SRAM pART - Bike Art

As I assume everybody knows, we here at the HUB are all about a precious few things, Arts, Tech, and Bikes!

SRAM have paired with artists and some very interesting results have occured

http://www.sram.com/partproject/

Not much more can be said so just go check it out!!

Water Fountain Printer

The Japanese have created this beauty in Osaka City Station. It's a water fountain that seems to double up as a basic dot-matrix printer. By changing the flow of the water the fountain can create beautiful pictures, messages and even acts like a clock.




It has to be seen to be believed.

Sky Orchestra : Synchronised hot-air balloon flight

Synchronised hot-air balloon flight, broadcasting music over the London sky, interested? This just great enjoy every second of this post and please check out some of the links they really are something to see well done everyone involved. The official Sky Orchestra website states.

"Sky Orchestra delivers music to sleeping people from out of the sky. Created by artist Luke Jerram with composition from Dan Jones, the balloons will take off at dawn and dusk with speakers attached, creating a massive audio landscape."

"The latest Sky Orchestra performance took place in London to herald a year to go to the 2012 Games.The Mayor of London Boris Johnson teamed up with London International Festival of Theatre (LIFT) to bring the project to the city between 22 - 27 July 2011."

To check out the Sky Orchestras online presence visit www.skyorchestra.co.uk



This video came from the Guardian Online, to see the original article visit the Guardian Online

Make your own comic strips

Here are a couple of sites where you can go to make your own animations. We have been playing around with them for days at SH. They require next to no prior knowledge of this sort of stuff. They work quite simply on a drag and drop system allowing novices and experts alike to create what they want.

Go Animate

Strip Generator

Fake or Foto?

Today we're presented with images in movies, on TV, and in the press that are of such good quality we don't even think to consider whether the picture is of something that exists in reality or if it was generated by computer software. Movies can be considered as being at the high-end of the range of uses for computer generated imagery that mimics real-life, but there are many more day-to-day examples that challenge our ability to tell what's real and what's not.

Spend a few minutes with our reality check and see if you can tell the difference...

Click here for Link

Sandcastles

As it Summer here in the UK, SH thought it would be a good idea to find some of the best sandcastles and sand sculptures from around the world. Here are three for your enjoyment.

Niklas Roy: My Little Piece of Privacy

 

Niklas' workshop is located in an old storefront with a big window facing towards the street. In an attempt to create more privacy inside, Niklas decided to install a small but smart curtain.

Concept Art from Tinfoil

Tinfoil or Daniel Dociu produces digital concept art. Stunning works of both technical genius and visual beauty. Catch Tinfoil's personal statement after the jump. The use of the media and just fantastic imagination of some of these works really does make it all worth at look. After the Jump there are also some more of his images. Just a simply beautiful collection of work.



Tinfoil's statement on his website, www.tinfoilgames.com, states

Camille Seaman: Haunting photos of polar ice

Some beautiful and stunning photography from TED, see does open with the statement "As an artist" and see really appreciates icebergs. The best part is right at the end with the motion, Enjoy.

Marco Zamora : Urban Imagery

Marco Zamora creates initially monochromatic imagery through a collage of different sources. These creations are then focused and heightened with the specific introduction of colour. These images are a calculated study of the human condition yet they are striking and beautiful also.



Marco's website states, "Marco Zamora was born and currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California. In 2004 he graduated from California Institute of the Arts, with a Bachelor of Fine Art. Using the paintbrush and pen to draw, Marco develops imagery about the urban landscape and the people that inhabit it. Producing a richly complex and experimental image, Marco goes into a neighborhood and shoots a spot, recontectualizing and collaging figures to create each paintings identity. City life, his culture, color/scale experimentation, and the working class have influenced his artwork. Splitting his time between painting and apparel design, Marco's recent work can be seen in a variety of Van's ads and collaboration projects as well as galleries up and down the west coast."



To read more about Marco or see other images by him visit www.marcozamora.com, to see some more images here catch the jump, Enjoy.

Dylan Cole Studio

Dylan Cole Studio website states "Dylan Cole is an art director, concept artist, and matte painter who specializes in film, video games, and commercials. The southern Caliornia native always had a love for drawing. Inital interest in comic book art gave way to matte painting and concept design after he saw the Art of Star Wars books. Dylan attended UCLA as a fine art major where he continued to draw and paint traditionally."



"A summer internship at ILM opened his eyes to the digital world that he had been avoiding. Within a year and a half of graduating from UCLA, Dylan was off to New Zealand to be a senior matte painter for Return of the King. Since then, Dylan has contributed art to over 50 films including Avatar, Alice in Wonderland, and Tron Legacy."



