Research by Beatriz https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e Made with a curious mind en-us 2019-08-20 18:31:32 UTC 2023-03-04 19:41:50 UTC hello@padlet.com Menorca Glass beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/376521649 This beautiful and elegant glass caught my eye right away, I knew I had to put it in my Padlet. Not really sure who made it, but it belongs in the scenario of Menorca Experimental Hotel photos.
I liked it so much because it isn`t just an art piece, it is also a cup, so it`s something beautiful and useful at the same time, and for that reason is definitely something people would buy.
I would like to produce a glass cup or something similar in the future.]]> 2019-08-23 00:19:58 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/376521649 Camera Obscura beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/377310072 The earliest versions of the camera obscura consisted of a dark room or box that allowed light to enter through a hole and the outside image was casted upside-down or reflected on a mirror so it could be viewed right side up.
For centuries the technique was used for viewing eclipses of the Sun without endangering the eyes and, by the 16th century, as an aid to drawing. The introduction of a light-sensitive plate by J.-N. Niepce created photography.

Sources: Brittanica, Photography History Facts]]> 2019-08-27 00:00:45 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/377310072 Zoetrope and Praxinoscope beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/377700329 Zoetrope is an optical toy created in the 1830`s by William George Horner. It consists of a cylinder with slits cut vertically in the sides and on it`s inner surface is a band with images from a set of sequenced pictures.
As the cylinder spins, we see an image, then no image, and then a second image, creating the illusion of movement.
In 1877 Emile Reynaud built the Praxinoscope by placing angled mirrors in the center of a zoetrope. The images were reflected on the angled mirrors, creating an animation thus replacing the dark phases between the slits of the zoetrope.
The zoetrope creates something similar to a GIF, which can be created digitally from a video or a sequence of photographs.

Sources: Film Before Film, Zoetrope.org]]> 2019-08-28 00:09:41 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/377700329 Magic Lantern beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/378494495 The magic lantern was invented in the 1600’s by Christiaan Huygens in the Netherlands, it was used for academic and entertainment purposes. It was a favorite among the showmen since it didn't require such an elaborated set-up as the camera obscura.
''Lit by a variety of sources from candles and kerosene lamps to limelight and electricity, magic lanterns work like a camera in reverse – they shine light out through a lens and project it onto a screen, with a static or moving slide or slides inside them, between the light and the lens.''

Sources: Projection Screen, TOP Museum]]> 2019-08-29 23:21:35 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/378494495 Shadow Theatre beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/380173607 Shadow puppetry has it's origin in Asia (China/India/Indonesia) but spread throughout Europe via Italy at the end of the 17th century.
Shadow theatre is a two dimension type of art in which flat images are held between a source of light and a translucent screen, it is the precursor of projected slides and cinematography.
The negative space is very important in puppetry, especially when designing the cut outs.
''As the manipulator pulls the figure back to him/herself toward the light source, the figure fills the screen. While the technique is quickly learned, it remains an evocative. What the puppeteer sees as the actuality is in some ways the obverse of what the spectator experiences.''

Sources: WEPA, Wikipedia
Photo: Javanese Wayang Theatre]]> 2019-09-04 23:01:44 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/380173607 Letizia Battaglia - Palermo (IMS Paulista) beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/381355190 In Palermo Letizia tells a very dramatic story through her 58 photos, illustrating what was happening in Sicilia when the Italian mafia took over.
Often contrasting the violence and poverty that reigned in Palermo with the wealthy people at parties, she shows a candid reality of the people.
It amazes me that being so close to the mafia arrests and murder victims she is still alive, it definitely took her a lot of courage to stand so close to these people and document all of that.

Photo: Aurora, 1986.
Visita guiada com Paolo Falcone]]> 2019-09-08 20:30:50 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/381355190 Nan Golding (Tate Mordern) beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/381364457 Known for her deeply personal photos, Nan started her carrer taking pictures of the LGBT community, with whom she lived with in the 70's and said to admire very much.
Later, in her most noticeable work ''The Ballad of Sexual Dependency'', she captured the post-punk, drug addiction scene, which became a 40 minute slideshow with 700 pictures she took over these few years and later, a book. These I got to see personally at the Tate Modern.
Her photos are very biographical and candid, they definitely inspire me to start taking pictures of the daily to hold on to special moments.

Sources: Artnet, Wikipedia.]]> 2019-09-08 21:45:00 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/381364457 Wolfgang Tillmans beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/383030112 Tillmans is a very political artist.
He always experiments with unusual ways of displaying his work, which is really nice to see such a huge artist showing that there are really no rules to how you can display art.

Photo: Wolfgang Tillmans, Mönchehaus Museum, Goslar, Germany]]> 2019-09-12 00:58:52 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/383030112 Typography 101 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/384288441 Typeface x Font
''A typeface, also known as a font family, is a set of fonts. A typeface contains all of the different variations of a given font such as bold, light, italic, condensed, etc. A font is a specific variation of the font family, such as Helvetica Light''

Serif x Sans Serif
Serifs are extensions ate the end of the letter, commonly used in printed materials.
Sans serif means ''without serif'', it is a modern style and goes well in digital means.

Ligature
Two or more letters joined together to form one glyph

x-height
Height of the lowercase ‘x’ which is used as a guideline for the height of unextended lowercase letters, not counting the descender and ascenders.

Cap Height
The height of capital letters from the baseline to the top of caps, most accurately measured on a character with a flat bottom (E, H, I, etc.).

Bowl
A curved stroke which creates an enclosed space within a character

Ascending
On lower case letters, when the stroke stays above the x-height.

Leading
Vertical spacing between lines, from baseline to baseline.

Kerning
Space between two letters or words, used to correct spacing problems on combinations.

Picas
A unit of measure corresponding to 12 points or pixels

Points
A point is equal to 1/72 inch, usually used in print to indicate the size of type, as well as the space between lines.

Em Dash
Not to mistake the Em dash (—) for the slightly narrower en dash (–) or the even narrower hyphen (-).
It can be a substitute for commas, parenthesis or colons.

