Make Something Cool Every Day by Brock Davis

This site is brilliant and truly inspiring, in Brock's 'MSCED 09' series he makes a pieces of work every day and posts it onto his website.  It's fantastic to see the various media he uses and often humorous narratives that run through the work, and I'm absolutely astounded that he can think up something new every day!!!
I've picked quite a few of his images to post on my blog, but he does have so much more!!!

DECODE Digital Design Sensations @ V&A

The V&A have been putting on the most amazing exhibitions.  I absolutely loved the recent Telling Tales exhibition and now they've completely blown me away with their current exhibition - DECODE Digital Design Sensations.  After 6 years of educational training in textiles design and a further 4 years teaching, I have developed a little obsession with digital media.  My specialist areas are Adobe Photoshop and illustrator, but recently I did try to self teach myself a little bit of Flash.  I love the idea of pushing the idea of surface decoration further into something that interacts and engages more with the viewer, and this exhibition completely feeds my hunger for these contemporary ideas.

There was so much amazing work that it has taken me quite some time to compile the collected images.  And even longer to edit out all the audio of me gasping and wittering on about how incredible it all is to my work colleague in the background of the video footage.  I really haven't done it justice or documented the complete collection.  IT IS AN EXHIBITION THAT REALLY MUST BE SEEN, and I am definitely going to revisit it.

The work that really took my breath away were...

Daniel Brown

This amazing piece was created by Sennep and Yoke, it allows the participant to blow away the the seeds on the digital image of the dandelion clock with a hairdryer.  I find it so very exciting to see both technical wizardry and gorgeous aesthetics combined and complimenting each other gracefully to create a gorgeous finished product.

C.E.B. Reas

Joshua Davis

Troika

Karsten Schmidt

toxi.co.uk

postspectacular.com

Universal Everything

James Frost

zoofilm.net

academyfilms.com

This piece by Flight 404 was amazing, it the movement of the graphics responded to sound, the picture above the video shows how the graphics appears when it detects no sound.

roberthodgin.com

Simon Heijdens

Aaron Koblin

This piece by Mehmet Atken was absolutely breath taking, it enabled the viewer to create splashes/explosions of colour on the canvas by interacting with the screen.

msavisuals.com

memo.tv

A brilliant piece by Random International the viewer stands infront of the frame whilst it scans in a temporary image of their face onto the white screen.

An incredible piece by Daniel Rozin made up of woven panels to create a mechanical mirror, as the viewer walks around the interactive piece it mimics their shadows in the woven structure.

Green Graffiti by Edina Tokodi

“I think that our distance from nature is already a cliché. City dwellers often have no relationship with animals or greenery. As a public artist I feel a sense of duty to draw attention to deficiencies in our everyday life. As a cultivator of eco-urban sensitivity, I usually go back to the sites to visit my “plants” or “moss”, sometimes to repair them a bit, but nothing more generally as they tend to get enough water from the air, condensation, and rain – especially in certain seasons. I also like to let them live by themselves. From the moment I put them on the street they start to have their own life. For me, the reaction of life on the street is also very important. I am curious about how people receive them, if they just leave them alone, or if they want to, take care of them or dismantle them. This is what makes my work similar to graffiti, although I am searching for a deeper social meaning and a dialogue with memories of the animals and gardens of my past in a small town in Central Europe. I believe that if everyone had a garden of their own to cultivate, we would have a much more balanced relation to our territories. Of course, a garden can be many things.” Edina Tokodi

Felice Varini @ V&A ladies toilets

I recently visited the Decode exhibition at the V&A, firstly I was surprised that as a Lecturer I get to go to all their exhibitions for free, and secondly they had a Felice Varini piece in the ladies toilets.  It's a shame that the men don't get an opportunity to see it, but it definitely makes the long wait for the toilets a lot more enjoyable!!!

Rebecca Ward

Rebecca Ward