Archive for the ‘Exhibition’ Category

Beware of the GOD

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

Got a mail today from Deborah Kelly who did cloud projections with a large scale projector and the slogan “Beware of the GOD” back in 2006. She redid these projections at the Singapore Biennale 2008.

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Back then the New York Times wrote: ”

SINGAPORE — Like the giant Batman sign projected into the night skies of Gotham City, the text “Beware of the God” suddenly appeared in the Singaporean sky mid-September. The 30-minute projection, repeated over several nights, was the work of Deborah Kelly, part of the opening week of the Singapore Biennale 2008.

While the Australian artist said the work had a serious subtext, warning of the confluences of religion and politics, she added that it also aimed to “entirely disarm the audience so you don’t go ‘Oh more art’; you go, ‘What is that? It’s a miracle!

For more information and pictures go here.

Damiano Colacito, “Face of Doom”

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

Damiano Colacitos´ work “Face of Doom” at the International Festival of Sarajevo “Some Other City” (2007) projects the face of the protagonist, Flynn Taggart on the ruins of Hotel Europa. Read an interview about the project here or a longer one about his art in general here.

"Face of Doom".

Shimon Attie

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

Photographer Shimon Attie works with slide projections since the early nineties. See a short article to the Exhibition “The History of Another: Projections in Rome” from 2004 at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago.

Shimon Attie

Shimon Attie

(via wooster - picture found at fototapeta)

Lumen

Wednesday, March 7th, 2007

Lumen is a Leeds based arts organisation. They supported several projects dealing with outdoor projections. Find the supported works here.

Compton Skyline by Steve Geliot August 2006 - Multi-screen projection onto rooftop screens - Brighton

Compton Skyline by Steve Geliot August 2006 - Multi-screen projection onto rooftop screens - Brighton

Intimate

Wednesday, March 7th, 2007

Blackout Arts (a Bristol-based artist collective) and their work “Intimate” provided space for several artists to show their work in urban surroundings.

"Intimate" by Blackout Arts, 2006

"Intimate" by Blackout Arts, 2006

Sleepwalkers in NYC

Saturday, January 20th, 2007

“Sleepwalkers” done by Doug Aitken at MOMA, New York. This nighttime installation comprises eight large-scale moving images projected around the Museum and on its facades, enlivening the architecture with the nocturnal journeys of five city inhabitants…Have a look at the Website, for more pictures like the one below from dolce vita rachel try flickr.

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