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Contemporary Art (c. 1980 – present) is the art of today, produced in the late 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a dynamic combination of materials, methods, concepts, and subjects that continue the challenging of boundaries that was already well underway in the 20th century. Diverse and eclectic, contemporary art as a whole is distinguished by the very lack of a uniform, organising principle, ideology, or "-ism". Contemporary art is part of a cultural dialogue that concerns larger contextual frameworks such as personal and cultural identity, family, community, and nationality. In vernacular English, modern and contemporary are synonyms, resulting in some conflation of the terms modern art and contemporary art by non-specialists. —Google Arts & Culture
The Metropolitan Museum
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How Art Can Transform The Internet │ Nerdwriter1
Video: Art in the Age of the Internet 1989 to Today │ explores the widespread cultural impact of the internet on art. Featuring a broad range of works a cross a variety of mediums—including painting, performance, photography, sculpture, video, and web-based works— the exhibition considers the extensive effects of the internet on artistic practice and contemporary culture. —The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston
Meet Google Arts & Culture #GoogleArts │
Discover the inspirational moments,
iconic people, and artistic wonders
that are available at the tip of your fingers.
Google Arts & Culture allows you to
immerse yourself in culture with 360 views,
zoom in to reveal the secrets of a masterpiece,
take behind the scenes tours of palaces and museums,
watch kids explain famous paintings to art experts, and so much more.
Art changes the way we see the world and the way we see each other,
so we invite you to come and expand your horizons with us.—Google Arts & Culture
Contemporary Movements in Sculpture │
Artists created environmental sculpture
on expansive sites in the 'land art
in the American West' group of projects.
These land art or 'earth art' environmental scale
sculpture works exemplified by artists such as
Dennis Oppenheim among others were pioneers of Postminimalist sculpture.
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Motion │
Bill Lishman is a sculptor,
inventor, film maker and pilot
who lives in the country north of Toronto.
"The creative process is almost divine, I call it a creative continuum and we're all apart of it ..." —Bill Lishman
Desire │ This video is a glimpse into the lifestyle, philosophies, and creative world that Crafty88 serves. "Art is important. It's been the focus and passion of my life." —Alonsa Guevara
Digital Photography │
Digital camera, device for making digital recordings of images.
Texas Instruments Incorporated patented the first
filmless electronic camera in 1972.
In 1981 Sony Corporation brought out a
commercial electronic model,
which used a “mini” computer disk drive to store information
captured from a video camera.
As the cost of electronic components declined
and the resolution of the cameras improved,
the Eastman Kodak Company began selling
professional digital cameras in 1991.
Kodak and Apple Computer,
which supplied the software for
transferring the digital images
to a personal computer, introduced
the first consumer model in 1994. Con't...
Encyclopedia Britannica │
Video: Beginner Tutorial │
Windland Smith Rice │
Nature's Best Photography Annual Competition │
Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
Video: History Of The Digital Camera │
ColdFusion │
The quick point and shoot digital camera
enjoyed a strong 20 year run
but it's now showing the first signs of surrender
to the ever-improving
smartphone.
Video: La Cathédrale │ The Cathedral is a small exploration of the Cathedral of Chartres where music, sounds and images meet. "Velázquez, after fifty years old, never painted a definite thing again. He wandered around the objects with the air and the twilight, he surprised in the shadow and the transparency of the backgrounds the colorful palpitations of which he made the invisible center of his silent symphony. He no longer grasped in the world, but the mysterious exchanges which penetrate one into another, the forms and tones by a secret and continuous progress of which no noise, no start, denounces or interrupts the march." —Benjamin Bardou
Video: Primal Creation - Planet by Universal Everything │ A digital art & design studio, inventing new forms of moving image for the screens of the future.—Universal Everything
Video 1: The Art of Form: A Unique Stage for a Unique Performance │ The Ferrari California T is the latest model from the California lineage. Originating in the 1950s, its name represents performance, design, versatility and freedom. Join us in the State of the Art as we explore the California T through the eyes of an artist and innovation leaders. —Ferrari USA
Video 2: A Look Inside the Art of Form Go behind the scenes at Maranello and discover Fabian's insights and approach to the performance. —Ferrari USA
Video: Tilt Brush - The Lab at Google Cultural Institute │ Painting From a New Perspective. Tilt Brush lets you paint in 3D space with virtual reality. Unleash your creativity with three-dimensional brush strokes, stars, light, and even fire. Your room is your canvas. Your palette is your imagination. The possibilities are endless. Google Art Residency with Tristan Eaton, Jorge Rodriguez Gerada, Faith47, said Dokins and Chu. —Google │ tiltbrush.com
Projection Mapping │
similar to video mapping
and spatial augmented reality,
is a projection technology used to turn objects,
often irregularly shaped, into a
display surface for video projection.
These objects may be complex industrial landscapes,
such as buildings, small indoor objects or theatrical stages.
By using specialized software,
a two- or three-dimensional object is spatially mapped
on the virtual program which mimics the real environment
it is to be projected on.
The software can interact with a projector to fit
any desired image onto the surface of that object.
This technique is used by artists and advertisers alike
who can add extra dimensions, optical illusions,
and notions of movement onto previously static objects.
The video is commonly combined with, or triggered by,
audio to create an audio-visual narrative.
Although the term "projection mapping" is relatively new,
the technique dates back to the late 1990s,
where it was referred to as video mapping,
spatial augmented reality,or shader lamps.
One of the first public displays of projections
onto 3D objects was debuted in 1969,
when Disneyland opened their Haunted Mansion ride,
which featured singing busts.
