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Vladimir Shcherban | moving people

W&V — Thu, 26 May 2011 11:30:36 +0000

Moving people is a fascinating short art movie by Vladimir Shcherban, the director of Belarus Free Theatre. This is his first film work where he presents actors with whom he has collaborated in the underground theatre. Human emotion, individual identities, movement, light and fragments of the human body are the elements which tell the tales of the 6 short stories in this film.

Vladimir Shcherban about the film:
“The idea to make this video came to my mind when i found the illuminant in my temporary loft appartment in New York City. My friend finally bought a camera for saved money and helped me with my film. The film production was carried out in the room of one of New York City hotels.”

Video and photos by: Vladimir Shcherban | Belarus Free Theatre website |

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One Hundred and Eight | An interactive Art Installation

W&V — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 22:51:31 +0000

One Hundred and Eight is an interactive wall-mounted Installation created by the German artist and communication designer Nils Völker. He explores new ways of reproducing and visualizing data and information by creating artworks with the means of physical computing at the intersection of technology and art.

The art installation One Hundred and Eight interacts with the movement of the audience. As soon as a viewer comes close it instantly reacts by drawing back and tentatively following the movements of the observer. As long as he remains in a certain area in front of the installation it dynamically reacts to the viewers motion. Once it does no longer detect someone close it reorganizes itself after a while and gently restarts moving around in its autonomous pattern.

Photos and video: Nils Völker | Nils Völker website

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Claudia Rogge | individualism, reproducibility and mass

W&V — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:04:56 +0000

In the contemporary art scene, German artist Claudia Rogge is an exceptional person. She continually photographs crowds of practically identical people , all dressed in the same way and holding the same pose to create a unique mass identity. Arranged either in repetition, tessellation or in choreographed groups, her figures represent the unique little tiles that form an intricate mosaic. Man himself turns into a pattern, into an ornament. At the same time there is the question of whether the conceptual classification is justified. Are they really patterns or ornaments? Might they not simply be masses or forms? It seems, however, that we can cope best with the conceptual term of pattern.

Although Claudia Rogge shows us patterns, her works no longer shows an indistinct and homogeneous element but one made up of minuscule differences that need to be sought out carefully in each single photograph. The disposition of the persons depicted reminds spectators of their own movements and postures, which are no mere coincidences but basic dimensions of the sense of social direction. Postures and emotions correspond with each other. Analysing the body language is helpful for a better understanding of other people. Claudio Rogge plays with perception, which she carries on. She shows her wish to bring things closer together in terms of space and time. “If you pause motionless”, says photographer Robert Doisneau, “people will look at you.”

This is one of the elements which makes Claudia Rogge´s pictures so attractive. A motionlessness that repeats itself and thus appears to be movement within stillness.They can be approached in the same way one would approach a still life. With Vermeer, says philosopher Paul Virilio, the living world corresponds with a still life. With Claudia Rogge it seems the same yet with a slight difference: she has raised the living world of mere illusion to the status of an art icon. Our age, in which the mass media are left to themselves, has accomplished the step from the necessary to the superfluous. Claudia Rogge turns our gaze back to the aesthetic glossy print with its mass of people returning to us the individual within us.

Photos by Claudia Rogge | Claudia Rogge website | Sources: Marianne Hoffmann

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Vangelis Paterakis | Shadow life

W&V — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:45:04 +0000

Vangelis Paterakis is a Greek photographer and artist. For his commissioned work he collaborated often on editorials for magazines and with advertising companies.

Shadow life is a second series of art photos after his shadow series.
Vangelis Paterakis says himself about this work:
“It is a second creation of organisms that make up an unnoticed realm of life as we don’t know it”
With Shadow Life Vangelis Paterakis continues seeking bodies that give birth to new figures and shadows that rise new souls. His pictures remain familiar and their figures emit an instant mood for creation, annihilating the stillness of the picture offering to the spectator a side of life far from its daily perception. He gives shape to the human shadow that immaterial element of us all an indefinite subject that appears when light strikes a surface only to then melt away and blend in with the surrounding surfaces. The concept and images create a fascinating space for philosophical reflections and remind us of a line written by the Swiss thinker Carl Justav Jung:
“Contact with our shadows allows us to identify more closely with ourselves and touch a profound part of very being.”

Photos Vangelis Paterakis | Studio Paterakis | Shadow and Shadow life series

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Maxim Zhestkov: Architectural video worlds

W&V — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:22:00 +0000

Maxim Zhestkov, a motion-, graphics designer and video artist, is inspired by many different fields like for example: science, fashion, architecture and/or space. He creates architectural worlds where sounds blend with space and shape.

Zhestkov: “I have tried to reflect the concept of the universe between the infinite and border as a pulsating place of energy and magnetism.”

Modul By Maxim Zhestkov

Zhestkov: “Any composition needs to begin with one or two main elements. The smaller the elements, the greater number of them there should be. You need to start with one or two main ideas and gradually build up the smaller elements until the space becomes rich with life.”

Nokia By Maxim Zhestkov

Photos and video : Maxim Zhestkov | Vimeo

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Diary: 061109 Video Curve/movement

W&V — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:53:15 +0000

Video diary entry:

C-AW1011 Curve/movement.

Fabric interaction with body – distortion

Video by WARMENHOVEN & VENDERBOS | Diary 061109

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BMW Gina: Body, movement and skin

W&V — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:17:12 +0000

BMW recently revealed the GINA light visionary model concept car, an innovative new exploration in car design.

The concepts of this car has a close relation to fashion and garment design. Instead of the traditional steel and plastic body shell, the Gina concept uses a textile fabric which is stretched like a second skin garment over the frame of the car.

By using this flexible textile fabric the look and feel of the car can be changed according to the mood and/or taste of the driver. The interaction of the body, movement and the flexible skin are more reminiscent to the interaction of garments, like for example skirts and dresses, around the human body then to regular cars.

The project began by questioning the purpose of a car’s body and exploring new possibilities. Chris Bangle, director of design for BMW, discuses the project in the video above. The car is currently on show at the BMW museum in Munich, Germany.

Design of the pattern and cutting of the fabric for the BMW Gina concept car.

Photos and video by BMW | Youtube

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Shadow Dress

W&V — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:45:45 +0000

Short video impression from Shadow dress.

Autonomous work by WARMENHOVEN & VENDERBOS.

Video by WARMENHOVEN & VENDERBOS Channel | Youtube | More Warmenhoven & Venderbos projects |

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