Comments on: Artist's amazing self-camouflage http://boingboing.net/2009/12/01/artists-amazing-self.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 03:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Sean Blueart http://boingboing.net/2009/12/01/artists-amazing-self.html#comment-652816 Sean Blueart Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-652816 Also: http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2008/12/emma-hack-takes-body-art-to-new-level.html Also:

http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2008/12/emma-hack-takes-body-art-to-new-level.html

]]> By: sbarnes2 http://boingboing.net/2009/12/01/artists-amazing-self.html#comment-652562 sbarnes2 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-652562 http://the4thstar.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/arrested-development-arrested-development-650655_1024_768.jpg http://the4thstar.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/arrested-development-arrested-development-650655_1024_768.jpg

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/01/artists-amazing-self.html#comment-1132311 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1132311 Liu Bolin has been doing his Hiding in the City series since 2005. It started as a political commentary on the tensions between the Chinese government and their people and the identity an environment gives an individual and vice versa. Liu Bolin will be exhibiting at Eli Klein Fine Art in New York from June 29 - August 28, 2011. Eli Klein Fine Art represents him exclusively in North and South America. More images can be found on www.ekfineart.com. Liu Bolin has been doing his Hiding in the City series since 2005. It started as a political commentary on the tensions between the Chinese government and their people and the identity an environment gives an individual and vice versa. Liu Bolin will be exhibiting at Eli Klein Fine Art in New York from June 29 – August 28, 2011. Eli Klein Fine Art represents him exclusively in North and South America. More images can be found on http://www.ekfineart.com.

]]> By: grima http://boingboing.net/2009/12/01/artists-amazing-self.html#comment-653081 grima Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-653081 If they haven't already, the US military will be seeking this guy out. If they haven’t already, the US military will be seeking this guy out.

]]> By: the r kelly http://boingboing.net/2009/12/01/artists-amazing-self.html#comment-653337 the r kelly Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-653337 To all y'all saying this is not impressive as art because the guy didn't paint himself...himself: You apparently have zero concept of what 'art' means in our modern world; it has become more than adeptly applying paint to canvas in a way that accurately depicts reality. If you can't understand that the act of making the individual invisible (or rather, I would argue, making the invisible individual become visible) in a nation like China is a legitimate artistic enterprise, then I just feel bad for you. There's a little more going on here than "oh that dude disappeared against a background lol" To all y’all saying this is not impressive as art because the guy didn’t paint himself…himself:

You apparently have zero concept of what ‘art’ means in our modern world; it has become more than adeptly applying paint to canvas in a way that accurately depicts reality.

If you can’t understand that the act of making the individual invisible (or rather, I would argue, making the invisible individual become visible) in a nation like China is a legitimate artistic enterprise, then I just feel bad for you.

There’s a little more going on here than “oh that dude disappeared against a background lol”

]]> By: Razzabeth http://boingboing.net/2009/12/01/artists-amazing-self.html#comment-652577 Razzabeth Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-652577 MIND = BLOWN MIND = BLOWN

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/01/artists-amazing-self.html#comment-652578 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-652578 Eh. I feel that single angle concealment of this type really shouldn't be be refered to as camouflage. True camouflage exists for the purpose of providing the greatest general concealment in the greatest number of terrains and from the greatest number of vantage points. The trouble is, the average person doesn't find real camouflage nearly as interesting as these clever little camera tricks because they fail to appreciate the sheer intricacies of modern camouflage design. Of course, in my opinion the most impressive forms of camouflage are not physical, but psychological. Hiding in plain site, exploiting people's assumptions, and even blending in non-visual ways are all underappreciated artforms that blow the most advanced camouflague and concealment tricks out of the water. ~D. Walker Eh. I feel that single angle concealment of this type really shouldn’t be be refered to as camouflage.

True camouflage exists for the purpose of providing the greatest general concealment in the greatest number of terrains and from the greatest number of vantage points. The trouble is, the average person doesn’t find real camouflage nearly as interesting as these clever little camera tricks because they fail to appreciate the sheer intricacies of modern camouflage design.

