tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51366626203687475252024-02-02T13:50:04.072-08:00Idea GhettoOur Mission
“To inspire, break the mold, and maybe change a little piece of the world (and ourselves) for the better along the way. Idea Ghetto is a forum to bring people together, to promote wonder, incite creativity and spark innovation across disciplines."Idea Ghettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729047367005219428noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136662620368747525.post-38178664674481296892013-01-03T19:31:00.001-08:002013-01-03T20:31:01.911-08:00Speak 'n' Tell - A Poem by BamBam<span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee;">Share with me your thoughts of burden and I'll do what I can to ease their weight. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee;">Speak to me the words you dare not say out loud and I will listen, but most of all I will hear you. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee;">Share with me your dreams and I will dream them with you. Taking a fantastic journey through a world yet to become reality. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee;">Tell me your fears and I will attempt to squash them from your mind, and though not shining I will be your suit of armor. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee;">Share with me your shame and I will help you embrace it, to see the learning in it and overcome its hurdles. </span></div>
Idea Ghettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729047367005219428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136662620368747525.post-79879026594520092642013-01-02T21:53:00.002-08:002013-01-02T21:53:43.821-08:00NEW YEAR BLANK CANVAS<br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>NEW YEAR....BLANK CANVAS</strong></span>....<strong>Dec. 30 2012...IDEA GHETTO HQ.....</strong><br />
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what do you get idea ghetto for christmas....they seem to have everything they need...they don't believe in CONSUMERISMAS...but they do like music....they do like to hang with their friends....and they love to make everyone create something....cause when you're CREATIN'....you're not HATIN'.......so this is the only theory of CREATIN' we believe in....you get your friends to come to your place at the end of the year....the night before NYE....and you make them think about what your friendship means to them....and then you ARM them with BRUSHES....and say "hey gurl"....you got 20 minutes to paint that thought right there on that there CANVAS....and that's a GHETTO IDEA....and that's a GHETTO PARTY.... and that's the best damn gift you can get a IDEA GHETTO friend....<br />
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Ig4 friends are a real PIECE of work...a real MASTERPIECE of work actually....thank you all....the best gift EVER!<br />
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and if you want to see how we got here...watch this...LOVE LOVE LOVE....<br />
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Idea Ghettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729047367005219428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136662620368747525.post-52822861498323414162013-01-02T21:48:00.000-08:002013-01-07T16:16:30.611-08:00SCHOOL PROJECTS - STRUCTURAL DRAWINGHey, Wadé here.. So I kinda disappeared from the face of the earth the last few months. Well, to be exact, I went back to school full time at Humber College taking the Design Foundation program.<br />
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It's been a chance for me to brush up on my skills in drawing and design, and I've been LOVING IT!<br />
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I decided to start collecting some of the more interesting pieces throughout the semester and posting them for you to see. I'll group them by course, to give you a sense on the direction of each class.<br />
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In this first post, I'll cover my Structural Drawing class, which basically teaches you to draw objects in perspective.<br />
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Many of the subjects were objects we had to draw sitting in front of us in the class. We always had to include all our structural lines demonstrating how we saw the perspective, as well as two smaller initial sketches in the top right corner of what the object looks like from top and side angles<br />
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Other drawings were conceptual objects we created out of our imaginations!<br />
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Idea Ghettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729047367005219428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136662620368747525.post-69873663886166865322013-01-02T21:21:00.000-08:002013-01-02T21:21:57.847-08:00Nuit Blanche 2012On September 29, 2012 the Ghetto was once again lit up with our second unofficial Nuit Blanche projected installation.<br />
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Our theme this year was science, specifically genetic sequences. The title 'Toronto is in my DNA' came from Dennis, who will be building his own DNA-inspired art project in the near future.<br />
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The finished piece was very pleasing and the night was amazing to experience so many great installations throughout Toronto. We were so happy to once again be a part of this great event!<br />
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Check out the actual animated video from the night below..<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/53184331">Toronto is in my DNA!</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user8899511">Wade Shaw</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<br />Idea Ghettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729047367005219428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136662620368747525.post-80099832713745905952012-11-16T13:15:00.001-08:002012-11-16T13:15:27.086-08:00Happy Pride Dennis! Video<div style="text-align: center;">
