If you are out and about Philly this weekend check out this installation in Logan Square. Authored by Dread Scott, the installation places giant photographs of Philadelphia youth in coffin like formation in front of Family Court. As viewers pass by they can hear the dreams of the photographed creating an interesting juxtapostion between sound [...]
Visitors and residents of Wilkes-Barre, PA may have noticed a new blue face around town lately. Last year the agency concepted, designed and facilitated the production of the Wilkes University Colonel mascot, the first official life-size mascot in the history of the school. Since the Colonel’s introduction to the Wilkes community in fall 2008 the [...]
There has been much written about the Jazz pioneer, bandleader, mystic, philosopher, and consummate Afro-Futurist known as Sun Ra. Instead of reiterating what has already been written and citing bigillion different sources in order to ensure proper ELA standards, I thought I would tell you about a retrospective happening at the ICA, called: Pathways to [...]
35mm film, Fall 2008, Some shots I took during the Trevor Dixon shoot, last fall, at Chestnut Hill College. Goodness gracious that place is beautiful…(via shepelavy.com)
Yes, I know. Making a statement like this (check the punctuation) is bold, and not even what this post is about. I also realize that the discussion behind the life and, more talked about, decline/death of print is vast, one that may warrant a future post. However, the purpose of all this is to point [...]
The screen graphics of the classic video game Tempest represent a kind of summit of design and beauty—the finest expression of a very limited language. In the case of Tempest that language was vector based rendering. Vector monitors were used in video games from the mid 70′s to the early 80′s. The technology was derived [...]