Of course, in my opinion the most impressive forms of camouflage are not physical, but psychological. Hiding in plain site, exploiting people’s assumptions, and even blending in non-visual ways are all underappreciated artforms that blow the most advanced camouflague and concealment tricks out of the water.

~D. Walker

]]> By: robulus http://boingboing.net/2009/12/01/artists-amazing-self.html#comment-652584 robulus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-652584 Yeah, Flashman, superlatives are THE WORST THING EVER. Yeah, Flashman, superlatives are THE WORST THING EVER.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/01/artists-amazing-self.html#comment-655149 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-655149 the octocamo¡ hell yeah¡ the octocamo¡ hell yeah¡

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2009/12/01/artists-amazing-self.html#comment-652594 David Pescovitz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-652594 Flashman, Thank you for getting inside my head and correcting me on what bends my own mind. Flashman, Thank you for getting inside my head and correcting me on what bends my own mind.

]]> By: bookbuff http://boingboing.net/2009/12/01/artists-amazing-self.html#comment-652600 bookbuff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-652600 Some of these bb blogs are worth just a snicker, but aren't worth commenting on. This might be one of them. Let's all agree to say wow neato and move on. Some of these bb blogs are worth just a snicker, but aren’t worth commenting on. This might be one of them. Let’s all agree to say wow neato and move on.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/01/artists-amazing-self.html#comment-653889 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-653889 Snake? Snake! SNAAAAKKE! Snake? Snake! SNAAAAKKE!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/01/artists-amazing-self.html#comment-652610 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-652610 see Verushka, an German artist who did this in the mid-70s, including an incredible piece where her head is part of a pile of stones. her stuff was mind-bending then. this is cool, but really pretty derivative... see Verushka, an German artist who did this in the mid-70s, including an incredible piece where her head is part of a pile of stones. her stuff was mind-bending then. this is cool, but really pretty derivative…

]]> By: Cunning http://boingboing.net/2009/12/01/artists-amazing-self.html#comment-652870 Cunning Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-652870 "I pick Liu!" "No fair, you always pick Liu..." -dialog between hide-and-go-seek teams Shandong Province Prepatory School Recess, 1982 “I pick Liu!”
“No fair, you always pick Liu…”

-dialog between hide-and-go-seek teams
Shandong Province Prepatory School
Recess, 1982

]]> By: Pantograph http://boingboing.net/2009/12/01/artists-amazing-self.html#comment-652872 Pantograph Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-652872 Ahhh that Pescovitz fellow. Knew him back in Burma... Splendid chap but alas his mind was easily bent. Ahhh that Pescovitz fellow. Knew him back in Burma… Splendid chap but alas his mind was easily bent.

]]> By: c0nn0r http://boingboing.net/2009/12/01/artists-amazing-self.html#comment-652370 c0nn0r Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-652370 Solid Snake? Solid Snake?

]]> By: arkizzle / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/12/01/artists-amazing-self.html#comment-652389 arkizzle / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-652389 They're all excellent, but the last one is really nicely done. They’re all excellent, but the last one is really nicely done.

]]> By: octopod http://boingboing.net/2009/12/01/artists-amazing-self.html#comment-652645 octopod Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-652645 awesome, etc awesome, etc

]]> By: Ian70 http://boingboing.net/2009/12/01/artists-amazing-self.html#comment-652396 Ian70 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-652396 Damn, I actually didn't see him in the top photo for, like, 10 seconds. Damn, I actually didn’t see him in the top photo for, like, 10 seconds.

