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Mixing It Up: Blending Performance Capture and Mixed Reality
The Imaginarium Studios and Magic Leap have partnered to change the way people experience entertainment by capturing the magic of performance for spatial computing. Performance capture allows us to authentically capture the details and nuance of an actors’ performance and … Continue reading
Sculptural Assemblages by Thomas Deininger Are Three-Dimensional Tricks of the Eye
https://vimeo.com/291568542 Thomas Deininger creates mind-bending optical illusions in his found object sculptural assemblages. The Rhode Island-based artist shares with Colossal that he began creating work from found objects in 1994, when he was “experimenting with the physical qualities of paint and … Continue reading
An Interactive Digital Installation Inside a Shopping Mall in Singapore – Faith is Torment
Jason Jose I was in Singapore last week and while checking out the sights, I walked into this shopping mall to escape the heat and humidity. As I was headed to the food court section, I stumbled on this digital … Continue reading
‘I went loopy’: the photographer who walked 1,200 miles from Wales to Poland-Guardian
Michał Iwanowski came across some graffiti in Cardiff that said: ‘Go home, Polish.’ So he did. The 105-day slog almost broke him – but it restored his faith in a volatile, fractured Europe Source: ‘I went loopy’: the photographer who … Continue reading
Domestic Sculptures Formed With Wood Grown at the United States and Mexico Border by Hugh Hayden-Colossal
Texas-born sculptor Hugh Hayden (previously) combines different varieties of wood to create furniture and other domestic objects with protruding spikes and branches. For his latest exhibition Border States at Lisson Gallery in New York City Hayden addresses notions of citizenship and boundaries with sculptures … Continue reading
Glass Insects Small Enough to Balance on the Tip of Your Finger by Wesley Fleming
Glass sculptorWesley Fleming creates life-size and anatomically correct sculptures of a variety of bizarre and well-known insects. Thecolorful creatures are small enough to balance gently on the tip of his finger, like a neon orange spider barely larger than his nail. … Continue reading
Community: Over 500,000 Preserved and Local Flowers Suspended in the Toledo Museum of Art
Floral artistRebecca Louise Law (previously) travels widely to install her beloved cascading flower showers around the world. Most recently, the UK-based artist worked with residents of Toledo, Ohio to install Community, her largest work to date. The exhibition incorporates over 500,000 flowers, … Continue reading
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Native Argentinean Landscapes Explored in New Hand-Tufted Rugs by Alexandra Kehayoglou
Textile artist Alexandra Kehayoglou (previously) creates functional works of art that explore the natural landscapes of her native Argentina. Her selected locations are often ones tied to political controversy, such as the Santa Cruz River, or areas dramatically altered by human activity, such … Continue reading
The Human Figure Takes Shape in New Steel, Graphite, and Gypsum Sculptures by Emil Alzamora
The human figure is the through line of sculptor Emil Alzamora‘s emotive work previously covered both here and here. The body’s many poses and positions are explored in his multi-material practice which uses gypsum, graphite, stainless steel, and more to create his … Continue reading
Nuanced Portraits of Women Merged With Abstract Environments by Sofia Bonati
Self-taught artist Sofia Bonati captures nuanced expressions and personalities of a variety of female characters while also integrating them into abstracted environments and patterns. Her illustrations most often feature solo subjects melded with thunderclouds, dizzying mazes, and floral patterns. Bonita renders … Continue reading
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