Alias Arts

"These are the top six most commonly seen chicken boxes in East London. I wanted to capture them because they are like history for me. To me they represent a piece of London in this decade."... Joe Holbrook

"I wanted to create something which was had quite a mythical feeling to it in a traditional manor, but bring it up to date at the same. I've decided to paint this amazing stallion, and put it in the streets of London. The paining is on a large scale to give it the impact and overwhelm the person looking at it.".. Joe

"This painting is set in Hackney's 'London Fields'. This image was stuck in my head for a while and really loved creating the piece.".. Joe

Tonight at:

Tender 'N Tasty
29 January 2010
18.00 – 22.00
(The exhibition is on view until the 31st of March)
www.joeholbrook.co.uk

Location:
Sid Lee Collective
Gerard Dou straat 74
1072 VW Amsterdam

Here a book I’ve really been meaning to post about for a long time. Published by PA Press, Michael Fox and Miles Kemp have put together as they call it “a processes-oriented guide to creating dynamic spaces and objects capable of performing a range of pragmatic and humanistic functions. These complex physical interactions are made possible by the creative fusion of embedded computation (intelligence) with a physical, tangible counterpart (kinetics). A uniquely twenty-first century toolbox and skill set-virtual and physical modeling, sensor technology, CNC fabrication, prototyping, and robotics-necessitates collaboration across many diverse scientific and art-based communities. “

It contains a huge number of artists, architects and designers all working in and around this field that I have found so fascinating over the past couple of years. Its more than just a coffee table book, I think they’ve done an excellent job finding themes that run through the discipline and taken on some of the key challenges including asking “Interaction” can be understood to be in a spatial context. Its definitely worth picking up and will appeal to architects, artists and designers alike.

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