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Goldberg Variations Variations

hubs — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:54:33 +0000

Artist, John Menick, has created an album entitled “Goldberg Variations Variations or Music for Insomniacs”. The work simultaneously plays ten different synchronized recordings of of Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Goldberg Variations BMV 988“. All of the ten recordings are synced at the first note. But, because of the varying tempos of each of the ten different recordings, they quickly fall out of step with each other and dissolve into a beautiful chaos and eventually end with the quiet, final notes of the slowest paced recording of the Variation.

The CD contains all thirty of the Bach’s Variations, including the Aria and Aria da Capo. Below, you can listen to the first track.

Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Aria

One Year’s Addictions

hubs — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:56:49 +0000

I love this project put together by Rollertrain. “One Year’s Addictions” is a collection of one entire years worth of “empty cigarette boxes, tubes of chapstick, beer bottle tops, empty bottles of lubricant, empty prescription pill bottles and broken ipod headphones.” I shutter to think of what my collection of addictions would look like – it would be very different, no doubt, but no less sinister.

Photo courtesy of Libby Lynn.

B Flat

hubs — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:37:15 +0000

Play any of these together, some or all. Start them at any time, in any order. Mix them with the individual volume sliders. Then sit back and get washed over by the B flat ambiance.

This all taken from a collaborative music and spoken word project called Bp 2.0 conceived by Darren Solomon from Science for Girls.

It’s All In The Ending

hubs — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:47:19 +0000

I really dug the video for Mat & Kim’s song “Lessons Learned” (great song to boot). Not since The Prodigy’s “Slap My Bitch Up” has the last 10 seconds of a music video made such an indelible impact on me. There is a decent interview with them on Pitchfork about the video.

I posted both of the videos below. It’s important to watch the last ten seconds of each video. It should also be noted that both videos are NSFW.

Smack My Bitch Up by The Prodigy [flash medium=7 w=500]

Lessons Learned by Matt & Kim – This one is in HD so watch it full-screen [flash medium=8 w=500]

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hubs — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:46:57 +0000

Why? Try Searching Google. Still need a hint? Ask David Horvitz.

Deleted Image

hubs — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:34:57 +0000

Yesterday I was bestowed the honor of one of having one of my photographs be the 1,000th image posted on the Deleted Images: The Junkyard Of Art photoblog.

The photo was taken while swimming with dolphins on a trip to Florida early last fall and can be seen below. It’s true what they say – “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure”. Thanks guys.

Audrey Kawasaki Interview

hubs — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:45:54 +0000

Audrey Kawasaki doesn’t do too many interviews so this recent interview with her, conducted by Lou O’ Bedlam, was a welcome find.

I owe a whole lot to the internet!! Without it, my work would have definitely not be seen by so many people. It’s such a wonderful thing! All these blogs and forums, all these exchanges and comment and opinions. I started having an art blog 4 years ago, and I think that helped people feel more connected and updated to what I’m doing. Blogs are great.

R-G-B

hubs — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:20:15 +0000

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Josh’s Art Opening

hubs — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:30:37 +0000

Last week I went to my friend Josh’s art opening. He was showing lots of new stuff that followed a similar vein as his last showing, but using some new mediums including willow and steal, and taking a more architectural bent. I recommend you go check it out if you have a chance. The showing is currently held at the Icelantic Gallery. If you haven’t yet heard of Icelantic, they’re a local Denver company making some really cool, short production, skis. All their models have some incredible graphics (by Travis Parr), and from what I understand, a pretty sweet ride.

Touching Strangers

hubs — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:36:25 +0000

Photographer Richard Renaldi released a cool new project today called “Touching Strangers”. The collection consists of street portraits of, you guessed it, strangers touching. In an interview with Jörg Colberg, Richard explains:

It is rather awkward to approach someone and ask them if they are interested in touching another stranger for a photograph. I think maybe my nervous, slightly pleading voice kicks in, combined with a little charm. I generally give them my spiel about being a photographer working on a project, and I try to have my book, Figure and Ground, to show to them. It was never easy – though most everyone who agreed to participate was a good sport. Most people eventually grasped the concept, and often it seemed to be a pleasant distraction from their day.

Images from the project can be found after the jump. Also worth browsing through are Richards other photographic collections my favorite being “Bus Travelers”, “Fresno”, “Madison Avenue”, and “Great Plains“.