3rd Wave of Inspiration
Since 2003
Buck the Cubicle is a series featuring people who get out, get dirty and find inspiration in all manner of offbeat occupations.
Bruce Gardner excels at the Japanese art of Hikaru Dorodango, or "Shiny Dumpling". He first learned about the practice from the sci-fi writer William Gibson, and the rest is history. Bruce is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Buck the Cubicle is a series featuring people who get out, get dirty and find inspiration in all manner of offbeat occupations. Derek McDonald makes his art by welding together recycled scrap metal and other material he finds all over Orange County, CA. Directed by Jenna Close Jon Held and P2 Photography
Their first date unfolds in his imagination. He'll show her into the bowling alley. Tie the laces of her special bowling shoes. His eyes will guide her as she rolls the ball down the lane. But life disrupts his fantasies.
Submitted by Michael Mizrachi
Inspired by the French philosopher Michel Serres’ book Variations On The Body, Mattia Casalegno’s video works deal with the idea of beauty and the fallacy of the presumed superiority of man and machine over nature, presenting a poignant reminder of the power of human hubris. Against an impeccable backdrop of gypsum statues, the work focuses upon the central construct of what appears to be a modern aircraft engine, coming together in an archaic space symbolising a neoclassical idea of beauty.Using imagery taken from the Italian workshop of the master sculptor Antonio Canova, Casalegno’s work is a reflection on the human body and its reverent relationship to knowledge and power.
The work is accompanied by a soundtrack by Different Fountains released on the Meakusma label in Belgium.
Anti-utopia tale depicted in motion video by Ethem Onur Bilgiç and Deniz Tarsus
'Colourful Vibrations' is a collaboration piece between photographer Charlotte Connerty and artist Becca Hiscock. Combining their love for music with their love for art Connerty and Hiscock have explored the visualisation of music through water. A variety of different colours have been mixed together and inverted in post production to represent the emotions that can be felt whilst listening to the music.
Michael Aaron Williams shares with us a "Coffee Paintings" project: "These paintings are created using coffee and ink on antique ledger paper from the late 1800′s to early 1900′s. The images are entirely rendered using a brush, lots of coffee, and a bit of ink for the darkest darks"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5_VxOSWHHQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-oJXhfJVNY Submitted by Chiara Dal Maso - "This project was made by me and Salvatore Delle Femmine. We named our collaboration project “SuperUltraBlu” and this is our first animation attempt. We created this video exploring a wide range of techniques, combining 2D & 3D animation with traditional hand drawn elements. Textures used were created one by one. The goal was to blend these styles harmoniously, creating our own aesthetic."
An experimental animation using motion capture data set to Autolux’s song “Change My Head” directed by Thomas McMahan
The inspiration for this project came from a book from author David Bayles called Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking. I've often struggled with being a designer trying to make art. The concept of this project was to visualize common emotions creators share. From the highs and lows to delusions of grandeur, I wanted to see it all. That concept led to an attempted story of a young artist commissioned to create her most ambitious work yet. We follow her thru an exploration of self, along with the many phases one obsesses over while creating. I fed off the emotions I was experiencing making these titles; emotions such as curiosity, excitement, anxiety, passion, fear, helplessness and sacrifice. In the end it's these devices that became the foundation for each deliverable.