Via szymon:
magnificent book sculptures by Jonathan Callan
Jonathan Callan is another artist who makes good use of discarded books. (And wood screws.)
Take a few minutes to open the link above and scroll through images of his other works. Truly amazing.
Here’s an interview with Callan (in association with a February 2010 installation in Wisconsin for which area residents gathered some 3,000 books for his use) in which he talks about his work, process.
PSA: PARK(ing) Day – “an annual, worldwide event that inspires city dwellers everywhere to transform metered parking spots into temporary parks for the public good” – is one month away.
Art matters:
Woohoo! The Tumblr-verse is a better place now that the Art Gallery of Ontario is in it.
I like how AGO staff members are using Tumblr: their Art of the Day posts featuring images and information are helping to educate us about various works in the museum’s collection.
[Disclosure: I’m a loyal AGO fan: During my Toronto years, I worked as a volunteer at the museum almost every Sunday. :) ]
The photos pictured above and here are phone-cam shots captured during a 2009 AGO visit.
Reblogging my post from unconsumption:
Elbphilharmonie is Herzog & de Meuron’s new glass structure atop a red brick warehouse built in 1963 by the late Hamburg architect Werner Kallmorgen.
[This post is an atypical one in the Unconsumption mix … ]
The adaptive reuse of a formerly abandoned warehouse in Hamburg, Germany, strikes me as a prime example of civic unconsumption — at a sizeable scale. Kudos to the architects, engineers, and other project partners for finding an innovative way to preserve an existing building.
The mixed-use development features a public plaza, three performance spaces (including a 2,150-seat concert hall), a hotel, restaurants, condominiums, and space for parking.
The project, slated for completion in 2012, is a component of the master plan to redevelop and revitalize Hamburg’s HafenCity (inner city) area; it’s expected to draw thousands of visitors each year to the River Elbe waterfront.
Additional information (13 pages’ worth) here, and recent travel-focused story from The New York Times.
From a performance perspective, the design of the concert hall is unique: its bowl-shaped configuration places the “stage” area – the orchestra and conductor – in the center of the audience.
So many reasons to like this project.
Another Jenny Holzer, projecting a declassified document. I love large-scale disclosure.Jenny Holzer
Today in things I love
Art crush of the day
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library card catalog love notes from powerandlight on etsy
