Some contemporary takes on Ikebana - the japanese art of flower arrangement


"Dan made this flower arrangement by sweeping flower petals across my floor."

Details from new Ruth Laskey:

Stan Shellabarger, Untitled Performance (Forest Walk 2007)

"Shellabarger walked in two separate paths, an "X" shape and an "O" shape, wearing golf spikes.  Shellabarger then placed wildflower seeds into the freshly aerated soil."

Western Exhibitions

Stripes, 2008

Examining the connections between bodies in public, private, and celestial spaces by simplifying collected data into stripe patterns.   Here's a few pieces...

Data Stripes: Twelve hours of "I love you", Movie Theater Stripes: Every curly-haired person, Apartment Stripes: Me watching you watch televsion

J. Morgan Puett

J. Morgan Puett has opened a collaborative installation with The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, a revolving show that will use over 100 glass display cases in the School's new Sullivan Galleries. Read more about "Department Store" on her site, where I found these beautiful images of her work.

Park of the Future

"A new design for a park. You visit a park meanly to enjoy the nature in it.
A new design for this is not necessary, just some adjustments and improvements, so the park becomes even more natural."
Marielle Leenders

Photosyntesis, 2003
"Photosynthesis Robot is a three-dimensional sketch of a possible perpetual motion machine driven by phototropism- the movement of plants towards the direction of the sun. The motion of the plants upon this four-wheeled vehicle would propel slowly over a period of time."
Future Farmers