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When it comes to art, I have a particular high respect for low budget pieces that are simply spectacular.
Not that I don’t appreciate big productions at all, but most of the time, a piece that didn’t use money to exist means the artists used a strong enough concept or powerful enough idea to make it work.
CLOUD is spectacular in just that way.
The Calgary-based artists, Caitlind Brown & Wayne Garrett, collected more than 6000 burnt out incandescent light bulbs from local households, businesses, museums, and eco stations to create this interactive sculpture.
The magic of CLOUD comes to life through its audience. As the crowd walks under the cloud they pull ON\OFF strings that control the illumination of the structure and by so give the cloud a mesmerizing effect.
Pure Heaven.

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Cloud’s video
pictures by Doug Wong

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Currently happening in the Design Museum of London is the “Unexpected Pleasures” exhibition.
The Design Museum brought together almost 200 bizarre and conceptual adornments to celebrate the work of contemporary and provocative UK joined by jewelers from all over the world.
So girls, it’s a fact, we all love jewelry but what is a jewel for you?
Radical statement pieces or objects with sentimental value? Ornaments with history or charms of precious materials?
The exhibition will last until March 3rd, 2013.

Exhibition at the Design Museum

Just came back from Art Brussels, an annual contemporary art fair now at its 30th year, which brings together hundreds of art galleries from all over the world under one roof.
It’s the Martinaesbaek gallery from Copenhagen that caught my eyes with its digital photomontages by Martin Liebscher.
This Berlin-based artist creates infinite self portraits in different environments. Here he filled up an entire theater with thousands of different representations of himself.
We can debate for hours over the heavy subjects: vanity, loss of identity, diversity of the self. I personally enjoyed the playful “where’s Wally?” effect, It was amusing to search for all the different behaviors in the frame. Two Martins talking, another one adjusting the light… I leave you to discover the details for yourself.


Exhibition: Art Brussels
Gallery: Martinaesbaek Gallery
Artist: Martin Liebscher