the wandering observer

Crude the puppy

Carly Miller — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:05:55 +0000

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Stefan Gross creates work that plays on the ewwwwwww factor which resides within us (if it’s not inside you, you’re only lying to yourself). His work is all rather bodily with goopy amounts of polymer and oil in brightly chosen colours that are plopped on recognizable objects for visual reference….& then perhaps covered in clumps of hair to further the bleghhhhh vibe. Saying so, that ick feeling felt from viewing his work just kind of makes you remember being a kid. Playing in mud. Tracking said mud into the house. Rubbing your muddy hands and feet all over your mum’s fancy coat. Petting the dog with your grubby muddy paws. Getting spanked. Playful & sinister all at once. Nothing at all serious, just lighthearted and deliciously (queasily) shiny.

http://www.stefangross.nl/index.html

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Blips and Pull

Carly Miller — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:26:16 +0000

After watching this video I just want to experiment with magnetic goop and play with force fields. Stools are neat I suppose, but just neat. The process is neater. Perhaps replace the fabled fudge making elves that hide in trees with cute men that create textural magnetic blobs and blips in public spaces? That’s something I could get into.

Sweat so Sour

Carly Miller — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:26:58 +0000

How many times can I write a blog post about forgetting about this blog? Probably several more to be quite frank. Perhaps I’ll remember harder this time. HA. Well, changes since my last blog post….there have been far too many. I no longer live in Vancouver. London, UK is my new home & a nutty place it is call home(?) Sardine mentality and fruity run-ins with total strangers. Pursuing a masters at Goldsmiths is an interesting game. This, that, & the other. Network, network, network. Sell yourself & your soul with a little smile (smirk) on your face. The change will do you good. Take your life and turn it over on itself. I have no idea what is in-store & it’s both terrifying and exciting.

Photos by me….Carly Miller. Much obliged to make your acquaintance.

Now

Carly Miller — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 23:59:39 +0000

In these past few months, I’ve been a bit of a wayfaring blip. Winter is a funny thing. Spring is even funnier….and I’m not sure if it’s a good or bad funny thing. It just is. You know?

Some film shots of mine. See more here www.flickr.com/photos/carlymiller/

Left Alive

Carly Miller — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 03:53:38 +0000

“Alex McLeod constructs hyperrealistic 3D environments filled with crystalline mountains, fiery lakes, and rotund clouds, all rendered in a sickly sweet and gooey candy-colored palette. Recalling the wide-open vistas of Romantic landscape painting while at the same time staging otherworldly dystopias, McLeod’s CGI prints act as hybrid spaces that imply an almost infinite recombination of the past and present, the real and virtual. Beneath their seductively polished surfaces, of glimmering fortresses and floating geometric abstractions, lies a haunting stillness that comes forth in the aftermath of cataclysmic events. The cause of destruction remains unknown in these depopulated spaces -there are no people in these images, however much human traces remain in the rickety railways and empty fortresses. And yet, from the twilight of devastation shown in these strange dioramas lies possibilities for hope and rebirth in our own digital milieu through the artist’s new approaches to concepts as varied as ecological responsibility and the shared intersections between photography and painting.
Alex McLeod lives and works in Toronto, Canada. This past year he has exhibited in New York, Philadelphia, San Jose, Denver, Sao Paulo, Barcelona, Toronto and Sweden.”

-http://www.alxclub.com/

I’m sold. I recently had the pleasure of seeing some of McLeod’s work at the Angell Gallery while I was in Toronto and was completely taken away by all the detail that goes into these digital masterpieces. One can seriously get lost in McLeod’s work and then hop back in for another jaunt down the rabbit hole. Mmmm…visual and mental pleasers.

Slice of Life

Carly Miller — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:45:54 +0000

Hailing from Baltimore, Elizabeth Ryan Hoeckel is making some delightfully delicious visual treats. Using collage and photography as her mediums of choice, she creates images that feel like altered memories tucked away in your mind. Untouchable memories. Ohhhh the joys of OCD image collecting, put to a fine use. ———————————————————————————– ————————– — ———————- ———————————————————————— — ——— ————- yum ————–

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bethfromabove/

A Forest in Your Mind

Carly Miller — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 16:35:05 +0000

Daily Life: (Repetition). ((Rhythm)). ((( Routine))). ((((Familiar sights, sounds, colours, tastes, & smells)))). Inklings of something new and exciting. Prospects of changing the game. You could buy a different toothpaste, fuck someone unknown, screw someone over, save the day, or just stick to the tried. Who knows?

Video is of said familiar images and sounds, yet cut, reworked, and changed. Shot on a 16mm bolex 2010

You Subside on Toast Alone?

Carly Miller — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:51:43 +0000

How dull. How dull. How dull. Unless you’ve been using different types of bread? Different types of bread. It’s a possibility. Perhaps.

—————> Alyson Shotz. Education

MFA, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1991
BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, 1987 ———————-> Fairly neat sculptural work. Gets your brain thinking about perception of space.

Alyson Shotz
Mirror Fence (detail), 2003
acrylic, wood, aluminum, hardware
138′ x 36 x 4″
installation view at Storm King Arts Center, 2010
photo: Jerry L. Thompson

Alyson Shotz
My Living Room Rug in Hyperbolic Space (detail), 2007
double-sided inkjet print on folded paper
12 x 81 x 105 inches

A Story of Blissed out Gnomes.

Carly Miller — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 06:47:31 +0000

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I happily stumbled upon this video and was immediately filled with an indescribable twisted glee. Perma-smile plastered on my face each time. It’s just “YES!”

“A story of blissed out gnomes who have the ability to distill sunshine and bottle it. Provoked by haters, the gnomes go to battle with goblin buzz killers. After a dip in sunshine juice the goblins are soon doing the happy dance.

Footage: The Sunshine Makers (1935) – Van Beuren Studios
Editing & Design: Nathaniel Whitcomb – thinkorsmile.com
Music: “Westworld” by Brandon Biondo – realmofinfinitepeaches.tumblr.com/ “

simply put.

Carly Miller — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:59:55 +0000

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Junichi Sakamoto
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Tokyo, Japan

simply put. simply composed. simply beautiful.

http://www.sakamotojunichi.com/