The Project Overview


A process of making traditional and non traditional mixed media paintings

that are visually representational of a geometric pattern created by laying smart-phones on a grid.


The fragmented cells both obscure the image and unite them to varying degrees .


At the start of the art event, attendees will show up with one unique image on their smart-phones. These images will actually be smaller fragments of a much larger piece of artwork. The event will turn people and their smart-phones into tiny little (digital) brushes strokes – when brought together will help complete a beautiful work of art.


This art will transform itself into an ongoing slideshow and quicklime movie of moving images – underscoring the possibilities of our remix culture and face to face collaboration.


Many of the electronically generated images will actually be represented as traditional paintings throughout the gallery space.


The main show will take place at a single location – but all the art on display can be distributed and simultaneously viewed across North America via the smartphone distributed model.


Bringing the masses to art and requiring those attendees to come to a single event to create the final piece of Art – will change the way people look at art, connecting and technology forever.


Fragmentation and chaos will be overcome by order and unity that will inspire new levels of creative possibilities. (i.e. an endless cycle of organized chaos)



The Big Idea



  1. BulletConnecting people to art.

  2. BulletMosaic of human expression.

  3. BulletUltimate visual mash-up.


  1. BulletPuts the power of art making (assembly and the moment of realization) in the hands of everyday people.


  1. BulletBrings art to the masses - but requires those masses to come to a single event to create the final piece of Art.  It's bigger than Andy Warhol and empowers people to connect through the arts and technology in a way that is far more meaningful than facebook.(i.e. technology and art bring people face to face not face to screen).

 

  1. BulletThe project will turn people and their smart-phones into tiny little (digital) brushes strokes when brought together (at an art show, etc) will help complete a puzzle.



The Artshow Event



  1. Bullet60 – 90 pieces of art.

  2. BulletLarge museum space or pop up space

  3. BulletMedia campaign and awareness

  4. BulletFall of 2011.

  5. BulletTraveling show after that.



Distributed Art



  1. BulletMajor Canadian and U.S. Cities

  2. BulletArt galleries.

  3. BulletUniversities.

  4. BulletConcurrent fundraising event: across North America.

  5. BulletFlash art mobs.

  6. BulletRestaurants / public meeting spaces.

  7. BulletBusinesses and retail events. Apple store, etc. 



Art Thesis



  1. BulletFrom order to chaos to order.

  2. BulletChallenges perceptions of the world around us and art making.

  3. BulletBy putting (a part of) the power of art making into the hands of people and technology, people will see their smart-phones and the collaborative use of technology in a new way.


  1. BulletArt changes the world again: forces us to see how our daily habits impact of way of utilizing content, knowledge etc,.


  1. BulletChallenges the empowerment that technology has to offers. Are we seeing the (whole) world we live in or just surfing/txting/facebooking through it? The internet give us access to more immediate content and this information empowers us.  But is it a “fragmented empowerment”?   Without experiencing the world first hand are we losing something?  Are we getting more information but seeing and feeling less of the actual immediate world around us?


  1. BulletThe show forces us to see the difference between fragmented images vs whole images. Rgb vs reflective images.  “The fragmentation” begs us to ask “Are our perceptions and trust of our world being broken by technology or getting stronger for it?”


  1. BulletI’m using all means of art making and appropriation in an attempt to transgress the broadest possible comprehension of our world today. To achieve this I’m taping into our new system of communication (smart-phone screens) which has inspired an enlightened visual representation of fragmented images. The mosaic images and visual remix create a super-elevated model that helps explain the connection between art and the world.  The smartphone screen grid used as a visual artistic metaphor represents a simple but powerful reflection of our world. Images fall in and out of abstraction, representation and a new form of expressionism.



Benefits



  1. BulletBring awareness for the need to use technology as a driver to get people together.

  2. BulletChanges the way people look at art, connecting and technology forever.

  3. BulletHelp break down barriers to collaboration as needed to solve critical human conditions, i.e. such as cancer.

  4. BulletFoster the incubation of social and business economic ideas.

  5. BulletBring awareness to the danger and power of fragmented images and content.

  6. BulletWe ALL have something to contribute however small or big.

  7. BulletRedefines “pop-art”.

  8. BulletHumanize digital art.

  9. BulletIt will change the way people look at art and technology forever. 

  10. BulletInspires face to face collaboration.

  11. BulletProvides simple but powerful business applications that could be of interest to facebook and the like. A new model of meaningful advertising could revolutionize revenue models for online businesses.



Time Table



  1. Bullet4-6 months. Fall of 2011.



Venue Possibilities



  1. BulletEnterprise Square. (Previous Art Gallery of Alberta venue).

  2. BulletArt gallery / Museum /  Rennie THE WING SANG BUILDING

  3. BulletCommercial alternative pop-up space.



Thinking Big: Potential



  1. BulletCanada may finally gain a true international representation in the artworld - breaking through the perception barrier of only providing art that relates to Canadian heritage.  We need to be able to play on a global art stage.

  2. BulletExciting business applications based on the above would have a big impact on facebook, a vastly improved innovative online advertising model and the lotteries.  



The Artwork



  1. BulletThe artshow will have on display 3 iphone paintings, 10 traditional paintings, 10 fragmented paintings, and 10 painting on backlit monitors (painting on layered light), plus 40 original mono prints.

  2. BulletThe work will focus on identity, appropriation, painting and photography. The subject matter will cover graffiti, sexuality, religion, neo-pop art surrealism, elevated and fallen icons (Lady Gaga, Mickey Rourke,etc), burning houses, morphine dreams, pin-ups and environmental themes.

 

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