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Capital D here.... Well you guys probably know I have the coolest, most talented people in my life..... I think that if I surround myself with these talented, creative and socially aware people..... Then the qualities that I admire about them the most will hopefully rub off on me and if these traits are inside me then perhaps by hanging with them more perhaps they will come closer to the surface...... Now two of these peeps, Wade and Brian, decided that they wanted to make me a special video for pride 2012..... What amazes me about this little vignette, is that it pretty much sums me up in 38 seconds which is incredible i think (or sad depending on how you look at it)... So take a look....<br />
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I have one favour to ask.... Could all of our friends please comment or vote on the correct way to spell the following word: is it WACKJOB or WHACKJOB...... I expect to see comments on this one... I always said that the only way I would compromise anything is for LOVE... And you know what.... I compromised the way I spell that WORD above, because now every time I sign into our idea ghetto accounts... I have to spell that word differently than I have spelled and used it since I was 18.... And I do that out of LOVE LOVE LOVE.... And who do I love? Well it's the iG4 bois of course.... How could you not!<br />
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My close friends know that I love to recycle everything.... And not only did they create this 38s AMAZEBALL vignette of my LIFE.... But they had it playing on a mac in my loft... And that folks is the bestest, coolest INSTALLATION eva... It sits in a special place in my loft and in my HEART..... PRIDE 2012.... Thanks I think it was blast...<br />
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<br />Idea Ghettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729047367005219428noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136662620368747525.post-16988411214083320572012-11-12T20:38:00.000-08:002012-11-12T20:38:25.788-08:00A spark ignited... nay, a sequinPDot here. I find myself rejuvenated, motivated and inspired after the first ART CLASSless in October... so much so that I dug out (and dusted off) my portfolio bag to browse some of the water colours I had done years ago... in high school. When I was a teenager. And struggling to come to terms with my love of peen. <br />
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But, if you look at my source material, there was no question I was a friend of Dorothy's, a Mary, a homo.<br />
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<i>From a photo shoot by the brilliant Steven Meisel, around the time Truth or Dare was about to be released.</i><br />
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<i>Cover shot from the April 1991 Vanity Fair by Steven Meisel with Madonna paying homage to Marilyn Monroe (faaaaar better than Lindsay Lohan could ever do).</i><br />
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<i>Photo from 1991 by Steven Meisel. The body suit in my version is made of actual magazine clippings on Madonna. </i><br />
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<i>Janet's iconic Rolling Stone magazine cover (and janet album cover) shot in 1993 by the legendary Patrick Demarchelier.</i><br />
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Back then, I refused to really acknowledge it. Like date-a-girl, take-her-to-prom, refusal. I painted these water colours (and others) after hours in high school, locked away in my art class (thanks to my encouraging art teacher by the name of Mr. Brown who taught me art every year of HS), free from judgemental stares - or worse - horrible name calling, just to get lost in the paint, the colour and the music I'd listen to while painting. Don't get me wrong - I had friends and was social. But I was most at
peace with myself with a paint brush in one hand and paint in the
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I'm drawn to art - always have been - and love creating. I think it's an extension of one's being. And it wasn't until recently - the ART CLASSless in October we posted about recently - that I thought of these paintings again, and how they made me feel when I painted them - ALIVE and FREE! If anybody knows me now, they'll know that I'm a colourful guy and that my personality is sometimes larger than some can handle (or even understand) - and this was the safest expression of that big, colourful personality at the time, particularly living in a small town. That's why the colours in my paintings are so exaggerated, I think. <br />
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Now, I can rock bright blue pants, a neon green watch and diamond-elle studs (biatch be on a budget) in my ears. In daylight. And even in my home town, when I visit. With no shame (should be no shame in what you do). You could say that art was the impetus I needed to become comfortable in my own skin. And it was the rest of my iG boys, who totes get me, that ignited the spark - I mean unleashed the sequins - once again! <br />
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Once upon a night, 7 novice painters stepped into unit 117 of 365 Dundas St. E not realizing that their lives would be altered like never before. This must be how Neil Armstrong felt when he stepped foot on the moon. That one small step would change his life for ever and that is indeed what happened to these 7 painters.</div>
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7 painters and their ever talented mentor Mr. James Fowler made it a tight squeeze in the tiny Idea Ghetto (iG) headquarters. Drop cloths were put down and the thick concrete window shelves were used as a place to mount our canvasses and would obviate the need for easels (to save on space and budget).</div>
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Lighting is always important. We wanted to create an atmosphere so the iG boys didn't want it too bright but we also didn't want it dark since we would have to be able to discern colour.</div>
