As our culture progresses into the ever expanding world of technology enhanced life, virtual reality is becoming more and more commonplace. Big companies like Google came out with Google Glass, a pair of glasses that transposed what the person saw through the lenses.
While Google Glass didn’t take off quite as expected, it shows that the desire for new alternative spins on life made possible through vision and transformation of normal to spectacular, is very much alive.
In recent news big social network giant, Facebook spent around $2 billion last March acquiring the virtual-reality company, Oculus VR. Rumors about Facebook’s intentions with the virtual reality platform have been spiraling through the web. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was quoted as saying that the new platform will enable people to share “entire experiences and adventures” through the use of the virtual reality technology. When Facebook users will get to experience this new world has not been announced and could quite possibly be far off in future development plans.
Virtual reality company Oculus is well known for it’s virtual reality platform, but that’s not all the company brings to the table. Oculus is praised for it’s gaming headset, the Rift. Artists have began exploring with the Rift, a gaming headset that has useful purpose in art by allowing artists to see objects differently. Artists have been exploring the Rift’s possibilities for fostering creativity and sparking new ideas for their artwork.
San Diego Artist Nina Waisman has been selected as the artist-in-residence for the SETI Institute. The SETI Institute is located in Silicon Valley and strives to discover, understand and explain the “origin, nature, and prevalence of life in the universe”. Numerous scientific and government associations are involved with the SETI Institute; NASA and Google included.
The main motivating force fueling the SETI Institutes research is their interest in other life and other beings. The SETI Institute collects some of the greatest minds in the art and science world to collaborate together
Nina Waisman graduated from the University of California in San Diego and went on to study at Harvard as well as the New York City’s School of Ballet. The artist is said to use her vast education experience in highlighting the relationship between movement and thought in her artwork and this will play a key role in her research with the SETI Institute.
The artist stated in an email interview that she is expecting her work, research and art at the SETI Institute to be far beyond what she currently knows of now. When asked about her aspirations for her work at the Institute, Waisman said “Maybe communication among microbes, cells, and even sub-atomic particles supply the critical intelligence in the cosmos – maybe our ways of thinking, moving, clustering and evolving, are primarily reflections of behaviors modeled by small players ‘below’. Maybe a search for extraterrestrial intelligence can benefit from speculating about the kinds of intelligence exchanged at the micro-levels I’m describing.”
Waisman said that she fully expects her new research discoveries at the SETI Institute to blow her mind.
Caterpillar Proleg with Circle of Gripping Hooks by Karin Panser
This years winners have been selected for their placement in the 2014 Nikon Photomicrography Competition.The photomicrography competition recognizes excellence in photography with optical microscopes and is a worldwide art competition.
Artists from all over the world submit their artist photography works for consideration in this event.The prestigious competition truly sheds light on the beauty of science.
Photomicrography is the art of photography using optical microscopes. A photomicrograph is a technical document of great significance to science or the research industry. A good photomicrograph becomes a work of art when it’s structure, color, composition, and content is an object of beauty, open to various levels of comprehension and appreciation.
Artists who enter in the photography competition are not restricted to specific types of subject matter and are free to use any type of light microscopy techniques to create their art. Examples of the different types of light microscopy techniques range from phase contrast, polarized light, fluorescence, interference contrast, darkfield, confocal, deconvolution, and mixed techniques.
All art entries are judged by an independent panel of experts recognized for their professional authority in the areas of photography and photomicrography. Competition winners are selected based upon their entries’ originality, informational content, technical proficiency and visual impact.
The top 20 photomicrography competition winners are exhibited at numerous museums and science centers throughout the US and Canada. Selected images are also featured on the covers of prestigious scientific and industrial journals.
A few of this years photomicrography winning entries are below:
Bovine Pulmonary Artery Endothelial Cells by Dr. Muthugapatti K. KandasamyRhombohedral Cleavage in Calcite Crystal by Alessandro Da MommioCaterpillar Proleg with Circle of Gripping Hooks by Karin Panser
About the Competition
The Nikon International Small World Competition first began in 1975 as a means to recognize and applaud the efforts of those involved with photography through the light microscope. The competition is the leading showcase for photomicrographers from the widest array of scientific disciplines.
The Nikon Small World Gallery provides a glimpse into a world that most have never seen. It is a window into a universe that can only be seen through the lens of a microscope. Included in the Small World Gallery are images from the most recent competition and winning photomicrographs dating back to 1977.
