rAndom International | Audience

July 1, 2009 / / No Comments

This installation by rAndom International takes the design imperative left field, outside the box. Is it art, is it design?  ‘Audience’ is an installation conceived by rAndom International in collaboration with Chris O’Shea. It consists of around 64 head-size mirror objects that interact with the audience based on a surveillance program that determines ‘who is interesting’.

“In this conversation with Raphaele Shirley, Hannes Koch talks about the piece – the concept behind, how it works, how people react to the piece, ideas for variations of the piece – and other topics such as the special nature of media art / design concerning hardware and maintenance, and future projects.

rAndom International’s ‘Audience’ installation has been awarded an honourable mention in the Interactive Art category of the Prix Ars Electonica 2009.”

Video Courtesy of Vernissage Art TV

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Mona Hatoum | Interior Landscape

July 1, 2009 / / 1 Comment

The Fondazione Querini Stampalia currently presents a major solo exhibition with new works by Mona Hatoum. This exhibition, entitled Interior Landscape, coincides with the opening of the 53rd International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale and takes place over two floors of the museum. Mona Hatoum: Interior Landscape includes over 25 works, many of which are new or previously unseen in Europe.

Courtesy of Vernissage Art TV

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“Elusive Signs: Bruce Nauman Works with Light”

July 1, 2009 / / 1 Comment

Footage from a major retrospective exhibition of Bruce Nauman’s work in neon and fluorescent light that was on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Miami January, 2007.

Titled “Elusive Signs: Bruce Nauman Works with Light”, the exhibition included 16 of Nauman’s word play and identity signs, fluorescent light environments, and figurative neon’s, from the 1960s through the mid-1980s.

Footage courtesy of Vernissage Art TV.

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Banksy | The Village Pet Store

July 1, 2009 / / No Comments

This was  British artist Banksy’s first official exhibition in New York. A mock pet supply shop, “open for pet supplies / rare breeds / mechanically retrieved meat” as a sign said  in front of the shop. Banksy said : “I wanted to make art that questioned our relationship with animals and the ethics and sustainability of factory farming, but it ended up as chicken nuggets singing.”

Shown in October 2008

Video courtesy of Vernissage Art TV.

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