Mars-1 & Doze Green

MARS1 & DOZE GREEN from Colin M Day on Vimeo.

The Sartorialist

INSERT COIN HERE

From the makers of 8-Bit Trip comes this insane stop motion animation using only coins. (They reveal their process at the end)

Ways of Seeing- The Female Nude

My prof Christine Major sent me this video for my reference, as I am painting a scene from A Clockwork Orange featuring nude female statues as furniture. It talks about the use of the female form in the mostly male arena of pre-modernist painting.

Warning: very 80s









sarah xoxo

The Evolution of Beauty

A TED talk on the origins of our ideas of beauty, beyond our specific cultural sensibilities, that have developed in the human species through evolutionary processes.

Very comprehensive and interesting as usual with TED.

Influence me

INFLUENCERS FULL VERSION from R+I creative on Vimeo.

TAO LIN

So if you don't already know who Tao Lin is, you do now. He's know mainly for his strange literary publications, including such titles as "Shoplifting from American Apparel" and "Richard Yates". But it seems recently he has been branching out to the visual arts.

I loled. Hard. This guy's a genius.

Tao Lin: How to Draw a Hamster from Graham Kolbeins on Vimeo.

Banksy + The Simpsons

Banksy does the Simpsons from Transfer.TV on Vimeo.

I'm surprised this even got to air. It's pretty funny though, especially the animal exploitation bit.

This went viral a few days ago but I wasn't able to see it because it got taken off Youtube pretty quickly by Twentieth Century Fox. But now it's on Vimeo, where apparently the word copyright has no meaning, at least for now.


*EDIT*
well apparently it's private now. BUT now there's another one on youtube :P


sarah xoxo

Conrad Ruiz

After viewing Conrad Ruiz’s epic paintings, I feel like I got hit in the face with a cat covered in cayenne pepper. (note: I'm allergic to cats. Not cayenne pepper though. But I'm sensitive to spicy foods.. anyway, getting it in the eyes or nose would suck.)

Anyway... here's an interview with him talking about how he got into art after losing fights in the park and his insecurity fueled goal to make the worlds biggest watercolour.

Conrad Ruiz: The World's Largest Watercolor from Graham Kolbeins on Vimeo.

Ira Glass' good advice

I just remembered this awesome clip of Ira Glass giving a kind of universal pep talk to anyone frustrated with their artistic practice. I found it very motivating back in first year. He talks about the importance of productivity and deadlines for people doing creative work.



So I guess that's kinda what I'm trying to do with this blog. Though it's mostly links right now, I kind of want it to turn into a collective creative instigator. A place to motivate us to produce material no matter how good or bad and share it with the group. A place where inactivity *coughcourtneycough* doesn't go unnoticed and we keep each other on our toes.

Just a thought. This will be whatever it turns into and that's cool too. Am I still making sense? I guess it's bed time...

sarah xoxo