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I came across this article on my random internet searches trying to distract myself from the election, and I found it very interesting. https://worldarchitecture.org/article-links/ehnpg/le_corbusiers_villa_savoye_sunk_in_danish_fjord_to_criticize_the_sinking_of_modernity.html It talks about how the Danish artist Asmund Havsteen-Mikkelsen created a large scale replica of Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye, one of the architect’s best-known buildings in France, and Read more…

Before Giuseppe began his famous paintings of redesigned portraits, he worked to design stained glass windows, tapestries, and theater costumes. When he began his career as a court portraitist, his interest in nature and biology led him to create portraits using intricate arrangements of objects. His revolutionary work inspired many Read more…

https://matthewstrom.com/writing/copying/?ref=sidebar A super interesting profile on what it means to “copy” in design, which relates a lot to our current Dada composites as well. “I hope that by the time you’ve finished reading, you’ll see how important copying is. Right or wrong, virtue or vice, copying is the way design Read more…

This Run The Jewels video from earlier in 2020 is VERY Dada in its visual language, “cut and paste” collage approach, and juxtaposition of existing imagery to suggest new meanings / contexts.

As we’re continually working our way through animating our collages, I did some digging on Instagram (ugh I know right after our talk about the Internet and social media) BUT I found an artist who uses Photoshop to animate classic paintings. He definitely uses more advanced skills than us but Read more…

As the weather gets colder, Covid-19 status from all over the world has begun to rise again for numerous reasons. This has seriously affected the art community for many months, for which the availability of Louvre Museum is no exception. Louvre is closing once again, from the 2nd of November Read more…

I was procrastinating work by scrolling through YouTube and found a recent video that ties into our discussions on how it’s difficult for design to be neutral. This rather eerie video talks about how an anonymous conspiracy group QAnon has adopted a seemingly innocent pastel Instagram aesthetic to communicate absurd Read more…

After coming across this article on surreal collage art, I was inspired by Mikayla Lapierre’s project titled Side Dimes (a collection of photoshopped works with historical paintings). The way she modifies those works with contemporary items while also preserving original elements was very interesting, and it helped me get started Read more…

https://phosphoricons.com Just a really cute icon system that I thought was aesthetic to look at, considering we did an icon set already for one of our projects; more so, I think the website aesthetics and playing around with it are awesome too, giving me Figma-esque vibes, so appreciative of the Read more…

Looking for a fun day trip where you can engage with art locally and outside? My friend has a new installation at the cool Bower Sculpture Park in Central PA. The Bower is a developing 36-acre sculpture park and native landscape of meadows and woodland trails along the northern slope Read more…