Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Friday, March 9, 2012

Just a little bit amazing....Catalytic Clothing

Looking for a way to save our environment? Purify the air we all breath without doing anything? Want to look good while doing it? Read on...

"Catalytic Clothing seeks to explore how clothing and textiles can be used as a catalytic surface to purify air, employing existing technology in a new way. It is the brainchild of artist / designer Helen Storey and chemist Tony Ryan – people from very different worlds whose minds have come together over recent years in highly successful art/science collaborations.

A series of cultural and art interventions will bring this forthcoming technology into the public domain, seeking to engage you, in helping us shape our world for the better.
Join us. Shape your world".
Catalytic Clothing, www.catalytic-clothing.org, 2012.



Thursday, March 8, 2012

U-Ram Choe

Korean artist U-Ram Choe recently exhibited at the John Curtin Gallery as part of the Perth International Arts Festival. As expected, I left it to the last day, regrettable, as I could have spent endless hours watching these intricately devised mechanical kinetic sculptures...living and breathing. I especially enjoyed the fact that we were made to view them in the dark...playing with our sensory responses only added to the fun!

"Finely engineered stainless steel, aluminium, and acrylic 'bones' provide the skeletal scaffolding for the 'brains and muscles' - CPUs and motors - which are assembled into captivating forms reminiscent of otherworldly flora and fauna. Taking his vision and art into a virtual realm he frequently identifies and categorises his sculptures with a fabricated narrative of species and habitat, inviting the audience to imagine the evolution of life forms into the future" , John Curtin Gallery, 2012.

 

U-Ram Choe, Urbanus Male Larva, 2006, metallic material, machinery, acrylic, electronic device (CPU board, motor), 25 x 25 x 57cm, installation view, John Curtin Gallery, 2012  
U-Ram Choe, Cakra-2552-a, 2008, metallic material, machinery, electronic devices (CPU board, motor), 80 x 80 x 35cm, installation view, John Curtin Gallery, 2012