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DJ Big Dumb Idiot: Parasite

Do Not Research • 0 implied HN points • 15 Feb 22
🎨 Art & Illustration Music Inspirational Literature Nostalgia Visual art
  1. DJ Big Dumb Idiot's work is both deeply serious and deeply unserious, making them embolden each other.
  2. The author struggled to incorporate new knowledge into their existing art practice and needed to become DJ Big Dumb Idiot to finish their project.
  3. Parasite, a jungle tune, mourns lost futures and Mark Fisher's work, aiming to be part of a world that could be free.

A Single Painting

The False Consensus Effect • 0 implied HN points • 16 Jan 22
🎨 Art & Illustration Painting Writing Books Publishing Creative
  1. The author discusses their experience with selling paintings and books, highlighting the challenges they faced in pricing and selling their work.
  2. The author shares their unique writing style and the variety of books they have published, showcasing their dedication to their craft despite financial struggles.
  3. The post emphasizes the author's unconventional approach to networking on LinkedIn and their willingness to create meaningful connections through humor and authenticity.

Ferg: Contemporary Animation Technique and Aesthetics

Do Not Research • 0 implied HN points • 15 Feb 22
🎨 Art & Illustration Animation Technique Aesthetics Craft Concept
  1. Animation has gone through a transition with the dominance of digital techniques, leading to a reevaluation of aesthetics like CGI's representational realism.
  2. Modern animated films like Klaus, Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse, and I Lost my Body are experimenting with merging 2D and 3D techniques to create innovative visuals.
  3. There is a significant difference in approach between craft-focused animation education and concept-focused fine art education, impacting the way artists value their work.

Theo Belci: Vessel JR

Do Not Research • 0 implied HN points • 15 Feb 22
🎨 Art & Illustration Satire Gentrification Urban Development
  1. The artwork 'Vessel Franchise' by Theo Belci aims to critique gentrification and corporate influence on art in New York City, turning real-estate brochures into art pieces.
  2. The project consists of three images and a memo that satirize the impact of large-scale art projects on affordable living spaces and countercultural development in the city.
  3. Theo Belci's work reflects on the continuous transformation of New York City, highlighting the push towards soulless corporate construction over artistic and community-oriented spaces.

Ruba Al-Sweel: The Map of Hell

Do Not Research • 0 implied HN points • 15 Feb 22
🎨 Art & Illustration Visual art Internet culture Geography Cultural influence
  1. The Map of Hell project is inspired by works by Sandro Botticelli and Caroline Busta, reimagining the internet as a deepening geological structure with different levels of access.
  2. The art project layers retro Khaleeji music and Arabic pop from the early 2000s, connecting it with the broadband internet era and the global culture created through BitTorrent and Youtube tutorials.
  3. The project sets its absurd journey in an oceanic setting, reflecting the dominance of aquatic terms in internet lingo and hinting at vast undersea cables.
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What Is High Art?

Outlandish Claims • 0 implied HN points • 08 Jul 24
🎨 Art & Illustration Quality Originality Time
  1. Quality in art can be subjective and influenced by factors like popularity, originality, and cultural context.
  2. Works of art can degrade with age as language and tropes shift, impacting their appeal.
  3. Art categories like classics, pop, high art, and more exist, each with its own characteristics and nuances.

DNR FALL 2021: Margo Bergamini & Abbey Pusz

Do Not Research • 0 implied HN points • 08 Oct 21
🎨 Art & Illustration Political Discourse Art Community
  1. The DNR project recognizes artists as critical influencers in the online political discourse, aiming to challenge mainstream news cycles and dogmatisms.
  2. The community formed around DNR serves as a peer-to-peer school for artists, exploring political imagination and questioning the current state of the art world.
  3. DNR's research aspect not only informs art practice but also detects emergent trends, highlighting the interplay between aesthetic ideals, politics, and cultural influences.

Sketchbook: Abbey Pusz

Do Not Research • 0 implied HN points • 15 Sep 21
🎨 Art & Illustration Visual art Digital Art Illustration Fine Art
  1. Sketchbook consists of eight vertical video art pieces capturing spiritual desires and radical political demands for a postcapitalist future.
  2. The works in Sketchbook were originally presented as Instagram stories and serve as digital inspiration for promotional purposes.
  3. The series includes a mix of artwork and promotional content for DoNotResearch.net or the artist's physical exhibitions.

