moon

source: moonmoonmoonmoon

The instant a touch is made, things are set in motion. Make a drawing to reach out and be touched. Drawing together we are drawn together. This is how we make a difference in the world, on micro and macro levels, individually and collectively. Touch the moon by drawing on it – a vision, doodle, statement, a greeting, thought. . . your drawing is a hinge between you, everyone else, and the universe.

By connecting in spaces for imagination – by determining what to share and how to share it – we can create a greater outcome. Through messages and non-verbal communication, in a language unique to each person, the collective work becomes a testament to personal freedom, creativity, and activity.

Celebrate with us the gathering of creative powers from around the globe to mark the passage from nothing to something and from thinking into doing. Savour this moment of transformation. Leave your fingerprint and see the shared moon grow as others reach out too. Let’s show the world that together our marks matter. Creativity defies boundaries.

Ideas, wind, and air no one can stop.

Ai Weiwei and Olafur Eliasson
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source: falling-walls

For the first time, artists Ai Weiwei and Olafur Eliasson will collaborate on a common project and appear together at the Falling Walls Conference in Berlin. While Eliasson will be on stage at the Radialsystem, Ai Weiwei will join the conference via live video from his studio in China. Together they will present their latest work – a digital public platform celebrating the freedom of expression.

Olafur Eliasson and Ai Weiwei are both visionary and leading figures of the art world. With their upcoming project they will explore the power of digital and social media as a space for interaction and creative expression beyond external borders.

Ai Weiwei is a frequent user of digital media, using Twitter, Instagram and other online social forums for international correspondence and as a medium for his artistic work. One of the most prominent Chinese dissidents, Weiwei openly displays his critical view of the Chinese government and its human rights violations, in particular the lack of freedom of speech. He has paid for both his activism and critical art with time in prison for alleged economic crimes against the state, and the loss of his Shanghai studio space, which was demolished under official orders. The authorities have not yet returned his passport, preventing him from attending his numerous shows outside China, including his recent participation at the Venice Biennale, or commencing his work as a visiting professor at the Berlin University of the Arts. Despite these constraints, Ai Weiwei continues to use art and digital media to promote individualism among his fellow citizens.

Olafur Eliasson has a unique ability to challenge the conventions of space, time and society in the city by melding emotions with the mechanics of perception. Named “a model for a future art” by the NY Times, Eliasson built artificial waterfalls along the shorelines of Manhattan and Brooklyn, dyed rivers green in Los Angeles, Stockholm and Tokyo, and staged a sunset in the Turbine Hall of Tate Modern. Eliasson’s Berlin studio is a creative factory of over seventy professionals from the most diverse backgrounds.

As a professor at the Berlin University of the Arts, Eliasson set up the Institute for Spatial Experiments in his Studio, an experiment in alternative arts education. Eliasson is co- founder of Little Sun GmbH, a social entrepreneurship to distribute his Little Sun solar lamp in off-grid regions around the world.

At the 2013 Falling Walls Conference, Olafur Eliasson hosts the opening session and introduces an unprecedented collaboration with artist and activist Ai Weiwei, connected via web broadcast from Beijing. Together, they address the topics of freedom and creative collaboration with an ambitious public platform.
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source: designboom

ai weiwei and olafur eliasson have partnered up on a global interactive art project which encourages collaborative drawing. ‘moon‘ is a digital canvas, which invites individuals to draw on its surface, whether it be a phrase, a doodle, a thought, a greeting–your mark acting as a catalyst for further communication between you and the rest of the universe, whoever is out there.
up close of the collection of drawings that have already been contributed to ‘moon’ starting out as a blank, white, glowing lunar form, ‘moon’ is slowly growing into a space where people’s imaginations are running wild, acting as a platform in which one can send messages through non-verbal methods, offering complete and total freedom to participants to do what they wish within their square of space.
the digital canvas accepts doodles, statements, drawings, thoughts… anything you wish to express you can contribute to ‘moon’ simply by logging in via facebook, twitter or e-mail, and make your impression alongside the many others who have already engaged in the creative project. see the ‘moon’ in action at: www.moonmoonmoonmoon.com
mark created by ai weiwei ‘celebrate with us the gathering of creative powers from around the globe to mark the passage from nothing to something and from thinking into doing. savour this moment of transformation. leave your fingerprint and see the shared moon grow as others reach out too. let’s show the world that together our marks matter. creativity defies boundaries.’
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source: core77

From far away, ‘Moon,’ a project by Ai Weiwei and Olafur Eliasson, looks just like you’d expect it to—round and pale with a few craters here and there. Zoom in and you’ll quickly find that the craters are individual pieces of art and words working together to create a moon-like landscape from a distance. As in the previously-seen “Epic Exquisite Corpse,” the interactive project is an exercise in what we’ll call ‘crowdsketching.’ The experience begins with a word from the artists:

“Turn nothing into something—make a drawing, make a mark. Connect with others through this space of imagination. Look at other people’s drawings and share them with the world. Be part of the growing community to celebrate how creative expression transcends external borders and internal constraints. We are in this world together.
Ideas, wind, and air no one can stop.”

You don’t need an account to zoom in and view previous moon markings, but you do need one if you’re planning on adding anything of your own. You can find out who made the mark you’re looking at and when it was created if you click on the image.

We can only hope that this creative space doesn’t become a breeding ground for phallic portraits and rude comments—’Epic Exquisite Corpse’ has a fair share of that—but the outlook is already bleak. But there are some gems, if you look close (and long) enough. Some of the best things I’ve discovered after exploring the Moon for a bit: an unusual life-altering revelation about cake, a quasi-pointillist portrait of Heisenberg and a (sort of) morbid version of the Man in the Moon.
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source: conaltrimezzi

Prende il via Moon, il nuovo progetto di Ai WeiWei e Olafur Eliasson. Una piattaforma online dove scambiare e condividere con tutto il mondo la propria creatività. Creativity defies boundaries!

«Turn nothing into something – make a drawing, make a mark. Connect with others through this space of imagination. Look at other people’s drawings and share them with the world. Be part of the growing community to celebrate how creative expression transcends external borders and internal constraints. We are in this world together».

Così si apre il sito che accoglie Moon, il nuovo progetto dei grandi artisti Ai WeiWei e Olafur Eliasson che ha il preso il via il 9 novembre. Si tratta di una piattaforma online animata da una grande sfera bianca posta al centro della pagina principale del sito. Gli user sono invitati a lasciare una traccia del loro passaggio scrivendo o disegnando sulla sfera bianca, oppure a darci semplicemente un’occhiata e vedere come gradualmente viene ricoperta dalle scritte altrui.
Lo spazio dell’impossible per antonomasia, la luna, diventa lo spazio del possibile. Un foglio bianco, un luogo inospitale che, attraverso un gesto artistico colletivo, può diventare uno spazio proprio, vivo. Un’arte che crea vita, che trasforma il pensiero in qualcosa di concreto, che da forma al nulla, che supera ogni barriera e che permette di dare voce a tutti.

«Celebrate with us the gathering of creative powers from around the globe to mark the passage from nothing to something and from thinking into doing. Leave your fingerprint and see the shared moon grow as others reach out too. Let’s show the world that together our marks matter. Creativity defies boundaries».