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Interesting Art, Overdone Art

What haven’t I done in a while? Posted on the Blueshift Design Blog! So let’s rectify that today and bring to your attention some pretty art installations I’ve recently run across, and one that is so overdone and trite that I had to mention it out of anger. First off, the one I didn’t like, an installation called “wander through the crystal universe” by teamLab. Though, allow me to clarify that earlier statement: it’s not that I found the artwork distasteful, or poorly-done – it was done very well and it’s aesthetically pleasing. But this particular concept, which we’ll call “Buying A Lot Of A Stock Video Product And Hanging It In Straight Lines And Calling It Art”, or BALOASVPAHIISLACIA… Read More »Interesting Art, Overdone Art

Building complex set geometry

Recently, I’ve been making some updated packets to send to potential clients. Included in them are some set designs that I’ve done in the past for artists both large and small, to show clients the range of my design abilities. One of the things that I like to do – especially with smaller set designs that are on a correspondingly small budget – is come up with some sort of visually interesting set piece. An interesting fabric structure, metal or wood cut into an interesting shape to catch (or block!) light, whatever. The idea is to create some sort of visual interest on stage that doesn’t involve expensive lighting effects. While pieces like this are relatively easy to draw (especially… Read More »Building complex set geometry