
man-made rainbow by Michael Elion in Cape Town
“As the earth spins you’re given a window period in each day where it’ll allow you the possibility to orchestrate nature to do its little dance.” Artist Michael Elion has created a gorgeous, man-made rainbow in front of Commune1 Gallery in Cape Town. Visible every sunny day from now till October 14 for about an hour, starting at 2:45pm, the colorful arc is a magical creation that transforms a banal urban street into a land of wonder. “Rainbow” was made as part of Commune1’s first Birthday Group show as well as for Creative Week in Cape Town.
Crazy Ass Japanese Thing of the Day: The innovative folks at Neuroware have created a modern mood ring of sorts — this time in the form of a moving cat’s tail. It wags when you’re happy, droops when you’re sad, and broadcasts your mood and location via smartphone app.
If these ever make it to the mass market, there is a 100% chance it becomes the next hot accessory for ravers.
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Eric Staller: Light Drawings, 1976-1980
While artist Eric Staller’s light drawings are beautiful in and of themselves, take into account that they were created in New York back in the 1970s using just a Nikon 35mm film camera, 4th of July sparklers and Christmas lights and you can’t help but be blown away. By day, Staller would walk around New York, studying the locations he felt would “articulate the particular choreography or architecture of light” that he wanted to express. At night, he would carefully position his camera on a tripod and, with the lens open for several minutes, he would purposefully move about urban spaces; outlining cars, streets and stairways and even forming magical-looking tunnels brought to life through his imagination.
Light Drawings, 1976-1980 were exhibited worldwide and received a lot of attention from art galleries and publications. As he tells us, “Even the most technical people in the photography world were mystified about how these photos were made.”
(via Mystifying Light Drawings of New York in the 1970s - My Modern Metropolis)