Largest Calligraphy in the World by Pokras Lampas

November 13, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Street Art, Russia, Portfolios, 2018

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World leading calligraphy artist Pokras Lampas has just beat his own record on doing the largest calligraphy ever drawn by one person. You can see his previous biggest roofs done for FENDI or Red October but here is another story

The new record was set within the framework of collaboration with Lokomotiv football club — the artist painted the square in front of RZD Arena (team’s home ground in Cherkizovo) in red and green — the reigningchampions’ club colors. The painting covers the area of 11,000 square meters.

The choice of location for the new art object was deliberate. Back in the Soviet days Cherkizovsky Parkused to bring art and sport together. The Stalinets stadium built here in 1935, was lavishly decorated with sculptures. The most famous among them was, perhaps, “The girl with an Oar” by Romuald Iodko — its four-meter copy printed on a 3D printer this simmer was painted by Pokras Lampas for Gorky Park. The new stadium built on the site of Stalinets has become a well-known arena for not just football games but also for first rate entertainment, art performances and concerts, it is used for shooting episodes about football.

According to Pokras Lampas, his new artwork brings together sport and art, taking up such topics as pushing the limits and conquering new peaks. As usual, Pokras encrypts a hidden message in his massive calligraffiti to be found and revealed by the audience. A shining example of profound symbolism and powerful meaning to be recognized is the installation “18 words about Vasily Vereshchagin” at the entrance to the New Tretyakov Gallery. The art object nearby RZD Arena has been no exception, as it implies a new slogan of Locomotiv which is “We go our (own) way”.

“Only by remaining independent, believing in your own values and overcoming difficulties, you can leave a mark on history. In sports the same laws apply, and only those who remain committed to their goals, no matter what, reach the highest level. “We go our way” is a vector of development which is very close to me as an artist. The line is written in numerous languages — it emphasizes multiculturalism of modern sport.”

— Pokras Lampas

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Felix Rothschild

August 02, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Digital Art, Germany, Portfolios, 2018, Glitch

Young German multidisciplinary artist Felix Rothschild investigates uncanny and disoriented sides of visual digital technologies that interrupt traditional perception of self, order of things and places

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Glitch Art of Jarid Scott

July 04, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Photography, Digital Art, Portfolios, Digital Decade, 2018, Glitch

Another Ello artist taking glitch and distorted photography to a new level - Jarid Scott

Recently he was selected as a winner of our Special Edition of Digital Decade

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The Senses: Design Beyond Vision

June 04, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Branding, Graphic Design, Portfolios, Typography, USA, 2018

Art Director David Genco presents his recent work of book design and exhibition graphics made in collaboration with Ellen Lupton.

The Senses: Design Beyond Vision invites visitors to encounter design with all their senses through several interactive installations. Currently on show at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, curated by Ellen Lupton & Andrea Lipps, exhibition design by Studio Joseph.

The book is a manifesto celebrating the sensory richness of design. A must-read and powerful reminder to anyone who thinks design is primarily a visual pursuit. Co-published by Princeton Architectural Press and Cooper Hewitt, by Andrea Lipps & Ellen Lupton.

Visual identity and exhibition graphics made for installation at Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, New York City

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Masha Yankovskaya Art

May 30, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Portfolios, Russia, 2018

Provocative Russian artist Masha Yankovskaya praises female individuality through the series of artworks featuring a heroines dominating and wearing nothing but red lipstick and high heels

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Melting Memories by Refik Anadol

May 07, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Digital Art, Sculpture, USA, 2018

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From February 7 through March 17, 2018, Pilevneli Gallery presented Refik Anadol’s latest project on the materiality of remembering. Melting Memories offered new insights into the representational possibilities emerging from the intersection of advanced technology and contemporary art. By showcasing several interdisciplinary projects that translate the elusive process of memory retrieval into data collections, the exhibition immersed visitors in Anadol’s creative vision of “recollection.”

“Science states meanings; art expresses them,” writes American philosopher John Dewey and draws a curious distinction between what he sees as the principal modes of communication in both disciplines. In Melting Memories, Refik Anadol’s expressive statements provide the viewer with revealing and contemplative artworks that will generate responses to Dewey’s thesis.

Comprising data paintings, augmented data sculptures and light projections, the project as a whole debuts new advances in technology that enable visitors to experience aesthetic interpretations of motor movements inside a human brain. Each work grows out of the artist’s impressive experiments with the advanced technology tools provided by the Neuroscape Laboratory at the University of California, San Francisco. Neuroscape is a neuroscience center focusing on technology creation and scientific research on brain function of both healthy and impaired individuals. Anadol gathers data on the neural mechanisms of cognitive control from an EEG (electroencephalogram) that measures changes in brain wave activity and provides evidence of how the brain functions over time. These data sets constitute the building blocks for the unique algorithms that the artist needs for the multi-dimensional visual structures on display.

Anadol’s installations do not only address a productive espousal of cutting-edge technology and art but also a strong preoccupation with the study of human memory from Ancient Egyptians to Blade Runner 2049. The exhibition’s title, Melting Memories, refers to the artist’s experience with unexpected interconnections among seminal philosophical works, academic inquiries and artworks that take memory as their principal themes. The title further draws attention to the melting of neuroscience and technology into these centuries-long philosophical debates, questioning the emergence of a new space where artificial intelligence is not in conflict with individuality and intimacy.

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Toby Heinemann

Sound Design : Kerim Karaoglu
Software Development : Kyle McLean / Steffan Klaue

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UCSF / Neuroscape Lab Members
Adam Gazzaley, M.D., PH.D.

