Cultblender: Art 2.0
Recent stuff
Biennale Down Under
You go to Melbourne for Fitzroy and to Sydney for the biennale. For art-afficonados traveling downunder these weeks, Sydney is a real must-go. Looking at the list of participitaing artist (among which, Vincent Award favourite of 2008, Francis Alÿs) and scanning blogs and newssites for articles, the Arty Ozzies did it again. Are you going? We're jealous. You can make it up to us by sending in a review...
Art in ... Sheffield?
Their art scene is probabaly not the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Sheffield. It may be 'mining' or 'industry', or even 'The Full Monty', but not 'art'. However, the art scene in Sheffield is vey vibrant and the city has many galleries, studios and museums of international quality. See for yourself? Go visit their 'Yes, No & Other Options 08', Art Biennale. The organising SCAF had put together an artwalk so won't miss a thing.
Win some green Yen?
Designboom and the DA design association in Japan have organsied a design competition for 'green' artists from around the globe. So, make a fantastic ecofriendly design that raises awareness of the environmental issues affecting our delicate planet and you might win the 500.000 YEN 1st prize and get your design printed on TOBU Dapartment Store ecofriendly bags and promotional materials.
More information on the competion can be found on the Designboom website.
Stranger Festival
As the writer Paulo Coelho wrote:'Europe is like a big family with traumas'. And how do you treat a trauma? Right, with therapy. A cool project for bringing Europe together and working on a shared cultural identity is the Stranger Festival. Creative kids from all around Europe (15-15 yrs) make one minute long films about their lives. This may sound like a lot of political boo-yah, but have a look at their site, there is some very cool stuff there. (Beware: external link!)
User generated Content to the next level
Dutch alternative popband 'Long Evans' are regrouping for a new album and international tour, both under the title 'music 2.0'
Their new album will consist of an empty CD-R on which you can record your own music. The band are currently rehearsing their new material for the live performances. they plan to stare mindlessly into a void while the audience generates it's own content in the 'Long Evans environment'.
Arcade of Existence
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Are you into game culture? Do you have some serious thoughts on the meaning of life you would like to share with the rest of the world? Are you a good programmer or might know how to fake it? The Arcade of Existence project might be just the thing for you. Actually, you might also want to check out our Wordpress blog (top right corner) to check out some nice thoughts on games and life...
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Computer generated poetry for the 21st century
CultBlender on Flickr
A couple of months ago we opened up a CultBlender group on Flickr where interested artists can post their works. The archive of images and the number of participated artists ahs grown steadily. As a tribute to all those brave artistic souls we have now opened up the special CultBlender on Flickr page so we'll never get lost in your bookmarks again. Want to see the most recent works of CultBlender artists? Just follow the link.
Virtual Nature
A spin off project from the Human >< Nature project; Virtual Nature. We plan to create a virtual world that is started, but not built by humans. Let's free those bits and bytes from our control. If this gets your creativity flowing, we welcome you to join us in developing this world.
What about New Abstractionism?
Yes, you may think, what about new abstractionism? We feel it is important to keep an open mind and stay inquisitive. And this article is meant to do just that. Help you think about how you look at art, what do you think is important? We do not expect you to agree with the author... we just expect you to think.:)