Keren Oxman

I have included Keren Oxman into my blog because I am fascinated by 3D printers and how they work. I find the idea of printed 3D objects a huge innovation because you can create new objects that you can use. Theres also huge opportunities for it to be used in the Visual Art practice. Keren Oxman interests me because she creates beautiful organic artworks that are also worn as a fashion piece. Her pieces are fluid and organic and look like wearable art. Her work experimentally investigates traditional media with digital morphogenesis. She also tries to incorporate disciplines like textile crafts with algorithmic behaviour. 

I am not a huge fan of Runway fashion as I like to wear clothing that looks nice but is still quite functional. I do however recognise that the runway is an opportunity for Fashion designers to explore their creative ideas. I have never seen 3D printing being used on clothing before and I love the organic, natural patterns that can be created. 

This is my favourite piece from Keren. This work was modelled on 3D anatomical models of the human body. Muscles, veins and arteries were then manipulated into a 3D modelling environment. The concept is for turning the body inside out and projecting the interior to the exterior of the body. I think this piece is beautiful and elegant and I believe that it succeeds in turning the body inside out. 

Clement Villa

Valla’s series The Universal Texture interests me because I have an interest in Photography and I have never seen photographs presented in this way before. I love the way the perspective of the photographs have been reversed and the work has taken on a 3D effect. While the photographs would still look effective presented in a more traditional way, the different orientation of them and the unusual way they are presented really makes them stand out from the crowd. I also love the way some of the photographs have been presented on the floor and they are of a birds eye view. Because the viewers of the work are looking at it from above, the birds eye view is heightened and gives the work more depth because you really feel like you are looking down at the cityscape. 

The images are of Google Earth images. He says that he is interested in how “the illusion of a seamless and accurate representation of the earths surface seems to break down.” I think this really shows in how he has chosen to present the photographs and it works really well.

Postcards from Google Earth is another series of works that I find very interesting. Valla has put together an archive of Google Earth images that have been distorted by the software. I find these images very interesting because to me they almost look like photographs from an alternate universe. The images look like they have been photoshopped and the fact that they haven’t amazes me because I didn’t know Google Earth was capable of manipulating the landscape like this. I also like the fact that the bendy roads look very delicate, like nature cant sustain the pressure we are putting on the earths surface. 

Nam June Paik

I remember seeing one of Nam June Paik’s works last year in new media when he was being discussed in an oral presentation. The artwork was called T.V Buddha and like the name suggests featured a Buddha staring at a television. I was immediately intrigued by the artwork and it left a lasting impression. It left a lasting impression because I had never really seen an artwork that included a television before. The fact that the buddha was just watching it self reminded me of reality television. People are obsessed with watching other people and we are also obsessed with our own reflections. I like the way that Nam June Paik has explored this. 

Electronic Superhighway also captured my attention because of the use of televisions. I find televisions interesting because like what we were discussing in class, people are drawn to them and find it very difficult to look away. I know many people that have the television on just as background noise in their house and don’t even watch this. I have been guilty of doing it myself as I find the noise comforting when Im home alone. It’s almost as if the television becomes its own person and we become emotionally attached with it. Electronic Superhighway consists of dozens of monitors of small sizes that combine to form the map of the U.S.A. The neon tubing around the work gives it a tacky, glitzy, commercial look. To me this work symbolises how commercial Television can be and how much advertising we get broadcasted, almost on an unconscious level. 

Here is a very good page I came across with some great information about him: http://www.paikstudios.com/