Islamic Design

Blanc Space opens its doors on Pilsen's 2nd Friday Gallery Walk by sarvin

  Blanc Space is very new to the Pilsen neighborhood . Being part of the Chicago Arts District, Blanc Space is showcasing works by two resident artists, Sarvin Haghighi and Suk Ja Kang. Coming from two different cultures and backgrounds, the resident artists have used their unique way to voice their stories in a similar way.  Every second Friday of the month, more than 30 galleries of Chicago Art District invite the public to view the new and exciting exhibitions and tonight we can not wait for everyone to see the new pieces.

Address: 1932 South Halsted. Studio # 202 - From 6-10 pm

 

Bjork's 'Biophilia', First App in MOMA's collection! by sarvin

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Those who know me, are familiar with my passion with Bjork and her art. She has created a difference in Music industry, The Icelandic artists is known for being innovative. Her 2004 album "Medulla" was composed almost entirely from human voices, which were remixed into a myriad of sounds. On "Volta", she used touch-sensative instruments that predate the iPad. In 2011, she released the first ever App album called "Biophilia" which is a multimedia exploration of music, nature and technology comprising a suit of original music and interactive, educational artwokds and musical artifacts. Now "Biophilia" is the FIRST App in MOMA's collection! In a statement on the museum's website, Paola Antonelli - senior curator of the department of architecture and design - mentions "At that time, a year after the iPad had been introduced, designers and developers were excitedly experimenting with apps that took advantage of a screen bigger than the iPhone. With "Biphilia" however, Bjork truly innovated the way people experience music by letting them participate in performing and making the music and visuals rather than just listening passively'" For more information on "Biophilia", feel free to go through below links :-

http://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2014/06/11/biophilia-the-first-app-in-momas-collection

http://www.snibbestudio.com/biophilia/

Chicago Body Painter welcomes spring ... by sarvin

Robin B Gallery hosted one of the very first spring art exhibitions in Chicago, called Flower Power on April 17th.  Orlando Barsallo, one of the Emerging artists represented at Robin B Gallery compares his art form to ice sculptures " the ice sculpture eventually melts just like the model eventually has to wash off the body paint" he mentions. This group exhibit included some of my smaller works as well as my mom's beautiful artwork. Robin B Gallery is located at 1123 West Armitage, Chicago, IL. Below link is the interview by DNA Info Chicago's  Jackie Kostek with the artist :-

http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20140425/lincoln-park/body-painter-transforms-model-into-ice-queen-at-robin-b-gallery