Sunday, April 04, 2004

Dorothy Simpson Krause

Dorothy Simpson Krause is a painter, collage artist and printmaker who incorporates digital mixed media into her art. Her work is exhibited regularly in galleries and museums and featured in numerous current periodicals and books. She is Professor Emeritus at Massachusetts College of Art where she founded the Computer Arts Center, and a member of Digital Atelier, an artist collaborative, with Bonny Lhotka and Karin Schminke. She is a frequent speaker at conferences and symposia and a consultant for manufacturers and distributors of products which may be used by fine artists.

In July 1997, Krause organized “Digital Atelier: A printmaking studio for the 21st century” at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and was an artist-in-residence there for 21 days. For that work she and her colleagues received a Smithsonian Technology in the Arts Award. That same year, she worked with a group of curators to help them envision the potential of digital printmaking in “Media for a New Millennium”, a work-tank/ think-shop organized by the Vinalhaven Graphic Arts Foundation. In June 2001, with Digital Atelier, Krause demonstrated digital printmaking techniques at the opening of the Brooklyn Museum of Art 27th Print National, Digital: Printmaking Now.

Krause is co-author, with Karin Schminke and Bonny Lhotka, of Digital Art Studio: Techniques for combining inkjet printing with traditional art materials.  It is being published by Watson-Guptill (August 2004 release) and can be preordered from Amazon at http://www.DigitalAtelier.com

Krause work can be seen at http://www.DotKrause.com.

Saturday, April 03, 2004

FUTURES: 50 YEARS IN SPACE (The Challenge of the Stars)

The authors are David A. Hardy and Sir Patrick Moore and the book is available for pre-order now. It is being published in the UK by Artists and Photographers Press Ltd (May 2004) and in the USA by Harper Design International (October 2004). Patrick Moore and David Hardy first discussed a book to be called THE CHALLENGE OF THE STARS in 1954, when spaceships were streamlined, the Moon had tall, craggy mountains, and Mars had canals! They have seen a lot of changes in their 50 years as a unique author/artist team: there are no bases on the Moon or Mars, but we have seen amazing discoveries thanks to unmanned space probes and the Hubble Space Telescope. The universe has changed out of all recognition, fully covered in this book by lucid text and accurate but beautiful paintings, showing the future as seen in the 50s, the 70s—and the 2000s. . .
Amazon.com
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David A. Hardy

Friday, April 02, 2004

History is Relatives: The Films of Ann Marie Fleming

Presented by Pacific Cinémathèque, 1131 Howe Street, Vancouver, (604) 688-FILM. One of Canada’s most distinctive independent filmmaking talents, Vancouver original Ann Marie Fleming has created a remarkably diverse yet remarkably unified range of feature, short, documentary, mockumentary, avant-garde, animated and personal work in the twenty-plus films she has made between Waving (1987) and The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam (2003). Click here for the special screening schedule and more info.

Forming a Fashion Apocalypse

Issey Miyake, who gave up haute couture to become a softwear engineer, designs a revolutionary process to create clothing that doesn’t need to be sewn, and a fabric that’s as strong as steel.
Wired

Beyond Productivity: Information Technology, Innovation, and Creativity

This 2003 report from the Committee on Information Technology and Creativity at the CSTB examines the dynamic intersection of information technology with the world of the arts and design. This intersection has already yielded results of significant cultural and economic value, including innovative architectural and product designs, computer animated films, computer music, computer games, interactive art installations, cross-cultural experimentation, and Web-based texts. However, many opportunities for new collaborative ventures remain to be explored.
Report
CSTB

The Making of a Pop Star, 2010

In a few years, the early 1990s controversy over whether or not the pop duo of Milli Vanilli sang on their own Grammy Award winning record may seem like small potatoes. Get ready for synthesized lead and backup vocals to eventually replace actual humans singing on studio recordings.
Tech Central Station

Beast Master

Alexis Rockman paints like Rembrandt and thinks like Darwin. He doesn’t just make art - he remakes natural history.
Wired

The Invisible Art by Mark Cotta Vaz and Craig Barron

Published by Chronicle Books in Nov 2002, this is one of the most amazing books I have seen. Since the dawn of cinema, artists have created stunning effects by combining still “matte” paintings on glass with motion film. In this amazing definitive retrospective, the authors show us the history of these effects from the beginning in such films as Citizen Kane to Star Wars and on to the current digital matte effects. With tons of illustrations, stories and interviews, you won’t be able to put this book down.
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Thursday, April 01, 2004

New Nanotech Art at Miami University Art Museum in Ohio

Nanotechnology: The Exhibition runs from March 23-June 20, 2004 at the Miami University Art Museum in Oxford, Ohio in a collaboration with the Miami University Nanotechnology Center. Artworks by five contemporary scientist/artists working digitally or in traditional media are shown--including mine above. To see more, visit here or my site.