Category Archives: Art/Craft

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A ‘sound installation’ inside an abandoned toluene tank in Dottikon, Switzerland by sound artist Zimoun, who (with a lot of help) installed329 DC motors connected to cotton balls to create this walk-in, thrumming, mesmeric perma-din. From Zimoun’s artist’s statement:

Using simple and functional components, Zimoun builds architecturally-minded platforms of sound. Exploring mechanical rhythm and flow in prepared systems, his installations incorporate commonplace industrial objects. In an obsessive display of simple and functional materials, these works articulate a tension between the orderly patterns of Modernism and the chaotic forces of life. Carrying an emotional depth, the acoustic hum of natural phenomena in Zimoun’s minimalist constructions effortlessly reverberates.

Obviously, to experience the full effect, you’d have to be there.

The man’s a genius. Here’s one he did earlier.

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mm_wic mm_pool mm_ikea mm_hallway mm_bedroom mm_bathroomImages from a series entitled Modern Mantra by Swedish artist Thomas Broome. The ink drawings – using words to covey the textures of room interiors – is intended to convey ‘how absurd certain messages created with different media such as image, film, music and advertisement may be.’

Literally.

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noor-1 noor-3 noor-2Indonesian sculptor Ichwan Noor’s 1953 VW Beetle folded ( along with a little extra polyester and aluminium) into a perfect sphere, currently on show at the Art Basel Exhibition in Hong Kong.

More shots of the exhibition here and here.

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