I spent a few days at SIGGRAPH last week. The conference is evolving and trying out some new ideas in terms of redefining the attendee experience. Several large venues (Art Gallery, Studio, E-tech) were moved into a central location on the trade show floor. It created an interesting mash-up of activities together in one place.
Here are my del.icio.us links for the first half of July in no particular order – Enjoy:
Frida Kahlo at the SF MOMA
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Dale Chihuly at the de Young Museum
enjoy an art date in San Francisco this summer!
Robert Rauschenberg in DC
Smithsonian American Art Museum Blog post about Rauschenberg.
Phillips new 3D Displays
Are you ready for a 3D TV set? Now that’s lenticular!
It seems that just a few years ago only a few people knew about lenticular imaging, even though the techniques have been practiced for well over a decade.
Thomas Mark, a 40 year veteran in the industry and evangelist for the trade organization FlipSigns!, points out that the origins of this industry were shady to say the least. Snake oil salesmen and shysters used the optical illusions generated through interlacing images together to trick innocent customers into believing in a products magic abilities. Thankfully, times have changed. (more…)
This past week, San Jose hosted the second biennial 01SJ Global Festival of Art on the Edge in it’s downtown environs. Compared to my experience two years ago, when then called Zero One shared the limelight with ISEA (International Symposium on Electronic Art), this years festival was much more approachable and ultimately more enjoyable for the attendee with artwork that was easier to find and interact with.
On Friday night, the whole of downtown was abuzz with the energy of the arts. The First Friday SOFA Block Party generated exciting energy with people milling about, artists sharing their creativity, and music coming from all directions. The upbeat energy made for an enjoyable walk around town, from the SOFA district, to the San Jose Museum of Art (which I hope will consider staying open on First Fridays more often) to the various public art (best seen at night) placed around the central core of the city.
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Okay, I admit it, I’m a bit of a color freak/geek. Maybe not as big of a color freak/geek as some of my friends, but none-the-less, I care about my color.
That’s why I was excited to attend the Color Control Freak 08 seminar in San Francisco. The all day seminar was taught by Marc Aguilera, a color consultant for X-rite, and the Color Management Director for Encompus design studio. Marc has deep knowledge of color management practices and willingly shares his secrets with us throughout the seminar and via his blog.
