[from itp list] art project with light and shadow

for future reference:
recommended by numerous itp folks online;;;;
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the best i can remember – one of my goddesses:
mary ellen bute

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQBsaot-2rQ&feature=related

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a whole continent’s worth of history:
Shadow Play

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_play

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Scott Snibbe, http://www.snibbe.com/

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Moholy-Nagy:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fNt39WJQqjg&feature=related

Prince Achmed:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=L3uU3Cf0QKs

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Cold Dark Matter by Cornelia Parker

http://www.tate.org.uk/colddarkmatter/

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Which reminds me of Tim Noble and Sue Webster’s work

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paul chan

http://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/20

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olafur eliasson, particularly Your negotiable panorama:

http://www.lifeiscarbon.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/28/2006_ynp_inside2_3.jpg

quick download, circular pool with a ring of light reflected off the water surface onto a circular wall around the pool. playing with the water causes ripples in the reflected light. gorgeous and interactive without digital.

more here:

http://www.lifeiscarbon.com/weblog/2008/05/scandinavian-ar.html

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Shadow monster by Philip Worthington

http://www.worthersoriginal.com/viki/#page=shadowmonsters

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Anthony McCall — ”Line Describing a Cone”

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Zack Booth Simpson at mine-control:

http://www.mine-control.com/

all of these pieces interact with your shadow on the screen.

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Shadow puppetry.

Take a look at my old puppet troupe, puppetsweat:

http://www.wesleyan.edu/azdaksgarden/puppetsweat/

http://www.youtube.com/user/rbresnick

Especially look at Der signal and Three Tales by Poe.

sasha.

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