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Author Archives: Catherine Mason
Spirit of Place Website Launches!
The website for my new project about landscape art is now live, beautifully designed by Nigel Marshall. Spirt of Place Norfolk is mapping contemporary artists living and working in North Norfolk. It is an attempt to understand better the genus of the place, … Continue reading
Posted in current projects, Spirit of Place
Tagged current projects, landscape painting, North Norfolk, Spirit of Place
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Ada Lovelace Day
Today (Oct. 7) is Ada Lovelace Day, in commemoration of the 19th-Century British mathematician who collaborated with Charles Babbage to create the early mechanical computer the Analytical Engine by writing algorithms. Because of this she is often called the first … Continue reading
Digital Post-Pop
This month’s artist turns Pop art on its head and gives us a digital take on painting that forces us to confront an uncomfortable truth about modern life. British artist Marina de Stacpoole plays out a scene from popular television series Desperate … Continue reading
Posted in computer art, Image of the Month
Tagged computer art, image of the month, Marina de Stacpoole
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Richard Hamilton: 1922-2011
I was saddened to hear of the death of Richard Hamilton a couple of days ago. Although I never managed to meet him, his ideas were an important part of my research into the origins of computer arts & ideas … Continue reading
Remembering 9/11
It has been ten years since the devastating attacks on the World Trade Centre and many tributes and analyses are appearing in the media. So much has been written on the astounding and tragic events of 9/11, both at the time and subsequently, that … Continue reading
David Hockney: “I’m very busy painting England”
It was good to hear David Hockney speak of his love of nature when interviewed for BBC’s Front Row tonight. He said that England was a beautiful country and we should all get out more and see it. He also … Continue reading
A Sense of Place
A ghostly, lone figure appears out of the mist as if something half-remembered from a dream in September’s artwork by Orly Aviv. It’s an image with strong representational, even narrative elements; although the typography of the original location is subsumed … Continue reading
Mapping Norfolk, exhibition by Kabir Hussain
I was pleased to attend an excellent exhibition of work by Kabir Hussain from his on-going landscape project - ”Mapping Norfolk 3″ at the Greyfriars Art Space Kings Lynn, held over the August Bank Holiday weekend. On show were charcoal drawings complimented by wire sculptures both … Continue reading
A Magical Forest That Reacts To Your Presence
Currently on view at Waterman’s in London is this recreation of an imaginary forest by French art duo Scenocosme (Grégory Lasserre and Anaïs met den Ancxt) which aims to turn spectators into “apprentice musicians.” Read the full article here: http://www.bcs.org/content/conWebDoc/41054
Light Constructed by Numbers
This month’s image is a selection of stills from an interactive digial artwork by French artist Anne-Sarah Le Meur, who is interested in questions such as: How does light behave in a virtual space, constructed only by numbers? How do … Continue reading