The Nikon Small World galleries are also featured on Nikon’s MicroscopyU, an educational forum for all aspects of optical microscopy, digital imaging, and photomicrography. Together with the scientists and programmers at Molecular Expressions, Nikon microscopists and engineers are providing the latest state-of-the-art information in microscope optics and imaging technology including specialized techniques such as fluorescence, differential interference contrast (DIC), phase contrast, reflected light microscopy, and microscopy of living cells.
Hong Kong is settling back down after the unrest and pro-democracy protests that shook its communities several months ago. It seems that Hong Kong can now entertain more fulfilling lifestyle activities, which is evident in the thriving contemporary art scene that has been slowly growing in popularity.
Soon, in the spring of 2015, Art Basel Hong Kong will return for the third time on March 15th through the 17th. Art Basel Hong Kong is a contemporary art exhibit with hundreds of international galleries and thousands of highly acclaimed artists. Some very well-known New York Artists along with their art galleries have opened at the event in Hong Kong; Gagosian, Pace, Galerie Perrotin and Lehmann Maupin are a few.
A recent article in the New York Post quotes David Maupin as saying that Hong Kong historically is a place “where cultures collide, do trade and meet. There’s a lot of potential for it to continue to grow into an international art center.” In the past Hong Kong has struggled to keep pace with Mainland China’s contemporary art scene but recently has seen quite the growth in art expansion. Galleries, studios, and “creative incubators” fill the Hong Kong neighborhood with artistic culture.
Presently a contemporary arts center, M+, is being built in Hong Kong. The art museum spans nearly 200,000-square-foot and will cost around $3 billion when complete. The contemporary art center will be completed in 2017. M+ is the new museum for visual culture in Hong Kong, as part of West Kowloon Cultural District, focusing on 20th and 21st century art, design and architecture and moving image.
Fine Art Maya is a prestigious art gallery located in San Diego, a renowned city in California well-known for its art galleries and art museums. For the lovers of art, this is undoubtedly a great place to discover. You can unearth almost all kinds of art forms here from traditional to modern ones.
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At Fine art Maya, we offer you an array of exclusive paintings and landscapes which are hard to find elsewhere. You name it and we have it. May it be paintings of impressions, bird paintings or portraits; you can get everything over here. Although many art galleries have a skeptic outlook about contemporary art, but we respect and share all kinds of art pieces with admirers of art. Contemporary art refers to art created by common man and it completely relates to them.
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Artist Manss Aval has been entered into a photography competition that rates the Artist’s photography based on the number of his artwork’s Facebook likes. To help one of our favorite Artist we are encouraging fans and art lovers alike to support Manss Aval by going to link below and clicking “Like” for his photos. Users can like Manss Aval’s art on their favorite social network; Google+, Facebook, and Twitter or all three if you’d like! Manss would appreciate the support.
In addition to following the links to the Artist competition page and “liking” his photographs, fans and supporters can also share the link on their own Facebook, Google+ and Twitter pages for extra exposure for the Artist.
Voting will close at February 14. Here are the two Photo’s the Artist has included in the competition:
Manss Aval has been highlighted for his talented photography and painting artwork around the world. His artwork has been displayed in NYC Time Square all the way to Barcelona, Spain. The artist’s home base is here at Fine Art Maya Art Gallery in San Diego, California.
Australian researcher, Dr Stephen Munro from Australian National University and a team from Leiden University in the Netherlands have found evidences of our ancestors being artistic much earlier than we thought. Zig-zag drawings on a shell found by Dr. Munro provides proof of not only art skills in very early Homo Erectus, but also their very existence far earlier than what we have ever documented before.
In fact, some reports are suggesting that these recent findings could very well re-write our understanding of the species and our knowledge of when this species actually existed. The shell drawing is at least 300,000 years older than other art markings thought to be the oldest made by humans or Neanderthals. Homo erectus, which means “upright man” in Latin, is an extinct species of hominin that lived throughout most of the Pleistocene. The Pleistocene is the time period ranging from 1,640,000 to 10,000 years ago. This time period is marked by great fluctuations in temperature that led to the ice ages. During this time period several forms of human went into extinction. These homo erectus were the early forerunners to modern day humans and they lived during this epoch. This particular species was believed to originate in Africa.
The pattern, drawn by a homo erectus as long as 540,000 years ago and found by the Australian researcher, could change all understandings of our early ancestors.The pattern looks like previous finds, but the oldest known of those dates from 100,000 years ago. “This is the first time we have found evidence forHomo erectus behaving this way,” he said. The drawings were in zig zag patterns on shells. Interestingly, the primitive species Homo erectus, had opened the shells by drilling through them with a shark’s tooth.
The age of the art shell evidence, and the location it was discovered, discount earlier theories that these engravings had done by later ancestors, Neanderthals, or by human beings. It seems as if our ancestors were artistic and alive much earlier than we had once pegged them to be.
