Jeanne-Claude
"We want to create works of joy and beauty."
Jeanne-Claude, the collaborator with Christo on their environmental art projects for the past 51 years, died last week.
Visit their website for further information about their work.
Also, the VRC holds a number of videos about the work of Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Images of their work can be found at AAEL VRC Images and through ARTstor.
Quote from interview with Jeanne-Claude and Christo, 2002. Image from their website.
Posted by sgarrett at November 23, 2009 | Comments (0)
Defying gravity
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Posted by verdiyan at November 19, 2009 | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
New designs
Dynamic Tower, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
"Dr. David Fisher's Dynamic Tower is the first building in motion that will change its shape and add a fourth dimension to architecture: Time. The shape will be determined by each floor's direction of rotation, speed, acceleration and the timing; with timing meaning how each floor rotates compared to the other. The rotation speed will be between 60 minutes and 24 hours for one revolution."
Posted by verdiyan at November 16, 2009 | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Create your own font
At Font Capture you can create a font from your very own handwriting. There's no software to download and install, all you need is a printer and a scanner. Simply fill in the font template, scan and upload it to the website, and download your completed font. The fonts you create using Font Capture can be used on both Windows and Mac computers.
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Posted by verdiyan at November 12, 2009 | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Google Image Labeler
Google Image Labeler is a game in which you get an online partner who labels/tags the image along with you and both of you get points, depending on the specific labels you provide. The idea is that if two people come up with the same label, it is probably a good one and will make Google’s image search better.
"Each user who wants to participate will be paired randomly with a partner who's currently online and also using Google Image Labeler. Over a 90-second period, both participants will be shown the same set of images and asked to label each image based on what they see. They'll also be shown words that can't be used as labels. Both participants can add as many labels as they want until one of them matches a partner's label. After there's a match, they'll see a new image and continue the cycle, until time runs out. Contributors will also see points they've earned throughout the session."
via elliottback.com
Posted by verdiyan at November 09, 2009 | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Zotero
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension "that helps you gather, organize, and analyze sources (citations, full texts, web pages, images, and other objects), and lets you share the results of your research in a variety of ways".
You can enter your bibliographic records by hand, but you can also have Zotero extract them directly from online. It works with most library OPACs, with Google Scholar, and with some of the major article databases like ProQuest and JSTOR.
Zotero is useful to anyone who uses the Internet for research and needs a simple way to organize references. By emphasizing accurate citations and automating the process, Zotero helps students learn and adopt proper practices.
via EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative
Posted by verdiyan at November 05, 2009 | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
A question of perspective
Can you guess what this is?
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Posted by verdiyan at November 02, 2009 | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Art Institute of Chicago Pathfinder
Have you been planning a trip to see the new addition to the Art Institute of Chicago? You may want to use their pathfinder tool to plan your route through the museum. Use the map to navigate a virtual museum. When you click on a gallery or space, the left-hand frame will display prominent works or views from that location. You can also use the left-hand panel to find out where specific exhibitions are located within the museum.
via Derivative Image
Posted by hthrlowe at October 29, 2009 | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
World Digital Library
Another excellent site with primary source material digitized for world use:
"The World Digital Library is a cooperative project of the Library of Congress, the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and partner libraries, archives, and educational and cultural institutions from the United States and around the world. The project brings together on a single website rare and unique documents – books, journals, manuscripts, maps, prints and photographs, films, and sound recordings – that tell the story of the world’s cultures. The site is intended for general users, students, teachers, and scholars."
The home page presents a nifty multi-lingual search interface including a world map and a timeline.
Image of the Emir of Bukhara, 1911, by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii. Click here to see more photos by Prokudin-Gorskii in the World Digital Library.
Posted by sgarrett at October 26, 2009 | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
