“Mood” incorporates the knowledge of many different skills into a single artifact. It is a combination of traditional hand-crafts (sculpting, woodwork), digital 3D modeling and experimental electronics. The base of the sculpture was built from wood, and the characters were sculpted with a traditional build-up method, using polymer clay on top of a metal wireContinue reading “Mood -the Hybrid Craft Artwork”
Category Archives: Installation
Media Art UP!
I’ve been organizing an event with Markus Renvall. It’s Media Art UP! A new type of an exhibition and an event for new media art. Here is the press release (PDF). I coded the web page & made the graphics. http://media-art-up.com/ (only in finnish, sorry!) The venue of the event is the Cable Factory inContinue reading “Media Art UP!”
Set in Concrete | Urban Screening | PARIS | FocusPocus-videoparadox
Chic Art Fair Paris and PvonK Berlin have been working in collaboration to organize a URBAN SCREENING on an outside concrete wall, longing the River Seine in Paris. The Screening “SET IN CONCRETE” will take place every evening during the Chic Art Fair: OCTOBER, 20th-24th 2011. Among the works shown, will be FocusPocus-videoparadox. ‘Set inContinue reading “Set in Concrete | Urban Screening | PARIS | FocusPocus-videoparadox”
FocusPocus-videoparadox goes Cuba
Our installation is selected in the 4th International Festival of Video Art, Camagüey 2011, Cuba. It seems to have an effect in many cultures. Maybe because (whilst doing it) I ended up dealing with the general questions of humanity that are common to us all, regarldess of culture and political country. That who seeks, shallContinue reading “FocusPocus-videoparadox goes Cuba”
I’m in Art Takes London.
Check out my (small, but dense) portfolio: http://www.arttakeslondon.com/albertlaine Voting Is Good! Sharing Is Caring! I’ll be at Berlin during June 2nd to 5th with our installation FocusPocus-videoparadox, so feel free to grab my sleeve and share thoughts! EMERGEANDSEE Festival 2011 Peace.
New artwork
CloudZ. Clicking the image brings a bit larger view of the piece. Doing this, I ended up thinking about stereotypes, responsibility and social pressure, but it has elements and room for interpretation. It took some 10 intense painting sessions to get it where it is. It’s available in (insanely high resolution) physical format as well.Continue reading “New artwork”
FocusPocus-videoparadox @ Digital Graffiti at Alys Beach
Our installation “FocusPocus-videoparadox” has been selected for display and competition during the 2011 Digital Graffiti Festival at Alys Beach, Florida. It’s an awesome setting for the piece. I recommend you to see it and the other great stuff there, if you can. http://www.digitalgraffiti.com/2011finalists/ As usual, click the image for a larger view. And remember: SharingContinue reading “FocusPocus-videoparadox @ Digital Graffiti at Alys Beach”
Theme changed, Exhibition in Berlin.
I got bored of the old look. Welcome misty, underground look! You are welcome to see “FocusPocus-videoparadox” (and me) in Berlin, Germany at EMERGEANDSEE 2011 Media Art Festival (June 3rd – June the 5th). This Painting revolves around understanding false authorities, and the institution of accusations. Click the image for a larger view .Continue reading “Theme changed, Exhibition in Berlin.”
FocusPocus-videoparadox
It has been a while since my last post, but we’ve been busy arranging our installation “FocusPocus -videoparadox“. It all started with a media art piece we (me & my wife) suggested to the Pixelache media art festival committee. After our installation was selected to the Pixelache programme, we started the endeavor to realize theContinue reading “FocusPocus-videoparadox”
Albert Laine 