Can a house be a poem?

Apparently so.

Oakland visual and media artist Jeff Goodby has covered the Oak Avenue house with a series of enigmatic words, set in a typeface designed in the 1760s by John Baskerville. The effect is a combination of Harry Potter and Andy Warhol and has challenged the meaning of home and book alike.

http://poemhouse.org

September 2009

Interactive Mona Lisa

Coming to a living room wall near you. Out with velvet and glow-in-the-dark.

Interactive technology has brought the Mona Lisa to life – and Leonardo da Vinci’s enigmatic 16th Century portrait now speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese. A digital version of the work is the star attraction in a new exhibition of classic artworks recreated in multimedia form in Beijing.

Exhibition organiser Wang Hui spent two years preparing the collection. He says it is the first time 3D, holographic and voice recognition technologies have been fused like this. Visitors can also listen to Jesus Christ talking to his disciples and watch him move around the table of The Last Supper, while life-sized replica statues of Roman and Greek gods and goddesses strike provocative poses in a multimedia play.

Watch a video on BBC News

August 2009

Stripes are in

August 2009

Learning geometry

Via Daudpota on Flickr

June 2009

Faces of the favelas

The French artist JR first made his mark in Rio de Janeiro last year, as giant posters of staring eyes started appearing on buildings in the city’s oldest favela. He was drawn there following the controversial deaths of three young men, amid alleged collusion between Brazilian soldiers and a drugs gang. But now JR’s work has made it on to some of Rio’s grander structures. Take a tour of the city with the artist himself, and meet the people who inspired him.

See the slideshow on BBC

June 2009