the continuing conversation between art and life
Today, I was absolutely stunned by a blog post on "Kitchen Vignettes" which combined memories of a much-missed mother with her signature summer recipe, together with a video of the daughter picking the fruit and making the dessert. There is a beautiful response on the blog post which says: "The video stunning (because you weave …
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I have a large-size book of visual inspiration called "Gee's Bend: the Architecture of the Quilt". Every now and then, I feel the need to look through it again - at pictures of the giant, off-centre, off-everything, bold modern geometric shapes. Made quietly by poor women in Alabama, mostly to keep their family warm - …
"Art is a very high level of communication - but before that, we do have a responsibility - we do have to remember" Michal Rovner Her work looks like a screen of writing but then as you look closer, you realise it is rows of people walking - and this is not animation, it is …
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This is just one good way to label digital picture files, as practiced by professional photographer, Michael Greco. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lutNrHI_ac Notice, I'm just suggesting it as one good idea - the video clip itself is titled "The World's Best File Naming System" - and this raised the heckles of commenters on the comments section. Some were …
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The paintings of Renaissance painter are brought to life in this videoed performance of tableaux vivants: acting, sculpture and painting together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIeyulbiB0A For me, this is a giant confirmation of Andrew Graham-Dixon's comments in his lecture (in Edinburgh 2018) that Caravaggio was so immersed in sculpture, that he painted lifelike depictions of real bodies in …
How low can you go with "low budget" video. Try Zero.
Growing to appreciate the works of this videomaker, also impressed by his comment on the artistic process, on his Facebook page: "observe first, recognise later"
Which books do we ever get round to reading - and which fall by the wayside and remain unread? Popular book reviewer on Youtube, Sanne, ponders.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu_YIpRnoa8 You can follow Sanne at her Youtube channel, booksandquills. If you have a seemingly endless list of books you want to read - my sympathy as a fellow …
I've watched with interest the dawn of curators describing their exhibitions to possible attenders. The small Dulwich Picture Gallery in London started really well with its director, Ian Dejardin. In a few minutes, he would tell us what to see, in a quietly enthusiastic way. Now this - the gallery has TWO curators having a …
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Here at ,& we are all about the arts mixed, and the arts mixed with life - hence our tagline ",& the continuing conversation between life and Art". So we love this. https://vimeo.com/197262880 Tracie Cheng's drawings on flowing fabrics, dance across a field in fashion by Arret Studio, Shanghai. Video by Derryck Menere. Subtle, beautiful, …
