Hylozoic Soil   Phillip Beesleys art work “Hylozoic Soil” is an art peice that without even understanding what it is or what he was trying to get the audience to feel from it, I felt it is absolutly intriguing and I was completly fascinated by the detail and originality of this art peice. As people…

NewCity Art: Chicago Fall Art Preview 2012 Model of ExpoChicago 2012

I could imaging entering Hylozoic Ground and being simultaneously mystified and disturbed by it’s layered, undulating, featherlike structures. As I hypotheticly wander through the installation, the surfaces reach out to caress and respond to my movement, and little motors and actuators make insect like noises. The architect/artist states that this installation is an experiment in…

An intro to Olafur Eliasson at the MoMA website After looking up this artist’s work, it was hard to pick just two of them that seemed interesting to talk about.  He has a great body of work that deals with light, space, the natural world, and perception of these things, and many of his installation…

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1) New Media Art is a genre of art that incorporates the digital world into the artists’ pieces. Internet art, digital art, interactive art and robotic art can all be categorized as New Media Art. 2) The first art movement that preceded the New Media Art movement was the Dada movement. The other movement was…

A Sense of Olafur Eliasson The first thing I came across when looking for information on Olafur Eliasson was a video of him explaining his work, but the first thing that I looked at was his work. Now just looking at his work he has very interesting peices and very visually stimulating work and I can image that…

Eliasson is known for his sculptures and large scale installations. In his art pieces, he uses elemental materials such as light, water, air temperature, etc…to enhance the audience’s experience when viewing his work. Eliasson he has worked with Einar Thorsteinn for a number of his projects who is an architect and geometry expert. He has…

In the video discussion, John Ippolito, discusses varies topics. One I was interested in was the topic of “cheating or sharing” he explained how the teacher would go about yelling at a student, “eyes on your own paper.” Even at a college level at University of Texas, John exemplified a teacher telling the students that…

The concept of dinosaurs to illustrate media giants and small scale producers made me realize that large corporations are only so stingy about copyright infringement and pointing fingers to those that might ‘steal’ from them because they are slow when it comes to attending to the needs of consumers. They need to keep up the image that…

Olafur Eliasson is a Danish new media artist that uses light, shadow, unique geometries, intense colors, and natural elements in his works. His work is surprisingly beautiful and interesting. He commands a masterful balance of getting the works message across, without it being too much of a spectacle. I think this is a common thread…