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Ilya Milstein illustrations

April 27, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Illustration, Portfolios, USA, Australia, 2018

New York based Milan and Melbourne raised illustrator Ilya Milstein works mainly as editorial artist for clients include The New York Times, Kiehl's and Vice Media. In his recent series commissioned by the New York Times Style Magazine, Ilya recreates "New Yorkers and Their's 80s routines"

“These detailed streetscapes follow a character as she navigates the bustling and gritty New York of the era, crossing paths along the way with figures like David Wojnarowicz, Sylvia Woods and Andy Warhol”

— Ilya Milstein

The era might have been old New York’s last real gasp — a time when the very streets, dirty and unsafe as they were, seemed infused with possibility. Here, notable locals revisit their routes and routines, from lunch on the Upper East to nighttime sojourns to then-emerging neighborhoods like TriBeCa. - NYT

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Michael Driver Illustrations

April 02, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Illustration, Portfolios, United Kingdom, 2018

Mike Driver, a London, based freelance illustrator, currently represented by MP Arts. "His textural and brightly-hued work, full of long-limbed characters is a joy to look at. Their crispness and clarity suits print wonderfully but his use of both digital and analogue techniques keeps things interesting."

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Malavida: Melting Digital Art

March 19, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Digital Art, Illustration, Portfolios, France, 2018

Alycia Rainaud is a French graphic designer and digital artist. Originally influenced and passioned about publishing and hybrid books, she started working more than one year ago as a digital artist also known by the name of Malavida, mostly experimenting with new technologies, digital painting, programming, and visual effects.

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Reality to Idea by Joshua Vides

The Seventh Letter Gallery

March 16, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Street Art, USA, Portfolios, 2018

Artist Joshua Vides making real-life objects appear as simple, black and white sketches. His ongoing experiments in Op Art went crazy when you see Air Jordan 1s, basketball hoops, street signs embellished in white paint with black sharpie lines drawn by hand. For Joshua’s next illusion, he took over The Seventh Letter Gallery in Los Angeles, California last week to present his new exhibit titled “Reality to Idea.”

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@realitytoidea

WC Tiles for Urban Architects

March 15, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Interior Design, Lithuania, Lifestyle, Portfolios, Agencies, Photography, 2018

This modernist photo tiles won't let you down (in case you are architect) while visiting a bath. WC Tiles is a self-initiated project created by Lithuanian design studio Gyva Grafika

Art of Photography by Flora Borsi

March 14, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Digital Art, Photography, Portfolios, Hungary, 2018

It's not a first time we review the ultra talented art photographer Flora Borsi but it worth to explore her recent artworks she created in the past year

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Nike Epic React

March 12, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Argentina, Advertising, Digital Art, Motioncollector, Portfolios, 2018

Our friend and Digital Decade 5 artist Santi Zoraidez was approached by Nike Global Running to create their latest campaign featuring Epic React Flyknit

Directed by Santi Zoraidez
Art Direction & Design: Santi Zoraidez
Lead Animation: Facu Labo
Additional Animation: Edward Chiu / Diego Diapolo / Javier Bianchi
Client: Nike Global Running

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Ethereal photo manipulations by Elena Vizerskaya

March 12, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Digital Art, Photography, Portfolios, Ukraine, 2018

Elena Vizerskaya aka KaSSandrA is a talented photographer and digital artist currently based in Kyiv, Ukraine. Elena focuses on digital manipulations, she creates enigmatic universes teeming details with surgical precision

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Poor Cherries

February 26, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Fashion, Motioncollector, 2018

LA-based director and photographer Jimmy Marble’s latest film was influenced by Czech avant-garde director Věra Chytiiová's Daisies (1966), which was a colorful frolic through banquets, boyfriends, and the bourgeoisie. Known for making poppy commercial content, Marble’s newest project takes a playful approach to the world around us.

Presented by NOWNESS

The American filmmaker explains how he “used strong visuals to play with emotions in an unconscious way. Like music, it is impressionistic, in that you’re trying to create more of a mood than a story.” The resulting film is an offbeat dayglo daydream told through the eyes of two irreverent characters, who cherish lovers’ quarrels and summer clouds in equal measure.

Alice Conisbee

February 02, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Digital Art, Digital Decade, Illustration, Portfolios, United Kingdom, 2018

Young British electronic artist Alice Conisbee already established her own style with the flashbacks to early-Anime graphics. Worth to mention Alice is a winner of Ello x Designcollector digital art competition and exhibited in London at our own Digital Decade 5: Cyberia last year

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Davy Evans

January 31, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Digital Art, Graphic Design, Portfolios, United Kingdom, Digital Decade, 2018

Davy Evans (@davyevans) is a multidisciplinary artist and designer based in Brighton. With a background in graphic design, Evans fuses analogue and digital techniques to create ethereal abstract imagery. He uses experimental photographic methods, combined with light and liquid to replicate colour, form, and distortions, inspired by those found in the natural world.

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Davy was the winner of Ello x Designcollector contest that had selected 10 winners for "Digital Decade 5: Cyberia" exhibition in London last year.

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Suzanne Saroff Photography

January 25, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Instagram, Photography, Portfolios, USA, 2018

"In her ongoing series titled Perspective, photographer Suzanne Saroff creates fractured and skewed images of common foods as seen through vessels filled with water and glass objects. The images play with concepts of light and shadow resulting in distorted still lifes that appear almost like digital glitches."