double exposed

A few images from my new camera, all with double exposures: Bettys in a window with store lights, merry-go-round horse, and swing dancers in a neighborhood square.

go lomo

I've been excited for a few days now since I finally bought the camera I've wanted all year: the Diana camera. Completely analog, it's a remake of a cheap camera that made it's debut in the 1960s. Produced by the Great Wall Plastic Factory in Hong Kong, it's now made by the Austrian company Lomography. Originally intended for the amusement of Chinese working class families, it was given away at carnivals or public events as prizes. It's about as lightweight as one of the disposable cameras by Kodak, but much, much cooler. The cheap plastic body sometimes allows light leaks, which may result in interesting effects, and the Diana F+ allows you to remove the lense for a true pinhole image. Lucky for me, Barcelona has a Lomographic store, for fanatics of vintage-style cameras, clones and Holgas..

pixellize me

I have been too curious to find out how eBoy creates their incredibly detailed illustrations, until I saw this Flash Blog video. Then of course, I had to try it myself. This is what I came up with:

Pixel Nation

I mentioned earlier about two worthy exhibitions which invite you to question reality; the second recent favorite was going on at Rojo gallery in Barcelona by the German trio known as eBoy . Their giant, backlit plexi-panel "posters" represent various well-known global metropolises, easily identifiable by pixellized renditions of familiar buildings, all generously decorated with global brands and logos which seem to inhabit these places as much as the numerous pixel people/creatures (peecol), godzillas, and miscellanea. What I love about these is the tiny details of craziness happening in a casually urban environment, such as a war between robots and monsters, turning cars over and occasionally killing people, while passers-by snap photos of iPods cheerily holding hands.





I especially like this homage to the Victorian house-on-wheels I saw at Burning Man a couple of years ago..



The eBoy trio like to include themselves in their work.


And to give you an idea of how big these are:


Each panel can be yours for a mere €4000 to €4500 (USD$5100 to $5800). Or you can just be thrifty and buy their Pixorama book for only €20. At least that one fits in your pocket.

Believe in Mermaids

Ok, I admit it's been a while since I've last posted, but I promise I have a few good reasons: namely 2 great exhibitions I've seen recently. The first one undermines our faith visual media, and he second reconsiders the merging of our virtual realities with the ones we live.

De Facto, an exhibition by Barcelonin conceptual artist and photographer Joan Fontcuberta, presents convincing alternate realities which from beginning to end break down our systematic method and willingness to accept what we understand as facts. My friend and I could not agree that the first images we saw were true or not. Regardless, if you came across something like this, you might want to suspend your belief for a moment, if only to feel the delight of the possibilities it might hold..