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Ok, mood is set! 3...2...1.... start painting... wait, our mentor had a brilliant idea! Act I. All paintings and ideas must be ABSTRACT. As initiates, we didn't want to get caught up in rendering images, figures etc., so just emote what you feel on the 16" x 20 canvas. We were told to pick a SEASON... now that you have in your mind... you have 40 minutes to complete your first canvas.</div>
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40 minutes is a perfect amount of time to finish your first piece. It's just the right amount of time to get the idea out of you and onto the canvas. At the end of that 40 minutes you are also starting to get comfortable with the paint, the canvas, the idea and the process. Oh wait 40 minutes is not enough, we think; not sure we're going in the right direction or we're starting to second guess ourselves. </div>
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Enter ghetto stage left, none other than our fearless mentor Mr. James Fowler. Never have we found someone who just instills the right amount of encouragement, and displaces our complete sense of panic and we realize it is the right direction and of course this was what we were going for. I think this was the true 'magic' of the evening. Having our own Tim Gunn... errr I mean, James Fowler "make it work" moment!</div>
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Phew, now that's done we have time for a breather or do we? CRITIQUE (or cold read) time! This was perhaps the most enlightened part of the evening for us. Each initiate had to put their painting on the EASEL for everyone to comment on. Collectively we tried to determine the season each painter had used as a MUSE and also comment on what we saw in the painting. Since this was not a class, this turned out to be really FUN! Everyone was very constructive and as we went through each painting our confidence strengthened! After everybody offered their critique, the artist disclosed the season used as muse and explained the motivation behind it. Was great to see subjectivity in art in action! </div>
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We followed the same construct as the first painting: paint, cold read and artist discussion.... Was another insightful experience. But enough pontificating on the evening. If you ever want to treat your friends to a really fun night, then here's what iG does: Most of our friends think with the left part of their brain. When they come to iG headquarters, they are forced to use both sides, with a heavy emphasis on the RIGHT.... but perhaps being forced to use the brain is enough! Thanks to James Fowler, artiste (hey gurl!) and mentor extraordinaire! A big thanks to Rick "SOX in the CITY" Kopfensteiner for videotaping the whole experience and interviewing all of the initiates (coming soon...). And to the best "paint pals" anyone could want: Alain Arseneault, Ali Asfour, Shawn "let's have a KEY KEY" Garrett, and the iG boys, Bam Bam, Wade and PDot! With friends like you, who needs JUNIOR KINDERGARTEN! Standing INN OVATION!!!<br />
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And the paintings are hanging in the iG (Capital D's) loft!!</div>
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<br />Idea Ghettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729047367005219428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136662620368747525.post-61961187041815972082012-10-29T18:55:00.000-07:002012-10-29T18:55:27.651-07:00Poetry, Spoken Word, Slam Poetry or Just Music....Poetry, Spoken Word, Slam Poetry or Just Music....<br />
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So I love music and one of my IG4 litter mates, BamBam is a great little poet and I love his poetry. He would never say he's a poet because he doesn't really read it himself, but he would say he likes words and he likes to play with words and he does. Not sure why he or anyone doesn't read poetry, perhaps they find inaccessible... So I am always trying to find ways to make BamBam's words more accessble and we have talked about doing a video but we haven't gotten around to doing one... Did I mention I LOVE music? Well here's how I want to try and make his poetry more accessible... now this is just an example of how I think poetry could be put to music. Here is a great track of music that uses a bit of spoken word and then goes into singing by a great vocalist called Divinity in a collaboration with Charles Webster:<br />
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LEARNING TO LOVE ME<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KJglpgkNIY" target="_blank">Charles Webster Feat. Diviniti - Learning To Love Me (Original)</a> See how the spoken word gets you into the track in a soulful kind of way...I love this track! but here is another spin on the same track that just came out...<br />
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<a href="http://soundcloud.com/charles/the-zepherin-saint-floorwork-1?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=blogger&utm_content=http://soundcloud.com/charles/the-zepherin-saint-floorwork-1">The Zepherin Saint Floorwork</a> in this new remix its all spoken word. Listen to this on the way to work it relaxes me... I LOVE LOVE LOVE it... So people may not like the music and they may not like the style, but don't you think you could listen to poetry like this?<br />
... Now what I have to do is find some musicians that want to do something similar to this. With BamBam's words and their music... hmmm, could amazing! But we need some help, who's up for it!?Idea Ghettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729047367005219428noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136662620368747525.post-68220540262858187842012-10-29T18:28:00.000-07:002012-11-01T07:42:21.491-07:00ART CLASS DETENTION<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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ART CLASS DETENTION is a kind of a self help group for struggling people who use art (BUT ARE DEFINITELY and I MEAN DEFINITELY NOT ARTISTS) to create stuff in an environment where people give advice or suggestions or just spot you when your holding a glue gun. </div>
