tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post2279281234485981821..comments2023-08-20T05:06:10.517-04:00Comments on The Year in Pictures: Idris KhanThe Year in Pictureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523797971986864363noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-84978369763756518732009-03-18T16:04:00.000-04:002009-03-18T16:04:00.000-04:00I wish I would have seen this post sooner... I am ...I wish I would have seen this post sooner... I am working with the same <A HREF="http://gergkaufman.blogspot.com/2009/02/type-findings-more.html" REL="nofollow">subject matter</A> of overlaying video stills (from <I>City of Lost Children)</I> like <A HREF="http://neuschaefer-rube.de/index.php?/ongoing/movie-pictures/" REL="nofollow">Dennis Neuschaefer-Rube</A>... unfortunately I didn't realize this technique being was already being done. For typography experiments, I wanted to see what the type looked like if I got rid of the noisy image, so I asked myself 'what other mediums deal with time'? well music. I took every line of a couple of albums and laid them on top of one another to create some interesting results. Then I found out this was already being done with kahn... seems I'm always a step behind. I then took each line and compressed it into a pixel to build letters from. My friend josh created a <A HREF="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uQJV-kvEE2c/SaJFDjdWdEI/AAAAAAAAAxc/DXPDTEoE1gw/s1600-h/Triangle+Alphabet.jpg" REL="nofollow">modular type face</A> for which i applied the pixels to. The name of the album is made up of the lyrics from the songs. <A HREF="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uQJV-kvEE2c/SaJDHucW1GI/AAAAAAAAAxU/1o-Ek1pUWxc/s1600-h/aenima.jpg" REL="nofollow">aenima</A> and <A HREF="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uQJV-kvEE2c/SaJC6YbhPnI/AAAAAAAAAxM/HBqf3_prcow/s1600-h/youth_novels.jpg" REL="nofollow">youth novels</A><BR/>The different type faces are chosen based on genre of music, the first one being TOOL (metal) and second lykke li (light, angelic, folk sounding). <BR/>Thanks for sharing these other artists. I hope my work can inspire some discussion as wellgerg werkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18079472469101190191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-52756491384706738022007-11-29T09:52:00.000-05:002007-11-29T09:52:00.000-05:00James,Thank you for this look-see. I don't get to ...James,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for this look-see. I don't get to Miami Basel often enough (never)<BR/><BR/>Surprised no one has mentioned Sheerie Levine - I wonder why Idris Khan's work is not as challenging conceptually as Levine.<BR/><BR/>I'd love to see them in person. Do you have any in house?<BR/><BR/>RussellRussell Kayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03300607152857141171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-39547714897648933172007-11-21T04:40:00.000-05:002007-11-21T04:40:00.000-05:00Joerg and Greg - Thank you for your comments. I h...Joerg and Greg - Thank you for your comments. I had seen Salavon's work and was curious whether Khan had seen it, but presumed the similarity was coincidental. When you see Khan's work in person it seems fully realized and not derivative. I thought Salavon's work was both interesting and good, and obviously original given when it was done, but it didn't take me where Khan's did. I guess I prefer the cerebral quality of Khan vs. 76 Blow Jobs. But I did like the Homes for Sale series.The Year in Pictureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523797971986864363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-45553940558870937922007-11-20T10:09:00.000-05:002007-11-20T10:09:00.000-05:00James, Are you familiar with the work of Jason Sal...James, Are you familiar with the work of <A HREF="http://salavon.com/work.php" REL="nofollow">Jason Salavon</A>? I can't say I've seen anything in person, but he has quite a number of works using the same overlay technique--often with a more risque, or at least "vernacular", subject matter. I think he's also coming at it from more of an interest in information visualization than Khan is, but the comparison still goes beyond the purely technical. I particularly enjoyed looking at Khan's Turner postcards image with some of Salavon's <A HREF="http://salavon.com/HomesforSale/HomesforSale.shtml" REL="nofollow">Homes for Sale</A> series. Thanks for the post, and the new blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-75542774288611430612007-11-20T08:56:00.000-05:002007-11-20T08:56:00.000-05:00This certainly is an interesting technique, and th...This certainly is an interesting technique, and the Becher one I love (it appears to have been used on a CD cover by a rock band). But then once you see a few, it's a bit harder to see where this all goes. It's a bit like Thomas Ruff's new work on jpegs - the first set I found quite spectacular, but now that there's a second (or third) set (and show!) I'm wondering whether there shouldn't be something else... Know what I mean?Joerghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11529751354704343815noreply@blogger.com