the finger by oded ezer

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© poster designed and photographed by oded ezer, 2008 

oded ezer recently sent us images of his new typo art project, 'the finger'. the piece is an imaginary landscape
of hebrew letters. it was originally created as a homage to the israeli poet, choreographer and art critic
hezi leskley (1952-1994), echoing the title of his first book, published in 1986. 
the project consists on a short movie and a poster.




© movie directed by oded ezer, edited and sound designed by salomé, 2008

oded ezer's website: http://www.odedezer.com

'the question is the compliment' by matthew brannon at friedrich petzel

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matthew brannon’s installation at the whitney biennial 2008

‘the question is a compliment’ is the new exhibit of works by new york artist matthew brannon. located at 
friedrich petzel gallery, the show began on may 22nd and will continue until july 11th. the american artist mixes 
letter-pressed illustrations with snippets of text to create odd, humourous and often subversive narratives. 
his work was included in this year’s whitney biennale.

http://www.petzel.com


matthew brannon’s installation at the whitney biennial 2008


‘room service’, 2008


‘room service’, 2008 text: you catch yourself standing in the check-out line. embarrassed for yourself. our definition of 
art so progressive and yet. here you are. buying art supplies at the art supply store. in front of you the undergraduate 
with a shopping list. behind you the retired hobbyist. is this really any job for an adult? can you really speak of what 
you do without cringing? a grown man talking about his feelings. when you're introduced to your friends' friends how 
can you begin to explain what you do?


‘rough trade’, 2008


‘rough trade’, 2008 text: guess. no guess again. think back. no that's no even close. remember when i told you i did 
something i shouldn't have done? in new york. that guy in the piano bar? yeah. well i did. i fucked him. and he's 
here tonight. and you were right. he is the author.


‘not necessary’, 2008


‘not necessary’, 2008 text: before we begin. i'd like to thank everyone who made this evening possible. first there's... 
whose countless hours and faith in this project... and... who took the bullet when... and... whose selflessness 
opened many doors once closed. and of course... who knew what questions to ask and which to avoid, who 
provided the rent when there was none. and to the late... you are all in our thoughts tonight.


matthew brannon’s installation at the whitney biennial 2008

2008 turner prize shortlist

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'non verbal' by cathy wilkes, 2005

earlier this week, the 2008 turner prize nominees were announced. video artist runa islam, english artist 
mark leckey, goshka macuga from poland and sculptor cathy wilkes were selected. the controversial contest 
is quite important in england and is very influential in the art market. in case you are unfamiliar with the history 
of the turner prize, the mori art museum in tokyo's roppongi hills mori tower is currently showing a retrospective 
of past winners. the shortlisted artists of this year's prize will all be exhibiting at the tate britain beginning on 
september 30, 2008. the winner will be announced on december 4th.


'objects in relation' installation shot by goshka macuga, 2007


'resident poster' & 'felix gets broadcasted' production still by mark leckey, 2007


'be the first to see what you see as you see it' film stills by runa islam , 2004

work by artist anna de vries

'eye candy', 2007 (made with janis ponisch)

work by netherlands based artist anne de vries.

http://www.annedevries.info

'smashing a rainbow', 2007

ring dome by mass studies in milan

storefront for art and architecture gallery teamed up with abitare magazine to bring a new version of 
mass studies' ring dome to milan for the salone del mobile. the dome was installed in the galleria vittorio emanuele 
shopping arcade in central milan and used 1,500 hula-hoops and 12,000 zip-ties. inside the installation, a series 
of events took place including a dialogue between hans ulrich obrist, pierre paulin and rem koolhaas and many 
other participants including naoto fukasawa, gaetano pesce and oliviero toscani.

designboom interviewed mass studies' principal architect minsuk cho while he was in milan. read the full interview

http://massstudies.com

Ben Hopson's Kinetic Letter Machines

brooklyn based designer ben hopson created this project to develop methods for sketching motion concepts. 
his 'simplify' series explored kinetic motion using the letter of the word 'simplify'. each letter was dissected and 
brought to life through a series of mechanics that animated the letter exploding, spinning and returning 
to their letter form. the concept was originally developed for a television commercial. make sure to watch all 
the videos on hopson's website, and note that the project ended before he completed the letter 'm'.

http://benhopson.com