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Thursday, October 3, 2013

Night garden

OGE /// גינת לילה העושה שימוש באנרגיה מתחדשת. שואבת אנרגיה סולרית ביום ומאירה את הפרחים בלילה

OGE Creative Group are going to exhibit this month, at the Fall-In events (Michigan’s Great Lakes Bay Region). Their project "Night Garden" is a magical Garden that offers a variety of flowers of different sizes and types of illumination, which come alive only at night. Powered entirely by solar energy, the flowers are charged by sunlight during the day; and illuminated through energy-saving LED lights, at night. The Garden demonstrates the

importance and beauty of alternative energy, in protecting the environment, thus, safeguarding our future.

The group's aim for this installation is to demonstrate that by using alternative energy and technology, not only are they safeguarding our environment, but they are also creating a poetic, magical experience – A visual showcase of how sustainable energy and installations can be beneficial for our cities and our lives.

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NightGarden / Fallin - Michigan’s Great Lakes Bay Region / 2013

Solar Powered Night Garden /// Light in Jerusalem Festival /// 2009

And another enchanting project of the OGE group, that I have fallen in love with:

Prima Ballerina by OGE at Lighting Festival Jerusalem 2013

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This installation breathes life into the classical music box. It offers a glimpse of shared childhood experiences of the excitement when you opened the box. Shrouded in bright colorful LED lights, the ballerina dances against the background of the massive old city walls; twinkling, sparkling and delicate.

Credits and special thanks to:

Music: music box version of Utada Hikaru's "First Love", published by EMI Japan/Universal

Photography (still shots): Daniel Adams

Video: Merav Salush Eitan & Gaston Zahr

Programming: Yitzhak Sal-man

Engineering: Israel Arad — at Jerusalem Old City.

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Art in the desert

עבודתו של איתמר המרמן "האיש הטועה" (ברקע) מתוך "אנחנו הקרקס" - ארט-א-זאכן 2011

In-D-Negev is an alternative festival which is happening once a year (next weekend) in the Negev - the desert part of Israel. It's about exploration of the local indie scene. One of the festival attraction is an Art project - Art-E-Zachen (a variation on the Idish words: AlteZachen which means old stuff). The project's installations are made from waste, mostly byproduct of the festival's establishment, but there are also installations (Israeli and Worldwide artists) which are brought especially to the event. The combination of Art-E-Zachen, the music, the community and the desert, is what they call - In-D-Negev. The following pictures are from previous years. Everyone is invited to see this year creations.

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בסוף שבוע הבא כמדי שנה, יתקיימו אירועי פסטיבל האינדי נגב. ארט-א-זאכן היא מחלקת האומנות שלו ופועלת בתוכו כחלק בלתי נפרד מאז השנה השנייה לפסטיבל. במהלך השנים איגד בתוכו המערך קבוצה רחבה של יוצרים מתחומים שונים של אומנות, הפועלים כחלק מגוף היצירה הכולל של האירוע, ובמקביל גם שולבו בתוכו יצירות מוכנות של אומנים מהארץ ומעולם. השילוב של ארט-א-זאכן, הקהל, המוסיקה, המדבר וכל המתרחש במשך התהוות הפסטיבל ועד סופו היא יצירת האמנות המכונה אינדי נגב. המיצגים עשויים מפסולת אשר רובה הוא חלק מתהליך ההקמה של הפסטיבל. התמונות כולן משנים קודמות, וכולם מוזמנים לראות מה האינדים יצרו השנה.

עבודתו של איתמר המרמן "חיפושית" מתוך "אנחנו הקרקס" - ארט-א-זאכן 2011

ציור שהכין בחור מניגריה ששמו abiodun ogunfowodu כחלק מ"64 פרשנויות למים" - ארט-א-זאכן 2012

עבודתו של יונתן (יונוף) אפרת "360° רעש לבן" מתוך 64 פרשנויות למים - ארט א זאכן 2012

עבודתו של תום גל "בעזרת המגדלור" מתוך "הקול שוקע" - ארט-א-זאכן 2010

עבודתו של יונתן אלון "המבדיל בין חול וחול" מתוך "64 פרשנויות לחול" - ארט-א-זאכן 2012

Hope to see you there:
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///In-D-Negev///
///10-11-12 October 2013///
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הפסטיבל יתקיים במצפה גבולות אשר בנגב

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

A beautiful mistake

{who}

Industrial designer Shahar Kagan

{An old thing}

Leftovers of low density polyethylene from the recycled plastic industry, and leftovers of polyurethane - from professional painting factories.

{First mistake}

The whole thing began with his bachelor project at the H.I.T. Shahar explored the story: "Steadfast Tin Soldier" by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. He figured out that the soldier's lack of one leg, is due to one air bubble that got into the process. It was a mass production mistake.

{A beautiful mistake}

Inspired by that, Shahar functioned as a lab technician, exploring mistakes on the assembly line by playing and controlling the material. This wonderful adventure ended with his project: FRozenPlastic - series of bowls and light fixtures, 'one-of-kind' products that where part of an "hand made assembly line". Now days he just ended another project: The Fossil. He found paint factories that use professional Polyurethane paint, used their paints leftover to cover MDF wood pallets one layer after another, sanded the surface to expose the layers pattern and eventually used the painted wood as furniture application. From this experiment he have made the following cabinets.

{And more}

As a gag to his friend's wedding, he invented "The Mustache". Please have the honor to be amused by them - here.