Ty, Bill, and the story of old school billboard painters from Brooklyn

 
 
Ty Cole talented NY photographer, 1/2 of Grenkol (Domino Lamps), and my new internet friend, noticed the post about the billboard painter "Bill" from last month. Ty suggests watching this mini doc about old school NYC billboard painters (branded content for Stella Artois by Mother NY). 
             
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Ty_Bill_and_the_story_of_old_s.zip (966 KB)
They also painted a mural down the street from his apt of an ad he recently shot for Absolut Brooklyn: a collaborative effort between the vodka company and Director/Brooklyn-ite, Spike Lee.

Infinite Stream Loop by Art of Failure

Live access to the stream

A sound is sent out over the network and goes through several locations on the web before coming back to the transmitter.

To emphasise the changes caused by the network, the sounds used here are deliberately very simple - pure silences, sinusoidal sounds or white noise.

Similar to a physical & resonant space, the Internet network is here used as a broadcasting space where sound gets more elaborated. The audio signal is modified by the inner properties of the network and becomes an acoustic signature of this space.

Astronaut demos drinking coffee in space

When Dr. Don Pettit lived aboard the International Space Station in 2002, he became known for his "Saturday Morning Science" sessions, during which he would demonstrate simple microgravity experiments. in this case a zero-gravity coffee cup.

Rectified Flowers (Processing)

Kyle McDonald and Golan Levin were reading about domain shifting between polar and Cartesian geometries, and noticed that flowers make particularly interesting subjects for this transformation.

LSE Library Staff Portraits 1993

The London School of Economics library shots from 1993 are so wonderfully evocative of Thomas Ruff's Expressionless. Perfect. Just perfect.

American Graffitti Circa 1920-1930

Profusely carved tabletop with time worn overlapping letters and symbols creating an abstract ground resembling an ancient cuneiform relic. The back has tens of pieces of vintage gum stuck to it. Mounted to be hung like a painting.

$5,800.00 from Steven S. Powers Burlsnuff.

Arduino/Nike Power Laces

Inspired by 'Back to The Future II', this project is less 'Practical' than 'Proof of Concept', but hopefully it'll tide you over until Nike comes out with something more polished.

Well I am Glad I Missed The Daleks

Please do tell us when you wish to return

Military Decay

When the military leaves a base or battles have passed, facilities are often left to the elements, and break down with the passage of the years. Water, plants, animals reclaim space which, in time, become ripe opportunities for photographers to record what’s left.

Looks like an invasion of AT-AT's to me.

Secret Stash: Utilizing stereotypes and visual camouflage by Yi-Ting Cheng

Yi-Ting Cheng's project is about concealing valuables, secrets, bad habits and personal information in our workplaces. Here, hidden spaces/ messages were created within 8 general objects such as wood boards, lamps and disposable coffee cups.

About

James Théophane

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.

blog@theophane.co.uk

   

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