Head shots of the singers were filmed on 16mm film and
then projected onto busts of their faces
to make them appear animated.
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Video: Gustav Klimt à l'Atelier des Lumières à Paris
Culturespaces animates and manages prestigious monuments,
museums and historical sites
entrusted to it by public institutions and communities:
Culturespaces is also developing a
new generation of institutions:
digital art centers that offer immersive exhibitions
to discover at the Carrières de Lumières des Baux-de-Provence and
L'Atelier des Lumières in Paris.—CultureSpaces │
Emerse yourself in virtual art on real museum walls.
Video: Self Reflected - Illuminating The Brain Through Art And Science │ Dr. Greg Dunn (artist and neuroscientist) and Dr. Brian Edwards (artist and applied physicist) created "Self Reflected" to elucidate the nature of human consciousness, bridging the connection between the mysterious three pound macroscopic brain and the microscopic behavior of neurons. Self Reflected offers an unprecedented insight of the brain into itself, revealing through a technique called reflective microetching the enormous scope of beautiful and delicately balanced neural choreographies designed to reflect what is occurring in our own minds as we observe this work of art. Self Reflected was created to remind us that the most marvelous machine in the known universe is at the core of our being and is the root of our shared humanity. │ gregadunn.com │& This is a playlist; to see more art and science, click on the video upper-left drop down menu.
Video: Rijksmuseum app into second life phase 2019 │ Apps That Will Forever Change How You Enjoy Museums. │ The Rijks app has been a big success since its launch in 2013, with over a million downloads and rentals. Awarded with the FIAMP and Heritage in Motion Award amongst others. │ Northern Light
Video: The Next Rembrandt │ Blurring the boundaries between art and technology, we set out on a challenge to see if the great Master can be brought back to life to create a new painting │ nextrembrandt.com │ (Do you agree? Is this art? Agree or disagree, the technology...)
The Case for Copying | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
Sampling, appropriating, borrowing, stealing.
Whatever you want to call it,
artists have been copying since time immemorial.
We look into the history of the practice,
and share our theories of why it is done,
and what it can offer us. —Art Assignment PBS
Do you agree? Is this art?
Cases for Political Art | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios │ This week we explore some of the most powerful artworks ever made, making the case for political art one work at a time Pablo Picasso's Guernica, Kathe Kollwitz's prints, Kazimir Malevich's Black Square, Iri and Toshi Maruki's Hiroshima Panels, and Martha Rosler's House Beautiful: Bringing the War Home photomontages. What do you think of as political art? And what are the artworks you've encountered that have had the greatest impact on the way you view the world? —PBS Digital Studios
Contemporary Art: Modern Masterpieces Or Shameless Cash Grabs?
Industry insiders examine the commercial forces behind the veneer of genius and glamour that often shrouds contemporary art. —Perspective
llustrating the Beauty of a Disappearing World | Short Film Showcase │ New York artist Zaria Forman grew up traveling the world with a mother who photographed beautiful Arctic landscapes. In this short film by Jesse Brass, Forman explains how her art, inspired by her mother’s photography, is a way of addressing climate change. "I find it important with my art to represent the beauty in the landscape, because I think that helps people fall in love with it more easily," she says. Forman hopes that people who fall in love with nature will be more compelled to make a difference. —National Geographic
Video Above: Introduction to Art Therapy │ Hays Art Therapy
Harvard Health Publishing: The Healing Power of Art │
Creative activities can relieve stress,
aid communication,
and help arrest cognitive decline.
Studies have shown that expressing themselves
through art can help people with
depression, anxiety, or cancer, too.
And doing so has been linked to
improved memory, reasoning, and
resilience in healthy older people.
The beneficial effects of creating
aren't dependent on a person's skill or talents.
"It's the process, not the product,"
says Megan Carleton, an art therapist at
Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).
FEATS: The Formal Elements Art Therapy Scale │
a measurement system for global variables in art
developed by Linda M. Gantt and Carmello Tabone
published by Art Therapy:
Journal of the American Art Therapy Association │
American Art Therapy Association in Action
I Remember Better When I Paint │
reveals the ways day-care centers,
nursing homes and assisted-living facilities
are employing creative therapies to treat Alzheimer’s patients.
Therapeutic art activities, some experts suggest,
can strengthen patients’ still-vibrant imaginations,
helping to reawaken their sense of personality, identity and dignity.
The informative documentary offers
pivotal new insights about the
transformative power of drawing,
painting, music and museum visits
for those living with Alzheimer’s
and related memory disorders.
Through personal stories and
interviews with noted physicians,
the film explores the benefits of this approach,
including an improved quality of life
for the patient and a restored dialogue with their caregivers.
—Colorado Public Television │
DVD Trailer │
Full Documentary
Zentangle │ The Zentangle Method is an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns. You create tangles with combinations of dots, lines, simple curves, S-curves and orbs. These simple shapes are the "Elemental Strokes" in all Zentangle art. These patterns are drawn on small pieces of paper called "tiles." We call them tiles because you can assemble them into mosaics. Zentangle art is non-representational and unplanned so you can focus on each stroke and not worry about the result. ...you likely will enjoy increased focus, creativity, self-confidence and an increased sense well-being. We believe life is an art form and that Zentangle is an elegant metaphor for deliberate artistry in life. —Zentangle │ The Eight Steps of the Zentangle Method │ Zentangle Examples at flickr │ The Inspiration of Bijou │ Bijou Examples
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