Artistic Collisions in the World of Social Media

Check out NewSpeak, an online arts project created by Immo Blaese for the 10th Web Biennial at the Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum.

The website is a virtual world of colliding words & messages that seems to represent the incessent influx of information that is constantly being fired around internet space. It’s really quite mesmerising to watch.

Park Nights: The Future’s Getting Old Like The Rest Of Us directed by B.S. Johnson

Throughout summer 2010, the Serpentine Gallery are staging a series of theatre, performances, talks and film screenings all staged in the brand new bold and bright red pavilion. A different event is scheduled every Friday night in the annual Park Nights series.

For this Friday 23 July, The Serpentine presents a premiere screening of The Future’s Getting Old Like The Rest Of Us, directed by B.S. Johnson.

License To Inspire

The Central Illustration Agency (CIA) have just launched their very first book, ‘Lisence to Inspire’;a collection of work from some of the world’s most inspiring illustrators and the story of the agency that represents them.

The summer Gallery

Nowadays the Royal Academy recieves close to 10,000 annual submissions from professionals and members of the public hoping to make the cut for the presitgious Summer Exhibition. Unfortunately, only about 10% of these ever make the final cut. Two years ago one Rocco Sciaraffa, an amateur photographer, having had his own work rejected, was inspired to create an opportunity for all these works to be displayed.

In an interview with the Times, Sciaraffa said; “I saw that there were so many great pieces of work here, which the public might never get to see…I felt there had to be an outlet for all this rejected art.”

Subsequently, the Summer Gallery was born. Rejected art works are displayed in an online gallery enabling all artist to display their work to a wide audience. There is no fee for uploading up to 10 pieces, only a 10% commission charge if a work is sold on the site.

Why not take a browse now and see if anything catches your eye?…www.thesummergallery.com