For more images from Dylan Cole either visit his website, www.dylancolestudio.com or catch the jump for more images and a showreel, Enjoy.

BasementArtsProject, Leeds

A word about a venture that has been running in Beeston, Leeds for a couple of months now. The events that have taken place so far include the creation of the longest hand painted film in Britain with Unravel and a performance by Kimbal Quist Bumstead.

Click here to see what else has been happening and what is coming up over the next few months.

Minimalist Decepticons

This little image sprang up on facebook and was spotted by Mr James Schofield. Minimalist Decepticons see if you can name them all, Thanks for the find James.

Steampowered Bikes - Steampunks Revenge!

A bicyle powered by a steam engine sounds like it something that roared straight out of the sepia-stained pages of a steampunk tale.  Gusts of steam rise through fog bound warehouses, chains and gears clank and grumble. Mutton chopped heros chase down clockwork automatons through the gritty cobbled streets of Victorian London, whilst genius-supervillans plot world domination through rooms of cigar-smoke and polished brass.  You can almost smell the tweed.

Alas, such men and their marvelous machines are destined to remain in the pages of fiction... or are they?

Tom Sepe's Steampunk "Whirlygig Emoto"


Tom Sepe is Steampunk artist, performer and fabricator. You can see some of his wonderful creations and visit his rather beautiful personal website here.

Tom's bike is essentially an electric bike with steam-powered effects - but is that all we can hope for? Is a true steam powered bike possible? Yes, yes it is.

Isaac Cordal's : "Small Interventions in the Big City"

Isaac Cordal's cement works are summarised with the title "Small Interventions in the Big City". Issac's work are remineciant of Ron Mueck's photorealist sculpture. Whilst not photorealist these sculptures do have a disturbing and gritty realisim to them.


Isaac's sculptures are made from cement and are scattered in urban enviroments. Not only are these tiny sculptures beautiful, but they are also quite often amusing and play with socaility and politicts. Whilst this kind of work is nothing new Isaac does bring a little flair to the work and it does leave you looking for more, even with the inspiration to go and make some of your own.

I thouroghly enjoy this work and i hope you do to, to catch more of this work on Isaac's website visit http://www.isaac.alg-a.org/.

Musical Structures and Animusic

For quite a while now I have been wanting to build musical instruments, but not your standard instruments. I took great inspiration from the following clips (there are many more but these are my favourites). Obviously not wanting to copy these ideas but the concept of a musical instrument actually being able to play its self seemed unimaginable, impossible... so i have to try it at some point!!!





Me an Matthew Merrick have talked about collaborating on this in passing, but its more of an issue of time and money so nothing has currently come to fruition. But seems some body else has beaten my to a similar idea.

These are magnificent structures built to play music. They are amazing in the way they look and i am sure in the way they sound (unfortunately all videos have been made private so i can not say for certain)

Peace Awesome New work from Cem

This is a brilliant concept for reductive grafitti watch and Enjoy.



via The Wooster Collective

Stefainie Posavec "On the Map"

Hello HUB readers, for my first post and your reading pleasure I present the work of Stefanie Posavec.

Here is a link to Stefanie Posavec “On the Map”- 04.02.08 "On the Move".

Jeff de Boer : Armor for Cats and Mice

"15th Century Maximilian Rat"

A few years ago i stumbled across Jeffs' work, both technically amazing and fascinating. Jeff's farther was a professional tin smith and many of his skills stem form that relationship. His works are both amusing an incredibly beautiful. Showing what a little idea with astonishing implementation can create a fantastic series of works.

Jeff's website Bio states "Jeff de Boer was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, in 1963, the fourth child of Dutch immigrants Andy and Maria de Boer. Being that his father was a professional tin smith, Jeff grew up exposed to the endless possibilities of metal. From the age of five, he knew that he wanted to be an artist. He spent his growing years painting and drawing, but just as importantly, he made objects. During his last years of high school, he started to take a serious interest in metal work and during this time built his first suit of armour. After graduating, he spent the next few years independently developing his craft, as well as learning techniques from a blacksmith. In 1984, he enrolled at the Alberta College of Art and Design (ACAD), where he majored in jewellery design. In the fall of 1986, while a student at ACAD, he combined his new skills in jewellery construction with his knowledge of armour-making to produce the world's first and only suit of armour for a mouse."


"Gladiator Cat Helmet"

To read more of Jeff's Bio or to check out Jeff's website click the link, or to get some more images follow the jump to some more content, Enjoy!

Card Board Wars

This is a video I was alerted to by Juneau Projects recently that I think appeals to a darker side of many people.



Juneau Projects have been working on their own variation of this which can be viewed at:
Juneau Projects