Gender: Feminine
Origin: Old Norse
Meaning: “beautiful Thor.”

The name is derived from the Old Norse Tófa, which is a short form of Þórfríðr which in turn is composed of the elements Thor and fríðr meaning “beautiful.” In 2006, Tove ranked in at # 98 in the Top 100 female names of Sweden. While in 2007, its other form of Tova came in at # 87.

Tova is coincidentally a Hebrew female ( טוֹבָה) name meaning “good”, which is sometimes transliterated as Tovah.

In Sweden, the designated name day for Tove and Tova is September 10, while in Norway it is November 2.

K. David Harrison kayıtları az bulunan ve kaybolmakta olan diller üzerine çalışan bir bilim adamı. Yaptığı çalışmalar Türk dil ailesinin Sibirya bölgesinde yoğunlaşmış. Tuvacanın yanı sıra  30′dan daha az konuşanı bulunan iki Türk dili Tofa ve Ös dillerini araştırmış.

http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/dharris2/

Harrison dünya dillerinin yarısının bu yüzyıl içinde kaybolma tehlikesi ile karşı karşıya olduğunu söylüyor ve bir bilim adamı olarak bu dilleri kayda geçiriyor. Elbette bu bilimsel kayıtlar dillerin ölmesini önleyemeyecek. Ancak o dili oluşturan zihinsel yapıyı tanımamıza imkan sunacak veriler derlenmiş olacak. Her dil, başka bir bir anlayış, kavrayış ve  sınıflama tercihi, farklı bir düşünme şekli demek. Kaybolan dillerle birlikte bu farklı tercihler, düşünme biçimleri de yeryüzünden siliniyor.

Step into the Future of Graffiti Art

With Graffiti becoming a global problem for our governments and harsher and stronger laws being put into effect, Graffiti artists are finding it tougher to express their art without facing the consequences.

This can deter a lot of artists and may see the end of Graffiti Art as we know it. But luckily a group of forward thinking artists are taking humble Graffiti to the next level in the form of Light Graffiti.

Tag by Chuck Anderson

Light Graffiti is a photographic technique in which exposures are made usually at night or in a darkened room by moving a hand-held light source or by moving the camera. In many cases the light source itself does not have to appear in the image. The term also encompasses images lit from outside the frame with hand-held light sources.   

Anyone who has checked long time exposure on cameras already knows the basics of Light Graffiti writing. It´s a simple but efficient photo and animation technique, which has developed only within the last decade.

It is by no means a new thing. Pablo Picasso already worked out this technique in his own way. Picasso was photographed ‘painting’ a quick sketch in mid-air in a darkened room with a torch, and the image was composited with a shot of Pablo in a studio to create the effect of painting with light.

Classic Light tag

Using this new method, a number of graffiti artists have been tagging the impossible without being caught. How? – it’s actually not illegal for them. They’re not using paint and they are not leaving a long term, ‘hard copy’ of their artwork on public or private property. Though this form of graffiti exists in cyberspace at the moment it wont be long before we see it in art installations in our cities. 

As it turns out, time-lapse photography isn’t just for blooming flowers, skyscapes, or brake lights anymore. Tag artists are taking their ‘colour’ to an all new level.

Techniques:

Moving the Light Source

Light Graffiti vs Traditional Graffiti by LAPP

The light can either be used to selectively illuminate parts of the subject or to ‘paint’ a picture by shining it directly into the camera lens. Light painting requires a sufficiently slow shutter speed, usually a second or more. Like night photography, it has grown in popularity since the advent of digital cameras because they allow photographers to see the results of their work immediately.

Light painting can take on the characteristics of a quick pencil sketch. Flash lights or light pens or LED ‘throwies’ can also be used to create Full Bleed images. Different colored lights can be used to project an image on the CCD.

Moving the Camera

Light Graffiti explores 3D elements by LAPP

Making a light graffiti doesn’t necessarily need to be done in a dark room or at night. Sometimes using artificial light, like LEDs and mobile phones, or through the limited sunlight beaming in a curtained room creates a shadowing effect. Using a mirror creates a double image, which adds up to a more creative result.

Light Graffiti is also known as Light Writing/ Light Painting.

Recognition – Gathering Momentum

Darklight is the first international Light Graffiti writing festival, paying tribute to this virtual graffiti and urban space art. It’s goal is to invite the most outstanding artists of this genre to Berlin for one week to hold workshops, jam-sessions and to organise the exhibition for the public.

