In December I want to begin with a series of articles aimed at exploring the basic principles behind the art journal magazine weekly focus. Expanding ideas, concepts and DIY web projects for the creative folk in all of us. With a ranging motivational focus based on inspiring, informing and interacting with our community of creative smart masses. Those of you who have already followed, subscribed and shared the grassroots online project; we say: Cheers

“Matter only matters when matter is broken”

–Apex

These articles represent a hybrid collection of ideas, brainstorming thoughts and exercises in visual thinking. Published online using a magazine style format no different than Artforum print magazine. The public is always invited to share, read, comment and subscribe to the magazine by following us.

As I leave the “Crazy” talk rhetoric for those of you involved in the critique business. I think is important to highlight those who where beyond the curve in their writing when describing the”normalcy” of the shitstorm before them. Dr.Hunter S Thomson; I always summon your artistic spirit in times of creative funk in an effort to stay focus on the body of work yet to come. You might be incline to call us “trolls” of the internet or some sort of abstraction but in fact:

I think therefore I blog.

That is the premiss behind the art journal magazine project.

DSC | Magazine Editor In Chief

The Articles

May 2013 | Dec 2013

1. Content is king
2. Digital Monsters
3. Picasso Baby
4. DIY WordPress Essentials
5. American Otaku Series
6. Street Graphics
7. The Facebook Effect
8. Sol Lewitt | At the Park

Content Is King:

• A short story about the purchase of the Washington Times by Jeff Bezos and the redistribution of content on the web

Digital Monsters:

• Book review series behind the art of digital collage printmaking. Showcasing fine art digital c prints culled from imaginative sources and collage referencing material.

Picasso Baby:

• Short story thesis on art and class. Analyzing the role of contemporary art criticism within a digital context framework.

DIY WP | Essentials:

• Part one in a comprehensive series exploring best practices, essential guidelines and tools for developing your own web projects using WordPress.

American Otaku Series:

• Series one documentary photo collage essay investigating NYC comic con, Otaku culture and cosplay outfit design.

Street Graphics:

• Introductory look at street graphics photography as a valid form of art making.

The Facebook Effect:

• In societies of modern consumption, life presents itself as one giant “status update” spectacle. The FB effect is a series overview on how the social media giant is shaping how we interact and communicate ideas of the web today.

Sol Lewitt | At The Park

• A pithy essay describing the powerful and monumental contributions of Sol Lewitt in the field of  1970’s conceptual art. Ideas and concepts before the role of aesthetics was a powerful theory when introduced by Lewitt’s generation. Concepts which are evident today within contemporary and performance art.

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