Sources: Fontsmith, Fonts, The punctuation Guide]]> 2019-09-15 13:44:07 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/384288441 Jessica Hische beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/384976466 Lettering artist and author, responsible for the lettering in Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom.
Even thought she works with several styles, from block letters to more cursive style typefaces she maintains a signature look.
One thing that I like about her work is that her lettering is very legible and fluid even when there is a lot of ornaments like in the picture below.

Sources: Instagram,

Lettering Artistry with Jessica Hische, Website

]]> 2019-09-16 21:50:05 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/384976466 Louise Fili beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/385028780 Louise (creative director, type designer, author) is a very big inspiration for me, her work is extremely beautiful and elegant, whilst being legible.
Since she is an expert in Italian visual culture, her style is very European, so if I'm working in Brazil I'll need to have some knowledge of Brazilian typography as well.

Sources: Website]]> 2019-09-17 01:47:16 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/385028780 David Carson beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/385033580 Carson's work is a little “all over the place'' for me as the information is completely spread throughout the image, but it is clear that applied to the right media it goes very well with it. His design is ideal for magazines covers, posters or album covers.
He definitely uses this "all over the place'' design for a reason, his work is not mean't to be polish or pretty.
I think I should try to let it go a bit more, I usually try to be precise in my projects, so it would be something kinda new for me. ]]> 2019-09-17 02:08:01 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/385033580 Monique Goosnes beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/385514314 Amsterdam based artist, she explores her materials.
Having done alphabets with hair, hair nets and beach waste.

Sources: Website

]]> 2019-09-17 18:26:04 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/385514314 Cigarette Type beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/386001663 Looking at these vintage ads stating that cigarettes are good for the health and their brand is the best tasting one, I though to make the letter ''F'' as in ''Fresh''.
Nowadays cigarettes aren't advertised like that anymore and everyone knows how bad they are for health so when thinking of them as fresh makes me reminisce of the times when they were considered very cool which evidence the passage of time.

Propaganda]]> 2019-09-18 15:02:55 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/386001663 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/386003429 2019-09-18 15:05:30 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/386003429 Nuria Bringué beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/386013530 Spanish based designer, made words made out of each group of food (granos=bread) for a book on the subject.
Although this work is very literal as using cheese to make the word ''dairy'', the typography was very well done in technique and as they are meant for a informative book, being literal assures that the message is delivered.

Website]]> 2019-09-18 15:17:45 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/386013530 The Brandphabet beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/386018450 Website]]> 2019-09-18 15:23:35 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/386018450 Winston 1968's ad beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/386948394 Robert M. Peak (1927 – 1992) was a very consecrated American commercial illustrator, considered the ''father of the modern movie poster''.
''West Side Story'' was his first movie poster, after which many more came his way as well plenty of magazine covers, postage stamps (1984 Los Angeles Olympics) and commercial advertisements, such as Winston cigarettes and Pepsi.

Sources: Bob Peak Gallery,
Vintage cigarrette ads, Art of the Movies]]> 2019-09-20 01:04:11 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/386948394 Andy Warhol time capsules beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/387667102 ''This serial work, spanning a thirty-year period from the 1950s to his death in 1987, consists of 610 containers (mainly standard-sized cardboard boxes), which Warhol, beginning in 1974, filled, sealed, and sent to storage.''
Warhol was an obsessive collector, the time capsules boxes are filled with all sort of materials which can be considered - and indeed are- trash but the artist kept and assembled them in various boxes for a reason, the items weren't randomly put together, he chose which item would go with each one.
Inside those boxes were found unopened letters, fan mail, Christmas wrapping paper, several cans of Campbell soup and even some complete work that he chose not to show, besides the creepier stuff, such as clipped toenails and used condoms.
I collect some packaging that I like, mostly from food and sweets, but really anything that really caught my eye, I am not really sure what I might to with this collection, there are so many possibilities.
* Warhol's capsules are available for scholarly research at The Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh.

Sources: BBC, The Warhol Museum, ]]> 2019-09-22 01:10:35 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/387667102 Trash (1970) beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/387790107 ''Joe Smith, a heroin addict, is on a quest to score more drugs. Joe has problematic relationship with his on-off, sexually frustrated girlfriend, Holly Sandiago.''
''The second part a trilogy, Flesh (1968), Trash (1970), and Heat (1972), that was conceived as a reference to the expression "sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll", then a popular sum-up of the 1960s generation.''

Written and directed by Paul Morissey
Sources: Wikipedia, IMDB]]> 2019-09-22 15:52:18 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/387790107 Luisa Dorr (Itaú Cultural) beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/387893989 Brazilian artist best known for her portraits, having worked with Time, she took pictures of some of the most influential women in the world, being that 12 of those pictures taken with an Iphone became covers for the magazine.
Her series entitled ''Basal'' featuring night time workers in São Paulo -such as bus drivers and police woman - refers to metabolismo basal, the amount of energy that the body needs to maintain essential functions.
The work is documental, the pictures were taken while the people shown were actually working.
The photos are of simple composition yet very expressive, the workers have strong expressions, leaving a feeling of gloom.

Sources: Instagram, Itaú Cultural]]> 2019-09-23 00:40:06 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/387893989 Henrique Oliveira beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/391021711 Graduated in fine arts, the artist works mostly with wood and paint.
It is pleasing to looks at his paintings, not only because of the use of colors but also his very well thought brush strokes. When visiting Henrique's studio, his assistant pointed out how he analyses and thinks before every brush stroke and he often comes back to ''old paintings''.
I think a collab between Henrique and some furniture or clothing brand would be awesome, his paintings would look very interesting on pieces of clothing,

Sources: Henrique Oliveira, Itaú Cultural
Photo: The Origin of the Third World (internal view) | 2010 | 29ª Bienal de São Paulo]]> 2019-09-29 15:13:58 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/391021711 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/391025089 2019-09-29 15:35:54 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/391025089 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/391035239 2019-09-29 16:30:33 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/391035239 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/391113519 2019-09-30 01:06:17 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/391113519 Underworld music video beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/391116305 Underworld is an eletronic band formed in 1986, perhaps their most famous song is Born Slippy.NUXX from the Trainspotting soundtrack.
The video definitely makes the song experience better, the 80's style images totally complements the eletronic music.
Perhaps this type of music is one of the bests to produce graphic scores with.]]> 2019-09-30 01:24:22 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/391116305 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/391121635 2019-09-30 01:55:43 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/391121635 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/391122638 2019-09-30 02:01:52 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/391122638 Cornelius Cardew's Teatrise (1963-67) beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/391123300 After studying at the Royal Academic of Music, Cardew worked as a graphic designer, that's when he composed Teatrise.
He took 4 years to compose this 193 pages of lines, symbols and shapes meant to be open to the interpretation of whoever is playing, where each performance is unique.
''While at Aldus, Cardew says that he became “occupied more and more with designing diagrams and charts” and became “aware of the potential eloquence of simple black lines in a diagram”.''

