New Media Monday : Latte Art

Trying to find art in the everyday brings me to the art medium of espresso and steamed milk; latte art. This may not qualify as art with a capital 'A' in most books, but it's Monday - who couldn't benefit from a cup o' joe?

Click photos for links to several flickr sets devoted to this specialty.

New Media Monday : Rubik's Cubes

RUBIK KUBRICK-POW POSTER MATRIX -
2006RUBIK'S CUBES ON BOARD 60 x 88 x 5,5 cm

"RUBIK FLORENCE REY "
2005, RUBIK'S CUBES ON BOARD 96 x 72 x 5,5 cm


The artist "Space-Invader" has made some recent mosaics using Rubik's cubes. Via coolhunting

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