the curious job of kevin cornell

From the thumbnails pictured, it’s clear that creating approximately 115 pages of art, as well as the cover, was a mammoth undertaking. These are all for a graphic novel based on the book titled: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

Don’t know how he accomplished it in only 5 months.

inspiration to the n-th degree

I just spent the better part of last weekend [and quite a few evenings last week too], watching a wide variety of videos and films and assorted media at the 20th Annual Dallas Video Festival.

Even from the first screening, I got that same old feeling of “Hey, I could do that. I could make a film. A short one of course, but yeah, I could do it.” So now I have burned into my mind a long list of images, sounds and ideas that were are dying to pop up fully formed as the next brilliant video. Or film. Or doc. (That’s inside-lingo-talk for documentary, donchaknow?)

Can I say the 2 pieces that have stuck with my the past few days couldn’t be more opposite. One’s a slow, quiet deep-dive into the making of a Steinway piano [review in local paper] and the other was 3 clips which preview a gritty, down-on-the-ground and terrifying look at the forgotten war in Afghanistan, and the soldiers fighting it. The Forgotten War [(Scott Kesterson)]

I would love to see Note by Note again (the lush, visually stimulating story of pianos) – yes it was that good. In a former life, filmmaker was a graphic designer. >> about the filmmaker

And I am of two minds about Scott’s work – I really do mywant to see the piece when it’s all finished, but I don’t know if I can watch that so-very-up-close-and-personal look at war. Man’s inhumanity to man is more than tough to watch. Not sure that I can stomach it. I feel squeamish even now just thinking about it. >> about the filmmaker

why learning is an never-ending class

It’s a class where you can never quite complete the final exam. Write the thesis. Get the diploma.

It’s life.

And how we manage life in 2007 has changed. It’s no longer following the college path like it has for the 2 generations preceding. My parents. And their parents. The path my folks took was the basic 12 years plus college which would yield a degree and that would mean a quote unquote good job.

Now whatever the focus may be in college, most likely the job would NOT be in any similar field. It often looks like it was simply the aquisition of the degree, the stick-to-ive-ness of getting through those 4 years (or more), the showing a sense of completion,

Learning at the Whitney (and other…

…best-of-the-web nominations for the conference starting next week called Museums and the Web: 2007

recognizing achievement in heritage Web site design

Learning at the Whitney

Art Museum Social Tagging Project

So who is Steve + what’s he tagging?

Steve is a research project whose participants are building a tagging tool, collecting tags, analyzing data, and engaging in discussion. We hope to apply what we learn to improving access to works of art.

Join the first experiment in social tagging of art museum collections.

Welcome to (FAAN)

the Fine Art Adoption Network

FAAN is an online network, which uses a gift economy to connect artists and potential collectors. All of the artworks on view are available for adoption. This means quote acquiring an artwork without purchasing it, through an arrangement between the artist and collector. The goal is to help increase and diversify the population of art owners and to offer artists new means for engaging their audience.

Hmm. I haven’t found much art that can be gifted beyond the NYC or LA areas. Perhaps next time I check back, there’ll be something more listed than just one artist for Texas.

sunday in Grand Prairie

It’s a beautiful day. and I so enjoy my visits with Japanese artist, Miko. Her artwork is a constant source of inspiration to me.

TED: Visual imagery

Ted >> can tell stories and truths which would be very hard to capture and communicate
Take a look. And listen. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2670820702819322251#3m24s

Mikorud’s friend Cone is here.

Texas Sculpture Garden

It’s so close.

I live in Dallas. Yet I work in far north Plano – not far from Oklahoma as I often whine – and yet I’ve only recently availed myself of the wide variety of artwork on display at the Texas Sculpture Garden.

It’s so close.

No need to drive all the way over to Fort Worth, the cultural crown jewel of all-things-arty. I must admit to favoring a quick 30 minute drive west in order to visit the Amon Carter. Or the Modern. Or the Kimbell.

The community in Fort Worth often appears to be so much more forwarding thinking than the movers+shakers here in Dallas Arts District. But there’s hope for Dallas…

For Plano…

For Frisco…

for more:
sculpture
photos
new media
fashion + art

great support for artists in Europe, in Canada

I wish this were the standard here. I understand that in France many artists are commissioned by the state and make really quite good livings as working artists. Wouldn’t that be lovely?

This is nice for the Roundhouse – The overall mission is to celebrate diversity…of people, values, ideas and activities.