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The Universal Addressability of Dumb Things

Sebastian Alvarez wrote 2 weeks ago: The Universal Addressability of Dumb Things, installation view (detail) the Bluecoat, Liverpool. 201 … more →

Tags: art/aesthetics, Shows, Machines, Dumb Things, Universal, addressability, archaeological artefacts, Iconic Objects

As Long As It Photographs It Must Be A Camera1 comment

Sebastian Alvarez wrote 3 weeks ago: No animals were harmed in the making of these cameras. These cameras were handcrafted by the Swiss d … more →

Tags: photographics, Animalia, camera, Collection, turtle, Armadillo, Flash, Handcrafted

Listen to the Surface of the Earth Transposed on Vinyl Record - by Art of Failure

Sebastian Alvarez wrote 1 month ago: FLAT EARTH SOCIETY proposes a transposition of the earth elevation at the scale of a microgroove rec … more →

Tags: Earthly/Geo/Astro, performativity, Sonic/Musical, earth elevation, Global, GPS, landform, Minimal, Phonographic

Glass Microbiology

Sebastian Alvarez wrote 1 month ago: HIV This body of glass work has been developed since 2004. Made to contemplate the global impact of … more →

Tags: Design, Science, Bio, glass, glass microbiology, HIV

The Waste less chair

Sebastian Alvarez wrote 1 month ago: The Waste less chair by ‘Architecture uncomfortable workshop’. … more →

Tags: Design, performativity, architecture uncomfortable workshop, trunk, Waste Less Chair, wasteless, Wood

Algaculture Symbiosis Suit

Sebastian Alvarez wrote 1 month ago: Will humans be compared to lichen, sea slugs and salamanders in the future? With the future in mind, … more →

Tags: Animalia, Bio, Design, performativity, Science, algaculture, Algaculture Symbiosis Suit, Algae, fuel

Fumigation Tents: The circus of aerosoled death

Sebastian Alvarez wrote 2 months ago: There’s something eerie about a clown-striped fumigation tent on a dark, residential street. Perhaps … more →

Tags: Design, Public Space, Architectonic, Animalia, Pest, fumigation tents, circus, aerosoled death, clown-striped

Light Show tricks meaning out of physics and biology

Sebastian Alvarez wrote 2 months ago: Light Show explores the experiential and phenomenal aspects of light by bringing together sculptures … more →

Tags: Shows, technology, light, Physics, Biology, perceptual phenomena, Intangible, light show

“Lovers I (for AB)” by Juan Ortiz Apuy.

Sebastian Alvarez wrote 3 months ago: “Lovers I (for AB)” by Juan Ortiz Apuy. … more →

Tags: photographics

Hoover Buildings: Architecture Models That Literally Suck

Sebastian Alvarez wrote 3 months ago: By Dutch Artist Frank Halmans. The machines literally suck up dirt into the interior of a dollhouse. … more →

Tags: Architectonic, frank halmans, Hoover Buildings, Dirt, Debris, vacuum cleaners, Suck

Crystalized Books

Sebastian Alvarez wrote 4 months ago: ‘Crystalized Books’ by Alexis Arnold. … more →

Tags: Book-Text-Read-Zines, geologic specimens, Crystal growth, forced oxidation, sun bleaching

“ORSON, I'm Home”

Sebastian Alvarez wrote 5 months ago: “ORSON, I’m Home” is a limited series of dining sculptures in different sizes, dimensions and … more →

Tags: Design, Animalia, consumer culture, dining sculptures, Livestock Breeds, taxidermy

Jared Clark's Bleeder

Sebastian Alvarez wrote 5 months ago: “Clark is adept at taking the theoretical concepts of modernism and minimalism and reapplying … more →

Tags: Paint/Illust./Mix-Media, performativity, COLOR, Jared Clark, Minimal Intervention, abstraction

The Mine Kafon clears land mines

Sebastian Alvarez wrote 5 months ago: The Mine Kafon, by Afghan designer Massoud Hassani, is designed to be blown across dangerous terrain … more →

Tags: Design, Human-ities, performativity, Social&Politics, videos, Form and Function, Kabul, land mines, Massoud Hassani

Oramics Machine, c. 1959

Sebastian Alvarez wrote 5 months ago: The Oramics Machine is a unique electronic instrument invented by Daphne Oram (1925-2003). Throughou … more →

Tags: Sonic/Musical, technology, 35mm film, contemporary electronic music, Daphne Oram, Natural Sounds, Oramics machine, Scanners, signal generators

The Research and Destroy Department of Black Mountain College

Sebastian Alvarez wrote 5 months ago: For a brief moment the revolutionary ideas on art and living of Black Mountain College resonate in t … more →

Tags: art/aesthetics, performativity, Shows, Experimental, Exhibition, black mountain college, bricoleurs, Conceptual, Revolutionary Ideas

The Sound of the Earth by Yuri Suzuki2 comments

Sebastian Alvarez wrote 7 months ago: The Sound of the Earth is a content of Yuri Suzuki`s spherical record project, the grooves represent … more →

Tags: Design, Earthly/Geo/Astro, Sonic/Musical, field recordings, Folk music, geographic, National Anthems, needle, Popular Music

Yuri Suzuki: London underground circuit map radio

Sebastian Alvarez wrote 8 months ago: Responding to ‘thrift’ as a theme, Suzuki’s work explores communication systems in … more →

Tags: Design, Public Space, Sonic/Musical, circuit map radio, London Underground, map, radio, Yuri Suzuki

DRIP: Melted Styrofoam sculptures by Takashi Masubuchi2 comments

Sebastian Alvarez wrote 8 months ago: Have you ever tried to paint the Styrofoam balls in a model solar system, only to have them disinteg … more →

Tags: Paint/Illust./Mix-Media, Styrofoam, DRIP, Takashi Masubuchi, cube, Petroleum based paint


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