Posts Tagged ‘crowdsourcing artists’

Protest Crowdsourcing: BP Protestors adopt a ‘License To Spill’

// June 29th, 2010 // View Comments // b-scene

Crowdsourced Anti-BP protestors spilt a black substance and feathers outside the Tate Britain last night, calling for the museum to cut its ties with the oil giant.
The ‘Good Crude Britannia’ group poured what is thought to have been molasses from cans with the BP logo. As the terrible oil spill continues in the Gulf of Mexico, the reactionary saga certainly won’t die. As we wait for what’s next on the protest programme, watch this video….

Crowdsourced Anti-BP protestors spilt a black substance and feathers outside the Tate Britain last night, calling for the museum to cut its ties with the oil giant. The 'Good Crude Britannia' group poured what is thought to have been molasses from cans with the BP logo. As the terrible oil spill continues in the Gulf of Mexico, the reactionary saga certainly won't die. As we wait for what's next on the protest programme, watch this video.... http://www.b-uncut.com

Crowdsourcing Art and Artists: From Web 2.0 to Web 3.0

// June 24th, 2010 // View Comments // b-Crowd, b-wired

Many art projects have found their inspiration from the spirit of social media and crowdsourcing (just see this post). Crowdsourced web 2.0 works of art have now been created cross-borders, cultures and genres. But what’s next for this wikolution? Our leap from web 2.0 —-> 3.0 is the translation from fun & novel projects —-> harnessing and monetising this effective & efficient social production. Welcome to b-uncut; the art agent 3.0. Mobilising all the power and beauty of the art collective 2.0, b-uncut has been forming the most comprehensive art agency the world has ever known.

Over 1800 artists with diverse skills are available NOW to produce the next Le Mans BMW or Louis Vuitton sculpture. Our crowd is a wealth of experience and international diversity enabling access to creative experts for any large-scale project. Original, authentic and cost-effective painting, sculpture and photography have never been so easy to source for commercial projects. And never from one source. As demand for creative guidance grows in a market thirsty for fresh thinking; we also deliver these previously hard-to-source services.

Enjoying, developing and engaging as a social art collective giant has already proven valuable to all our crowd. We are channelling their incredible skills for a business market that edges more and more creative by the paint drop. The CEO’s definition is shifting; the label innovation is being dropped for creativity. A recent IBM study found students and CEOs both believe creativity is the most important emerging competency of future leaders. That said welcome to the one stop creative powerhouse blur Group!

Crowdsourcing Art Projects and Artists: The WEB 2.0 Approach

// June 22nd, 2010 // View Comments // b-wired

Not only geeks are fascinated by web 2.0. Numerous art performances, labelled “art” or not, have found their inspiration from the social media and crowdsourcing culture. Wikiworks of crowdsourced art of a totally new kind have been created. Here’s a selection of projects that, although initiated by an individual artist, have needed participation to be completed. The organiser makes the artwork possible and coordinates the different contributions, but he or she cedes absolute control over the work itself and lets the public take it over.

MySpace Invasion
The artist Space Invader, known for his mosaics which he puts onto house walls in cities , now invades MySpace. The principle: you add the profile Myspace Invader to your friends and place it among the top 8. Then you are invaded. Nearly 8000 profiles are participating at the moment.

Bio mapping
The artist Christian Nold has developed the concept of bio mapping. The principle: While taking a walk you are wired up to a device (a kind of lie detector) which is linked to a GPS and registers your Galvanic Skin Response, an indicator of your emotional arousal in conjunction with the geographical location. Combining these two devices makes it possible to identify the places that touch us emotionally and those that do not, and thus to create an emotional chart. Here an example from Greenwich and one from San Francisco.

One Thousand Paintings
Onethousandpaintings is a series of paintings by Zürich artist Sala and they represent the numbers from 1 to 1000. Each painting is unique and its price is calculated by taking the difference between 1000 and the number it represents and adding a premium according to how many pictures have been sold already. Like most ideas, this one has already been copied: Do you have a minute? exploits the same concept but with the 1440 minutes of the day.

Wall of the world
This project, which wants to become the 8th wonder of the world, is a 26 km long wall in Latvia onto which the names of one percent of the world’s population (i.e. 65 million names) will be engraved. If you want your name to be on the list, click here .

Favcol
Favcol shows the average colour of FlickR by calculating the average colour of each photo tagged favcol. To participate just add “favcol” to the list of a photo’s tags and it will be taken into account.

Deleted Images
Deleted Images or the junkyard of art offers you to share the photos you would otherwise have deleted. A different view on photography… after all, the lomographic movement originated that way.

