Oakland-based painter Jake Longstreth paints anonymous, unpopulated built environments with admirable restraint. I find them timely.
Also worth mentioning is the sort of koan-like restraint aspired to by his bio, which I will now quote in full:
My subjects are chosen for what they are and how I might paint them.
Karate, 2009
Track and Field, 2009
Lake Chambers, 2006
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Paul — Jul 3, 2009
Designer Rob Matthews claims that "reproducing Wikipedia in a dysfunctional physical form helps to question its use as an internet resource." To me, that doesn't quite seem to capture the tongue-in-cheek media Zen of the project. Judge for yourself:
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Paul — Jun 19, 2009
Photographer Tim Simmons finds the decidedly uncanny in ordinary landscapes.
The thing that strikes me so strangely about Tim Simmons' photographs is not their portrayal of the uncanny in natural and manufactured landscape, but rather their weird visual relationship to contemporary 3d renderings for game worlds.
Autumn #3
It's interesting to think that Simmons, by so adeptly capturing these deeply strange moments of nature, finds the real world to be in a sort of unexpected harmony with what we incline to think of as its fantastic portrayal in games and CG.
Intervention Rockpool #4
I'm not sure what that means, exactly.
Phoenix Johnson Carlier Wall
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Paul — Jun 5, 2009
Japan is well-known for producing small, elegant things —everything from Bansai trees to Gameboys— but I had no idea they packaged food in such small amounts. Tokyo Damage Report has a gallery with some examples.
Consider the design of a package for a single piece of food. Is this practice wasteful or does this reduce waste?
Your moment of Zen for the day:
Clockwise from top-left: One banana, one plum, an ear of corn, a single egg.
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Nick — May 29, 2009
Wrapping up another week of BlogLESS is a visual koan by Gary, Indiana based Kay Rosen.
I'll bet you're ready for a moment of Zen after this week. On offer: Kay Rosen's Leak.
Leak, Galerie Michael Cosar, Dusseldorf, Germany, 1997
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Paul — Mar 13, 2009
