There’s a new breed of excitement, often hidden behind a dense smothering of faux-cynicism, pulsing through the veins of the world’s creative industries right now. As virtual reality becomes less virtual and more reality it’s becoming increasingly apparent that artists, photographers, filmmakers, designers and architects are about to pounce. With endless possible applications and limitless creative potential, those who thrive on the extraction of oneself from the “real” world are ready to harness new technology and take their audience to places previously only accessible within the artist’s mind.

‘A two-hour, virtual reality-enhanced walk through London that challenges you to reconsider space and time’
Independent | May 19, 2016 | Milly Burroughs

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Located in a busy shopping center in Prague, this twisting and reflective sculpture depicting the head of writer Franz Kafka is the latest kinetic artwork by controversial Czech artist David Cerny. Installed in 2014, the enormous mirrored bust is comprised of 42 independently driven layers of stainless steel and weighs in at some 45 tons. The piece brilliantly reveals Kafka’s tortured personality and unrelenting self doubt that plagued him his entire life. The layering of objects is a common motif for Cerny who built a similar rotating head that also functions as a fountain titled Metalmorphosis. (thnx, Chelsea & Diana!)

‘A Rotating 42-Layer Sculpture of Franz Kafka’s Head by David Cerny’
Colossal | May 18, 2016 | Christopher Jobson

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Can street art increase the value of your home? The anecdotal answer, based on many English properties selling for up to double their regular prices thanks to the Banksy murals painted on them, is yes. But now a study has been done to determine what, if any, effect street art—and art in general—has on the property values of entire neighborhoods.

‘How Street Art Raises Neighborhood Housing Prices’
co.exist | May 6, 2016 | Charlie Sorrel

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Co-directors Ian Roderick Gray and Dylan Harvey may be as good at performing in front of an audience as they are at calling the shots behind the camera. Their new film, The Banksy Job, looks remarkably like the 2010 mockumentary Exit Through the Gift Shop, but Gray and Harvey maintain that the whole thing is unscripted. During the Q&A after a Tribeca Film Festival screening earlier this week, the pair kept straight faces as they answered questions about their wild protagonist, AK47 (“AK” stands for Art Kaida, his “art terrorist” organization). “You can’t script a madman,” they said.

‘A Documentary About the Artist Who Stole Banksy’s Work Out of Spite’
Hyperallergic |  April 22, 2016 | Alina Cohen

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It’s no secret that good placement can make or break a piece or street art or a mural. That can mean picking the perfect place to install an artwork, or responding to the space that’s available and making something that takes that space into consideration. Think of it this way: Site-specific should mean the work is in some way specific to a site, not simply located at a site. And when art is site-specific, it can make a big difference. Recently, some artists practicing good placement have really caught my eye. Here are a few examples: 

‘Placement makes perfect’
Vandalog | April 20, 2016 | RJ Rushmore

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Call it a survival instinct to be accepted by the tribe (or vanity or whatever), but there’s something insanely satisfying about seeing “Like” notifications blow up on our phones. As any Instagram megastar will tell you, this simple self-esteem booster can require serious scenery scouting in order create the most visually stunning (and double tap-worthy) feed.

‘LA’s Most Instagrammable Walls and Street Art for Snapping Like-Worthy Shots’
LA Racked | January 20, 2016 | DANIELLE DIRECTO-MESTON

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