some photos taken during ramblings along the canal in the countryside, they're actually relfections of things in the water, flipped upside down and photoshopped ... they look like prints right? kind of.

paper/polyester/porcelain

Today I fell in love with Igor and Svetlana Kopystiansky.
Their piece titled 'Incidents' (1996-1997) on display at the Tate Modern just completely captivated me.
It was like that floating bag scene from American Beauty, only a million times better.
I could have perched there on that black cube all day and watched various pieces of litter dance and dart across the pavement, the wind animating their polystyrene, card-board, frayed edges.
I've not been that excited in a while, I was kind of giddy actually.

'Bits and pieces of urban detritus are transformed into a lyrical symphony of everyday forms in a video by Igor and Svetlana Kopystiansky.
Incidents was filmed on windy streets near the artists’ studio in the Chelsea neighbourhood of Manhattan, where the Kopystianskys have lived since 1988. Carefully edited from footage shot over a two-year period when the neighbourhood was still rundown, the video traces the almost balletic movements of discarded remnants from an urban consumer culture. Projected on a large scale, these seemingly random and insignificant materials are transformed, taking on a momentary sculptural or architectural quality before they move fleetingly out of the frame.'

http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/explore/room.do?show=2338&code=09&action=3 

Also another piece in particular was also amazing; a floating replica of a staircase made of polyester and steel by Do Ho Suh.

This is a pic that I blagged off the net but it really is stunning in real life.

What i loved most was that the detail was all there, the banisters in particular were a wonderful touch. I've never been that excited about banisters before, or light switches and things.



And finally, something I wish I could have seen:

Ai Weiwei's Sunflower Seeds



They're all individually painted porcelain seeds! apparently that was the problem, the dust from the porcelain was judged a health hazard and that was why they were packed into white sacks and now sit in that vast space behind some black fence and not because of his arrest. I have no idea if he's a free man now, I hope so. Just imagine siiiiinking your fingers into that, mmmmm! I so would have nicked a few. Yeah, definitely.

design a dictionary - final video