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We don't go all JACKSON POLLACK on each other but, what we do is chat and giggle and hang out sort of a safe house for creative types! <br />
Wanna join? Just bring an art project. It can be something to paint, Draw, or paper mache... or just come to hang out...we'll be there making a mess and memories.</div>
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1st event will be November 10th, 2012!</div>
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Twitter people have a look for us @ideaghetto </div>
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James Fowler, painter extraordinaire was gracious enough to
take the iGhetto boys on a tour of his work space at the White House Studios
(in Kensington Market). There are several artists working out of this space,
each with their own 5x5 "Studio “space. Can you imagine the collaborative
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Each artists space has such a unique space. It was such a
great experience. Not to mention inspiring.<br />
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<br />Idea Ghettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729047367005219428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136662620368747525.post-27976241691509403752012-04-04T23:02:00.032-07:002012-04-05T06:16:23.574-07:00I'm not the poet dammit...over the past couple of weeks i have been reading too many research proposals about cancer, its effect on the population, treatments, the economic impact of treatment, the toll of treatment, the plight that is cancer...etc.its making it so i can hardly sleep....its weird how cancer has become very personal for me than just these research proposals i read....those statistics are starting to become my peer group....scary....i'm not really afraid of death..i mean i don't want to die ...perhaps its because i think i've lived my life to the fullest...i've treated people fairly well i hope...of course i don't want to die...cause i really want to see "KIM"S CONVENIENCE" at the soulpepper theatre in a couple of weeks...but i am not sure that i would want to go to WAR WITH CANCER...its a battle that i don't want to engage in....first off its kind of like the CONSERVATIVE party...so dictatorial.....keeps what its doing so secret.....and then throws stuff at ya.....and of course we throw it chemotherapy so we can OCCUPY OUR BODIES.....so what would i do if i were faced with some of these treatments...that make you sick, tired, look skelet al. .....what would i do...i don't know...but this thing keeps rolling around in my head...<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>COLON</strong> SOLONG I HEARD THE NEWS TODAY</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>COLON</strong> SOLONG CHEMOTHERAPY</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>COLON</strong> SOLONG THERE MUST BE A BETTER WAY</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>COLON</strong> SOLONG IS THIS THE WAY WE PAY</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">COLON </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>SOLONG</strong> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">WOULD I WISH FOR ONE MORE DAY....</span></div><br />
i mean no disrespect to anyone...its the way my mind thinks about complex problems..i have to put them into some cute little pattern so i can deal with them....this is how i got through LIFE...whenever i was faced with something traumatic i alway have to frame it into something else so i can deal with it....so please no one take offense....although i have no pics with me and the giant COLON we had at MARS for increasing awareness to colorectal cancer screening...here is me at the entrance of MARS..taken by Javi Urano, a wonderful friend visiting from SPAIN...<br />
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one more thing.... a giant colon came to visit us at MaRS...and i wanted someone to take a picture of me with it.....so there should be a picture here...it was for all of us not to fear....colorectal screening...brilliant idea....and i am so sad because i had so many ideas for cards...<br />
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ghetto idea 1: a picture of ME in a HAMSTER suit standing in front of GIANT COLON...caption....WHO"S COLON AM I?<br />
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ghetto idea 2: a pic of ME with the GIANT COLON...caption....i wanted to go to COLOGNE!<br />
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ghetti idea 3: a pic of me with boxing gloves punching the POLYPS in the GIANT COLON...caption...fighting cancer....Idea Ghettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729047367005219428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136662620368747525.post-73095284556853767282012-03-17T17:15:00.002-07:002012-03-20T13:02:37.849-07:00Ode to the Casette Tape<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cbamaral%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cbamaral%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx" rel="themeData"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cbamaral%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml" rel="colorSchemeMapping"></link><style>
