The iphone, wonder gadget of the techno world. What can you do with one? The answer is everything, you can even phone people. One definite owner of the iPhone is Mr Jorge Colombo and he knows how to use it. Mr Colombo has recently designed the new cover for the New York based New York Magazine The New Yorker.

Using an Apple App called Brushes he parades the city in the night, capturing the sights with his sturdy finger. Here is a short video plotting his process for the New Yorker cover. (I am aware that this topic has appeared on quite a few other blogs but I hadn’t seen the video on one yet, except the New Yorker one)

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Artist Elisabeth Buecher has invented a shower curtain that cuts short your shower after four minutes, to save energy and water.  The curtain has inflatable spikes that fill with air after four minutes, nudging the user out of the shower.  ’Spiky’ the curtain also has a cousin, which inflates to trap you inside the shower as a sweaty punishment for your water waste.

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I want one of these. This piece is by the designer Mark Giglio (Pen Pencil Stencil). If you want to take a look at his other works take a peek at his website.

Crossword enthusiasts will be flocking to the city of Lvov, in the Ukraine, which is the location for the world’s biggest ever crossword.

The crossword takes up the entire side of a residential building and measures in at more than 100 feet high.

Clues are scattered around the city, at major landmarks and attractions, such as parks, theatres and fountains, and visitors are encouraged to collect and decipher these while strolling around the area.

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German Panther, 2007.
Luftballon/Luft/Kleber (balloon/air/glou), 960 x370 x 300cm

The ultimate balloon. I would have got more infomation on this but the website was in in this foreign language called German. If you can speak and/or read German go to this website.

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If you have ever thought a lawnmower to be a rather mundane piece of garden equipment, you may have to think again, thanks to artist Osman Khan.

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This work was done in Bocchignano, Italy, a village close to Rome, as part of the group project “20 Eventi”. The group of artists developed projects for 4 villages of the Sabina region and decided to create a compilation of drawings, for collectors to purchase, and to support this project.

www.janvormann.com

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Land of the Giants, Microworld in Jersey and Big staring Tom Hanks are all famous examples of when art and size mix. These all however fall into insignificance compared to the work of Slinkachu (a self confessed Scorpio). The street artist has been photographing plastic models in humorous and intriguing situations around the city of London. Using architectural and train set models he recreates moments in a typical Londoners day. He then leaves the tiny installations for future passers-by to find. I was thinking about how to explain his work but found this quote from Exit Magazine that worked pretty well. Read more

The Guernsey Arts Commission are promoting a new event you can all get involved in. The details are as follows:

Pianos in the street of St Peter Port…

Musical or not, we invite you to play the pianos and get involved with this community arts project.

‘Let’s Play’
Pianos in the streets of St Peter Port is a community arts project which has been masterminded by local musician conductor James Henderson and supported by the Guernsey Arts Commission. Read more

Artists, architects, academics and arts administrators from around the world will be in Guernsey on the 23 and 24 September to examine the position that art holds in our society. Discussions will include whether an island such as Guernsey can play a more active role and benefit from being part of the international art world.

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