Caux Collective Introduces: Guy Whitby

In his brand new project named ‘Analog to Digital’ we see Australian Multidisciplinary Artist, Guy Whitby, at his finest. Often working under the pseudonym of WBK (which stands for WorksByKnight) we see Whitby’s artistic hand turned to the creation of a series of spectacular, pixelated portraits of famous people. Having professed a belief that “an artist should hold a mirror up to the world around him or her and comment upon the reflection” Whitby collages vast numbers of keyboard keys, along with various other materials, to form the faces of some immediately recognisable people.

If you’d like to see more from this series, head over to the Behance profile, as linked at the beginning of this post, or head over to Guy Whitby’s Facebook page where you can find many more projects and updates.

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Caux Collective Introduces: Rodolphe Guenoden

Named ‘The Ride’ this fantastic short comic strip, from Los Angeles-based Illustrator & Animator, Rodolphe Guenoden, quickly became one of my favourite pieces of comic art, having discovered it just a few days ago. Not only is it beautifully drawn, with every emotion and facial expression so intricately shown and every dashing movement ingeniously portrayed, but it tells of a genuinely gripping story. We are told a story of a man “flirting with death” over the duration of a thrilling bike ride, and had I not seen this comic strip I certainly wouldn’t have believed it would be possible to present such an engrossing, twisted story over just 11 pages of drawings.

If you would like to see more of Guenoden’s artwork, including his excellent animation work on large-scale projects such as the 2011 movie ‘Kung-Fu Panda 2’ then head over to his website, as linked at the beginning of this post.

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Caux Collective Introduces: Andy Denzler

The sight of an oddly distorted VHS image is a vastly nostalgic one, with the VHS remaining as little more than a distant-memory for many of us. However, it’s disuse doesn’t stop its sometimes glitchy appearance directly inspiring the art of Zurich-based Fine Artist, Andy Denzler. By halting the fast-forwarding and rewinding of VHS footage, Denzler seeks to replicate this type of image. He uses these disfigured film stills as inspiration for the beautiful, vintage, hyperrealistic oil paintings he has become known for. Whilst the images allow their forms to be dictated by the unpredictability of the process, their conviction remains ultimately practiced. 

If you’d like to see more of Andy Denzler’s fantastic artwork, you can find his complete portfolio on his website, as linked at the beginning of this post.

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Caux Collective Redirects: Tiptop Speakers

Three students from Stanford University recently began a Kickstarter campaign in order to fund their reinvention of the bluetooth speaker. The Tiptop Speaker connects to your bluetooth devices wirelessly, just like many other products. However, it is the sleek design configuration, effortless set-up and unique integration of an indoor environment, that makes this speaker stand out.

If you’d like to read more head over to Inspirez, where you can find this post in it’s entirety, including additional images and further links.

Caux Collective Introduces: ATOMIC3

Situated in downtown Montreal, a gorgeous temporary installation consisting of four skeletal metal arches, equipped with illuminating light and atmospheric sounds, make up a fantastic piece of informative, interactive art named ‘Iceberg’ made by creative art duo, ATOMIC3.

Referred to, in its simplest sense, as a “playful, immersive work” this piece uses lights, sounds and a whole lot of visitor participation to tell the story of an iceberg’s journey. Motion sensors detect movements inside of the piece’s architectural mainframe, triggering timely changes in the lights and sounds, with each of the fours part of the installation echoing a different part of the iceberg’s inanimate life-cycle.

If you would like to see more of this beautiful piece, head over to the ATOMIC3 website, as linked above, where you can find plenty more images and analysis, or click here to watch the video on Vimeo, where you can see exactly how this installation works.

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Caux Collective Redirects: The ‘Empty Memories’ USB Collection

With the intriguing, self-proposed question “what would happen if technology became invisible?” to inspire a new, artistic direction of working, Designers Yoo-Kyung Shin & Hanhsi Chen found the answer in an ingenious fusion of fashionable jewellery and computer technology.

If you’d like to read more head over to Inspirez, where you can find this post in it’s entirety, including additional images and further links.

Caux Collective Introduces: United Visual Artists

In their extraordinary, 10-day installation piece named ‘Speed of Light’ from 2010, the prolific London-based Art & Design Practice know as United Visual Artists present a fantastic light-orientated piece, which won them the 2011 Creative Review Annual Award, having created this set-up in a four-storey bargehouse on the Thames riverside.

