Beautiful elastic sculptures by South Korean artist Hong Sungchul.
darksilenceinsuburbia: Hong Sungchul. Beautiful elastic...
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acase: Sarah Yakawonis This is paper. Outrageous.
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clio-jlh: bookspaperscissors: A man sat at a metro station in...
Interesting point! (Though I don’t think it states that it is the ‘best’ music ever written, only ‘one of the most intricate pieces with a violin’) EDIT: Oh no I’m wrong, it does actually say that! :SA man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousand of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.
Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his schedule.
A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping continued to walk.
A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.
The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.
In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.
No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars.
Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston and the seats average $100.
This is a real story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of an social experiment about perception, taste and priorities of people. The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context?
One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be:
If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?
(Photo of Joshua Bell by Eric Kabik)
So this is the thing about this.
First, I work in a city where there are a lot of commuters and a lot of folks playing music for them in subway stations and they will stop and listen and give money, but not in the morning usually, because they’re trying to get to work. In the evening, it’s a little more relaxed—ten minutes can be spared.
Second, there’s such a large classical bias in this piece, as though everyone can agree that a violinist playing classical pieces is the best possible music anyone can hear. Clearly everyone does not agree, or classical music and classical concerts would be selling a lot more than they do and so many orchestras wouldn’t need so much art subsidies. Here in Brooklyn, I hear a lot of non-Western music, a good amount of jazz, and depending on where you are some popular music. Who says that what Bell was playing is the best music ever written? Why is this stated as fact?
It’s one of those experiments that doesn’t end up signifying very much at all.
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yarnlass: bookspaperscissors: A man sat at a metro station in...
Also interesting! I do love reading all the comments! :)A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousand of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.
Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his schedule.
A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping continued to walk.
A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.
The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.
In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.
No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars.
Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston and the seats average $100.
This is a real story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of an social experiment about perception, taste and priorities of people. The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context?
One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be:
If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?
(Photo of Joshua Bell by Eric Kabik)
Actually? It’s probably because he sucked at busking. There are professional buskers who know what kind of music to play for what kind of crowd, they know how to connect with their audience directly, and many of them are by far talented enough to play “professionally” like Mr. Bell. People assume that musicians on the street aren’t as talented as someone who sells concert tickets, but what’s really selling the tickets for people who have never heard Bell play? His reputation, and the prestige of seeing a “world-class” musician in person. They ignore him on the street because he doesn’t grab their attention, because past a certain point in his career he’s never had to work for attention.
Just because busking isn’t prestigious it’s dismissed as a skill, and it’s one Bell doesn’t have. The conclusions drawn from this experiment shouldn’t be people ignore art because we’re in a hurry, it should be people ignore art because society tells them art takes place in a concert hall and not on the street.
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ion-shenanigans: bookspaperscissors: clio-jlh: bookspapersciss...
One last comment re-blog, because I like this one. :)Interesting point! (Though I don’t think it states that it is the ‘best’ music ever written, only ‘one of the most intricate pieces with a violin’) EDIT: Oh no I’m wrong, it does actually say that! :SA man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousand of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.
Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his schedule.
A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping continued to walk.
A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.
The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.
In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.
No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars.
Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston and the seats average $100.
This is a real story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of an social experiment about perception, taste and priorities of people. The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context?
One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be:
If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?
(Photo of Joshua Bell by Eric Kabik)
So this is the thing about this.
First, I work in a city where there are a lot of commuters and a lot of folks playing music for them in subway stations and they will stop and listen and give money, but not in the morning usually, because they’re trying to get to work. In the evening, it’s a little more relaxed—ten minutes can be spared.
Second, there’s such a large classical bias in this piece, as though everyone can agree that a violinist playing classical pieces is the best possible music anyone can hear. Clearly everyone does not agree, or classical music and classical concerts would be selling a lot more than they do and so many orchestras wouldn’t need so much art subsidies. Here in Brooklyn, I hear a lot of non-Western music, a good amount of jazz, and depending on where you are some popular music. Who says that what Bell was playing is the best music ever written? Why is this stated as fact?
It’s one of those experiments that doesn’t end up signifying very much at all.
What a fascinating experiment. I think, if nothing else, this points out in a real sense how much priority our list of tasks for the day takes in our mind. What a shame, to miss a chance to appreciate something lovely.