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</style> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">I've always been fascinated with cassette tapes. I'd watch them spin in my cassette deck for hours, always with music playing on them, listening to the cool music I had recorded. I loved the glimmer of lights on my cassette deck and was enthralled by the way the tape made its way to the other side/spool. Obliviously this was great entertainment (low budget = parents happy). I was consumed by the tape moving and the lights changing on the deck, LIGHT. CASSETTE TAPE. MOVEMENT… sooooo, as I grew older I kept that fascination with the cassette tape and loved the MAXELL commercials with the GUY sitting in the arm chair listening to his recorded music and feeling SUFFICIENT. I like feeling sufficient that feeling when you're content have what you need the feeling I love! So this got me to thinking that I might want to do a project with cassette tapes. OH NO! I said it, the word ART PROJECT and this is where it usually ends! But no, not this time. I am taking control. I HEART cassette tapes, So I’m thinking Something with light and cassette tapes. It would be like MY yoga. Something to look at that relaxes me... </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">One of my biggest problems is; I think TOO BIG.....like my ASS. I wanted to do this whole wall in cassette tapes, lit from behind, but I wanted to still be able to move the tape from one spool to the other....what was I going to do; how was I going to stick to the wall, blah, blah, blah. I decided to PROTOTYPE it (start small) and then let it EVOLVE....and hell, you all know how I like EVOLUTION! So at "ART CLASS DETENTION" our once a month art group I started the little project that could. I got a piece of Plexiglas when I was in BC visiting my friend Robert. I started my project and here is where I’m at...it was a real interesting night.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSHfxK_Ir7pILE_MOvQi2risAC2fQcXbcYgLIO5CYDPLV1Y6EfBm6jXuMMwYQj2hXo9XrO3V4qw_mUdh9goY5_jTzMb58pjCf7cjqYsjCU8gYkc2yM9qVqGk85ITKHMAzrFJwQ3sJV-Zwh/s1600/iG-2Pic_WIDE-ArtClass01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSHfxK_Ir7pILE_MOvQi2risAC2fQcXbcYgLIO5CYDPLV1Y6EfBm6jXuMMwYQj2hXo9XrO3V4qw_mUdh9goY5_jTzMb58pjCf7cjqYsjCU8gYkc2yM9qVqGk85ITKHMAzrFJwQ3sJV-Zwh/s640/iG-2Pic_WIDE-ArtClass01.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">I was so excited! So now I am STALLED until I find more cassette tapes...but at ART CLASS DETENTION. My ingenious friend Pierre gave me some cool suggestions that I will talk about when I get more cassettes... I guess the moral of this story is go to ART CLASS DETENTION! It will help you turn your art project idea into the REAL DEAL! Although I am not finished...<br />
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Well, with an unforeseen work schedule conflict for Capital D, and Bam-Bam running late out of his night class, it was up to Wadé to experience (and document!) this great monthly event!<br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The premise of Art Battle is simple, yet daunting. Eight canvases are formed in a circle in the centre of the room, with four of them 'reserved' by artists ahead of time. As the evening began, the other four spots were filled by names drawn out of a hat from self-proclaimed 'artists' who showed up at the door that evening.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The contest has three rounds of competition. The first round had all eight artists complete a piece of artwork, using only one medium (acrylic paint) their choice of tools, and 20 minutes to complete! As spectators, we milled about the circle of easels and it was fascinating to see the range of ideas and skill on each canvas!</div><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">At the end of the 20-minute round, each spectator used a numbering system on their tickets to vote for the piece they liked most. The two winning artists with the most votes went on to the second round, and all the pieces are displayed at the front of the room, as a silent auction with all proceeds going to charity.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">My vote for Mathew Fierke's painting of a nondescript gentleman's portrait did not move onto the second round, but Jacqueline Poirier's barren wooden landscape did win her a place, as did Carlos Delgado's painting with an interesting 'fish-eye' view of a boy sitting on a dock under a clear blue sky.</div><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">In the end, it was Olga's moody portrait that won the final round, and Art Battle 20. This was such a brilliant night to experience in Toronto. Lots of positive energy in that space with the impulsive creation of art. It even made me wonder what it would be like to enter a future Art Battle, but next time as an artist! Who knows? Practice by holding mini Art Battles at the Ghetto??</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">If you want to attend a future Art Battle, check out <a href="http://artbattleto.com/">artbattleto.com</a> and sign up for their mailing list to hear when the next one will take place. Sign up! Go to it! It's fun!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div>Idea Ghettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729047367005219428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136662620368747525.post-45317269683669786032012-02-03T11:46:00.000-08:002012-02-03T11:46:51.783-08:00Idea Ghetto, GO SHOPPING!"Who needs more stuff?" Well, those in real need do.<br />
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Capital D got wind of this great charity organization and we were off!<br />
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The Video speaks for itself, check it out… We had a great time with it and definitely think this is going to be a repeat occurrence!<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/36145416?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe>Idea Ghettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729047367005219428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136662620368747525.post-58195051573625673812012-01-29T15:06:00.000-08:002012-01-29T15:29:14.475-08:00Sculptomania...The premise for Sculptomania was simple...get a talented sculptor into the ghetto and have him teach us how to sculpt... Wadé caught the action on camera, otherwise this would have just been another Ghetto Legend. Enter Monty Al-Rubayee into the Ghetto Layer. Monty brought his skills and knowledge, Capital D brought the clay and off we go!<br />