Looking at graphic scores, Cardew's was one of my favorites, minimalism art was prospering at the time he composed this and is a type of art that I'm very keen on. The black and white lines and their fluidity make Teatrise elegant as an usual music sheet but much more interesting.

Sources: The Guardian, Repeating Decimal, David Hall]]> 2019-09-30 02:06:12 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/391123300 Tom Phillips beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/391328072 Artist and composer, Tom Phillips made his first graphic score via silkscreen, having worked with great artist such as John Cage and Morton Feldman, he composed several graphic scores since the 70's.
Six of Hearts is an opera composed by Phillips in the 90's

Photo: Six of Hearts, 1991 performed by Mary Wiegold
Sources: Tom Phillips]]> 2019-09-30 13:37:49 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/391328072 Kathryn Kemmis beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/391337827

Photo: A Riot is the Language of the Unheard - Alphabet design created by recording the spoken letters with Adobe Soundbooth.]]> 2019-09-30 13:52:59 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/391337827 Graphic Scores beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/391342766 Graphic notation is the representation of music through visual symbols and may be used with traditional music notation or alone.
First appeared in the 1950's, John Cage was the pioneer of the movement in which left the music notation open to the interpreter's choice.

Source: Wikipedia]]> 2019-09-30 14:00:10 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/391342766 Performance of Teatrise beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/391349176 2019-09-30 14:08:37 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/391349176 Instruments ideas beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/391356193 Materials to be used: metal, glass (make a nice sound), metal caps, beer caps, balloons, cans, pingpong balls,
Sources: Learning liftoff]]> 2019-09-30 14:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/391356193 Wintergarten beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/391463643 Wintergarten ]]> 2019-09-30 16:58:36 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/391463643 Embroidery beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/392762183 Masp]]> 2019-10-02 22:24:12 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/392762183 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/392762947 2019-10-02 22:27:25 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/392762947 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/392763077 2019-10-02 22:27:56 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/392763077 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/392763202 2019-10-02 22:28:32 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/392763202 60's videos aesthetic beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/393027041 Besides the several problematics on the topic of the video, the 60's aesthetics is beautiful.
It's always interesting to look at the past, but what fascinates me is how people behaved back then and how it changed over the years.
This type of material might be useful in the future, not sure how or why yet, but it might. ]]> 2019-10-03 14:06:41 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/393027041 Cathy Berberian beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/393050373 In 1966 she composed her first graphic score, ''Stripsody'', illustrated by Roberto Zamarin, she explored the onomatopoeic sound of comic books. ]]> 2019-10-03 14:37:18 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/393050373 Japanese zen music beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/393175771 2019-10-03 17:28:19 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/393175771 Mr.Bingo beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/393614894 This kind of illustrations are my favorite: nice drawings with funny connotations.
The Hate Mail is the type of work that I love to look at and love to do because there isn't just one, but several postcards with different illustrations.

Source: Mr.Bingo]]> 2019-10-04 15:15:10 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/393614894 Advent calendar beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/394021492 I first though that the artist had drawn these naked bodies by mind but to know that he took pictures of each and everyone of these people and how meaningful it was for them adds much more value to this piece.
The scratch ink is a very clever idea, something I would definitely like to do some day.]]> 2019-10-05 23:49:07 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/394021492 Holly St. Clair beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/394024319 Since she is an artist that usually works with brands it's nice to see how her illustrations go in different situations, like food labelling and album covers.

Source: Holly St. Clair]]> 2019-10-06 00:19:24 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/394024319 YUFCWB beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/394027496 YUF is an independent brand that makes ''tattoo'' style illustrations.
I really appreciate their overall design and the illustration's subjects, but in a lot of them I think there is too much going on.

Instagram, Website]]> 2019-10-06 00:55:52 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/394027496 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/394668884 2019-10-07 18:58:52 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/394668884 Vampire Sushi beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/394676531 In a series of zines named ''Your pretty face is going straight to hell'' the artist addresses things that are happening in her personal life and since 2007 she has produced 24 editions.
I really like the covers of her zines and the fact that they don't follow a pattern. Seeing something different on each zine is fun and leaves you eager for the next. It just shows how important a zine cover is, it's represent what is inside.

Source: Website]]> 2019-10-07 19:12:01 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/394676531 Zine Se Toca beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/394682548 A very simple informative zine about female pleasure.
I really appreciate informative zines, I like the idea of spreading information as well as your art, because your art becomes more than something just pretty or funny, but actually helpful.
Zines are an effective way of sharing information and art at once at a very low cost, the only thing is that they are not usually produced in a very large quantity.

Loja Climaxxx]]> 2019-10-07 19:23:37 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/394682548 Liana Finck beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/395265854 Liana does really crappy drawings exposing day to day moments in a very funny way.
Her illustrations would go great on a zine, she inspired me to start making these funny fast drawings, such as graphics about life.

Instagram]]> 2019-10-08 19:14:12 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/395265854 Bode Burnout beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/395267404 It is unusual to see women drawn in a ''ugly'' way like this and talking about ''unpleasant'' subjects like farts and sex because they are not considered ladylike.
Seeing illustrations of cute girls is nice, but seeing illustrations of real women doing what women really do is something else. Often women aren't portrayed like that, people who drink, smoke, fuck and fart, we are usually made out to be hot and pretty that's way Jodie is a big inspiration for me.

