jiuxianqiao Road, Chaoyang District
Beijing 100015
China
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T17:10:15+0800
+ Dimensions: 5433 x 3622
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 1600
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'59" N 114°10'22" E
+ Location: 香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130523.6D.14071
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“Installation by 没顶公司 (沒頂公司) MadeIn Company: Play (201301), 2013 (leather, rope, mixed media)” / 长征空间 (長征空間) Long March Space / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14071
/ #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLFineArt #Crazyisgood #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Art #FineArt #ArtBasel #ABHK #没顶公司 #MadeInCompany #LongMarchSpace #长征空间 #installation #leather #rope
Here is another shot of those same “god rays” [1] as you guys call it shot on the same day with the 7D + 100-400.
Crepuscular rays [2] are rays of sunlight which radiate from the sun through gaps in clouds. Interestingly I don’t know anything about it but when I see the Chinese name I immediately knows what it means. Chinese is great that way, as the name 雲隙光 [3] literally means lights from the gaps of cloud—so basically cloud as gobo…
This shot was processed in Photoshop Lab color mode as the colors require a very delicate balance. Lightroom’s RGB only editing poses some limitations as to what you can do, and for the sky specifically using two sliders for color temperature tweaking is closed to impossible to get what I wanted. Maybe some day we will see Lab color mode in Lightroom, maybe? Adobe?
# Notes
1. “天開 Opening of the sky” / 香港國際機場之寧 Hong Kong International Airport Serenity / SML.20130425.6D.02896: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8680281995/
2. Crepuscular ray: Wikipedia: EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crepuscular_rays
3. 雲隙光: Wikipedia: ZH: zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/雲隙光
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-25T08:25:41+0800
+ Dimensions: 4962 x 3308
+ Exposure: 1/2000 sec at f/4.5
+ Focal Length: 105 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°18'50" N 113°56'13" E
+ Location: 香港國際機場 Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130425.7D.40078.P1.L1
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“雲隙光 Crepuscular rays (God Rays)” / 香港國際機場之寧 Hong Kong International Airport Serenity / SML.20130425.7D.40078.P1.L1
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #自然 #Nature #山水 #Landscape #雲 #Cloud #Cloudscape #天 #空 #Sky #GodRays #CrepuscularRays