Jason Warriner

Conceptual Zoo

jaywar — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:46:27 +0000

There’s an interesting post over at one of my favorite blogs (pruned) that discuss the idea of creating a zoo that documents human interaction with animals and the environment through exhibits. It would be an interesting place to be, especially if it could avoid being too strident or simplistic.

Cool?

jaywar — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:58:40 +0000

Prospect Magazine had an interesting blurb by Brian Eno a few months ago titled The Death of Uncool. I’m always a little leery of any “Death of” articles, but it’s by Eno! I think that phrase has lost it’s ability to provoke, but quibbles aside, I think it has been pretty obvious for a while now that dominant stylistic trends have definitely become less, well, dominant. They are still there though… these paradigms are more like diffuse trends, than dominant narratives. Which has more to do with the generally fractured nature of culture at all levels than anything else. Within the various cultural niches there are still ideas about cool/uncool floating around but it is good to see a more fluid, layered and permeable culture at work.

Art Benefit Sale

jaywar — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 23:23:09 +0000

I have a piece of art for sale at the upcoming 21 Grand benefit art sale this Friday, June 4th. If you can, stop by and say hi.

First Synthetic Life Form

jaywar — Fri, 21 May 2010 00:08:14 +0000

On the subject of synthetic life, scientists today announced they they created the first synthetic bacteria cell.

Synthetic Water Sounds

jaywar — Wed, 19 May 2010 15:51:23 +0000

Scientists created synthesized water drop sounds by modeling the way a real water drop creates sound.

Carbon Absorbing Artificial Trees

jaywar — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:31:13 +0000

Because I can’t resist a good story about simulated nature: Klaus S. Lackner has formed a company to develop artificial treess that will absorb larger amounts of carbon than their real counterparts. If these synthetic forests are built, I wonder what a future civilization will make of the remains of these sim-forests… perhaps they’ll mistake them for some sort of religious monument or maybe they’ll be designated future World Heritage Sites, marking early efforts to combat global climate change. Only time will tell…

One more show to see…

jaywar — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:23:02 +0000

My friend Sherin has a show opening April 3rd in LA at LAXArt. Check it out!

Art Show to Check out in LA

jaywar — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:38:23 +0000

Some friends of mine have a show opening in LA on March 20th at the CB1 Gallery.

Sherin Guirguis Studio Visit

jaywar — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:59:07 +0000

Check out this writeup my friend Sherin got in Beautiful Decay!

New Series of Drawings Added

jaywar — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 05:19:11 +0000

I added a new series of drawings I have been working on for a while: Old Sketches for a New Beginning. These pieces will connect to some video work I am currently developing—I have no idea when that will be done…