Inspiration from the Intersection Between Art and Technology

HYPERALLERGIC  “The advent of portable technology has brought with it a range of new behaviors, both virtual and physical. Two recent projects take on the IRL side of how we interface with our contemporary devices. Curious Rituals is a research project by Nicolas Nova,... Read More

” Several months back, one of our designers, William Coburn, showed us a video of professor Walter Tschinkel making a cast of an Ant colony with molten aluminium. The resulting cast was not only beautiful, but an excellent visual tool for understanding how ants exist in... Read More

“Peter Belanger is on top of his game. With one of the most sought after gigs in the industry as his account, he certainly has distinguished himself amongst a sea of gifted photographers. Apple is just one of Belanger’s clients. Based in San Francisco, the top notch product... Read More

” The iPad is known as an entertainment center, a business tool and a user-friendly way to surf the web, but we had no idea that it could be used for art!  Cynthia Wick‘s new body of work was conveniently completed using her finger tips.” Two years ago, Wick... Read More

“We use photographic and animation techniques that were developed to draw moving 3-dimensional typography and objects with an iPad. In dark environments, we play movies on the surface of the iPad that extrude 3-d light forms as they move through the exposure. Multiple... Read More

“Museums are places we often go to connect with our pasts. The Cleveland Museum of Art , however, is also giving us a glimpse of the future.” Lauren Indvik ” The museum recently installed what it claims is the nation’s largest multi-touch screen, where as... Read More

They say the best camera is the one you have on you… “So my New York Times arrives this morning, I take a look at the front page, and I think, “What!? Those are Hipstamatic photos—four of them!—on the front page of the Times.” They’re images by Damon Winter from the... Read More

Chicago Sun-Times Lays Off Entire Photo Staff, Will Give Reporters iPhoneography Training The Chicago Sun-Times, one of the remnants of traditional paper journalism, has let go its entire photography staff of 28 people. Now its reporters will start receiving “iPhone photography... Read More

There’s been a lot of talk about Google Glass and applications for photographers. While I was looking for some serious information, I came across this clip, and it is worth a look for a giggle. It’s an interesting starting point, but perhaps we’ll be using the... Read More

Check out some interesting art apps as their designers talk about their unique creations. Hear from artists using the iPad and some developers mixing app design and programming with their innovative vision for the art of the future. What makes sense for creating on the iPad?... Read More

” The Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art congratulates George Poonkhin Khut winner of the 2012 National New Media Art Award. The selection committee members said that Khut’s winning entry Distillery: Waveforming 2012 poetically explored the interactions between... Read More

Who are the leading artists using iPads to create innovative work? Check out this article, Digital Artists Create Masterpieces by Alex Thomas to see some of their work, created by touch. “Finger painting is no longer just for kids. There is a growing community of online... Read More

” David Hockney may be 74 years old, but that doesn’t mean he can’t learn some new tricks… It’s a new direction for Hockney, and the artist admits he didn’t take to the Apple device quickly. “It took me awhile to realize it’s quite... Read More

” I’m no video gaming expert, but with 50 other physical attendees and many more over live stream, I vow to learn how video games can be better understood within an art context, as they’ve been the new art frontier for some time. Why are they less recognized in the art... Read More

” Technology is becoming increasingly invisible. That’s impossible, you might protest — technology is more omnipotent than ever. It’s everywhere, and we can’t seem to go a day, much less an hour, without encountering it.” Stephanie Buck Artist Andre... Read More

” More than just a series of puzzles or point-and-click game, Year Walk merges myths of Swedish folklore, setting you on a “year walk,” which is a tradition of going out on one’s own at midnight at the end of the year to glimpse into the future. The game itself is... Read More

” Some New Yorkers read or stare out the window during subway rides, Derek Brahney draws iPhone Rothkos. The 26 year old New York-based designer and artist admits he has an interest in appropriation, semiotics, conceptual art and experimenting with new and different... Read More

Is an iPad sitting on a pedestal art? New Yorker “While Americans hash out the moral ups and downs of having our electronics produced by Chinese factory hands, a young performance artist named Li Liao decided to jump into the middle of it. He got an assembly-line job making... Read More

Click here to check out the sublime cityscapes and bustling American streets of Jorge Columbo’s iPad art world. Jorge uses his fingertips to create all his iPad paintings. Read More

Corliss Blakely’s artwork here is reminiscent of the oils of Dutch still life and American classics.  There is a familiarity to the scenes but the media is a contemporary one.  These were created on the iPad and are an interesting twist on the tradition of still life... Read More

“Let’s be open-minded, finger painting is no longer just child’s play. There are numerous online artists including some friends of mine who are designers love to use their iPhone and iPad to draw pictures.” Read more here.     Read More

Take a look at the video created by New York Artist, David Kassan. Kassan has recorded the process of creating a portrait on the iPad using the Brushes application.  The iPad’s digital canvas comes alive over a three hour period as layer upon layer is applied digitally to... Read More

Click on the image to visit Mike Licht’s gallery of work featuring technology and iconic modern objects juxtaposed with classic works of art. Read More