Made up entirely out of digital forms pushing and pulling each other in balanced and symmetrical blobs, the video work of Ori Toor reminds me of watching a man o' war jellyfish suspended in the water and waiting for it to slowly strangle something with it tentacles. These can be hypnotizing and sort of feel like TV ads will be this entrancing on day, with just a logo hovering above it. Creepy but cool!
DUANE HANSON
I have seen Hanson's work for years in various settings and they are always creepy but incredible to see in person. His "so life like it's crazy" resin sculptures study the concept of the human existence and all of the drab details of consumerism, tourism and other "sad but true" factors about life in general. Hanson died a few years ago, but his sculptures are still very present in museums around the world.
Here are 2 of my favorites: Dish Washer and Janitor
RECYCLE EVERYTHING
I saw these giant glowing fish made of recycled water bottles and thought of all the old ladies in NYC who I see scouring the garbage cans for recycled cans and bottles everyday. I instantly thought that maybe they are actually artists who do amazing things with wasted materials like this. Probably not, but it would be awesome to see something like this all over the city to remind people how wasteful we all can be....and how resourceful we can be at the same time.
Props to the artists from Rio de Janiero and the UN Conference of Sustainable Development (Rio+20)
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