Light Graffiti Artists:

KAALAM (FR) | KARL D. WILLIS (AUSTR) | L.A.P.P. (GER) | LIGHTDOODLES (UK) | LICHTFAKTOR (GER) | NASH (IND) | MARKO93 (FR) | TOFA (GER) | PIKAPIKA (JP) | PIPSLAB (NL) | MISHEL CHURKIN (RU) |

Other Light Graffiti Links:

• Environmental graffiti
• Interview with Artist Lichtfaktor
• Lichtfaktor Pics Library
• Lichtfaktor Video Starwars vs Startrek
• PikaPika Video Go Go PikaPika
• Light Graffiti Video

• Shift Video Spider Walk

Step by Step Instructions on how to create your own Light Graffiti: 

• Download Light Graffiti Tutorial

If you like the direction Light Graffiti is heading leave us a comment on how it makes you feel.

If you have any further pics or videos on Light Graffiti please send them to us - we would be happy to share them. 

Rene Lacoste ruled the world tennis scene for much of the 1920s and 30s, winning seven Grand Slam championships (Wimbledon, the French Open, and the US Open) and earning himself the fan-appointed title of “the crocodile” because of his hostile nature on the court.

Now, 79 years after Rene introduced the first Lacoste tennis shirt (not commercially available until 1933), the Lacoste company is celebrating its 75th anniversary and its founder through art, commissioning 11 Berlin artists to interpret the brand’s notorious crocodile logo. The pieces are up for auction online and on exhibit at KaDaWe Berlin’s atrium, temporarily named Gallery 12.12 (after Lacoste’s original tennis polo), until July 12.

Here are some of my favorites:

PAST FORWARD by TOFA

CROCODILE IN THE WOODS by Thomas MARECKI a.k.a. MAROK

HERE BE DRAGONS 2 by Anne Sofie VISTVEN

View the entire collection, and bid on the pieces here.

from sly-fi.hobnox.com posted with vodpod

I hope the little trailer that I posted above can give you a glimpse of the greatest launch party any start-up ever had. If I’d tell you what the budget was you’d want to have us organize all of your parties. Don’t ask anyone about band catering. I think the budget was about € 250 for snacks and drinks for three bands (one of them consisting of 20 people). At least Ministry Of Sound newcomer Calvin Harris had his personal bottle of Jim Beam which I’m sure he didn’t finish, coz an acquaintance of mine found it and finished it off. Cheers!

This dude who’s having his bow tie chewed on (I love the sexual connotation in this pic) was the best dressed man of the night. No-one else showed up in a tuxedo.

This fine young lady deejayed in the VIP. She mixed classic country with David Lynch soundtracks and Polka. The VIPs loved it. By the way, those same VIPs drank their whole free beer budget by 10 pm (doors opened at 8 pm).

These two gents were a big part of the free booze killing squad. Jury members Tyron Ricketts (Word Cup, Soko Leipzig) and JayBo aka Monk (Irie Daily, Style 100).

Notic Nastic were one of three finalists in the category “music”. They didn’t win but definitely had an interesting visual concept.

I told you the place was packed. Around 2000 people showed up at the Tresor which led to the uncomfortable situation that some of the VIPs had to stand in line outside of Tresor because a traffic jam clogged up the staircase from the entrance all the way up to the VIP-lounge.

Time to go home, oh sweet child of the tattooed appearance.

You’ll be able to watch all the finalists of the Hobnox Evolution on Hobnox.com in a couple of days.
Just browse by every day to be safe.
Music: Notic Nastic, Boombaker (winner) and Opus 1

Film: Hagezussa, Farm Connection and Philantrop (winner)

Urban Culture: Missy Magazine (winner), Tofa, ArtRMX Cologne

Das Voting ist beendet, die Finalisten stehen fest und am 28.2. wird im Tresor zu Berlin der große Showdown stattfinden:

Kategorie Musik:

Notic Nastic (Berlin), Boombaker (Berlin), Miki (Düsseldorf)

Kategorie Film:

Hagezussa, Philantrop, Farm Connection

Kategorie Urban Culture:

ArtRmx, Tofa, Missy Magazine

Als Main-Acts bestätigt sind:

im Batterieraum:

Calvin Harris (Ministry of Sound/Deutschlandpremiere!), Puppetmastaz

DJs nach der Verkündung der Gewinner: Missill (Paris), Sick Girls (Berlin)

im Tresor:

Tobias Thomas (Köln/Kompakt), Pantha du Prince (Hamburg/Dial)

Der Eintritt ist frei, ihr müsst euch lediglich vorher bei hobnox.com registrieren und einen Account anlegen. Kommt vorbei und feiert die große Party. Es lohnt sich.

Bring it on!