Art On the Planet

An exploration of media and art.

Frame That Spam! Cool article from WIRED

Cool article from WIRED that… well just read it. Gosh. sep

March 5, 2008 Posted by dannon | Uncategorized | | No Comments Yet

Pete Goldlust

Is an artist who makes these awesome sculptures and installations. Check out his site by clicking on the image

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November 11, 2007 Posted by dannon | Uncategorized | | No Comments Yet

Art 21 Starts This Week!

Finally the return of good television (Besides of course, NFL football.) PBS is now in it’s fourth season of the series Art In the Twenty First Century. I suggest that you not miss it this year. Click below or on the pic (you can always click on the pic) to find out more…

Art21 Website Click Here

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Season Four of Art:21—Art in the Twenty-First Century premieres nationwide on PBS on Sunday nights, beginning October 28, 2007. Please check local listings below as dates and times may vary by city and PBS station.

Episode 1: “Romance”
Premieres: Sunday, October 28, 2007, at 10 PM (ET)
Artists: Pierre Huyghe, Judy Pfaff, Lari Pittman, and Laurie Simmons

Episode 2: “Protest”
Premieres: Sunday, November 4, 2007, at 10 PM (ET)
Artists: Jenny Holzer, Alfredo Jaar, An-My Lê, and Nancy Spero

Episode 3: “Ecology”
Premieres: Sunday, November 11, 2007, at 10 PM (ET)
Artists: Robert Adams, Mark Dion, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, and Ursula von Rydingsvard

Episode 4: “Paradox”
Premieres: Sunday, November 18, 2007, at 10 PM (ET)
Artists: Allora & Calzadilla, Mark Bradford, Robert Ryman, and Catherine Sullivan

Past seasons of the series are subject to re-broadcast by local PBS stations. Season One premiered in 2001; Season Two in 2003; and Season Three in 2005.

October 25, 2007 Posted by dannon | Uncategorized | | 1 Comment

Theo Jansen

Theo Jansen is this dude from the Netherlands who makes these amazing walking scupltures/incredible feats of engineering. Click on the picture below to scope out his website…

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October 25, 2007 Posted by dannon | Uncategorized | | No Comments Yet

Jefferson Y. Han

I am most excited about any new or improved way to interface with my media. I found this very interesting. J. Han has developed a new kind of touch screen that is able to sense multiple points of contact. Check it out. Click on the pic…

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October 23, 2007 Posted by dannon | Uncategorized | | No Comments Yet

Vito Acconci…

Bronx, New York-born, Brooklyn-based architect, landscape architect, and installation artist. Click on the pic to see this shit…
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September 30, 2007 Posted by dannon | Uncategorized | | No Comments Yet

Times Sqaure Webcam

The goings on in Times Square are good cross sections of our cultural existence at this very moment in time. You can watch them here at any time…

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September 19, 2007 Posted by dannon | Uncategorized | | No Comments Yet

Its Jerry Time

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Click on this to see some greatness in action!

September 15, 2007 Posted by dannon | Uncategorized | | No Comments Yet

Drawing is awsome…

There are tons of cool sites on the web that let you sketch…each with different features and attributes that make for enjoyable and unique cyber-sketch creation. Here are a few:

Sketchfu -This website plays back your strokes…I know, alot of them do that, but this one shows you tons of other peoples strokes as well (hot.) Some of the drawings on here are amazing.

Artpad – This website does the same thing…its different though cause the…well it just is>

Odopod – This has some cool stuff…explore around the site…this takes you to a cool drawing area.

September 3, 2007 Posted by dannon | Uncategorized | | No Comments Yet

FLV is VFI!!!!

Flash FLV video

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It is becoming increasinglly clear I do not understand enough about the flash video format…here are some links that will help

The codec from the Library of Congress

Learning Guide at Adobe Developer Center

Wikipedia Article on the format

Flash Magazine

On2 and Sorenson Software websites

Flash Kit – A flash developer resouce site

My Flash Resource - This is guy is going to be helpful

September 1, 2007 Posted by dannon | Uncategorized | | No Comments Yet