Lotan Center for Creative Ecology

I like what Kibbutz Lotan is doing with their Center for Creative Ecology. It looks like they're having fun with fun, creative alternative and natural building techniques - geodesic domes, straw bale structures, creative recycling and more!

I might be volunteering over there next month ... we'll see. :)
You can read more about my adventure to Israel here.

Their Green Apprenticeship looks really cool too!

PIXELATOR & ABSTRACTOR

A sweet video art collaboration in the streets of New York - PIXELATOR.

A fun creative idea by Jason Eppink, carried out by anonymous artists who want to Do It Yourself. Here are some variations on the idea too - TV Filter, Light Criticism, and ... Abstractor.

Local Color - The Movie, Coming Summer 2009

The movie - Local Color - looks beautiful!
It supposed to come out sometime this summer.

Arthur Ganson - Kinetic Sculptures

I went by the UT School of Architecture Mebane Gallery last week and was pleasantly surprised to find an exhibit called "Machines" by Arthur Ganson. There were all kinds of fun, interactive mechanical toys/art that you could connect and play with. It was wonder-full and fun. They somewhat reminded me of the miniature scale and child-like quality of Alexander Calder's mobiles or circus work, but more movement through mechanics - rather than just balance. (They also had similar veins to the Mouse Trap board game.)

World Garbage Dump Tour - Joy Revolution

I love what Benjamin and Stephanie Dunn of Joy Revolution are doing! Keep rockin' it with all your funky, free, spontaneous LOVE! Great music, great video and great JOY you're igniting! :)

Reuben Margolin - Beautiful Moving Sculptures

Reuben Margolin does some amazing work - combining wood, metal, geometry and precise mechanics to make beautiful kinetic artwork! Check out his other projects too. They're amazing! Thanks for the inspiration Reuben! You reminded me how beautiful geometry and shapes can be ... especially when combining woodwork, string and gears! (It has a similar spirit to the artwork of Alexander Calder too.) Beautiful. Fun. Simple. Playful. Mechanical. Mathematical. Artistic. Inventive. Creativity at it's best.


Here's another fun example of Reuben's collaborative inventions - a PARKcycle. PARK(ing) Day seems like a cool event too. Maybe I could do another sand castle? :)

Stoney @ Caffe Medici Austin - Glory Days

Stoney @ Cafe Medici Austin - Glory Days from Nina Spink on Vimeo.

Beautiful. Simply beautiful.
Great job Stoney!