Crazy Chairs

Made this video with the after-school middle school digital photography class yesterday.

Florian Maier-Aichen

Florian Maier-Aichen, Untitled, 2005, c-print, 71 1/4 x 91 1/2 inches

Florian Maier-Aichen, Untitled, 2005, c-print, 62.2 x 73.7 cm

Similar to Simen Johan (below) in technique, Florian Maier-Aichen combines digital and analog photography techniques to produce photographic works with a painters eye.

Ross Racine

These "digital drawings" by Ross Racine were found at but does it float. They closely resemble a lot of the aerial photos I've taken personally, although his are composed digitally without photos.

Subdivision; Highland Farms, 15 3/8"x 20 1/2", 2006

Aerial photo by Nathan Abels

Subdivision; Goldenwood Shores, 15 3/8"x 20 1/2", 2009

Aerial photo by Nathan Abels

Subdivision; North of Prospect Gardens, 15 3/8"x 20 1/2", 2007

Aerial photo by Nathan Abels

Music Video of the Week

Nosajthing, "Acquarium"

This video is very sweet. I love the song - it balances organic and digital sounds very well.

Into the Void

Jay Shusters series "Into the Void"

Decorate Your Device

"Laika" by Juan Marín at Poolga

Several websites have made a variety of artistic backgrounds and videos availble for free download to put on your zune or ipod/iphone. Zune-arts in particular is a great resource for videos, music, and tons of backgrounds for your desktop and zune. Also check out Poolga for more. Customizing is fun. If you don't have a digital device like a zune or ipod/iphone - you can download desktop backgrounds from the Zune-arts site too. Everybody wins. There's a great blog with tons of videos here too.

New Work - Pigeon Camera

Based on the above historical photo of carrier pigeons mounted with cameas (especially the one on the right side) from 1904, I made a replica of a miniature camera and mount for a pigeon aerial photographer:

Nathan Abels, "Pigeon Mounted Camera", Plastic, Hardware, Leather, Ink, Acrylic, and Mixed Mediums, 2008

Nathan Abels, "Pigeon Aerial Photographer", Digital Photograph, 2008

And check out this cool video:

Een Per Dag - One Per Day

I've joined some contemporaries across cyberspace in the blog titled "Een Per Dag" - or One Per Day - where members post a new photo each day. Check it out.

New Media Monday : Nintendo

Cory Archangel reprogrammed an original Super Mario Bros. game for the Nintendo NES system to include only the digital clouds. He's done several other pieces based on vintage video games and clever internet programming.


Ben Fry, "Mario Soup" - click image for link

Other related links include this NES sample art - similar to "Mario Soup"


Also, Ryan Hennessy has been using Nintendo graphics as subjects for paintings like this:



And a hand-painted NES system on eBay