Google will eat itself
This project acts on the assumption that as, firstly, Google is listed on the stock market, it is technically (with lots of money) possible to become its proprietor. Secondly, on Google you can earn money via AdSense. The idea is simple: Google is to be taken over by using money earned via Google’s own sponsored links programme to at once invest into Google stocks, which would make Google eat itself. The aim is to completely own Google via the revenues created by Google itself. If this is to happen at today’s pace it will take 200 million years to do it.

Web2DNA
Web2DNA offers to display your blog’s or website’s DNA. Here the DNA of Culture-Buzz.

Museum of Modern Betas
The MoMB is a blog-museum that lists all beta version websites and shows a screenshot. The idea reminds of the club Terminus by TechCrunch which lists websites that are no longer in operation.

Bank of International Artmoney
The BIAM wants to bring some art into financial transactions. The principle: Once you have registered with BIAM you can create notes. These must be original works of art and measure 12×18 cms. Each note is worth 27 Euros with its value increasing by 5 Euros annually during the first seven years. It can be used to pay other BIAM members or anyone who accepts it (all explanations here).

Also to be named is the The Million Dollar Homepage, a performance of its own kind which owes its success to internet users’ participation. As does PostSecret which weekly publishes the secrets internet users send in by postcard.

Finally, as a last example of initiatives crossing art and web 2.0, there is the excellent blog Buzzeum which lists alternative marketing actions conducted by museums worldwide. The blog is edited by the author of the blog Du marketing plein les doigts. There is also a Google Maps mashup by Artscape of expositions in Paris, also available as widgets.

Thanks to Culture-Buzz for their great post.

Painting The Elements of Magical Whimsy

// June 2nd, 2010 // View Comments // b-loud

Born in Agen, France, VéroniKaH currently lives and works in Montreal, Quebec. Her captivating paintings are exhibited and collected throughout Canada as well as the United States. She has been a part of our online artist community since April and her self-taught work proves passion and self-confidence is as commanding as a formal fine art education. If you fall for VéroniKaH’s work like us and want to use our crowdsourced artist network to commission an original go here.

Continually formulating and re-formulating her world through moving, poetic color and form, VéroniKaH connects with those around her through her melodic paintings. More than just a pleasurable pastime, VéroniKaH’s artistic practice is a therapeutic way to survive. However, her paintings consistently manage to evade solemn seriousness. Instead, she embraces a passionate palette of ruby, gold, and emerald, her paintings sparkling in their celebration of life.  Read the interview below.

“Most of the time I let my intuition decide what to do without really thinking about it….My technique is a continuous research of new visual effects never seen before.” VéroniKaH



What was your very first artwork?
First artwork was when I was 7 years old , drawing of a little girl under a tree

Describe the piece you love the most—why?
My abstract piece with blues.. reminds me of the ocean ,,, I love the beach and the sun

What are your methods? Your inspirations?
My method is a secret totally invented by me .. with Stained glass, acrylic and ink. I am inspired by my day to day live and the lives of my loves ones

What did it take to make it to where you are now?
I paint everyday since January 2008 , made more than 570 paintings, if you have a wide selection you can please more people

Do you make a living from your artwork?
I have 2 day job to support the creation of my collection . I am not there yet

Who has helped you along the way?
I didn’t have any help, just my husband who believes in me, helped me financially, I keep all my money for creation and he paid the bills for the family

What artists (dead or alive) would you invite for the ultimate dinner party?
Picasso , Van Gogh, Corno

Your favourite curse?
SHIT

Your biggest (albeit endearing) flaw?
too quick to respond

Qualities a woman needs to seduce you and the flaws that will repel you?
A man has to be sweet and affectionate but total turn off is if he thinks he can control me

Your parents advice you should have followed, but didn’t?
I followed all my parents advice but shouldn’t have !!!

Your idea of the perfect weekend?
At my house swimming in my pool and going dancing downtown Montreal in the evening with my husband.

Who would you chose to rule the world?
Nobody is strong enough to rule the world

Favourite ice-cream?
Vanilla ice cream with caramel and nuts

Where do you see yourself in…..
One month?
At my evening reception at La maison blanche Gallery

One Year?
I will have 2 or 3 more Galleries representing my collection

One Decade?
In one decade I will be an International Artist !!!

Colour the World with Crowdsourcing Communities

// June 2nd, 2010 // View Comments // b-inspired

After six months in the making, we are over the moon about the paintastic film for the Let’s Colour campaign. The video is awesome! For those with a fetish for colour you’ll be drooling over your keyboards, your eyeballs kissing the screen! This is a crowdsourced art project that benefits communities worldwide. b-uncut is a leading crowdsourcer for international artists and loves seeing projects that are part of a fairer future for all. Crowdsourcing brings people and technology into productive harmony. Now modern communications and networking are proving the strength in numbers.

