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Natural Light, Blue Light Room

Posted on 31/10/201631/10/2016 by zabihi40@gmail.com

Now on Blain Southern, London

Natural Light, Blue Light Room is one of a number of environment made by Bruce Nauman between 1969 and 1974 that transforms a traditional galley from a room of discrete objects into a space that provokes a perceptual experience in the viewer the environments also served to change the viewer from a passive beholder to an active performer within the artwork.

In the late 1960s, Nauman made a number of videos that showed the artist performing absurd or mundane activities in his studio space, such as Stamping in the Studio or Slow Angle Walk (Beckett Walk) (both1968).

In January 1972, about a month after Natural Light, Blue Light Room was exhibited, Nauman was asked about this transition from artist as subject and performer in the videos, to the architectural installations, where the viewer takes on these roles. ‘ I began thinking about how to present this without making a performance,’ he said, ‘so that somebody else would have the same experience, instead of just having to watch me have that experience.’

Natural Light, Blue Light Room emerged amid these concerns with space, performance, the movement of the body and perceptual experience.

When you enter the space, you might be struck by its emptiness: instead of a gallery with objects, you have an open space with a silver of natural light along the lower side of one wall and, on the other, a peculiar blue light. The gallery has been altered to discombobulate you, the viewer, who has now become the performer within the space. While the natural light changes according to the time of the day and climactic conditions, the blue light offers a constant glow. You might experience elation, confusion, even annoyance: but the room will always induce a certain kind of awareness.

Each viewer will, of curse, respond differently to the space, and each performance within it will be distinct. Part of the artwork, then, is to observe others in the space, measure their responses, and to experience the strange awareness of not only your state of mind under certain conditions, but of others in the gallery.

Notes from Blain Southern.

Dreaming Under The Water

Posted on 28/10/201628/10/2016 by zabihi40@gmail.com

In western scientific concept it is believed that universe is created by the four elements : Water, Air, Fire and Earth.

Each of these elements contains its own unique characterize, and It cannot be told whether they’re good or bad, although each element has both positive and negative sides. Nobody is perfect and whatever your personality is, you have both pros and cons.

It is so important to know your element, in order to figure out your basic emotions, desires, strengths and weaknesses.
By understanding your element you will be able to know yourself and appreciate your personality.

The concept behind Bill Viola’s (b,1961) work is mostly about these elements (Water, Air, Fire and Earth).

“Water is everything for me, that’s what I do” Viola said in his interview with The Space.
The idea of self knowledge: For the first time humanity could see their own reflection through the medium of water.
In other words, water shows your individuality to yourself, shows your personality.
He said that when he was a child he had drowning experience, and now he figured out this is the reason he is using water in his works a lot.
Under the water, under the surface of the water is always a mysterious. Its a world that you cant image it easily.

This incident effects on his whole life. Viola drown to the end of the lake like a stone and saw the most beautiful world down there. He saw all the movement and waves of the water like a moving image, “it was all blue and green.”

“I fell into a lake when I was six years old, and I fell to the bottom and I saw probably the most beautiful world I’ve ever seen and it was colourful and it was light and these plants where moving. I see it regularly. I see it constantly, almost, in my mind and my mind’s eye. It was a kind of paradise and so I felt that was the real world. I was very lucky because I didn’t die, my uncle saved me. But what happened was I was shown just by this accident that there’s more than just the surface of life; that the real thing is under the surface.” (Interview with Voila byThe Space)

We All Know The Body Is 70% Water

In human body, mind works as an intellectual part, it says what to do and when to do and it has connections with heart, but heart feels the joy, sadness, emotions and etc.
That’s all mediated by water, we all know the body is 70% water. And this water is flowing all the time, it’s moving and flowing “thats who we are, we are moving image.”

“The Dreamers” (2013) consists of seven channel screen video/sound installation which display people partly dead and partly alive, underwater with their eyes closed.

This video installation draw the spectator attention to the faces, and the way that they are suspended in the water makes this feeling like the water is a part of their bodies, they are on their reflection and it’s flowing around them.

For representing an idea or a narrative Time and Space are two basic elements, in “The Dreamers” the time does not exist, but the place is kind of multiplied.
The place, or in other word the water is part of the character and this is reality and the information and data is flowing around them.

Author Niloufar Zabihi Zohari

Pictures from Blain Southern & Hunger TV

Exotic Sensual Illusory

Posted on 19/10/201621/10/2016 by zabihi40@gmail.com

“Hope ll”

Gustav Klimt

1907-8

Oil, gold and platinum on canvas

‘Painting of a pregnant woman, and her unborn child as an embodiment of hope and emergence of Sigmund Freud’s explorations of the child within every adult persona in Vienna’s turn-of-the-century. The skull nestling on her belly is an allusion to death.’

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“Lady with Fan”

Gustav Klimt

1917-1918

Oil on canvas

‘This Relaxed pose of the Lady, calms you down and gives you the opportunity to explore all the rich colours and exquisite patterns of this painting.’

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“Death and Life”

Gustav Klimt

Started in 1908 and finished in1915

Oil on canvas

‘Death and life are two very clear part of the painting.

Death standing on the left watching over life in an amusing way, and on the right, a man holding a woman and young women behind them are holding their new born child. An older lady in the middle of them, showing another stage of life in a soft and beautiful way. Over representation of women could refer to women as source of life.

All covered in flowers and patterns that you can see in other Klimt’s paintings.

Creating the circle of life on canvas in the most poetic way possible.’