Instagram]]> 2019-10-08 19:17:02 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/395267404 Zine ideas: Duality beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/395928586 ''2. an instance of opposition or contrast between two concepts or two aspects of something; a dualism.'''

Names: Dualism/duality/dual/gemini
Techniques: Screen printing (fotolito) is cheaper than doing on Photoshop and taking copies.
Typography: PRISMA, MADE Bruno, Anaphora, Dosmilcatorce, Castle press
Make a cover

Source: Google]]> 2019-10-10 01:41:53 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/395928586 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/395929903 Source]]> 2019-10-10 01:47:44 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/395929903 Memoirs of a Geisha beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/395937211 When listening to the sounds our instruments made (especially Marcela's) I instantly remembered this performance from the movie and some other scene that the main character plays an instrument that make a very similar sound of Marcela's.]]> 2019-10-10 02:23:09 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/395937211 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/397022890 2019-10-12 19:10:34 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/397022890 Asian-American zine beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/397146542 What caught my attention about this article was the Gidra zine covers, not only because of the illustrations but also the design that is very well done.
To know that the zine was created as a way to give minorities a voice they hadn't before and share experiences as Asian-Americans adds much more value to it.
Gidra started being distributed around California colleges but it got so big that people flew from other cities just to grab a copy.

Source: Topic]]> 2019-10-13 18:03:18 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/397146542 Fudidas Silk beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/400023012 Artist trans cooperative that works with silk screen and takes appropriation of characters and symbols that already exist.
It's fun to see how they work very freely and print in unusual ways, sometimes printing onto fabric while the person is dressed with it.
I'd like to start experimenting with silk screen more often, trying printing on fabric and other surfaces as the results always come out very interesting.

Instagram]]> 2019-10-20 19:15:36 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/400023012 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/400023051 2019-10-20 19:15:50 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/400023051 Edward Ruscha beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/400026995 I love everything about this series of photographic books that began with Twenty Six Gasoline Stations in1963.
To begin with their minimalistic design and blunt presentation of the pictures and titles, that would be ruined if they had anything else added to it and the fact that the city of Los Angeles is a subject in some of these publications makes me even more interested in them, California in general is a very creative state and I really like the art that is produced there.
I'm also very keen on this type of photographic work (typology photography) probably because I like repetition, this series of books is very inspiring to me.

Sources: Tate, Art Gallery]]> 2019-10-20 19:40:18 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/400026995 Panacea Phantastica, 2003-2008 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/405931794 I had never seen anything like her work before, her paintings that look like large scale tiles have a ethereal vibe. They are remindful of medieval religious paintings.

Serigraphy on tile - 50 white tiles, 50 silk-screened tiles with plants and 1 with text.
Auction]]> 2019-11-03 17:32:57 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/405931794 Através, 1983 - 1989 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/405934060 Cildo Meirelles]]> 2019-11-03 17:44:08 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/405934060 Folly, 2005 - 2009 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/406397562 Folly being located in the middle of nature far away from other installations and having to walk trough some ''trail'' to get to it endorses the magical feeling it's supposed to have.
When looking at the gazebo from the outside you have no idea what awaits inside. Right when entering it's like stepping in some other dimension.
Folly is and invitation to enjoy the moment and let go, be fully present with the dancers and people accompanying you, really listen to the music and let ourselves loose. Me and my colleagues all left there feeling weightless and hoping to come back soon enough.

Installation and video
Valeska Soares]]> 2019-11-04 17:43:39 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/406397562 The Last Silent Movie, 2007-2008 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/406405371 This short movie consists of a black screen playing several nearly extinct and/or endangered languages.
The movie is extremely touching, while watching it everyone was paying close attention, partly because of it's sentimental value, partly because of the curiosity it piqued on us for hearing languages that we never even imagined existed.
While at it I was also thinking how hard it must have been to find these recordings and people, which makes the work much more valuable.
If the video had actual footage of the people we hear the interpretation would be totally biased. Not seeing how these people look is fundamental in this work. Their appearance is all left to our imagination or not at all, maybe those voices don't really need a face.

Digital projection, 22'
Sources: Susan Hiller, Inhotim]]> 2019-11-04 17:54:42 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/406405371 Movie List beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/406629508 1. Dr. Strangelove (Stanley Kubrick)
2. On The Beach
3. Mad Max
4. Matrix
5. Ensaio Sobre a Cegueira
6. The Happening (2008)
7. Last Night (1998)
8. The Fifth Element
9. 12 Monkeys (1995)]]> 2019-11-05 01:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/406629508 Andrés Sandoval beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/407198369 Illustrator that works mainly with books, murals and patterns.
I was actually impressed with his zines. Because of his speciality with patterns I wasn't expecting something very different for the zines, but I was surprise to see his great interest for photography, which is very well explored in them.
The fact that he uses different formats and medias for his zines instead of always sticking to the same one shows his plurality and willingness to not stay in the comfort zone.

Zine Setas, 2012
Sources: Andrés Sandoval]]> 2019-11-06 00:19:31 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/407198369 Brasília Volante, 2012 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/407653863 Typology photography is a favorite of mine, maybe because of the repetition of a certain matter or the feeling of organization caused by it, but I was amazed when I saw this zine, I admired it for a while.
The zine format compliments this photography type of work so well, it's like having a catalogue of clouds at your hand.]]> 2019-11-06 18:39:25 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/407653863 Nelson Cruz beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/407829785 This angled type of drawing lengthens the illustration, making more room for the story to develop and although some of the stories seem very mysterious and eerie they still look very harmonic.
This particular illustration from ''O Edifício'' relates a lot to the end of the world project.

