Submitted by AliaK on Sun, 13/03/2022 - 17:19
specture ::: rewilding the blockchain mindmap as at 13 March 2022
key artists / readings / links shown ::: others are listed separately in bibliography & project documents
green=explored (at some level)
black=to be explored
grey=excluded from current exploration (possible future)
Submitted by AliaK on Fri, 19/11/2021 - 16:41
it feels like we're grieving, for the loss of a website/system, though it was more than just a website; it was an idea and some say, a movement. hic et nunc [now a broken link], designed and built by Brazilian developer, Rafael Lima, was|is a generic architecture|system|platform for exploring decentralised blockchain uses that morphed into an art focused obkjt|NFT collection space|lab|dApp on the more eco-friendly Proof of Stake based Tezos blockchain. it came with a warning — This is an experimental dApp, use it at your own risk. Lima's design is an elegant architecture that works on multi levels — the objkt (NFT/art work) level, the platform (single site/front-end) level and the network|multisite|eco system level. hic et nunc brought beauty into the tech; art into the tech; the aesthetic into the tech; art and elegance into the architecture. it felt more feminine than many of the tech-bro developed platforms that surround it in the crypto landscape. the UI design was|is simple and clean, focusing on the art, as a flat plane, that allows the eye to flow across and above and below the page|space viewing art within the webpage frame. there were no popup menus invading|colonising your space|view|frame. everything was within — a plane of immanence (Davis 2021; Wikipedia 2021), with simple, flat navigation, subtley showing via collections and presentation, that everything is connected to something (Haraway 2016a; Haraway 2016b; Rose 2008; van Dooren 2014*), one art work led to the next, one artist connected to another, links between them all, point to point, peer to peer. there were no leaderboards, no transcendency, everyone and every piece of art was equalised by the immanent design.
a wash of emotions this past week, after hearing the news that Rafael had discontinued hicetnunc.xyz. many articles have been posted about this (plus a few posts for context):
read more...
Submitted by AliaK on Fri, 05/11/2021 - 16:13
for my uni art project, I wanted to try some bio textiles processes using sustainable materials given the large amounts of waste and energy used in textiles and materials production. A classmate recommended I try alginate, a seaweed extract often used by dentists for their moulds. I found some recipes for bio-string / bio-plastic / bio-fabricating processes, and also discovered a collection of makers called FabLabs. my project is not strictly a textiles project, but is based on / inspired by string figures, so I was happy to find that this method can be used to create bio-string too. The main ingredients (sodium alginate and calcium chloride) were found at The Red Spon Company, a baking and food supply store in Rosebery, Sydney. They didn't have glicerine, and I check a couple of other stores and couldn't find it also, so didn't include that - one recipe included it and another didn't so I thought it might be optional.
Recipe reference ::: see Links below for general research / other links
Bogers, Loes. 2020. "Alginate String." Textile Academy. https://class.textile-academy.org/2020/loes.bogers/files/recipes/alginat....
