20×200
20×200 is a simple concept - sell great art on the cheap, and offer lots of options for buyers. Here’s how they explain it:
large editions + low prices × the internet = art for everyone
We introduce two new pieces a week: one photo and one work on paper. Each image is available in three sizes.* The smallest size is reprinted in the largest batch – an edition of 200 – and sold at the lowest price – $20. Hence the name 20×200. (200×20 just didn’t sound as good.) We also offer bigger prints for bolder collectors - medium-sized editions of 20 for $200, and large-sized editions of 2 generally for $2000 (some of the large sized editions will actually be original pieces of art and prices will vary a bit). Every single print is delivered with a certificate of authenticity numbered by the artist.
Great idea. There’s only one catch - I was looking to actually pick up the $20 small version of the piece you see above, Dutch Club, Anaheim, California, but the price for shipping to Toronto actually doubles the cost of the art. So much for low prices. But hey, if you’re in the US, you’re in luck!
Art Hangover
While I didn’t take a whole lot of shots on Saturday night at Nuit Blanche with my SLR, this one is certainly one of my faves from Kristen Roos’ The Ghost Station project at the now abandoned Lower Bay Subway station in Yorkville. The irony of this shot is that this is an actively used subway car, yet it looks aged and abandoned.
I spent the entire night, iPhone in hand (which I plan to properly, and exhaustively review at some point still), sending text and photo updates over Toronto Hydro’s WiFi network live to blogTO, and it’s been getting a ton of good feedback from our readers.
For me, it was a really great experiment in several different kinds of technologies converging. In the early hours of the evening, I was ready to give up after having to deal with spotty WiFi coverage in central Toronto, but thankfully that got better as the night went by.
I’m sure I started to become a bit of a nuisance to friends I was out with for the night, stopping every 5 minutes while within range of a good access point to send a photo and sentence or two to the blog.
Part of covering these events as ‘media’ (however you define the term nowadays), is that I’m constantly looking out for interesting things to share, and while I get to experience it all, it can (and often is) highly demanding on my energy and attention to be passively or actively recording the information. I’m still feeling the hurt today of nearly a full 12 hours of walking, typing, and snapping. Was it all worth it though? Absolutely.
Liveblogging Nuit Blanche
I just got in a few hours ago from liveblogging the 12 hour Nuit Blanche. It was quite the experience to say the least. Check out the results at blogTO.
Your Guide to Nuit Blanche 2007
Photo by blogTO Flickr pool 2006 Nuit Blanche photo contest winner, scienceduck.
We’re mere days away from one of the city’s most anticipated artistic events of the year, and there’s certainly no shortage of buzz going along with this year’s Nuit Blanche. Dubbed the “free all-night contemporary art thing”, the Parisian-inspired Nuit Blanche will go on this Saturday from 7:03pm to sunrise on Sunday.
For those who had the chance to see some of what went down at last year’s event, and even for those who missed out, there was an unmistakable feeling of excitement and energy surrounding the night. This year, the 12-hour arts fest will be bigger than ever, with expanded zones and a surge in artist participation, it’s sure to be one hell of a night.
We’ve got you covered with an exhaustive guide and our picks for what to check out in each of the zones, as well as an interactive map for browsing the exhibits. All that, and more, after the jump.
The Movement Movement Runs Again
Fresh “off the presses” at blogTO, The Movement Movement Runs Again.
PostSecret
I wrote about PostSecret’s Frank Warren coming to Toronto a couple months back, which I sadly missed. PS has, and likely always will rank up there among my fav blogs to read. It’s also the most difficult to read though, revealing a lot of sometimes twisted things about people and the world in general.
Frank has put together a video describing the concept behind PS, and what he’s dealt with since starting the blog in its humble roots a few years back. Not only is the content of this blog moving, but it’s perfectly suited for this medium, as is usually the case with projects that bridge the gap between physical and virtual.
Terminal Zero One Touches Down at Pearson
I visited the Terminal Zero One digital arts exhibition during its launch on Canada Day yesterday, and had a chance to speak to some of the artists about the works they had put together. There’s a wide variety of takes on air travel from international security and human rights to the many icons and symbols we see throughout the airport.
Shimmy on over to blogTO for the full scoop.
Slammin’ it Pride Style
From the Pride Slam last night. Read my write-up over on blogTO.
Live Art at the Distillery
This is part 2 in a series of profiles on live art exhibits as part of the LuminaTO festival.
Besides the many live music shows happening at the Distillery District throughout the past week, it’s also been host to another type of performance: painting. Over a dozen artists and illustrators converged on the historic area of the city, contributing many diverse and brilliant works of art.
As I said earlier in the week, I think one of the most fascinating aspects of any artistic endeavor is its creation. Continue reading for a selection of before and after shots and a showcase of some of the art created in the Distillery District this past week.
Open Source Art
This is part 1 in a series of profiles on live art exhibits as part of the LuminaTO festival.
Two of the most prevalent themes of the LuminaTO festival are without a doubt interactivity and collaboration. Coming from a technology background, I always find some of the most compelling innovations in the industry have come from transparent collaborations between groups of people. This is often defined as “open source” development.
Be it the completely open contribution-based community behind Wikipedia, the democratically inspired nature of digg, or the more ambitious Open Architecture Network, there never seems to be enough cooks in the kitchen when it comes to forging new ideas.
I’m of the opinion that the same holds true for art. Discovering the many layers of complexity that go in to creating a work of art only serves to further enhance its underlying beauty. As it turns out, the opportunity to observe and influence the creation of many works of art is right at our fingertips all through this week.
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Adam is a User Experience Specialist at IBM in Toronto and also produces content of all kinds around the Web.
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