Isan in the frame
A group exhibition at the Jim Thompson Art Center is showing off the fruits of the organisation’s ongoing Art on Farm project
While the food and music of the Northeast of Thailand, called Isan, can be found fairly easily in the capital, the region’s art is not so well represented. Until June 24, however, the Jim Thompson House is offering you an intensely colourful dose of homegrown Isan art for free.
The origins of Art on Farm, a 19 artist-strong group exhibition being held in the tourist attraction’s Art Centre, stretch back to 2009, when this organisation, along with the Jim Thompson Farm up in Korat, invited local artists to produce Isan-inspired artworks. The brief encouraged them to work with nature, local artifacts and recycled materials, and also to observe daily life at this fully-functioning farm, where silk worms are raised and silk produced. Inspiration was also drawn from Isan’s history, myths and legends, its landscape, wittii chiwit (way of life) and food.
Jim Thompson Art Center
Upstairs Jim Thompson House | 6 Soi Kasemsan 2, Rama 1 Rd | 02-612-6741 | | 9 am – 5 pm | free, Until June 24
(via Bangkok101 )
Cave dweller´s delight
The Rayavadee Resort is an exclusive, luxury five-star resort on the tropical peninsula of PhraNang in the spectacular and peaceful Marine National Park of Krabi, Thailand.
A combination of the five star accommodations and stunning natural landscaping make the Rayavadee Resort in Thailand a dream destination. Cascading mountains, lush forests and beach lines that stretch for miles are only some of the stellar features of this luxurious island getaway. Guests can enjoy the surreal beaches and dine in a glowing nook inside one of the many natural caves on the island.
via bless this stuff/coolist
Mirror, mirror on the wall
The Cybertecture® Mirror is far from an ordinary mirror for everyday use, it’s the world’s first intelligent Reflective Mirror. Through a reflective digital display, programmable applications and a connection with the internet via wireless communication technology, you are able to see interactive information which you can customize for specific functions. It interacts with the users and communicates with mobile phone, computer, personal digital assistant offering useful information and also monitoring their health through a peripherical sensor pad. Designed to be hung on the wall, the smart combination between thin, stylish and elegant design and great digital features make from the Cybertecture® Mirror the perfect gadget for any kind of environment home, office and public environments (hotels, hospitals, retail shops).
(via Interior Design)
Nesting five-star style
Berlin’s five-star Hotel de Rome recently welcomed an unusual guest: a duck who chose the balcony of a luxury suite as the location for her nest. Now five chicks have hatched in a potted lavender plant — and hotel staff are finding it hard to let go.
photo: Hotel de Rome (via SPIEGEL ONLINE - International)
Frieze in New York
The venerable Gramercy Park Hotel, a long standing hub for the New York art, culture and fashion scene, is offering the ultimate Frieze experience. Thanks to the vision of iconic artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel, this unique luxury property boasts one of the best collections of contemporary art in the United States. It seems natural then that Gramercy Park Hotel should partner with the American edition of the annual London Frieze Art Fair, debuting this spring. For three days, from May 4 – 7, New Yorkers and art lovers from the world over will be privy to the works of over 170 progressive international art galleries at Randall’s Island in Manhattan’s East River.
For those visiting the hotel during this period, the “show” begins the moment they step inside. Known for its prized displays, pieces by Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Fernando Botero find pride of place in public spaces. As an offshoot to the fair, Gramercy Park Hotel will unveil a new installation throughout the hotel. Among the highlights are “Hand” by Jean Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol located in Jade Bar, and two pieces by Richard Prince – “Untitled” from the Re-photographed series and “Untitled” (Oh) 2010.read and see more at made by originals
Labyrinth of Memory by Chiharu Shiota
For this first cultural event produced by La Sucrière, Chiharu Shiota has designed a monumental layout, totally integrating the building’s architecture. Sixteen white dresses hung from the ceiling inside a web of black thread, requiring around 1000 metres of satin cotton and a truckload of black wool (600 kilometres of wool).
La Sucrière, Lyon, France From 4 May to 31 July 2012 - from wednesday to sunday 11:00 am to 6:00 pm
photo: Schlewig-Holsteinischer Kunstverein in derKunsthalle zu Kiel
Credit photo : Sunhi Mang
Mirrored / Native
The relentless growth of cities and the expansion of populations living in them have inevitable substantial and detrimental environmental effects. One of these is the displacement of wildlife. This is the thematic concern of Native series by Maslen & Mehra. Cities including London, New York, Paris, Rome, Istanbul and Berlin have all been the subject of Maslen & Mehra’s experimental photographs. Heavily built-up urban landscapes are photographed in the early hours, when they are devoid of human activity. The artists take this fleeting opportunity to re-introduce native species into the picture in the form of mirrored sculptures. Roe Deer appear to graze in Canary Wharf, a financial district of London; an American Eagle takes flight in Times Square, New York, capturing a skyscraper and brilliant neon on its mirrored wing.
Maslen & Mehra allow us to experience a city, which is quiet and still — a place, which subsequently can sustain the existence of species other than ourselves. This is not to say that the artists wish for the demise of people and the triumph of nature. The imagery seeks to engage with the viewer and instill in them a desire to witness a more balanced and equitable existence on earth.
For the Mirrored series, Maslen & Mehra appropriate imagery of people, whose silhouettes are then made into mirrored sculptures. By placing them into the landscape and photographing them in this new context, Maslen & Mehra forge an unusual synthesis at first sight: the juxtaposition of highly urban people and wide-open spaces.
(via faith is torment)
Nebula Humilis: clouds as sculptures
Spanish photographer Lola Guerrera ventured out into the desert of Mexico to explore nature, and to see what happens when you intervene with it. Nebula Humilis is a collection of photographs featuring artificially colored clouds drifting against a natural backdrop.
For a similiar, indoor work by Berndnaut Smilde see The Little White Cloud
(via My Modern Metropolis)
Amazing: The Whaletone
The Whaletone is the most charming piano we’ve ever seen.
Made by talented Polish designer Robert Majkut who was inspired by whales. Its beautiful two-colour, black and white case of the classic model, and sleek curves resemble a whale which breaks the waves, visibly arching its body. Why whale? Because, according to Majkut, whales produce romantic sounds to fascinate people. Their conversation is a “majestic, gentle and melodic,” that those who once heard the sound of the whales will not be able to disagree.”
Challenging the classic notion of the instrument, the Whaletone piano is a unique combination of an original design and advanced ultra-sound and accurate technology, meeting the taste of both design lovers, and professional musicians.
The Whaletone is built only upon request, perfectly matching to your personal requirements, configurations, and preferences.
photo: Robert Majkut (via Interior Design)
A Cathedral in the Dunes: Sandworm Installation by Marco Casagrande
From Casagrande Laboratory:
Sandworm by Finnish environmental artist and architect Marco Casagrande is an organic structure/space/creature realized on the dunes of the Wenduine coastline, Belgium.
The 45 meters long and 10 m wide and high installation moves freely in-between architecture and environmental art and is constructed entirely out of willow following the local knowledge of working with sand and willow.
Casagrande worked hard with his team of young architects and local experts for 4 weeks in order to create something that he describes as “weak architecture” – a human made structure that wishes to become part of nature through flexibility and organic presence.
The visitors are describing the Sandworm as a willow cathedral finely tuned to celebrate the site specific conditions of the Wenduine tidal beaches. The space is used for picnics, relaxation and post industrial meditation.
Commissioned by Beaufort04 for the fourth edition of the Triennial of Contemporary Art by the Sea in 2012.
(via MOCO LOCO )
the art resort 
pinterest
bloglovin
