Sebastien Preschoux

French artist, Sebastien Preschoux, uses cotton wire to create beautiful and intricate outdoor installations.

MADE

Here is the latest video by MADE, a creative space in Berlin for collective thinking and collaboration between artists, designers and visionaries. The space serves as a platform for the most progressive art and ideas to be exchanged and showcased. This video explains the idea behind MADE from founders, Philip Gaedicke and Nico Zeh, and also features the work of MADE's latest resident, Ebon Heath.

Marcus Kraft

Graphic designer Marcus Kraft has some interesting pieces of work. Most of his portfolio emphasizes art direction and typography, but I thought his personal project, "Wasted Money", was his most interesting piece. With 10 variations in all, I thought it was clever to cut the dollar bills. This idea of cutting into something of value can serve as inspiration for my laser cutting class.

Daft Punk x Tron Legacy

New Daft Punk music video, "Derezzed", for the movie Tron: Legacy.

Janine Antoni

Just saw a really great lecture by artist Janine Antoni. All of her work is impressive, to say the least. It was really interesting to hear her process behind her pieces, and her role in making each sculpture. The role of the artist's body is intertwined within the idea of art making, and acts as a basis for the final product/piece.

"Antoni’s work blurs the distinction between performance art and sculpture. Transforming everyday activities such as eating, bathing, and sleeping into ways of making art, Antoni’s primary tool for making sculpture has always been her own body. She has chiseled cubes of lard and chocolate with her teeth, washed away the faces of soap busts made in her own likeness, and used the brainwave signals recorded while she dreamed at night as a pattern for weaving a blanket the following morning." - PBS Art 21

Kanye West "Runaway"

Kanye finally releases his first video "Runaway" for his new album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. As director, Kanye demonstrates his creative vision, and his genius in exposing hip hop to new art forms.

Where Ideas Come From

Interesting TED talk by Steven Johnson, entitled "Where Ideas Come From". Johnson's talk emphasizes the importance of "liquid" networks and collective thinking, and how that relates to the emergence of new ideas. "Chance favours the connected mind."