Tableau Vivants Bring Me Joie de Vivre

I love tableau vivants, people dressing up as paintings. I love trying to replicate the details of a well-known piece of art. That's why I am so excited about this music video, from a band called Hold Your Horses! The song is called "70 Million." It includes homages to Jacques-Louis David, René Magritte, & Sandro Botticelli, among others.



70 Million by Hold Your Horses ! from L'Ogre on Vimeo.
(Found via http://www.bestweekever.tv/2010-03-05/music-video-recreates-famous-paintings-my-art-history-degree-finally-worth-something/)

Here are some of my past photograph & painting recreations.

Man Ray, Le Violon d'Ingres (Ingres' Violin), 1924.

Andrew Wyeth, Christina's World, 1948.

 Songs:

Man Ray - The Futureheads (Lala Pop-Up)

Old Master Painter/You Are My Sunshine - Brian Wilson (YouTube)

Venus - Shocking Blue (YouTube)

Rene And Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After The War - Paul Simon (Spike.com, slightly NSFW)

How I Taught Myself To Scream - Los Campesinos! (YouTube)

Andy Warhol - David Bowie (YouTube)

It's Hip to Be Square

I have a lot of t-shirts; I've been collecting them for the last 22 years. Eventually they become paint stained, ripped, or deteriorate altogether. I've decided to recycle and quilt my old ones. I've got 14 ft by 4 ft worth of shirt fabric. Let's see what'll happen. The geometry of craft!


Here's the layout of one side, scaled down to a quarter.








Here are the cascading squares.










And of course, the sketchbook.













Songs (All Links to YouTube):

Hip to Be Square - Huey Lewis & The News

Hardest Geometry Problem In The World - Mark Mothersbaugh

The Cascades - Scott Joplin

Square One - Coldplay

Don't Tell Me To Do The Math(s) - Los Campesinos!