December 7, 2015 POSTED BY Soomin Kim CATEGORY Technology The Unseen Art Project: “Please, Touch the Artwork!” “3D print [artworks] so they may be touched and felt” This is one of the mission statements of Unseen art, a recently launched company with a big project: make art more accessible and inclusive. Through…Continue reading
December 1, 2015 POSTED BY Soomin Kim CATEGORY Fine Arts Melissa McCracken, an Artist Who Paints Music Interlude II – Soulive 2014 Have you ever wondered what color 4 is? Or how the world “tree” tastes? Or what music looks like? Synesthetes don’t have to wonder, as they have synesthesia and may…Continue reading
November 19, 2015 POSTED BY Soomin Kim CATEGORY Fine Arts Sculptures Carved into Crayons and Pencils Everyone knows that pencils and crayons are used for drawing and creating art, but who knew they could be artworks? Today I present to you two talented sculptors and their unique hand carved, half an…Continue reading
November 13, 2015 POSTED BY Soomin Kim CATEGORY FashionFine Arts Maiko Takeda, Master of Shadows and Headpieces Headpieces have been making fashion statements throughout history. Ancient rulers like Cleopatra wore thin metallic crowns or headbands for political significance. Women wore flapper headbands during the Roaring Twenties. Europeans wear large, ornamental hats. People…Continue reading
November 5, 2015 POSTED BY Soomin Kim CATEGORY Animation What if “Frozen” was 2D-animated? Since the success of films like Tangled and Frozen, Disney has drastically shifted gears from traditional to CGI animation. Most studios have made this switch to CGI/3D animation because production can be faster and more…Continue reading
October 31, 2015 POSTED BY Soomin Kim CATEGORY Findings Up Close and Personal with NASA HiRISE Pictures of Mars While most people are preoccupied with the new science fiction movie The Martian, I have been obsessed with NASA’s real and epic pictures of Mars. Since 2006, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has orbited around Mars and…Continue reading
October 15, 2015 POSTED BY Soomin Kim CATEGORY Fine Arts Fish Artist, Riusuke Fukahori Soranos, 2013 Today I am sharing with you one of my favorite artists, Riusuke Fukahori. As a huge lover of fish, I was extremely excited when I first saw the works of Riusuke Fukahori. He…Continue reading
October 8, 2015 POSTED BY Soomin Kim CATEGORY Film & TV The Good Dinosaur’s Breathtaking Scenery and Animation I recently watched the newest trailer for Pixar‘s upcoming 3D computer-animated film The Good Dinosaur and was amazed at its high-quality animation and simple beauty. From colorful dinosaurs to breathtaking landscapes, The Good Dinosaur appears…Continue reading
October 3, 2015 POSTED BY Soomin Kim CATEGORY ExperimentsFine Arts The Art of Science This year American Society for Microbiology organized the 2015 Agar Art competition. Researchers are challenged to use microbes as paint and petri dishes as their canvas. The image below, titled Neurons, won first place. The…Continue reading
September 21, 2015 POSTED BY Soomin Kim CATEGORY CraftsFine ArtsSocial Impact Welcome to Dismaland “A theme park whose big theme is: theme parks should have bigger themes” Street artist Banksy has done it again…except bigger…and not on a wall…nor by himself. After weeks of secretive construction, a pop-up art…Continue reading