Submitted by AliaK on Mon, 04/01/2021 - 23:06
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https://news.artnet.com/the-art-angle/art-angle-podcast-peter-schjeldahl-re-run-1934221
Submitted by AliaK on Sat, 02/01/2021 - 23:49
there was a mention of pataphysics in one of the mu-mesons' videos we've been watching over the holidays. reminded me of Sam Renseiw's spacetwo videoblog. nice to see he's still making them: "the fine art of 'pataphysics in daily life. condensed poetic voodles. A video blog by sam renseiw"
'Pataphysics, an absurdist concept coined by the French writer Alfred Jarry, is a philosophy dedicated to studying what lies beyond the realm of metaphysics. Defined as: "The science of imaginary solutions, which symbolically attributes the properties of objects, described by their virtuality, to their lineaments"
https://patalab02.blogspot.com
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https://patalab02.blogspot.com
Submitted by AliaK on Thu, 31/12/2020 - 01:09
an index of artist research submitted in assignments for OUA / Curtin University's Bachelor of Arts - Fine Arts and Visual Culture
VSW100 - assignment1 - Sept 2015
Zimoun
El Anatsui
VSW100 - assignment2 - Oct 2015
ReefKnot
Janet Echelman
Ken Unsworth
Sack and Reicher + Muller, Eyal Zur
Sol LeWitt
Zaha Hadid
Lucien den Arend
Anish Kapoor
VSW100 - assignment3 - Nov 2015
Detournement
Robert Montgomery
Giuseppe Pinot-Gallizio
Asger Jorn
Kara Walker
Vaporwave “Aesthetic” Art
Detourned Collage on Instagram
Culture Jamming
Richard Hamilton
Tabitha Moses
Tracey Emin
Louise Bourgeois
Mattias Adolphson
William Kentridge
Syd Mead
Holly Herndon
Robert Breer
Thet Paing Kha
David Shrigley
Fiona McMonagle
Jake Fried
Len Lye
Richard Lewer
Submitted by AliaK on Wed, 08/06/2016 - 13:34
Submitted by AliaK on Tue, 07/06/2016 - 11:49
week 1 discussion points - basic concepts underlying Western philosophical thought
general questions (any era)
>> ... it would be interesting to hear people's experience of individual artworks--have you ever seen an artwork that moved you, disgusted you, interested you, disinterested you...? If so, why? What was it about that artwork that was effective / ineffective?
an artwork that moved me:
Ben Quilty's "After Afghanistan" series of paintings - example, his Captain S After Afghanistan painting. the pose and expression on the face and application of paint in such thick strokes and the mix of colours and expressive marks/brushstrokes & use of light and dark/shadow evokes strong emotions in me — in both the technique of the painting and the subject and meaning behind it.
Ben Quilty. Captain S After Afghanistan. 2012. Oil on linen. Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2012/29238.
Submitted by AliaK on Sat, 28/05/2016 - 15:24
today's drapery study/drawing. I'm happy with how the fabric drapes over the edge of the box. though now I see the photo I can see parts in the middle & top that don't match reality & the tones are bit out but hopefully they still have the feel of draping fabric. back to painting next week.
May 28 2016
Submitted by AliaK on Sat, 28/05/2016 - 15:17
I've finished my contemporary sculpture class, VSW13. it was very interesting, though I had some setbacks at home during this class. results should be in within next couple of weeks. I feel I still have much to learn about sculpture and there were many things I would have liked to explore further, such as more installation, digital/online sculptures, sound sculptures and more molding and casting. I really enjoyed making molds and casts of fabric to try capture the folds, and to explore transforming the fabric from soft -> hard and temporary -> permanent. it fits well with my drawing/painting class on Saturdays. it was interesting to explore everyday materials as they were more accessible (& cheaper) in most cases
next up is VIS18 - an art history subject, so it's less hands-on making and more research & essay writing.
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Submitted by AliaK on Mon, 25/04/2016 - 11:14
I haven't made it to the "Over Here" exhibition as it's in Perth (and I'm not), but a classmate posted the online catalog - one to keep in mind for my materiality class exercises.
Over Here : NYISZTOR STUDIO (391 Canning Hwy, Melville, Perth)
Submitted by AliaK on Sun, 06/03/2016 - 20:14
we went along to the Tracing Materiality exhibition on Sunday. the artists had been doing some continuous drawings on large rolls of paper, as well as wall drawings, and working with wax. I'm going to try make it to the talk on the 20th march too. I loved all the work! and there was a stack of drawing books for me to chase up also :)
Submitted by AliaK on Sat, 05/03/2016 - 20:51
after the still life, I worked on a drapery study - I keep typing this as drawpery! I had my "aha" moment towards the end of the second week's class, so will start a new one next week. I had been trying to draw more expressively and scribble and smudge with my finger, but my teacher said to draw individual lines as they convey more information. individual lines is my natural way of drawing, so I'll go back to this next week. it was hard to erase some of the original marks I'd made. I was getting the hang of it by the end of week 2's class, so will practice more next week
week2 - March 5 2016:
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