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A bizzare calm came over the crew and participants... focus is a rare thing, but it worked! </div><div style="margin: 0px;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheaJzKKDOWCw27Wx_F4YaWGCcKxtWUDmKKrd-igf3joc_zB0WDUEBUuOPec2gorm9CnUUk-LTYmrHVe6fU5V6Fwcbzu1xszqhTVZz53LoxeGI6JhBBueYUFUCnaFhczjjMd43StshVRhhX/s1600/iG-SCULPT_Pics_05-06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheaJzKKDOWCw27Wx_F4YaWGCcKxtWUDmKKrd-igf3joc_zB0WDUEBUuOPec2gorm9CnUUk-LTYmrHVe6fU5V6Fwcbzu1xszqhTVZz53LoxeGI6JhBBueYUFUCnaFhczjjMd43StshVRhhX/s640/iG-SCULPT_Pics_05-06.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="margin: 0px;">We all pitched in... some really great things came out of the evening. Even Capital D made stuff come to life; JP (the cutie to the left in the above pic) came out with the token morbid creation of the evening - a guy drowning as sharks attack. Top Right pic: Greg suggests an idea to Capital D as he made something that resembled a DNA braid.. Tee-hee!</div><div style="margin: 0px;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhasRuh4ZOeFUcTjqSQdAe7XzblWBWX76js-VRwRJHl7iyRvT_KSS-En2_Gccbs1wQPHlJotSJ27Eh8T_zw4wtz7eZuEkB25tYFufAMOo5Iq3ojVCgB0n9xdG9GgmZgw36LwjRaAe45FZZX/s1600/iG-SCULPT_Pics_07-09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhasRuh4ZOeFUcTjqSQdAe7XzblWBWX76js-VRwRJHl7iyRvT_KSS-En2_Gccbs1wQPHlJotSJ27Eh8T_zw4wtz7eZuEkB25tYFufAMOo5Iq3ojVCgB0n9xdG9GgmZgw36LwjRaAe45FZZX/s640/iG-SCULPT_Pics_07-09.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRwvKnUNa5qOwMJamapI1keTn7N9cySKSKVypld3PCXTFaElo2gffZOyVvDTUpoX2guL2y1atLwLrfvMae8egyu3vsRWBX4bDbyXJxdYoiPx-AIdaz35CUPx_kB3T0C1h57ByQy69oksIQ/s1600/iG-SCULPT_Pics_08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRwvKnUNa5qOwMJamapI1keTn7N9cySKSKVypld3PCXTFaElo2gffZOyVvDTUpoX2guL2y1atLwLrfvMae8egyu3vsRWBX4bDbyXJxdYoiPx-AIdaz35CUPx_kB3T0C1h57ByQy69oksIQ/s640/iG-SCULPT_Pics_08.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Half way into the evening, our good friends Nick and Natalie dropped in to visit, and Natalie blew us all away with her hidden talent in sculpture! In no time, she was replicating human body parts! 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first off a canadian band that few know about but that i love love love...its timbre timbre...hard to pick a fave track of CREEP ON CREEPIN ON...but WOMAN is one of the best...and the video rocks too:<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/m8XftanUJa8">Timbre Timbre - Woman</a><br />
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tuneyards were everywhere..this band is amazing to see LIVE...unfortunately i have not seen them...i seem to buy to tickets to see them and then have to give the tickets away since i have to travel for work....the album "whokill" is brilliant...but one track that always stands out for me is POWA:<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/e31dpx-XGfI">Tuneyards - Powa</a><br />
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Now this next band, Phantogram, i know little about...all i know is i played this song the most on my iphone...and i listen to alot of music....can't wait to see them LIVE to see if they achieve this atmosphere and feel.....yummy.....the gal is reminscent of CURVE for me...not sure why..hmmm..<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/3oAif29JfkQ">Phantogram - Don't Move</a><br />
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this track is a hip hop track..but wait... i don't like hip hop....by mr. don trip....however...those swedes jj...who i think are always brilliant and remixed it such that it's not only good...it's beautiful....<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/teGmrcJioZ8">Don Trip - Cheers (jj save our souls remix)</a><br />
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ok if i had to pick one song and say it was my favourite...this would be the one...i am anxiously awaiting his full length album out at the end of january...he could sing the phone book and i'd love it...so talented can't wait for a long player...he does a cover of "nothing compares to you' that's brill.....enjoy this track...<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/5CebXBcAkk0">Evan Voytas - Can't let anybody know who you are..</a><br />
so another Canadian band that's brilliant is "fucked up" this track 'queen of hearts' is a great song and is clever punk music...the video rocks as well so don't let the yelling scare you....watch the video and this band is punk with intelligence....<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/syg6XGbdUkM">fucked up - queen of hearts</a><br />
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gross magic....i was all over this track...it just gets me groovin'....its the flow and ebb of the track...this is what i want all music to do to me....so good...<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/ay-rsScKOmQ">Gross Magic - Sweetest Touch</a><br />
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i just love this producer...he continually release shit i like....i don't like rap or hip-hop but this guy throws it through his brain and homogenizes it in a way i love...this is from november...but he already has a track this year i'm lovin already...<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/iYFbxXjoi9I">Star Slinger - Moet & Reese</a><br />
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ok so i am finally excited for a band i'm going to see in a couple of days....HOSPITALITY...they are going to play the Horseshoe....and i love the singles that they have put out...i listened to an earlier version of 'betty wang' which rocked...but this one is more produced....and then they got signed to MERGE records...say no more....LOVE....check out the track....love it...and will give a review of the concert next week....<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/bsax0a_9Tu0">Hospitality - Betty Wang</a><br />
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ok so i'm not sure i was channeling Simon and Garfunkel...but i loved this track...the harmony is right on...the voices just send a warm pulse right through me....such a great track...all i know is they are british and might have to use a different name in north america....<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/vsVR3mSKhJk">the bees - silver line</a><br />