Alfred Muszynski: Can't Delete Later

Do Not Research • 0 implied HN points • 15 Sep 21
🎨 Art & Illustration Paintings Media Cultural analysis Digital Art
  1. The project 'Can't Delete Later' showcases a collection of oil paintings exploring the power of images and media as an archive.
  2. The focus is on the shift from individuality to collectivity in cultural preference, leading to a new way of perceiving online behaviors and their impact beyond the digital realm.
  3. Through 'devirtualization,' the project merges digital culture with physical reality, offering a holistic and un-deletable portrait of both no one and everyone.

Dank Lloyd Wright: Wanderer Above the Burning Yards

Do Not Research • 0 implied HN points • 15 Sep 21
🎨 Art & Illustration Architecture Capitalism Neoliberalism
  1. Hudson Yards in Manhattan symbolizes the trend of privatized urban development under capitalism.
  2. The architecture community is grappling with being dominated by finance capital and speculative real estate, leading to a lack of solidarity and meaningful change.
  3. There is a growing desire within the younger generation of architects for an anti-capitalist narrative and a need for outlets to express frustrations and disappointments.

For the Love of Art

Sector 6 | The Newsletter of AIM • 0 implied HN points • 13 Mar 23
🎨 Art & Illustration Visual Arts Digital Art Art history Art Critique
  1. Microsoft is developing new tools like Visual ChatGPT that use AI to turn text into images. This makes it easier for people to create pictures without needing complex prompts.
  2. Visual ChatGPT combines different technologies, making it simpler for users to generate visuals. It aims to improve how we interact with text-to-image models.
  3. The focus is on making technology more user-friendly, helping those who find current systems hard to navigate. This is a step towards making artistic creation accessible for everyone.

Sjef van Beers: Gamer Keyboard Wall Piece #1

Do Not Research • 0 implied HN points • 15 Sep 21
🎨 Art & Illustration Gaming Online Culture Visual art Social Commentary
  1. Online culture often portrays gamers in a negative light, highlighting stereotypes such as being socially inept and aggressive.
  2. The _Gamer Keyboard Wall Piece_ series reimagines the gamer stereotype using gamer subculture visuals to give it a new political identity.
  3. The artwork _Gamer Keyboard Wall Piece #1_ uses RGB lit keys of gamer keyboards as pixels in a video installation that addresses themes like loneliness and anxiety.

Dylan Serventi: Taking Stock: A Scale Model of a City

Do Not Research • 0 implied HN points • 15 Sep 21
🎨 Art & Illustration Cityscape Urban life
  1. The city was established near water and has grown with systems for water and other networks like a typical urban area.
  2. The city expanded vertically, horizontally, and underground, accommodating over 8 million residents who engage with these established systems and networks.
  3. Unique individuals like Josh, Collin, a group of Collin's friends, a hedge fund manager, a master planner, and a corn snake are part of the city's population.

Logan Bruni: Commute

Do Not Research • 0 implied HN points • 15 Sep 21
🎨 Art & Illustration Animation Digital Art Podcasts
  1. The post features an animated video with deepfake technology and a generated podcast discussing a new Ghostbusters villain called Muncher.
  2. It explores how digital distractions from screens and parasocial podcasts affect the daily commute to a job, leaving lingering thoughts and ideas.
  3. The artwork incorporates images of a cornfield outside the artist's apartment and Google Maps visuals of the daily highway drive, set to background music by holly.plus.

Jane Balfus: Office Luck and Bounty

Do Not Research • 0 implied HN points • 15 Sep 21
🎨 Art & Illustration Animation Collaboration Music Visual art Writing
  1. The post 'Office Luck and Bounty' reflects on the notion of freedom amidst mundane office materials and the avatar of a weeping secretary.
  2. The work explores historicizing everyday moments as precious gifts, regardless of their nature, through the lens of an ordinary worker.
  3. Collaboration with Sam Balfus, along with music by Galen Tipton and Elusin, adds depth to the artistic portrayal of themes like cuteness with violence and flirtation with hysteria.

Recent Paintings and New Studio

The False Consensus Effect • 0 implied HN points • 11 Dec 21
🎨 Art & Illustration Paintings Artists Artwork
  1. The artist talks about their new studio space and recent paintings, including the story of accepting the offer for a new studio and planning exhibitions.
  2. The artist shares a glimpse of new paintings created and introduces the concept of sharing space with other painters to reduce rent.
  3. The artist reflects on their new studio, mentioning its history and the plans for setting up their art space with reverence and functionality.

