James Barnett’s Fauxvism series repaints the beautiful vistas of Fallout 3, Grand Theft Auto, Half Life and Team Fortress in the lines and colors of fauvism. He wanders the “the idyllic countryside” until he finds a scene that appeals to him. Barnett then takes a seat and paints what his digital eye can see. A must see for the Matisse in all of us.
Be sure to scroll through the comments section of his coverage on Destructoid and Offworld Gallery. A debate is raging on how the monetary value of art: is a the purchase price of a game-inspired painting more valuable than a fancy TV and high-end video game?
Barnett’s Fort2 was inspired by the game Team Fortress
Part of being John Malkovich is being Technobohemian, his new fashion line. It’s techno in its use of cutting edge techniques like french seams and bohemian in its line of summery, casual flair. It sounds less fussy than sci-fi couture and maybe more in line with open source embroidery. Several blogs noted that Technobohemian isn’t his first his fashion foray and mention Uncle Kimono but not Mrs. Mudd. We think a Technobohemian must be the rebellious love child of Uncle Kimono and Mrs. Mudd.
Way back in 2007, we mentioned Datamancer for Steampunk in Beantown. They are one of those nifty crafty companies at the forefront of advanced steampunk technology. The Datamancer laptop is especially worth its own mention. It starts with the physical turning of a key, its speakers are violin-style F-holes, and it catches Wifi through a feather quill antenna (that doubles as a trackpad stylus!).
We’re off to get yellow fever shots to go to The Revisiting Modernization Conference at the University of Ghana — Legone. The topic of course is Building Cultural Capital:Contemporary African Art in Dubai and the Global Art Circuit. And we’re going to be on Dubai Eye at noon for Siobhan Live and talk about our documentary Cultural Capital , tips for not getting lost in Dubai (it involves cross mapping, diagrams and drawing the skyline) and how to balance in a tuc-tuc.
This is a work in progress and is without sound mixing, soundtrack, and the animated overlays that will combine with the live action in the final film, but it should give you a sense of the issues and the feel of the film.
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