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i've always loved the pains of being pure at heart....and they rocked LIVE...very unassuming..another great concert at the OPERA HOUSE...with my great friend Kevin...<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/N13uB8FwXiI">Pains of Being Pure of Heart - My Terrible Friend</a><br />
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with best coast, tennis and all these types of bands that i like but sometimes forget...this song kept creeping up...i always wanted to play this when i had to power something out....not sure i like all of their stuff...but this track rocked the casbah for me...SUMMER CAMP....and what's not to like about that....<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/EgrP6fzGKjg">Summer Camp - Better off without you</a><br />
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this does the same thing to me that the japandroids does...it makes me shake my head and want to play guitar....this band rocks..i love this song....get found....enjoy<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/1-sT-fUnxiI">bass drum of death - get found</a><br />
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another great band WU LYF....world unite love you forever......this band is emo core at its best...love love love this album...loved every track...but We Bros brought it....i had tickets to see them LIVE...was deathly ill...damn damn...pick this band up!<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/AaZ4voI4zA4">WU LYF - We Bros</a><br />
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i have been telling all my friends that they need to own this album....YOUTH LAGOON....its amazing..the guy is 22....he's from IDAHO....anyway...i got most of my friends to listen to them by speeding up the music...here is a remix of DAYDREAM....if you get a chance see them...me and a couple of cool friends did and loved it....<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/SXAbTWuJyh8">Youth Lagoon - Daydream</a><br />
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m83....nothing more to say...brilliance.....AMAZING.......every track on the album is mesmorizing....here is my fave....<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/l5F5TXqr4t0">M83 - Splendor</a><br />
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bon iver..bon iver....bon iver...saw him this year....his new album rocked..the whole album rocked...but i think this song is what i listened to most this year from him....so even though its from two years back...don't hate me for it...<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/U2sIfwlZ4Yk">Bon Iver - Your love</a><br />
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destroyer rocked the world with the album kaputt...loved it....loved seeing them live at Lee's Palace..even when this 6'7 guy just about fell on us waiting for the band to start...he didn't move at all and had something called 'blood pooling' and just collapsed...i thought jesus the band is good but not that good....or are they....the whole album rocks...but i wanted to put this cover of a new order track they did....so amazingly good....oh and its canadian content...frickn eh'<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/lOeDcERC5bU">Destroyer - Leave me</a><br />
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james blake is amazing...his debut album was brilliant....he has an amazing voice....and also has a great sense of sampling and music...loved him....so many songs were good....but i had to pick two...one from his album...the wilhelm scream...but he covered a joni mitchell track that every canadian should own....case of you enjoy....<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/MVgEaDemxjc">James Blake - The Wilhelm Scream</a><br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/eJDSueNSMJE">James Blake - A Case of You</a>Idea Ghettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729047367005219428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136662620368747525.post-12792191997977869422011-11-01T11:46:00.000-07:002011-11-01T11:46:32.334-07:00it's T, C, A and G to you...but to me it spells DNAYou'll most likely notice over the course of time, that I have a fascination with DNA...i love the 4 bases that make up DNA (T, C, A, G)...whenever I see something I can do with these 4 letters I get really excited and my friends just let me go nuts...turns out that BamBamaral told me that American Apparel was selling tees with the letters of the alphabet on them....when i heard this I lept (not ran) to my nearest AA and scared the bejesus out of the sales representative as i explained 17 project ideas (the AA sales rep had that look of "if my friends could only see what i have to put up with")...i made my way home and the tees sat on my kitchen table for days...looking at me:<br />
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then one night out I was out with da' boys...we came home and when we got in the door we decided to take off our shirts cause my place was so hot (Canadian fall had me just putting on my heat that day)...that's when a GHETTO iDEA happened upon us....this is just one of the pics we got...<br />
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and this is how iDEA GHETTO rolls....so much fun.....stay tuned....Idea Ghettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729047367005219428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136662620368747525.post-88526816318043268822011-10-27T09:15:00.000-07:002011-10-28T13:29:28.881-07:00Nuit Blanche Devereaux<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_dUa9rHKdr9LoDW53CNCyWgP4YItMq19ZdoEgm8kXrL5rj3s-O8penF2nYl7DFArYlg8rrbTcYAblv44G31WdCTxIzpHGW1pYikJORPIdESDmtaRzJDWMVD2mkmVFvIxew_sdOqyc-lqk/s1600/NB-4pics_Behind+the+Scenes-01.002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-size: small;">For one sleepless night Toronto is transformed by hundreds of artists for the city's annual sunset-to-sunrise celebration of contemporary art... <i>blah blah blah!</i> That's what the sponsors want you to read... What we found is that many of our friends didn't enjoy the night or were "underwhelmed" in past years. Sure, it's hard to make art appeal to the masses... let alone on a REALLY COLD night.