This was truly a fascinated find. To read more about the findings, see it published in Nature journal.
Manss Aval will be participating in a juried, contemporary art show in the heart of Midtown Miami, along with a slate of artists and galleries—during the popular Art Week Miami. Manss Aval will be displaying his artwork in the Spectrum Miami art exhibit December 3-7.
Spectrum Miami will take place in the Wynwood Arts District, alongside the powerhouse shows of Art Basel, Art Miami, Scope and Miami Project. Spectrum provides dealers with access to thousands of innovative works and brings top talent to Miami’s newest hotspot arts district. Centrally located, Spectrum Miami is part of a strong contingency of shows in Midtown that draws huge crowds each year.
Art Week Miami happens each year in December and it brings art lovers from around the world, by the thousands. With every passing year, there are more and more art-fueled events, ancillary fairs, parties, dinners, and VIP previews during Art Week Miami. Last year, Art Week Miami drew in 100,000 attendees, and Spectrum Miami will benefit from its key location—right across the street from Art Miami.
The show opens on December 3rd with an opening night preview from 6 pm to 10 pm. To see more information on this event or to purchase tickets, visit Spectrum Art Show Miami site.
Kurt Perschke is the Artist most well known for his RedBall Project. The RedBall project is a traveling public art project that has taken place around the world in places such as Barcelona, St. Louis, Portland, Sydney, Arizona, Toronto and Chicago, just to name a few. Over the last 13 years the Artist has been traveling the world placing distinct, 15 foot red balls in rather unexpected public places as part of the project.
Recently Kurt has been in the news regarding disputes over Shell Oil Company using red ball images in their latest advertising campaign that are almost identical to the ones depicted in the Artist’s work.
Although Shell Oil has denied any kind of intentional foul play or infringement, there is a distinct similarity between the the Artist gigantic red ball images and those used in the Shell Ad. Shell Oil stated that they were only using the red ball to capture their viewers attentions and help “…Consumers understand through a simple visual representation the importance of capturing CO2 for a better energy future.”(Shell Statement via Reuters)
Unfortunately, this is not the first time that someone has infringed upon the work of the Artist. The Artist brought suit against another company, EdenRed a company selling prepaid services to corporations, just last year. Kurt won this legal case and when asked if he intended to press charges against the giant oil company, Kurt stated that he wasn’t sure at this time.
On the Artist’s website, he states, “Through the magnetic playful and charismatic nature of the red ball the work is able to access the imagination embedded in all of us.” By his work being displayed in public places this enables him to be a catalyst for new encounters within the everyday lives of people all over the world.
Kurt Perschke’s work has been featured in hundreds of art outlets including the Museum of Contemporary Arts Barcelona as well as the The Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis. Kurt received the Americans for the Arts Public Art Network National Award. View the Artists website, RedBall Project.
Since the dawn of time long before books were even thought of and the capability to print them was even further out of reach, the study of art has been a fundamental part of our life. In the early evolution of our civilization when the alphabet didn’t even exist yet, art was used to communicate and to share experiences and one’s history with future generations by drawings in caves, on rock walls, and later on murals in royal cathedrals. In fact Art was the only way people knew how to transfer a message any length of distance either time or space.
Art is a communicator of many things; history, experience, teachings, emotions, and inner perceptions that are not easily expressed with words. Art has been in existence longer than any other tool used in history for communication, but this is not the only use of art.
In the early medieval century, the study of Art was included as one of the seven core subjects deemed a necessity for achieving scholarly education. Scholars, theologians, and even the church powers that ruled our early world, all agreed on the powerful skills that studying art develops in humans.
This still hold very true today and recently the value of the arts and arts education program’s importance were addressed . Backed by years of research and developmental studies, the findings shows that “participation in the arts – music, visual arts, dance or drama/theatre, design, lead to higher levels of self-confidence, persistence, civic engagement, creativity, problem-solving ability and critical thinking skills in students.”(Art Smart, NCLS)
The need for further funding and programs designed to bolster these strengths in students is a real issue. When budget cuts are made, often they try to cut funding form the arts programs first. Recent education meetings to address this lack of funding and generate more high-quality art programs to enhance our children’s abilities have been underway.
Many respected foundations in support of the arts have pledged support by offering funding and additional art education programs. The Americans for the Art Foundation will be donating $10,000 to 10 schools in the selected states for the duration of 3 years; California, Arizona, Arkansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Wyoming. This is only one of the many supporters who will be contributing.
To learn more about the different foundations that will be joining the efforts to further art education for our future generations, check out the latest news on the issue here.