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infinity-imagined: The Highest Resolution Photograph of Planet...
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infinity-imagined: The Highest-Resolution Photograph of Planet...
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Christophe Vacher
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fdasuarez: Centrefolds
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darksilenceinsuburbia: Anthony McCall. Between You and I, 2006....
Anthony McCall. Between You and I, 2006. Sixteenth Minute.
Installation at Peer/The Round Chapel, London, 2006.
Photo by Hugo Glendenning
© Anthony McCall 2006.
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showslow: Egor Shapovalov from his ‘One’ series.
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ruineshumaines: Little Shining Man is a sculpture that has the...
Little Shining Man is a sculpture that has the potential for flight.
The design of the structure is based around the tetra kites of Alexander Graham Bell, multiplied out into colliding cubes that take their form from the cubic formations of the mineral Pyrite. A double wing module has been duplicated and arranged into a tight cellular structural arrangement that appears as a heavy, un-flyable mass. Utilising lightweight materials and the symmetry of the module and composition, it is able to fly freely and steadily.
The kite flown in the images is one section of an arrangement of three, that come together to create the final piece of sculpture that is taken own from display once a year to be flown in St. Aubin’s Bay.
There were several challenges in realising Little Shining Man. The structure had to be as strong and light as possible in order to fly, but had to return to earth with minimal damage so it could be installed as a piece of sculpture. Carbon fibre rod and Cuben fibre, a hand made composite fabric used primarily in racing yacht sails, achieved the perfect combination of strength and weight. The visual impact of the fabric produces an ethereal sense of depth and refraction that gives the heavy mass the lightest touch.
+ Heather and Ivan Morison
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unknownskywalker: Fading Thoughts by Andrew Myers A ‘painting’...
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peepandpeep: Instalación_GERDA STEINER & JÖRG...
Instalación_GERDA STEINER & JÖRG LENZLINGER
Brainforest
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (Japan), 2004
mireia◊
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ianbrooks: Recycled Animals by Edouard Martinet Gathering...
Recycled Animals by Edouard Martinet
Gathering material from flea markets and garage sales, Edward meticulously solders together the scrap from typewriters, kitchen utensils, and car parts like pieces in a 3D animal puzzle. The outcome look just as real as they do synthetic, a prelude to cybernetic fauna that will surely one day rule us all once we’ve imbued them with metallic hearts.
Artist: website (via: lostateminor)
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I do like this quote but I have to say too that I have always...
I do like this quote but I have to say too that I have always disliked the word ‘realism’…. (kind of like the word ‘normal’?) :)
…By the way if anyone likes the kind of quotes I re-blog, I have a an extra store of these over at http://quotefullness.tumblr.com. Crap name I know :)
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"Cynical realism is the intelligent man’s best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation."
“Cynical realism is the intelligent man’s best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.”
- Aldous Huxley (via lionskeleton)
- Aldous Huxley (via lionskeleton)
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oliphillips: Tree People by Pablo S. Herrero & David de la...
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coreymarie: TITLE:“So Long, and Thanks for All the...
TITLE:
“So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish”
DESCRIPTION:
One-of-a-Kind Art Journal featuring a hand cut reclaimed vintage book cover
DETAILS:
Measures 4.5” x 6”. 100 pages. Wire-Binding.
COLOR:
Inside the journal, bright, summery shades of sunshine yellow, sky blue and sea green are mixed with warm brown and neutral tones, accented with a selection of authentic ephemera and vintage book pages.
NOTES:
A hand-distressed book cover with a mid-century illustration of dolphins playing in the ocean waves.
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coreymarie: TITLE:“Frog Song”DESCRIPTION:One-of-a-Kind Art...
TITLE:
“Frog Song”
DESCRIPTION:
One-of-a-Kind Art Journal featuring a hand cut reclaimed vintage book cover
DETAILS:
Measures 4.5” x 6”. 100 pages. Wire-Binding.
COLOR:
Inside the journal, Springtime shades of leaf green and mustard yellow are mixed with warm brown and neutral tones, accented with a selection of authentic ephemera and vintage book pages.
NOTES:
A hand-distressed book cover with a mid-century illustration of a frog, sitting on a rock, with his mouth open.
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