Source: Blogspot]]> 2019-11-07 00:52:00 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/407829785 Renata Bueno beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/407832602 Not my favorite artist, but I was very pleased to see on her online portfolio that she experiments with different ways of silk-screening the same image, which is something I always do when printing, I want to see how my image will look with different colors, papers and positions.]]> 2019-11-07 01:00:49 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/407832602 Marcelo Cipis beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/407843009 I'm really fond of Marcelo's signature flat characters and light colors, a sort of simplistic type of illustration.
Having these few colors that contrast with each other is very pleasing to the eyes and facilitates the ''reading'' of the image as well.
Being an inspiration for this project I intend to use candy colors for my illustrations as I wanted to keep them simple like Cipi's children books illustrations.

De Passagem
Sources: Itaú Cultural, Companhia das Letras]]> 2019-11-07 01:32:33 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/407843009 Nostradamus (1503-1566) beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/409201482 French physician and astrologer, by 1555 he published Les Prophesies, a collection of his major, long-term predictions.
Although some of his predictions concretized, such as Napoleon's and Hitler's Ascension and the 9/11, they were very vague and were made for the next 2000 years, which is a pretty long time.
Since they're really vague is not very hard to relate them to such happenings and considering the time that Nostradamus lived in (during the plague) disasters, famine and death were a reality, the time being definitely influenced the astrologer and his predictions

Source: Biography]]> 2019-11-10 18:59:06 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/409201482 No Church In The Wild beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/409203581 Human beings in a mob
What's a mob to a king?
What's a king to a God?
What's a God to a non-believer
Who don't believe in anything?

Will he make it out alive?
Alright, alright
No church in the wild

''On face value, these lines refer to ideas such as Great Chain of Being, a hierarchy of life with God at the top and kings above all other humans. Asking “what’s a god to a non-believer?” is a way of subverting the chain. Not only is the non-believer not ruled by god, to him he doesn’t even exist.

The subtle message is that power derives from belief, something Kanye and Hov have both discussed in their solo work. Humans in a mob are only less powerful than a king because they believe they are. The same can be argued with the other comparisons; political and religious systems thrive only as long as we continue to believe in them.''

Sources: Genius

]]> 2019-11-10 19:09:09 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/409203581 Estêvão Viera, The Fool beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/409222881 The artist took a classic thing -Marseille's tarot cards - and made a contemporary rereading, in which he criticizes capitalism by using pop culture symbols(ifood/scooter) that are very recognizable. The card illustrates the journey of precarious work, social inequality and the collapse of capitalism we are living.
Taking appropriation of classic elements to relate to modern days is usually a success, having something you already know with a twist.
The choice of using primary colors is fundamental to deliver the message, being very familiar colors, red, blue and yellow are greatly used in publicity.

3 colors serigraphy
66 x 48 cm

tiragem numerada de 50 exemplares
Sources: Behance

]]> 2019-11-10 21:01:13 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/409222881 Le Fol, Tarot de Marseille beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/409236913 2019-11-10 22:19:40 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/409236913 The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/409276092 Depicted from right to left are Conquest, War, Famine, and Death.

Viktor Vasnetsov, 1887]]> 2019-11-11 01:58:09 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/409276092 Fachada Estádio Aquático, Olimpíadas do Rio, 2016 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/411571443 2019-11-15 00:45:29 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/411571443 Peter Coffin beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/412083767 In this untitled installation, the artists puts alongside 30 tvs and dvds playing videos of animals in their natural habitats (nature) and videos of animals doing something that is not of their nature purely for human entertainment and to go viral on the internet.
Even though we think these animals on home made videos are cute, when looking at the other videos we realize that they shouldn't be there and be explored and made fun of simply for our amusement.
I am really fond of video installations. The way this one is presented, very symmetrical and in the middle of the ambience is spot on for the message it wants to get across.

Untitled, 2008
30 monitors, 30 digital players]]> 2019-11-15 21:57:58 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/412083767 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/412084892 2019-11-15 22:01:39 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/412084892 I'm Here, But Nothing, 2000 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/412087403 Polka dots and repetitive patterns are Yayoi's thing. She has a sort of obsessive way of making art, caused by her mental illness probably.
In this immersive installation she creates a ''familiar'' environment, a living room, filled with furniture, where it seems to have everything but paradoxically there is nothing.
As the artist said she translates her hallucinations into art works and thinks only about herself when doing so.

Adhesives, ultraviolet fluorescent lamps, furniture, household objects
Yayoi Kusama
Sources: E-biografia, Inhotim]]> 2019-11-15 22:10:32 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/412087403 Lucinda Rogers beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/414600276 Lucinda has several series of landscape illustrations of New York, London and Marrakesh.
The spots of color on her ink illustrations makes them special as they cease to be just another black and white drawing of a street.
I love that she displays a map and a list with the street names that she has drawn, it's nice to recognize some places I've been to.
I feel like these illustrations of the city connects the artist to the viewers, these places become something that they have in common.

Source: Website]]> 2019-11-21 13:01:03 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/414600276 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/415656101 2019-11-23 14:39:24 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/415656101 Guerrilla Girls (Tate Modern) beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/415656125 Feminist activist group of anonymous artists who prefer to keep it that way so the focus is all on the issues that they address and not on themselves.
Since 1985 they have been exposing gender and ethnic bias on the art/pop culture industry as well calling out museums, galleries and collectors for unethical practices.
The group is very important for the pop culture and art industry which are supposed to be progressive, but as they reveal often it is not.
I admire how they make themselves easily understood, most of the times only using short texts and very simple design.
They also use stats and facts without making them sound boring. Stats serve to validate their protests in a way, they are important to give the causes credibility and to show how serious they are.

Sources: SP Arte, Guerrila Girls, Hypeness ]]> 2019-11-23 14:39:38 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/415656125 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/415963426 2019-11-25 02:19:53 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/415963426 Keith Haring (1958-90) beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/416679231 When in New York Keith used to draw with white chalk on the black walls next to ads on the subways, maybe that's how his animated simple figures came up, they were supposed to be drawn fast.
I had not idea that many of his drawings were related to some cause (apartheid, drugs, AIDS), such simple drawings are a great way to catch the attention of the viewer, most of the times Keith didn't even use any words.