On the UVA website, the group speak of this piece, saying that “visitors were invited to immerse themselves in a massive labyrinth of laser sculptures, built on the idea of speed being light, and light being data.” If you’d like to see more from this piece, or of UVA’s many other fantastic installation pieces, head over to their website, as linked at the beginning of this post.

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Caux Collective Introduces: Humans Since 1982

In what is undoubtedly my favourite piece of interactive artwork this year, this installation named ‘A Million Times’ comes from Stockholm-based Design Studio, Humans Since 1982 who debuted their monochrome masterpiece at the Design Days Dubai Fair earlier this year.

Consisting of 288 analogue clocks, this formation is ingeniously operated to provide not only fluid, mesmerising patterns using the waves created by the hands, but also minute-by-minute time updates, displayed in the style of a digital clock. If you would like to see more of this project, head over to the website or take a look on Vimeo to see this stunning piece in action.

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Caux Collective Redirects: Biostamp Health Monitors

What are currently being described as “epidermal electronics” (or ‘technology for the skin’ to you and I) a brand new method of health monitoring has been invented, potentially eradicating the need for large, wired machinery in hospitals. American Materials Scientist, John Rogers and his electronics company, MC10 have created a ‘Biostamp’ which is implemented in the form of a temporary tattoo.

If you’d like to read more head over to Inspirez, where you can find this post in it’s entirety, including additional images and further links.

Caux Collective Introduces: Soasig Chamaillard

In a fantastic on-going project, which began prior to the start of the new decade, French Artist, Soasig Chamaillard focusses her artistic process on parodying the image of the Virgin Mary, transforming the recognisable stance and appearance into brand new, often controversial pieces, taking inspiration from her surroundings, including some nods to pop culture. Chamaillard says, “The playful interaction of society’s many icons, physical transformations, and the resulting improbable combinations, have culminated in my vision of a woman’s role and place in our society.”

If you would like to see more of Soasig Chamaillard’s artwork, head over to her website, as linked at the beginning of this post, where you can find many more similar sculptures in her fantastic gallery.

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Caux Collective Introduces: Sandra Chevrier

In her beautiful, mixed media project, French Canadian Artist, Sandra Chevrier combines extracts from bright and busy comic books with delightfully illustrated human features, using her broad brush strokes of paint and watercolour to blend the two, with the finished article producing this gorgeous set of portraits.

If you would like to see more of these particular pieces, or of Sandra Chevrier’s various other projects, head over to her website, as linked above, or check out her Facebook page.

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Caux Collective Introduces: King Of Fighters

Featuring no less than 125 fantastic GIF’s, a recent post on Imgur has been reigniting people’s adoration of old-school graphics, with this set of stunning images exhibiting extraordinary looping backgrounds, which we all became accustomed to playing fighting games such as the Japanese smash, King Of Fighters, during the the 90’s.

In an age where technology is moving faster than many of us can keep up with, especially in the realm of gaming, revisiting the simplistic, retro beauty of the graphics that many of our very first consoles kept us glued with, rarely loses it’s charm, as evidenced in these images.

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Caux Collective Redirects: Innventia

When Swedish research company Innventia recently teamed up with designers Anna Glansén and Hanna Billqvist from design agency Tomorrow Machine they sought to develop a sustainable package customized for freeze-dried food. In doing so they may well have hit the jackpot, combining the knowledge of scientists and the creativity of designers, paving the way for the future of sustainable packaging.

If you’d like to read more head over to Inspirez, where you can find this post in it’s entirety, including additional images and further links.

Caux Collective Introduces: Mike Mitchell

In his brand new exhibition (at the Mondo Gallery in Austin, Texas) named ‘The Portrait Show’ the wonderfully, multitalented American Artist, Mike Mitchell, presents an eclectic set of thirty-odd brand new, beautifully colour-specific portraits, featuring protagonists from a vast collection of our most-loved films, including the likes of Pulp Fiction and Django Unchained.

If you would like to see more from this exhibition, or you’d like to see more of Mike Mitchell’s work in general, head over to his website, as linked above. Alternatively, take a look at his Facebook or Tumblr pages, where you can find plenty more.

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Caux Collective Introduces: Sergey Shapiro

These photographs take a fantastic, up-close look at the ingenious processes of Russian Designer, Illustrator & Calligrapher, Sergey Shapiro. Whilst his wonderful logo designs are perhaps most visually pleasing at their finished stage, seeing the simplicity with which these excellently crafted typefaces are born, I feel, really adds to the creative experience.

If you would like to see more of Sergey Shapiro’s work, head over to his website, as linked at the beginning of this post, or take a look at his various other projects on Behance or Facebook. 

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