The retro-technology portraits of Nick Gentry

Because today is an IT day for me, I like to remember my old Amstrad computer with its DOS system, cd (command) language and large floppy discs, playing Gryzor and other Indian Missions games…

We don’t use nowadays floopy discs, not much more film negatives, VHS cassettes… but this is the support for the British artist Nick Gentry to construct beautiful portraits and a clever way to remind us how fast technology evolves.

Plus, you can also contribute to his artwork (and help to recycle!) as the artist is currently creating a series of portraits using film negatives and therefore need material! So, if you have any that you are not using, please feel free to send them to him @ Nick Gentry, Studio 11, Britannia Works, 56 Dace Road, London E3 2NQ.

Sources and Copyrights : Nick Gentry

Nick Gentry, Surface, 2014 (Vintage film negatives, x-rays, microfilm, spray paint and resin on two glass panels in LED lightbox)

Nick Gentry, D Base, 2013 (Oil paint & used computer disks on wood)

Nick Gentry, Light Years, 2013 (Film negatives, x-rays and oil paint on acrylic sheets in vintage wooden LED lightbox crates)

Nick Gentry, Analogue Daydream, 2013 (Film negatives and acrylic paint in LED lightbox)

Nick Gentry, Watch, 2015 Film negatives and acrylic paint in LED lightbox

Nick Gentry, Profile Number 13, 2015 (Oil paint & used computer disks on wood)

#DOS #retro #London #floppydiscs #Amstrad #IndianMissions #technology #memorylane #Xray #gryzor #IT #NickGentry

Camille Seaman, Big Cloud series

I had another subject in mind for the first post of the week, but with the thunders outside, I wish so much to leave the office now, be at home and watch the sky!

Growing up in a forest, the storm was the complimentary sound and light show the nature offers you: birds flying low first, then silence, light rain, thunder, more darkness, lightning, showers, more lightning all together with the thunder and heavy rain, then, all these fading away to befall a complete silence, but with an amazing light if this happened during the day…

So, not surprising then, that storms greatly inspired artists too, but Camille Seaman is probably one of the photographers who captures at the best this particular atmosphere and shows its beauty.

Born in the Native American Shinnecock tribe, she believes humans are not separated from nature and this is why her works focus mainly on indigenous cultures and wild environments, like the Artic. Each photograph is stunning and makes you hope this nature will continue to exist as such, and will not be devastated in the future.

The pictures below are from her series ‘Big Cloud‘, but I encourage you to read one of her interview here and see her Ted talk on how she chased storms for 5 years here.

www.camilleseaman.com

Sources and © for the pictures: Artsy

Camille Seaman, Under the Anvil, Looking West – Presho South Dakota, USA, June 2011, 2011

Camille Seaman, The Beast It Grows & Consumes All Daylight, El Reno, OK 31 May 2013, 2013

Camille Seaman, Supercell in Minnesota, Near Browerville, MN 20 June 2014, 2014

Camille Seaman, The Blue Eye (H) – Kansas, USA, May 2008, 2008

#CamilleSeaman #storm #Photography #weatherpost #lightning

David Shrigley makes work that is image and text

Being hangover in the office is not funny.

Being hangover in the office while there is nothing to do due to technical issues (again!) is  worst as minutes seem like hours and it is still not midday yet!

So, my brain being in slow motion this morning, let’s share some of the works of David Shrigley.

Because the artist, and I quote him, “makes work that is image and text, it doesn’t really need any explanation, it diminishes the work to add text to it – it’s self-descriptive” , I stop writing here and wish you a pleasant weekend…

David Shrigley, Untitled, 2016

David Shrigley, I’m dead , 2011

David Shrigley, Untitled (I am glad), 2013

David Shrigley, Untitled (It’s OK) , 2014

David Shrigley, Untitled (Layers Of Meaninglessness) , 2012

David Shrigley, Untitled (Legs), 2014

David Shrigley, Sleeping Balloon , 2002

Sources : Guardian, Stephen Friedman Gallery and Galleri Nicolai Wallner

#DavidShrigley #lazypost #naif