Berlin based artist Julius von Bismarck uses his oddly named camera-mod to project images onto street furniture where they appear in the photos of strangers, but remain invisible to their eyes.
How? It’s simple. The device has a slave unit on top which is triggered when it sees a flash fire. This triggers his own flash, which fires through the back of the camera, through a film slide containing his slogan and then on and out through the lens at the front. This works because a camera is pretty much a projector in reverse.
I’m all for graffiti, especially things like Banksi. But there’s something invasive about it. Maybe because it’s the nature of photography that makes it really personal that makes me uneasy. It’s a good thing I don’t use the flash.
Klara.be launched an experiment with the acclaimed Belgian painter Luc Tuymans. In The Tuymans Experiment, he anonymously paints a mural on a busy street in his hometown of Antwerp. What happens if you take his art out of its usual context? A hidden camera records the reactions of passersby.
I don’t think art can change the world. That’s not what art is about. Art is about creating images and passing on ideas. If it succeeds to make people think, even for a few seconds, it has done a lot already.
– Luc Tuymans
A 3.2 x 2.1 meter (10 x 7 ft) work of Astro Boy pixel art made from 138,000 recycled Tokyo Metro tickets is on temporary display at the Shinjuku Takashimaya Department Store (2nd floor) to mark the opening of Tokyo’s new Fukutoshin subway line. Created by volunteers from Takashimaya and other Shinjuku-area businesses, the work depicts Astro Boy, Uran, Professor Ochanomizu and Higeoyaji (Mr. Mustachio) in Shinjuku along with the new Fukutoshin train.
FACELIFT is a showcase of 40 individually crafted letterforms developed by both new and established creatives from across the globe resulting in an all new Inkthis typeface. The project presents a style-heavy blend of type, design, illustration, sculpture, painting and graffiti.
