Artists Reinterpret Emoticons In Their Own Style of Work For The Noteworthy Project.

The Noteworthy Project asked different artists to reinterpret emoticons in their own inimitable style. The process and final pieces were documented on film and directed by Oscar-nominated and Sundance-winning filmmaker Jessica Sanders. Below are those films and the final artworks.

:( by Tim Biskup:

“My goal was to present a midpoint between the :( emoticon’s abstraction of sadness and the literal representation of it in the photo of my daughter, thus inserting my own expression into the equation.” - Tim Biskup

Tim Biskup's final piece:


:-) by AJ Fosik:

“I decided to transform the devious emoticon into an idol, taking a digital [way of conveying] emotion and meaning and merging it with a traditional physical one, subverting both to create something new.” - AJ Fosik

AJ. Fosik's final piece:


LOL by Megan Whitmarsh:

“I wanted to create a LOL that radiates optimism, using a handcrafted, analog, pop vision to capture its warmth and cheerfulness.” - Megan Whitmarsh

Megan Whitmarsh's final piece:


OMG by Reza Ali:

“OMG invites its audience to interact by speaking to it. Besides surprise, it can represent joy, sadness, anger, excitement, fear, shock, and relief. OMG changes in real-time to reflect that variation.” - Reza Ali

Reza Ali's final piece:


;) by Craig + Karl:

“The ;) emoticon depicts our dynamic: a closed eye dreaming, forming ideas; an open eye, developing them. A smile links us.” - Craig and Karl

Craig Redmond + Karl Maier's final piece:


About The Noteworthy Project:

Our potential for human expression is huge, but at some point technology started getting in the way of our passion. We’ve been so busy tweeting and texting, we may have accidentally left behind what makes us human.

The Noteworthy Project documents a series of projects that examine what happens when communication is made by hand.

Noteworthyproject.com

The Bone Room Presents Jeepney Projects: Vanishing Birds of the Philippines - An Art Exhibit.

The Bone Room Presents Jeepney Projects: Vanishing Birds of the Philippines

above: the Great Philippine Eagle by David Tomb

This Jeepney Projects exhibition at San Francisco's Bone Room is featuring works on paper of the iconic and critically endangered Great Philippine Eagle and the other beautiful endemic birds of the Philippines by artist David Tomb.



Rufous Hornbill:

Monster Mash (Gila Monster):

Beeps (Roadrunner):


The exhibit, which runs through the end of February, features living plants and an audio installation that highlights sounds of the Mindanao jungle. The show shines a light on the rare and beautiful Philippine birds, and the challenges and tension these creatures face to survive and share a sustainable future with an ever growing Filipino population.










On February 23rd at 7pm at the Bone Room, David Tomb will be giving an artist talk on his work and the Jeepney Project.

The Bone Room
1573 Solano Ave,
Berkeley, CA

February 2 – February 29, 2012
Opening Reception: Thursday, February 2, 7 – 9 p.m.
Artist Talk: February 23, 7pm

Artist Kim Cogan Captures The Quiet Side Of City Life With A Paintbrush.

Artist Kim Cogan is one of my favorite fine artists. His painterly depictions of Brooklyn, San Francisco and other urban centers capture the grit of city life with an elegance and loneliness that stirs the soul. The large scale oil paintings feature rooftops, intersections, subways and other elements of the city, but usually devoid of people. When rendering figures, they are not engaged with others, but instead in the acts of the ordinary (smoking, walking, biking) making the viewer feel like a voyeur in these intimate moments of the mundane.


above left: Kim Cogan at work on Manhattan Bridge in Fog and above right, American Dream, his latest painting (2012) for the Resolve Show at Joshua Liner Gallery

His painterly style simultaneously conveys energy along with a certain calm. The vacant midnight moments and late night neon sign stores portray the fact that cities never sleep, even when people do.

Recent works (2011):

Stop at Lorimar:

Spot Lite:

Paradise Deli:

Mission Intersection at Midnight:

Mission Intersection at Midnight (detail):

Night Rider and Dark Corner:

Open Late:

Third Rail:

Williamsburg at Midnight:

Passengers:

Contortionists:

Brooklyn Rooftops:

Small View:

Manhattan Bridge with Fog and Bronx River Crossing:

Lower East Side Rooftops:

Rooftops in Brooklyn:

Late Afternoon:

Sunset:


Earlier works (2009-2010)

Last Chapter:

Smoke and Garden of Eden:

Sweet tooth:
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Nick's Luncheonette and Grey Day:


He shared a look at his process here on his blog.

And in this video, a demonstration of his painting process: Mission Intersection At Midnight. The painting took over 3 months to complete.:


The artist's site
Art Prints: www.827ink.com
Kim Cogan is represented by Gallery Henoch and the Hespe Gallery