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Notes: Yasaman Zabihi Zohari

Photos From Wikipedia

A City Called Home

Posted on 10/10/201614/11/2016 by zabihi40@gmail.com

Name: Martin McGreal

DOB: November 1994

Place of Birth: Manchester, United Kingdom

Occupation: Content Creative

Since a very early age I’ve continuously held a strong interest in art, whether that’s sketching, music, graphic design, or like the past six or seven years, television and film, more so the latter. Nothing fuels me more than being tested creatively, and whilst the arts I’ve listed above were all respectively invigorating, their processes never stimulated me to the degree filmmaking did, which is no doubt the motive for devoting the past seven years of my life studying such an art, to a level in which I know feel equipped to stamp my mark creatively on the industry, potentially as a young, established, working cinematographer.

Irrespective of a projects client, budget or deadline, as a cinematographer, my process – or at the least the philosophy of my process – remains the same. Prep, prep, and prep again. Fail to prepare, prepare to fail. I treat pre-production similar to principal photography; ‘shoot’ the piece in advance as close as possible via the medium of mood boards, storyboards, shot lists and lighting diagrams. Indeed, many directors and dp’s prefer to work more spontaneously, however my stance is; detailed prep is what permits you the freedom to work spontaneously on set, since if all else fails, you always have the security of the ‘Plan B’ you arrived with.

In terms of style – when operating as either a director or cinematographer, and withstanding action scenes – I do attempt to encourage as minimal coverage as possible, with a ‘quality over quantity’ approach. I favor blocking scenes in three or four shots, then painting the frame for each respective shot with meticulous composition, lighting and production design, allowing the action to unfold within the frame, as opposed to the frame unfolding with the action. Such an approach likewise licenses actors the time to deliver their performance to the audience, and too, usually means my camera is locked onto some form of grip equipment; though this isn’t to say I’m not a handheld enthusiast either.

Like many, my style owes credit to some of the most successful directors and cinematographers working in the industry today. Jeff Cronenweth’s interoperation and application of light to deliver cinematic images set in a world of reality has influenced me greatly, proving you don’t always need to be bold and loud with your use of light to create beautiful, powerful filmic images. Nicholas Winding Refn’s use of color and minimal coverage inspired me to be more brave with color pallets and the blocking of scenes, whereas the likes Bob Richardson and Hoyte van Hoytema opened my eyes to the cinematic qualities of anamorphic shooting.

“A City Called Home” is a dramatized documentary portraying a personal perspective of the city of Manchester, through the eyes and heart of a born and bred Mancunian. Captured in both an intimate and grand scale, it’s together a visual and informative journey, exploring locations from the most renowned in the city, to the more anonymous.

Expressive Painting in Fashion

Posted on 05/10/201614/11/2016 by zabihi40@gmail.com

Name: Emily Eason

DOB: November 1993

Place of birth: Nottingham, United Kingdom

Occupation: Freelance Textile designer

My project explores time lapse through diversion, the process of exposing light and shadow. My initial inspiration compares how line and movement interact with light. I used various photographic techniques in this practice, to fulling capture fluidity of motion, at first I studied smoke and fire. Progressing into focusing on the smallest of details in the tendrils of movement as fire becomes smoke. Expressing the concept of free-form. Not conforming to a regular pattern, structure, shape or constricted movement. Playing on the abstraction of line, light, darkness and negative space.

The processes I used to record and express this, ink and bleach expressive painting, development the motion and fluidity into my designs. I documented the complexity and vast detail involved in a split second of movement, contrasted by documenting this as it is created and seen by the naked eye.

I used a variety of knitted techniques to create a juxtaposition of fluid motion and the structure of block knitting, one example would be lively pleats, crossing paths with structured lines or racking the needles bed while pleating colours on top. Then screen printing my drawing of the motion on to my fabric to advance my concept further developing my original free form idea. The use of these techniques on top of my original designs gave the appearance of flexibility and diversity in motion.

For my final project I created 5 knitted garments on fine gauge Dubied knitting machines, enveloping these design ideas by screen printing with illuminating dye to make it truly part of the fabric . Explaining my inspiration and research. I documented the vibrancy and energy in a professional photoshoot, and gain knowledge throughout this whole process. The idea of combining, developing and manipulation processes; and how we can alter movement and detail.

I graduated from Manchester metropolitan University in BA textile in practice and now work as a freelance textile designer. Through this I am now developing my design personality and making skills.

©Emily Eason

Favourite Looks From London Fashion Week S/S 17

Posted on 28/09/201614/10/2016 by zabihi40@gmail.com

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If you look at each piece like is a painting, you can see the great composition that creates a perfect balanced look.

Mixing different fabrics and textures in an odd way, but yet perfectly managed to get the desired look out of the whole outfit. An abstract expression.

I was waiting for a crocs like that.

Christopher Kane Continue reading “Favourite Looks From London Fashion Week S/S 17” →

Happy Birthday Ostad

Posted on 24/09/201614/10/2016 by zabihi40@gmail.com

On first day of autumn we celebrate the colourful season and also birthday of the master in persian music, Mohammad Reza Shajarian.

“Mohammad-Reza Shajarian (born 23 September 1940) is an internationally and critically acclaimed Persian classical singer, composer and Ostad (master) of Persian music. He has been called “Iran’s greatest living master of traditional Persian music.” Shajarian is also known for his skills in Persian calligraphy, and humanitarian activities.” (From Wikipedia)

The song, “Rain” is taken from the album called “Night, Silence, Desert”. A collaboration with Iranian musician Kayhan Kalhor.

Growing the Impossible

Posted on 20/09/201614/11/2016 by zabihi40@gmail.com

Name: Math Whittaker

DOB: November 1994

Place of Birth: Maidstone, United Kingdom

Occupation: Studying Master of Design, Harvard University

Continue reading “Growing the Impossible” →