--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> > > wrote: > > <snip> > > > These have always fascinated me because of their size, perfect > > > design and complexity. The artist-engineer piece of my mind cannot > > > concieve how these large designs can be made so quickly, > > > apparently at night, with perfect proportions, by human beings. > > > Astonishing. A true mystery. > > > > I just watched this one on YouTube: > > > > http://tinyurl.com/s67q8 > > > > They've gotten *way* more elaborate and refined since > > the last time I paid any attention to them. Some of > > the ones in this video are unbelievably complex, and > > quite stunningly beautiful. > > > > Even if they *are* made by humans--and like Jim, I > > have a hard time understanding how that can be the > > case (although not from his engineering perspective)-- > > they're absolutely remarkable, truly a new art form. > > Speaking of new art forms, several years ago > I was in an arty French village on the Riviera, > and went into the tiny Picasso museum that they > have there. It's more of a "He lived here once" > museum than anything else, and doesn't have that > much original art, but there was a photograph > there that just charmed my socks off. > > The photographer had taken a portrait of the > artist but using a long -- several seconds long > -- exposure. While the shutter was open, Picasso > had created a drawing of a bull in mid air, using > a small penlight. The drawing was perfect.
That's actually a famous photograph...I wish I could remember who the photographer was... > > The following sites, for which I must thank my > brother, display the work of young Japanese > artists who create this same type of art, but > in motion. Using nothing more than a *series* > of still photographs created the same way, > with a long exposure, they are able to draw > *animated* figures in mid air, with using > colored flashlights. > > I really *love* this stuff. Imagine the sense > of *space* that the artists have to have to draw > not only a single figure in mid air, but to draw > a sequence of those figures in mid air, to give > the impression of an animal walking, or a bird > flying. I also love this stuff because it reminds > me of a Japanese form of puppetry called bunraku. > In bunraku, the puppets are very complex, often > requiring the presence of three puppeteers per > character to control them. The puppeteers are > onstage at all times, dressed head to toe in > black. What makes it an artform is that after > about five minutes you no longer see them on > the stage. All you see is the puppets. > > http://dslrblog.com/blog/chris-garrett/animated-long-exposure- photographs/ > > http://tochka.jp/pikapika/2006/06/report_pikapika_in_kitijoji.html > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
