Pictures from the series “Shelters” and
“Shady” by Estelle Hanania.
World’s largest signed and numbered limited edition artwork. In September 2002, ten artists gathered at the Whitechapel gallery to create the largest signed and numbered limited edition artwork of one million. Video.
A stillframe from Wood, a video by Sean Rogg. In certain parts of rural Sweden an old traditional law still stands. If a child under the age of 18 commits a serious offence and is convicted of the crime, he or she is not sent to a correctional facility. Instead, state firemen show up at the child’s home and ceremonially burn the house to the ground. It is hoped that by being made an example of, other parents will keep control of their children’s behaivour. The system seems to work as a house is only burned once every 12 to 15 years.
Domino Race (video) and
Fireworks by Vincent Ganivet.
The Man of Speed’s helmet. By Juneau Projects.
The beauty royale, video installation with sculpted tv, woodchipper and dowel-mounted transducer microphones. A forest, computer system with small pine tree growing in casing.
Good morning captain, video installation with inkjet prints. A video of a scanner being dragged over a forest floor placed alongside printouts of the resulting scans.
Mic campfire. Six microphones were suspended above a large campfire in Grizedale Forest. The microphones were lowered into the fire in turn, the sound was relayed on a pa system. A rich future is still ours. A video installation where sheets of paper with attached transducer microphones are fed through a paper shredder.
“Swamp Walkers” by Hanna Linden.
Images from the series »Split« by Meirav Heiman at Noga Gallery.
Have a look at Paul DeMarinis’ works such as Firebirds. DeMarinis uses a scientific experiment from the Victorian era, in which Chichester Bell discovered that a membrane stretched over a gas flame produces audible vibrations in the flame, resulting in a kind of “flame loudspeaker”.