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Skibinskipedia™ is the online wunderkammer of B Dean Skibinski, a graphic designer and writer based in New York City. Launched in 2010, it has since been a repository of inspirations and links related to design, architecture, art, film, literature, music, photography, and, of course, New York City. I take great care to either retain or add accurate attribution to each post, but if for some reason any citations are missing or incorrect, please don't hesitate to let me know. Additionally, if work I've featured is yours and you for some reason don't want it featured, I shall be happy to remove it upon your request. Please email or message me as you wish.

christopher-kuehl:

Japanese Artist -  Ryoji Ikeda

Visual Art Through Large Data.

Using the entire data set of a Honda Civic, Ikeda created an audiovisual composition on a three-screen projection where the car is broken down and transformed into a series of data visualizations and sound pieces—generative blueprints—where numbers and images cascade across the screens. “It’s like a human, the many organs in it, and that inspired me,” says Ikeda in the video when talking about the car.

#love #visual data

Posted on Tuesday, April 24th 2012

Reblogged from Christopher Kuehl

Problems with the #NewAesthetic

Required reading, in my opinion, for anyone who’s been following the recent coverage of “The New Aesthetic.”

prostheticknowledge:

A lot of talk has become of this topic amongst the tech and art worlds, and I have to confess it has been interesting to see the reaction on the topic. Something about “The New Aesthetic” ideas and discussions, for me, have been on my mind for a little while, and thought I would put them down. I’m certainly no academic and perfectly happy to be corrected if wrong (or to be completely ignored!), and I’m sure that the world doesn’t need another piece written about it. Anyway, if you are interested, carry on below…

Read More

Posted on Monday, April 23rd 2012

Reblogged from prosthetic knowledge

nycartscene:

Opens Tonight, Apr 22, 6-8p:

Before They Were Famous
 William John Kennedy

site 109, 109 Norfolk St., NYC

American photographer William John Kennedy’s exhibition of newly published prints of Andy Warhol and Robert Indiana is believed to be the only such images in existence capturing the artists with their works, among them Warhol’s “Marilyn Monroe” and Indiana’s “LOVE”.

Posted on Sunday, April 22nd 2012

Reblogged from nyc art scene