By Ryan Van Etten on 04/06/2010
Ever feel like recycling those old CD’s or vinyl records into physical artwork? Take a look at these videos. The first shows the making of a sculpture from thrift store records in Los Angeles and the second shows some impressive mini-guitar artwork.
Posted in Music | Tagged arts, artwork, guitars, records, recycled art, sculpture, video, vinyl |
By Ryan Van Etten on 01/07/2010
The film Bomb It portrays graffiti as the “biggest art movement in humankind.” With any movement there is opposition and many see graffiti or tagging as mere vandalism. Art or vandalism—where do you spray the line? “Graffiti is energy” says Bronx graffiti artist T-Kid and “it represents life” says artist Pose 2. The same can be said about dance—
Posted in Activism, Music, Photo Journal | Tagged Adelaide, arts, artwork, B-boying, ballet, Bomb It, breakdancing, breaking, brooklyn, cities, culture, Dance, dancing, EDM, Elvis Presley, energy, Flamenco, gender, graffiti, hip hop, history, hosier lane, IDM, Josephine Baker, Keith Haring, laws, Lisbon, manchester, manhattan, Melbourne, Michael Jackson, movie, NYC, Paris, people, Photo Journal, photos, seville, sheffield, spinning, spray art, stencil graffiti, Street Art, tango, urban, valencia, world |
By Ryan Van Etten on 11/24/2009
Musicians (artists) are driven by a fundamental need to create. Music is their art and their expression. Even in a world without money there would be music, and arguably there would be even more music (and other art) than there is today. In his 2009 TED talk, Daniel Pink makes a strong case relating the science of motivation to creativity and business.
Posted in Editorial, Infoculture, Music, Music Flux, Popular | Tagged artwork, behavior, business, change, consumers, creativity, Daniel Ek, Daniel Pink, direct-to-fan, empowerment, engagement, entertainment, fans, human, idea, money, motivation, music industry, MusicBiz, musicians, P2P, Pink Floyd, piracy, platform, positivity, psychology, purpose, research, revenue, science, social media, sociology, Spotify, streaming, TED |
By Ryan Van Etten on 07/28/2009
We’ll be running a new image series, called Photo Journal, where we showcase live music photos, deviations, and digital artwork relating to music, arts, virtuality, and technology.
Posted in Editor Notes, Photo Journal | Tagged arts, artwork, Creative Commons, digital, FAQ, flickr, flickr group, imagination, interpretation, music photography, open, Photo Journal, site info, visualjournal |
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