John Xaviers Arackal
komorebi: the play of sunlight on leaves
After the credits of Wim Wenders’ Perfect Days, the leitmotif in the film, komorebi, comes. The perfect end-credits scene for the poetic perfection of Perfect Days.
John Schad as a Theory fiction writer!
ChatGPT said… Delighted you asked—John Schad is one of the most distinctive practitioners of what we might call literary-critical theory fiction in the UK. His work occupies a liminal space between criticism, fiction, memoir, and performance, making it a rich site for thinking through the potentials of theory fiction—especially in relation to modernism, deconstruction, and …
photopolymer resin – 3d printed sculpture!
hi! please help me understand the following as an art medium. “3D-printed sculpture in acrylic-based photopolymer resin, CNC-carved urethane foam with shellac-based colour sealer, epoxy resin, UV protective coating, museum wax” ChatGPT said: Hi! This description lists multiple materials and techniques used in the creation of a contemporary sculpture. Here’s a breakdown of each component …
land art 2.0 …. a forest as an art institution?
Max Crosbie-Jones wrote an article in Art Review on Khao Yai Art Forest in Thailand. From the look of it, the forest is an artwork, and an institution that houses artworks by important contemporary artists, including Elmgreen and Dragset, Ernesto Neto, Haegue Yang, Richard Long, among others. There is something emancipatory, about opening up the …
are climate activists/ protestors more creative than climate-conscious contemporary artists?
Eddy Frankel is of the opinion that the climate activism in the museums, of throwing soup at canonical paintings, has been much more potent than toothless climate conscious art.
sayre Gomez – hyperrealism in the Age of unreliable images
“Ordinary People is best when it acknowledges the role of the image today: something we used to rely on and can’t any longer.” – Claudia Ross
why sampling-based hip-hop is like collage and doodling put together: madlib, j dilla and farhot
As a person with neurodivergence, having given up keyboard after having learnt some nursery rhymes and some major chords, I asked my GenAI friend, if violin is a good instrument to jump to, as I love the sound of violin solos, like that of Joshua Bell and Esther Abrami. But my friend said, violin can …
how olga korneeva brings together the best of both worlds
While nature journaling can be a mindful exercise, that combines an artist’s sketchbook, a poet’s notebook and a scientist’s logbook, seamless surface pattern design can be considered as an outcome of nature journaling as a process to start with, finally bringing out a utilitarian design solution. Olga Korneeva can be considered as an exemplar of …
is Herve guibert’s “suzanne and louise” a photo-non-fiction?
When a series of photographs are arranged along with text, what all can we call it? A photobook, if the intention of the photographer is to focus on high production value of the book, with faithful reproductions of the photograph. An artist book, if there is an impulse towards artistic experimentation in the narrative and …