Sunflowers

laserllama's blog • 0 implied HN points • 18 Jul 25
🎨 Art & Illustration Photography Visual Arts Nature Landscape
  1. Sunflower fields are currently blooming beautifully in Raleigh. They should be at their peak for about a week.
  2. Photographers can capture stunning images with a few selected Canon lenses. Different lenses can create unique effects.
  3. Nature, like sunflower fields, can bring joy and beauty to our surroundings, making it worthwhile to visit and appreciate.

Lighting Setup: More Power with Genaray LED Panels + Additional Shots

laserllama's blog • 0 implied HN points • 09 Jul 25
🎨 Art & Illustration Photography Lighting Equipment Digital Art Visual Arts
  1. Using Genaray LED panels gives more lighting power than traditional CFL softboxes. This makes a big difference in the quality of photos.
  2. The Westcott X-Drop stand is a good choice for background support, and the fabric tarps hold up well in practice.
  3. Shooting handheld with the new lights allowed for clearer photos at lower ISO settings, showing improved results even at f/22.

Filip Kostic: 24 Hour Bed PC Live Stream

Do Not Research • 0 implied HN points • 15 Aug 21
🎨 Art & Illustration LIVE Stream Performance Artwork Gaming Sculpture
  1. Filip Kostic conducted a 24-hour live stream from a bed PC, blending art, gaming, and work in a unique performance.
  2. He highlighted the concept of collapsing the space between his bed and his workstation to optimize his life.
  3. The 'Bed PC' experiment aimed to blur boundaries and create a borderless life of work, art, and play within the confines of a bedroom.

10 Reasons to Doubt Tim’s Vermeer

Joshua Gans' Newsletter • 0 implied HN points • 15 Jun 14
🎨 Art & Illustration Documentary Replication Technique
  1. Tim Jenison's device used in 'Tim's Vermeer' is not available for purchase, casting doubt on its accessibility and practicality.
  2. There is a lack of evidence of others successfully replicating Tim Jenison's technique, raising questions about its effectiveness and validity.
  3. Attempting to replicate an image using a contraption like Jenison's mirror on a stick proved to be challenging and not as straightforward as demonstrated in the documentary.

Chance Imagery: Fluxus Ex Machina

Cybernetic Forests • 0 implied HN points • 17 Jul 22
🎨 Art & Illustration Art AI Images Technology Creative
  1. George Brecht's 'event scores' introduced chance in art creation, leading to variation and minimalism in performances.
  2. OpenAI's DALLE-2 creates images based on text prompts, utilizing a 'latent space' to generate diverse visual outputs.
  3. The balance between bias and randomness in AI models like DALLE-2 impacts their ability to interpret and produce creative content, raising questions about human imagination and artistic impact.

Asteroid City Redux

Aerial Shot • 0 implied HN points • 28 Jun 23
🎨 Art & Illustration Film Analysis Critique Review Interpretation
  1. The movie 'Asteroid City' explores themes of grief and the search for meaning through complex storytelling.
  2. The film uses parallel stories to depict walls of grief that slowly break down in the characters' journey.
  3. Key elements in understanding the movie include symbolic representations of grief, letting go of the past, and embracing the present moment.

You’re invited to our SF pop-up

Stripe Press • 0 implied HN points • 27 Jul 23
🎨 Art & Illustration
  1. You're invited to the Stripe Press pop-up event in San Francisco on Saturday, August 5.
  2. Enjoy coffee, snacks, limited-edition merchandise, and the opportunity to browse through Stripe Press catalog of books.
  3. Get your editorial and product questions answered by Stripe and Stripe Press team members who will be present.

Chale Wote and a deep dive on the Ashanti

De Nada Nights • 0 implied HN points • 22 Aug 23
🎨 Art & Illustration History Culture Food & Drink Movies Music
  1. Ghana and the Empire of Ghana never overlapped, with the former being known for its abundance of gold.
  2. The Ashanti Empire began with Osei Kofi Tutu forming an empire after defeating the Denkyira Empire.
  3. The Ashanti engaged in multiple wars with the British, including the War for the Golden Stool, leading to direct British control over the Ashanti people.

The Oswego River School

The False Consensus Effect • 0 implied HN points • 04 Dec 20
🎨 Art & Illustration Creativity Personal Development Reflection Parenting Life events
  1. Struggling with mediocrity and financial challenges as an artist can be a tough reality to confront.
  2. Popularity and success in different fields like music and entertainment don't always align with true talent or impact.
  3. Balancing personal passions with practical career choices can lead to conflicts and uncertainties, especially in the creative industry.