mrneoluddite/arts

From the page: "Art on the Go
By Amy Holzer
Fri, May 9, 2008, 12:01 am PDT

Look -- down the road! It's a fish... it's a dragon... it's an art car!

Talk about a hobby with some pizzazz. Cartists, as art car creators are often known, possess visions as varied as the personalities who wander our planet. From their favorite sport, to beloved childhood tales, to Mother Nature, their inspirations are limitless. Some even choose to use the dirt on the car as their palette, while others turn their cars into living art.

Although it may seem that art car creation is only for the art-car-driving enthusiast, this hobby appears to be without limitations. Famous artists have tried their hands at auto artistry, and it has branched out to inspire installation art and permanent public pieces.

Longing to see an art car in person, but not up for hunting them down at Burning Man or in frozen climes? Not to worry. Just make your way to one of the numerous parades to be found throughout the country or stop by a museum. Art car folks are a welcoming crowd and you're sure to be impressed."

From the page: "The Defining Moment
By Jerry Welch
Fri, April 11, 2008

"A picture is worth a thousand words," or so the old maxim goes. For some photographers, a single image can define their lives.

Eadweard Muybridge's life was defined on July 11, 1878, when he settled a long-standing dispute over whether all four hooves of a horse came off the ground when galloping. On that day, Muybridge set up a system of twelve cameras alongside a track on what is now the campus of Stanford University, and captured a set of images destined to become iconic.

That day was the turning point in Muybridge's career. Previously a successful documentor of the American West, he began to focus on in-depth motion studies of men, women, and a variety of animals. His later invention of the Zoopraxiscope led him to be known as the Godfather of Cinema.

Many artists have defining moments in their careers, although not many of those moments result in seismic shifts in their art. Below is a list of five photographers who have made such an impact. We've gathered a large collection of websites about them and their works. Click, and discover."

From the page: "Album Face Mugs

The record with the giant face on the cover, usually looking right back at you. every record collector owns at least one. What is great about these records besides their musical value is that the covers can double as masks. check out waxidemy's growing gallery of face album self-portraits. Want to showcase your favorite face record? Put your best record on, snap it and add yours to the gallery "

From the page: "Facing the Music
By Michelle Heimburger
Thu, March 20, 2008

Here at the Yahoo! Directory, we see a lot of strange online trends. Some we can appreciate immediately, and some are guilty pleasures that we enjoy secretly in our cubes when no one is watching. But some just leave us baffled. When we first heard about "sleeveface" our initial reaction was "huh?" So... you take an old school LP cover, you hold it in front of your face, and you take a picture? Okay, but why? We get the appeal of collecting vinyl, and we know (all too well) the joy of composing goofy pictures. But where's the creativity in just holding up an album cover?

Then we spent some time browsing through sleeveface portraits and we finally understood the beauty of the sleeveface. The best of these portraits aren't just people holding album sleeves in front of their faces. They recreate or extrapolate the scene beyond the original 12" by 12" jacket. They give the original subject a new context, a different perspective, an unusual body, and sometimes even a new gender. They add hair and costumes, props and instruments -- and sometimes, if they're careful and maybe a bit lucky, the image is almost seamless.