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">So, what we did was our own installation! A citizens 'D.I.Y.N.B.' (Do It Yourself Nuit Blanche).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Enter iDea Ghetto - because we can't seem to do anything without our own unique brand of "Ghetto" we called it<b> 'Nuit Blanche Devereaux'.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Our idea was simple... We had a poet and a Flash animation genius in the group and the Man with a plan (Dennis). So while "at the island" one night we hashed out what was bound to be a brilliant idea.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Poetry in motion to coin a phrase. :) </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">So BamBam's poetry built in to a Flash animation by Wadé (like Sade, but with a W) then projected onto Capital D's loft windows! Easy right?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">While D is GREAT at nurturing an idea, follow through isn't really in his genetic makeup. So Wadé and BamBam took on the task of converting the Ghetto Loft (kinda like the Turtle Layer) windows into a canvas for 'Words Glowing From Darkness' (that's what we called the installation). </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Make no mistake, we are all an equal and integral part of each of our inspirations. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The following series of pics show the process and testing involved in getting to the final (and fantastic) end piece. </span><br />
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">What seemed to be a simple idea turned out to have it's fair share of obstacles.. Capital D has permanently installed vinyl artwork of his own DNA sequence placed in each of the three center panels of his loft windows. (see bottom right image) When projecting light from behind this translucent artwork, an image becomes proportionally more blurred than the other six clear glass panels.<br />
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The challenge was to block out the DNA sequence, yet still see the final projection as one cohesive message. BamBam and Wadé went to work and measured each window, then covered it with white paper while blocking out completely the DNA vinyl artwork. With the window measurements in hand, Wadé created his animated project in Adobe Flash, accommodating for the center panels not affecting the final layout of the animations.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji-qgvLEGMZYWS-OfwaPTvsbTpFP96rXaqug2Nf2AuAjItbm0LQGvJs57VAWerbeua-4_T9oJuSlQf_HKTloaL6aoYlFFO7VC_Bt_FMLVqH3tb9BAGtghxxpx-NqervFRHFzQZ-fMFyo9F/s1600/NB-Part02_4up.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="521" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji-qgvLEGMZYWS-OfwaPTvsbTpFP96rXaqug2Nf2AuAjItbm0LQGvJs57VAWerbeua-4_T9oJuSlQf_HKTloaL6aoYlFFO7VC_Bt_FMLVqH3tb9BAGtghxxpx-NqervFRHFzQZ-fMFyo9F/s640/NB-Part02_4up.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-size: small;">The projector was set and BamBam's poetry was shown for all of Dundas Street East to see! Lots of folks stopped by and viewed the poetry, and it was great to hear the many compliments! Capital D made a point of inviting those that stopped by to create their own D.I.Y.N.B. next year!</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkcWtaLb4-WQjIXClUrhl87KiCBBQwEqhfXsRSJpmoxTzPfYnuIpzhYOhOQcwYh_3y9_G6huugXLTaftw9JVANeWxmGaD1ZU4ouvpAryfVOVa-BVMv1FuWl-Shah53g47tZ8SFBHwCPkAy/s1600/NB-Part03_4up.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkcWtaLb4-WQjIXClUrhl87KiCBBQwEqhfXsRSJpmoxTzPfYnuIpzhYOhOQcwYh_3y9_G6huugXLTaftw9JVANeWxmGaD1ZU4ouvpAryfVOVa-BVMv1FuWl-Shah53g47tZ8SFBHwCPkAy/s640/NB-Part03_4up.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;">Our good friend Pierre joined us for </span><span style="font-size: small;">stepping out to view the 'official' installations around the city, and then headed back to the loft for more laughs and decided it was high time to 'become the art!' So, naturally, we started dancing.. In front of the projector, where else! Do I hear a Shadow puppet installation idea for next year!? </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Now, Here is the final animation we projected... you'll get the gist. </span><br />
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“To inspire, break the mold, and maybe change a little piece of the world (and ourselves) for the better along the way. Idea Ghetto is a forum to bring people together, to promote wonder, incite creativity and spark innovation across disciplines." </div>Idea Ghettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729047367005219428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136662620368747525.post-36563010068036689362011-10-11T09:12:00.000-07:002011-10-22T23:14:45.644-07:00Idea Ghetto....da-boys..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqSq1iVjqyJevkyQ4OCdiPL927bBmy0YboNnvPrzp5LWhrUT_2irigCpNdYmCP4ohCM9K69vpRNLS__aw5nmiPOr3Z96KJ4ncs8fTXN9lpw-fTr__8OAefvh498JXN79uq-wK1qOHyC-sL/s1600/IG.1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqSq1iVjqyJevkyQ4OCdiPL927bBmy0YboNnvPrzp5LWhrUT_2irigCpNdYmCP4ohCM9K69vpRNLS__aw5nmiPOr3Z96KJ4ncs8fTXN9lpw-fTr__8OAefvh498JXN79uq-wK1qOHyC-sL/s320/IG.1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Idea Ghetto: started as a kernel of an idea in the summer of 2011 by the 3 wackjobs in the picture above. Brian, Wade and Dennis. Although they can't remember the first couple of meetings, they decided they better start blogging so that they could have a record of what Idea Ghetto about to do...so fasten your seatbelts boys and girls...this promises to be a bumpy ride! we are developing our mission statement as both IDEA GHETTO and the founders mature....enjoy....Idea Ghettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729047367005219428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136662620368747525.post-7503668374407274822011-10-10T20:07:00.000-07:002011-10-10T20:07:11.516-07:00Check in soon!Idea Ghettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729047367005219428noreply@blogger.com0