Sources: Bienal, Lambiek, Artnet, Pop Shop, Haring Foundation]]> 2019-11-26 14:22:45 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/416679231 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/416684981 2019-11-26 14:31:10 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/416684981 Keith Haring for the 17th São Paulo Bienal (1983) beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/416697486 2019-11-26 14:49:27 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/416697486 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/416809862 2019-11-26 17:58:16 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/416809862 Barbara Kruger beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/416811203 Kruger uses the techniques of mass communication and advertising with B&W pictures and impactful texts, which became her signature look.
Having a style that people automatically recognize when they see it it's great, it helps the artist to become remarkable. It might not be fundamental but I do believe it's important and it's what I aim to do some day.
Her use of black and white imagery and short phrases is enough for the viewer to grasp the message, which is very important for street art or protests, at least if you want to impact as many people as possible.
Simplicity is one of the best ways to pass a message through, that's why I intend to do something that is as straightforward as Barbara's collages.

Sources: Alchetron, Art History Archive, Supreme provocation]]> 2019-11-26 18:01:02 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/416811203 The lack of women in industries beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/417810904 Brazilian movie Industry
Onde estão as mulheres do cinema brasileiro?
CEO'S
Empresas Brasileiras tem apenas 13% de ceos mulheres
Beauty Industry
NY Times
Why do men run the beauty industry
Fashion
Few female CEO'S
Estudo revela porque mulheres não ocupam cargos de presidencia na moda

]]> 2019-11-29 17:03:52 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/417810904 Patrick Vale beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/421200921 It's always mesmerizing to look at this large scale ultra-detailed drawings but is something I can't even begin to imagine doing because I'm used to drawing very simplistically. Nevertheless I would like to try doing something similar someday, just not sure if I'd finish it.
Even though each artist has it's style, all this landscape/city drawings have something in common, maybe is the feeling of being present at that environment.

Apple 2015, ipad pro
Source: Website]]> 2019-12-07 18:22:58 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/421200921 Chiharu Shiota (CCBB) beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/421595768 It's astonishing to see how she maintains this palette of black, white and red through out her work. The artist usually addresses the human body and her own experiences, with her sickness often being part of the subject, which explains the great use of red, relating to blood.
The artist works very meticulously, specially in her sculptures and installations that uses threads. It might be a metaphor for the ''Thread of Life''. One piece that caught my attention a lot with the use of threads was a white painting with red threads on it.

Sources: piano burning, Design Boom]]> 2019-12-09 14:12:00 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/421595768 J.Carlos (IMS) beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/421606263 I was mesmerized by this exhibition. It's very special to see hand-made pieces as nowadays everything is made on a computer. Seeing his illustrations with liquid paper and signs of usage is a reminder that not everything has to be done on a software and now more than ever, having something hand-made is extremely valuable.
J. Carlos was such an important name in publicity because of his hability to adapt to the market, in a time where typography just wasn't enough, there was a need for it to be accompanied by images and he knew what to do. ]]> 2019-12-09 14:27:49 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/421606263 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/421617753 The burning piano pictures were one of my favorites from the exhibition. It's not something I would imagine caught on fire, pianos are such a beautiful and refined instrument.
These pictures are very poetic. Looking at this keyboard on fire I imagine someone playing it and burning themselves.

]]> 2019-12-09 14:44:03 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/421617753 Chiharu Shiota beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/422163310 2019-12-10 14:26:18 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/422163310 In Silence, 2012 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/422163722 The artist first set fire to a piano in the streets of Hobart, Tasmania to use it for her grand installation, entitled ''In Silence'', in which she reflects about the absence of sound.
I'm not really sure if the burning of the piano was meant to be a performance itself or if it was just meant for the installation, but I know that it resulted in great pictures.
The black thread attaching the piano to the chairs intentionally resembles smoke and arouses a feeling of emptiness as if a concert was meant to happen but for some shared reason people couldn't show up. It also evokes a sense of loneliness as a collective, even though people are sharing something they are still alone.

Inspired by Shiota’s own traumatic memories as a child, having witnessed her neighbor’s house burn down. The charred piano is a direct memory of her neighbor’s grand piano blazed up in smoke.

MonaFoma, 2012
Tasmania, Australia
Sources: My modern met, Detached

]]> 2019-12-10 14:26:53 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/422163722 John Baldessari beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/422180585 When first looking at this performance I was very confused to a why. I though he was burning artworks that he had (not only his own) maybe because he was running out of space or wanted to make a critic. Then I understood that he was burning his own work.
Baldessari took paintings from 13 years of his earlier carrer to a crematorium and performed the whole ritual of when a person is cremated, including getting a bronze plaque for the burial.
The performance was a metaphor for the death of his old style (abstract) in order to ''free'' space for his new one. Also it is said that the artist was moving, so it was very convenient to get rid of the pieces he no longer considered relevant.
After researching more into this performance, I actually respect the work he put into it and the metaphor of burring an ''old self'', but although I understand and know that many other artist did similar I'd probably never do such thing.

Cremation Project, 1970
Sources: Artsy, Tate]]> 2019-12-10 14:46:21 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/422180585 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/422182713 2019-12-10 14:49:11 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/422182713 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/422186941 2019-12-10 14:54:39 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/422186941 Murakami (Tomie Ohtake) beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/426767069 Although I'm not super fond of Murakami's work, his paintings are truly amazing. All the paintings featured on the exhibition were full of layers, characters and stories, even the simplest ones --like the black skulls below -- were full of complexity.
Like an organized mess, all the elements in the frame have a reason to be there as it is noticeable in his sketches.
One admirable thing about Murakami's work is the ability of being applied in all sorts of medias, from animations to paintings and sculptures. I wouldn't expect to see many 3D works from a modern pop culture artist, but he really doesn't limit himself, often collaborating with other artists and brands, he flaunts his art in every way possible.

Source: Tomie Ohtake]]> 2019-12-26 00:37:46 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/426767069 Olafur Eliasson beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/427508606 Danish-Icelandic artist, recently had an exhibition at Tate composed of 40 works.
Olafur's installations are undeniable beautiful and very Instagramable, which can be an issue because it attracts many people just for a picture and end ups leaving others questioning the artist's intentions with them.
Nature often is a subject in his work, it seems like he wants to take his experiences (what he feels in nature) and expand it to share with others. What he does greatly, producing huge installations that fill up the room they are in.