The two-minute film, shot by multi-award winning director Adam Berg documents Let’s Colour painting events in Brazil, France, the UK and India. Every location is real and they remain transformed by a palette consisting of 120 different colours. The people in the film are not actors, they are real people who rolled up their sleeves to transform their community with colour. You can read more about them and how they have been impacted by colour on this blog and by watching the inspiring documentaries below.

Join the colour crusade. Spread even more colour by passing the film onto your friends. The more people who know about it, the bigger the splash will be.

UK

BRAZIL

INDIA

FRANCE

via lets_colour

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From War in Afganistan to Art Exhibitions in London

// May 26th, 2010 // View Comments // b-loud

Shikyba Azizi has a tough story to tell and she creates tense, bloody work. She uses unique techniques to create these striking graphical images that speak of the conflicts she escaped. Shikyba joined our online artist network in January and we were immediately struck by the raw and radical intensity. Shikyba is exhibiting in London till the 15th June in The Spring Show at The Gallery at Willesden Green Library Centre. Read the fascinating interview below.

What was your very first artwork?
When I was young I drew flowers or butterflies for fun in a corner of my notebooks and presented my homework in creative way to my teachers. I did not train in school how to draw or paint. We had art class but they didn’t encourage the students to improve their skills. I was interested in art so I decided to do Fine Art when I finished secondary school. When I started my BA course in Fine Art in 1990 I was the youngest and least skilled student in my class. Everyone had very good skills because they had a family member to help them or they took courses before enrolling. So it was a bit hard for me to reach their level and learn the techniques, but I tried.
We had to study the human body and draw from life but we were not allowed to draw the body without clothes. I drew an ear of one of my classmates. When my tutor saw it, he said to the class very loudly “Shikyba’s gonna be a good artist soon”. (Unfortunately I have not got the drawing)

Describe the piece you love the most—why?
The piece that I love most is the forth from a series of five the drawings, ‘Prisoner inside the veil’ which is an image of a woman covered by a bloody pigeon on her head and its blood spread on her face and her neck twisted tight with lines. I love it because she is disturbed by all these thing but she is still solid and gazing at the viewers.

What are your methods? Your inspirations?
I get my ideas from my personal experiences in past and present. To expand them I also read history books and poems which wrote about the tyranny of war.
I mostly use monochromatic materials for my work both in my sculptures and drawings. My sculpture works are constructed using black fabric and wire. I cut a piece of fabric and pull it around the wire to give it a shape. In my drawings I use ink and spread it on white fabric with a string which is interwoven with metal.




What did it take to make it to where you are now?
Passionate in art and access to art materials. When I started my course, I was interested in art but not passionate about it. I wanted to complete my course and become teacher in my homeland. Unfortunately I did not and we had to stay at home and do nothing because of the war. Day after day the situation was getting worse and worse and we were surrounded by the conflict. In that time I wanted to draw, not a flower or a butterfly, but dead bodies, boundaries, distorted and bloodied faces. Living in the four walls completely changed me. I became pessimistic. I started to draw and express myself inside my brain because there was no paper to draw on. That’s until we had to leave my homeland and live in London in 2000. I started my studies again, graduated and now have a small studio space and I work very hard to buy materials and create artwork.

Do you make a living from your artwork?
Not at all.

Who has helped you along the way?
Financially my brother and emotionally my sister, but in the art world no one.

What 5 artists (dead or alive) would you invite for the ultimate dinner party?
Pablo Picasso, Willem de Kooning, Mona Hatoum, Doris Salcedo and Jackson Pollock

Your favourite curse?
I curse the evil of the world which destroys our freedom.

Your biggest (albeit endearing) flaw?
Spoken communication

Qualities a man needs to seduce you and the flaws that will repel you?
Understanding and respect / Neglect

Your parents advice you should have followed, but didn’t?
Sadly My father past away when I was two years old and my mother got married and left me when I was five or six so I do not remember if they told me what to do. My brother brought me up and I respect him as my father. He always says that I should not make art, but I do.

Your idea of the perfect weekend?
Sleeping until 10am, taking bath and having a good food and visiting friends and galleries.

Who would you chose to rule the world?
Superman or if I had a super-natural power to make the world free by cleaning up the lines on the map.

Favourite ice-cream?
All types.

Where do you see yourself in…..
One month?
In willesden Gallery in London and then at Kabul university in Afghanistan.
One Year?
In my studio in London and galleries
One Decade?
In world wide places, in my studio and galleries………………….

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