An ephemeral cardboard installation. The artist has been working on the installation since 2001, refining and building upon it in stunning detail. Puts me in mind of the Outsider Artist and postman Ferdinand Cheval, who spent 33 years of his life building Le Palais Idéal.
AUTOMOTIVE ACTION PAINTING, 2006, 6'03" Art Video by George Barber
I'm sure it's the rose-tinted filter, but this short almost makes me pine for providing human needs, rather than human wants. But fuck that. After getting up at 5:30 am a couple of days on the trott; picking, cleaning, sorting, then lugging heavy veg into town, i'd be ready to jump into the tractor and head back to the city.
Using a straw, some cellotape, and a music app, KORG engineer Mr.Kanamori-san made the KORG DS-10 Talkbox on the Nintendo DSi.
I'd cart this around the street and parks in Summer. These four walls can no longer hold me.
This Portable Office by Tim Vinke. Named Kruikantoor
Maurizo, a photographer from Milan paints interesting drip effects to his subjects.
Kevin Harman is "known as the guy who stole 200 doormats and smashed a scaffolding pole through a gallery window before exhibiting the results". "The materials he uses are raw and ordinary: everyday objects, which are joined together to portray a more captivating side to the world".
Toru Iwatani, a former Japanese video game designer and creator of one of the most popular arcade games of all time, Pac-Man, surprised everyone recently when he brought his original 1979 Pac-Man drawings to the Festival of Games.
Nick Georgiou, a native of Tucson USA, upcycles old newspapers to make Lynchian creature sculptures to mess with people's minds no doubt.
Portrait credit: Nadav Kander
James Theophane, or Theo, is a dilettante residing in London. When he's not dabbling, he's an Assoc. Creative Director at R/GA, with his creative partner Dan John: danandjames.com
He has worked with Lost Boys, Grey, Modem, Framfab, Wheel, DNA and GT.
He has created work for Nokia, Toshiba, Rankin, D&AD, Chelsea FC, Electrolux, Sony, Ericsson, PlayStation, Sega, Channel 4, Oxfam, Canon, Brahma, Marks & Spencer, Wired Magazine and Audi. View all work
He has won a few awards such as D&AD, Webby, LIA, Revolution, Campaign, BIMA and Epica.
Sometimes he gets called up for a little bit of jury service too. He's paid his dues with D&AD, IAB Creative Showcase and London International.
Occasionally he gets asked to do a bit of public speaking. But to be frank, he's not so keen on that.