Sources: Follow the colors]]> 2020-01-03 16:04:52 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/427508606 Carlos Almeida (sketch views) beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/427531487 Using only pen and ink, the artist fills sketchbooks with live drawings of the places he visits on his trips across the world.
He developed his own signature marks which are present in many of his sketches and it's one of the reasons why I like seeing his drawings. Also, it's nice to see the perspective of an architect because he has a different eye for places and buildings.

Instagram]]> 2020-01-03 18:17:49 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/427531487 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/427534784 2020-01-03 18:33:24 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/427534784 Jonathan Callan beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/433800329 Callan seems to want to explore every aspect of a book and I can't blame him, books are indeed a very interesting object.
His sculptures that mix books with other materials, like silicone or plaster, have a very intriguing result that is the contrast between such a organic matter like the paper of the books with a synthetic material, like the rubber.
These relations between materials is what I plan to explore, filling the solid books with liquids.

Source: Website]]> 2020-01-21 01:40:28 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/433800329 Reynaldo Candia beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/433801126 Being fond of geometry, circles are constantly present in Reynaldo's pieces, these being collages, objects or books.
The artist states that one of the reason he likes working with books it's being able to explore the sense of memory that they arouse, which can be associated with the circles as well, being that they represent timelessness and the infinite.
His outcomes look very beautiful and polished, I didn't intent to do something pretty but when I saw Candia's books I saw this was a possibility.

Sources: Website, Ateliê do Artista]]> 2020-01-21 01:44:09 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/433801126 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/433803055 The artist made a library composed of plastered books and left them alone so time would transform it by itself.]]> 2020-01-21 01:53:15 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/433803055 Regina Silveira beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/435608908 Regina's public art and installations never fail to be amusing, even though they are somewhat simple.
I really appreciate the way Regina thinks, she solves problems in a very simplistic yet very effective way.

Website]]> 2020-01-24 14:02:35 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/435608908 Glossary, 2015 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/435612846 Another example of the minimalism present in her work as she solved this one in a very literate way.
Being too literal might be a problem in the art field, often is not well seen, but I think in this case Regina is excused.
I'm very interested in installations using neon

Digital animation, laser projection
Toronto, Canada]]> 2020-01-24 14:09:10 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/435612846 Cecilia Carey beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/435619037 Cecilia's vibrant color scheme is extremely important to set the tone of the room - meant to look like a beauty parlor - but what also pops a lot are the shapes used, which the artist translated some of the 18^th century architectural details by James Gibbs, found in the historic square at Barts, into a colorful arrangement of flat geometrical shapes.
But bear in mind that the artist studied Theatre Design, so she has a great scenographic eye.

Vicky's Place, 2017
Vinyl, wood and found objects
VitalArts]]> 2020-01-24 14:19:34 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/435619037 Tapioca logos beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/436998479 Tapioca is a North/Northeast traditional dish, made from mandioca, is a very simple and cheap food.
It doesn't make any sense to make tapioca gourmet, that's not what it is about, so for the logo we have to keep the essence of Ilminha's bussiness, which is something simple and casual. ]]> 2020-01-28 14:57:05 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/436998479 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/436999266 2020-01-28 14:58:01 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/436999266 Filipe Grimaldi beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/437007687 Filipe is one of my favorite letterers, he works with old school elements and also simpler lettering.
Painted letters and handmade signs are a very classic custom which recalls traditional establishments.
Some lettering would benefit both restaurants, but Paladar da Vila especially, which is more traditional and reminiscing of old days.
Nevertheless, Ilminha's white car would look great with some hand painted lettering and elements, such as the Churros cart below.
The thing is, even though we have some knowledge of lettering, definitely not as much as Filipe's, so I am not really sure about the execution.

Website]]> 2020-01-28 15:06:58 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/437007687 Social Media pages beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/437115770 Paladar doesn't really have any pictures on their Facebook or Google, it would be great to take some professional photos to post there and also change their logo for better.
As for Ilminha, maybe she doesn't really need a page on Facebook, but it would be good to have some pictures on Google at least so she can be seen. ]]> 2020-01-28 17:22:54 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/437115770 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/437138740 2020-01-28 17:53:54 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/437138740 Liquids Symbolisms beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/437329120 Water, milk and blood are all liquids representative of life. Being that all life emerges from water and milk is the first nourishment a baby gets when it's born, they are also symbols of purity.
Water also has a meaning of transformation because it adopts many forms (liquid, gas, solid).

Source: Symbolism of water, visme]]> 2020-01-29 00:46:35 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/437329120 LED strings beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/438447723 Ilminha really wishes to put some LED lights around her car do she can draw attention at night. Some red or white lights would look good on her car.
I still have to research what's the best way to put them up there and sketch them up on her car. ]]> 2020-01-30 20:21:10 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/438447723 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/438454749 2020-01-30 20:32:24 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/438454749 Initial propositions for both clients beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/438910666 2020-01-31 18:06:09 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/438910666 Carlos Cruz-Diez (Espaço Cultural Porto Seguro) beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/442746785 One of the most important artists of the 20th century in the realm of color and Kinects.
It's very refreshing to see how his Chromosaturation installations took different forms throughout the years. While maintaining the concept, the way it's applied changes but still produces the same effect on the person who experiences it.

Each work notes how colors manifest themselves depending on the circumstances they are presented. Like the Tranchomie, composed of colored transparent strips, deals with subtraction according to the position of the viewer and the other colors surrounding them as well the intensity of the light.

Sources: Raquel Arnaud, Cruz-Diez,

]]> 2020-02-09 19:54:27 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/442746785 Ellsworth Kelly beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/446384893 At 1950's the artist, influenced by Duchamp, started working with chance and randomness.
Just a few of his many works related to color, Spectrum colors Arranged by Chance is a series of eight collages made up of hundreds squares of color randomly placed on paper. Each collage used a different system to be made and the artist said that he wanted to learn more about color relationships.
I'd like to work with color as it's very interesting to see how they react with each other, especially when they are picked out randomly.

