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Falling Down: Installation ArtFall

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May 12, 2009

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“ArtFall is a collaboration between Brent Bushnell and Eric Gradman, in association with Mindshare Labs.  ArtFall is an interactive installation that allows visitors to construct a dynamic physical simulation by drawing on a whiteboard. “

ArtFall from eric gradman on Vimeo.

I bumped into this installation during the Brewery Art Walk in April 2009 and after a brief instruction by Eric I was hooked within the first second – what a fun! The squares would also get redirected by your own shadow, how fascinating to see a virtual world behaving and responding to its environment as if it was real. An adaptive system – when you would draw a line in an angle the squares would move down the line as objects in reality would do when facing a similar obstacle. This installation recognizes changes in the environment and adjusts its behavior to it immediately. The rapidity of this self-adjustment is…dare I say it… intelligent? Maybe.

Please visit Mindshare Labs if you liked the Video, there are many more.
Mindshare LA
3rd Thursday of every month. 8:00 PM @ (location varies, check site for updates)

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Enlightened: Dinner at "The Galley"

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May 10, 2009

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I went to one of my favorite Restaurants this weekend and finally managed to remember the name although I have been there a few times over the past years. My friend and I used to called it “the restaurant with the weird lights” but there is more to The Galley experience then the very curious interior design what is, I must admit,  the part that “sticks”, that makes it one of its own and different. While I was waiting for my friend inside and let my eyes wander over and dive into the sea of colorful christmas lights ( first mental note to myself: you cannot have too many Christmas lights – and second: It is okay to put lights into blowfishes ) I felt reminded of the exhibition of Yayoi Kusama in the Kunsthalle Vienna in 2002 which  I enjoyed so much. “The gleaming lights of the souls” installation has been the most remarkable one for me.

The Galley claims to be Santa Monica’s oldest restaurant and I am not doubting it. I bet over the last 71 years every inch has been covered with lights. And even pieces of the movie “Mutiny on the Bounty” found their way to The Galley and have been given a new purpose, the steering wheel, for example, found a new life as ceiling decoration. I sometimes think I could satisfy my hunger with visual impression but I would recommend to actually eat and order one of their steak or fish dishes. This spot is an experience for more then one sense. Enjoy.

LA French Gallery represents French Artists

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May 7, 2009

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Under the direction of Alexandra Revzin, the LA French Gallery represents French emerging artists. I went to the opening night last Saturday and I enjoyed the location, crowd and art very much.

The opening took place in The Loft at Liz’s, a truly unique gallery space. It is located above Liz’s Antique Hardware Store and you enter through an old wooden stairway that leads you into a loft space on the second floor with a layout that can host events of different kinds but especially well art shows as it seems. The space filled up with people quite fast that night and the main gathering point for conversations was in the kitchen ( yes it IS a loft that makes it so one-of-a-kind ) around the old and heavy wooden table.

The art was exquisite. I liked every piece in it but one artist in particular caught my attention:

Jagane’s paintings are powerful, clear, dynamic and authentic. Sometimes parts are over-painted, I like this, I know it can be very joyful. The paint is applied with strong and wide brush strokes, within a small color range so you wouldn’t get distracted from the main feeling that gets transmitted – the attempt to hold an elusive moment. I love them.

This weekend, there is another group show coming up in The Loft at Liz’s with a focus on Los Angeles design firms “Ability/Designability”

The Loft at Liz’s

453 S. La Brea Ave. (& 6th St.)

Los Angeles , CA 90036

by Jagane

by Jagane

by Jagane

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