]]> By: abe lugo http://boingboing.net/2009/12/01/artists-amazing-self.html#comment-652419 abe lugo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-652419 This cool, but the only downfall is that it only works from the perspective of the image. This effect can be done with two shots and some photoshop work in a few min. but nontheless actually doing it is a lot of work, blog worth, meh. if this artist comes up with a freakin harry potter invisibility cloak, please blog about it. This cool, but the only downfall is that it only works from the perspective of the image.
This effect can be done with two shots and some photoshop work in a few min.
but nontheless actually doing it is a lot of work, blog worth, meh. if this artist comes up with a freakin harry potter invisibility cloak, please blog about it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/01/artists-amazing-self.html#comment-652435 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-652435 i think the point is that he didn't use photoshop - that he painted his body to match... there's the artistry. cheap photoshop tricks are for hacks i think the point is that he didn’t use photoshop – that he painted his body to match… there’s the artistry. cheap photoshop tricks are for hacks

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2009/12/01/artists-amazing-self.html#comment-652448 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-652448 An incredible piece of art isn't that impressive because it would be possible to create a similar image in Photoshop? You must be a lot of fun on a gallery tour. An incredible piece of art isn’t that impressive because it would be possible to create a similar image in Photoshop? You must be a lot of fun on a gallery tour.

]]> By: burtmobain http://boingboing.net/2009/12/01/artists-amazing-self.html#comment-652456 burtmobain Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-652456 The Boingster must be running out of material. The Boingster must be running out of material.

]]> By: agoodsandwich http://boingboing.net/2009/12/01/artists-amazing-self.html#comment-652712 agoodsandwich Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-652712 Um....so why did you comment? Are you just trying to be meta? And so commanding, to boot. Actually, I'd really like to know. If I find something so uninteresting, I usually just move on and stop thinking about it. Um….so why did you comment? Are you just trying to be meta? And so commanding, to boot.

Actually, I’d really like to know. If I find something so uninteresting, I usually just move on and stop thinking about it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/01/artists-amazing-self.html#comment-652463 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-652463 I saw some of his work in the Metro last year I think, in a similar "look at him, isn't that kooky" article. I'd be surprised if this guy wasn't censored in China though. The whole message I'm getting from it is the invisibility of the people in the face of the uncompromising state. He's painted entire families in red to fade in with the background of the Chinese flag. He stands invisible in front of symbols of power and slogans. I like it. I saw some of his work in the Metro last year I think, in a similar “look at him, isn’t that kooky” article.

I’d be surprised if this guy wasn’t censored in China though. The whole message I’m getting from it is the invisibility of the people in the face of the uncompromising state.

He’s painted entire families in red to fade in with the background of the Chinese flag. He stands invisible in front of symbols of power and slogans.

I like it.

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2009/12/01/artists-amazing-self.html#comment-652724 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-652724 I liken it to insulting the hosts choice of art or music at a party you found an invitation to. I liken it to insulting the hosts choice of art or music at a party you found an invitation to.

]]> By: scifijazznik http://boingboing.net/2009/12/01/artists-amazing-self.html#comment-652473 scifijazznik Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-652473 Do you complain that Picasso's paintings wouldn't have been so blocky if he just been standing 3 feet to the left? I was going to call you a Captain Curmudgeon, but <b>Brainspore</b> already beat me to the punch. Do you complain that Picasso’s paintings wouldn’t have been so blocky if he just been standing 3 feet to the left?

I was going to call you a Captain Curmudgeon, but Brainspore already beat me to the punch.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/01/artists-amazing-self.html#comment-652732 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-652732 I found this artist's work interesting and worth posting. I found this artist’s work interesting and worth posting.

]]> By: Dave Faris http://boingboing.net/2009/12/01/artists-amazing-self.html#comment-652478 Dave Faris Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-652478 Neato. Neato.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/01/artists-amazing-self.html#comment-652742 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-652742 Forget all the posturing on how impressive it is, how do you even do that? How do you accurately paint yourself into a complex, multi-dimensional scene from a point of perspective some 20 feet away from where you're standing? Forget all the posturing on how impressive it is, how do you even do that? How do you accurately paint yourself into a complex, multi-dimensional scene from a point of perspective some 20 feet away from where you’re standing?

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