Spectrum Colors Arranged by Chance II

1951

Sources: azprojects, Tate

]]> 2020-02-17 14:12:36 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/446384893 John Conway beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/446391860 Conway made "Game of Life" out of a very simple algorithm, which has it's name because of dealing with ''neighbors'' and ''babies'' which die depending on the move.
It would be very nice to make a digital minimalistic game, but the thing is he's actually a mathematician not an artist and I have no idea how to program a game.

Source: game of life]]> 2020-02-17 14:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/446391860 Walead Beshty beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/446396907 Beshty produces glass boxes the size of FedEx shipping boxes and then uses the service to ship them to galleries and exhibitions.
Each time the sculptures were exhibited in a different location they would go back to the boxes and shipped again, resulting in a constant changing sculpture, which might arrive without a scratch or totally shattered at the destination.
He uses chance and movement to create this work and is filled randomness and uncertainty.
''Beshty’s FedEx works record their movement from place to place, in both the shattering patterns left behind on the glass box, and the shipping labels on the FedEx packaging.''

Source: Yellowtrace, TwistedSifter]]> 2020-02-17 14:48:57 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/446396907 Daniel Eatock beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/446468667 Daniel's minimalist work is very resembling of dadaists artists, in many projects there is an ironic tone to it and he is also constantly doing experimentations, like with the felt pens that resulted in abstract ''paintings''
In this collaboration with Andy Holden for a rock band, people would draw onto the picture disks while the band's vinyl was playing. Some people would move the pen, while others would just let it sit through the songs and the results were different for each and every one of the pictures disks.

Source: website]]> 2020-02-17 18:14:51 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/446468667 beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/446844223 Pen Paintings]]> 2020-02-18 15:06:48 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/446844223 Art Oracles beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/450419781 Created with the purpose to inspire and help people with creative block, this Oracle features worldwide known artists. There is also a Fashion and Music version.
Taking in account that it was made by a writer, the phrases are truly inspiring and helpful, besides the beautiful illustrations capturing the essence of each artist.
I had thought of doing something related to creativity/creative block but it must be something truly helpful and although I'd like to, I didn't really want to go for Oracles or cards as everyone else is doing it.

Sources: Uptadeordie, Amazon]]> 2020-02-25 21:24:35 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/450419781 Nosotras Tarot beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/450438610 Elisa Riemer is a Brazilian collage artist, having female and mysticism as the main subjects of her work.
Tired of seeing mostly male characters in Tarot's decks and not being able to see herself in them, the artist decided to explore female energy when creating her own cards. She also renames them, using female terms and pronouns instead of male ones.
There really is no pattern for her collages(digital or manual) but the artist usually looks for her female figures in postcards from the 1890-1930, having that Belle Époque look.

Source: Elisa Riemer, Alto Astral]]> 2020-02-25 22:11:28 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/450438610 Yvette Hawkins beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/451139498 It's amazing to see how books are able to transform and morph into so many different things. These books became circular objects for a site-specific sculpture.
I don't know if it was intentional but looking at them from above -- like they're placed -- reminds me of nature or some sea element, like a coral. The reason for that being not only their shape, but also their browinsh color, which creates some nuances from the newer books to the aged ones.

Source: Axisweb]]> 2020-02-27 01:24:27 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/451139498 Color Puzzle beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/451316847 Looking at this CMYK colored puzzle and the 3D globe made up of 540 colors it gives me an idea of how the colors of my puzzle would behave with each other.
The globe puzzle with gradients is much more fun as it allows to assemble it in a different way from the template. I really liked this format and now I'm thinking about going for the globe. The thing is I'm not really sure if I'll find a supplier for that and it would probably be expensive.

Source: 1000 pieces, 3d puzzle, yoga dice, Geode puzzle]]> 2020-02-27 12:52:40 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/451316847 Color Harmony beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/451755391 ''Harmony can be defined as a pleasing arrangement of parts.''
Analogous and complementary colors are color schemes based on harmony.
A color is perceived differently depending on the color with which is combined. It is very interesting to see how their shape seem to change size and saturation.
Although color harmony is very important, there are always exceptions to these rules. Color combinations that shouldn't be made, but might look good are a worthy discovery.

Source: Color matters]]> 2020-02-28 00:40:01 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/451755391 Raquel Nava (CCSP) beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/455544055 In her series ''Paleta'' the artist relates animals -- an usual subject in her work-- with our XXI century modern world.
The use of the colors, which was one of the first things that caught my eye, produces a very plastic feeling. The taxidermy animals and the meat look very out of place in front of this monochromatic pink and blue scenario, which is remindful of a doll house or some plastic toy.
The animals, next to the ultra-processed meat makes the composition quite disturbing, something uncomfortable to look at. That's probably because we are not used to seeing the meat we consume next to animals, we tend to dissociate their figure from our ''food''. I don't think she is actually making a vegetarian critic but it just can't be separated from the work.
The ultra-processed meat she chooses to display is another reminder of the plasticity of our modern world and the fact that we take these living beings and make them into almost synthetic products for our consumption and often times is the closest we get from nature/animals.

Source: Premio Pipa]]> 2020-03-06 03:57:00 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/455544055 Everything is a Remix beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/457254784 This mini documentary states something I already suspected: everything is a copy (a copy with an addition if well done). That's a fact worthy of an existential crisis. Is it worth creating when everything has already been created? How do I avoid making more of what already exists? This questions often disturb me.
Nevertheless I like his take on creativity: it comes from inspiration and the ability to transform and combine what already exists.
To create something that matters it's needed to recognize what has already been done and figure out how it can be done better. ]]> 2020-03-10 00:20:16 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/457254784 RGB Colospace Atlas beatriz_machado https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/461309223 Source: Coolhunting]]> 2020-03-15 22:15:10 UTC https://padlet.com/beatriz_machado/adtbak32wl2e/wish/461309223