Before I Die...

Before I die is a project by artist and designer Candy Chang that asks people what's really important to them. The project took place on the side of an abandoned house in the artist's neighbourhood, and involved the community to really think about the important things in life, and turned a useless ugly building into something constructive, bringing the community and wider public together. Using panels covered in chalkboard paint allowed people to write responses and when it was filled, for the boards to be cleaned and wrote on again and again. The project lasted just over a month before the owners of the property wanted to start on renovations. The artist has plans to start this project elsewhere in New Orleans and also creating kits to allow people to recreate the project worldwide. You can find out more on Candy Chang's site here, and here are a few images of the project in action.

Alexandre Farto aka Vhils

Alexandre Farto aka Vhils is a Portugese street artist whose work is a little different to typical street artists, or graffiti artists. Vhils instead carves into existing walls, billboards, creating elegant portraits with a lot more depth and texture. Also working with metal and wood, everything about his art is natural, yet modern and urban. 

 billboards

 billboards

metal

You can see a lot more of his work on his personal website here.  

El Teide

El Teide is the highest mountain in Spain. Located in the Canary Islands, Tenerife the mountain is the highest point in the atlantic ocean. The norwegian artist who filmed the time-lapse 'The Mountain' was Terje Sorgjerd, and here's what he said about the experience;

"This was filmed between 4th and 11th April 2011. I had the pleasure of visiting El Teide.Spain´s highest mountain @(3718m) is one of the best places in the world to photograph the stars and is also the location of Teide Observatories, considered to be one of the world´s best observatories. 
The goal was to capture the beautiful Milky Way galaxy along with one of the most amazing mountains I know El Teide. I have to say this was one of the most exhausting trips I have done. There was a lot of hiking at high altitudes and probably less than 10 hours of sleep in total for the whole week. Having been here 10-11 times before I had a long list of must-see locations I wanted to capture for this movie, but I am still not 100% used to carrying around so much gear required for time-lapse movies.
A large sandstorm hit the Sahara Desert on the 9th April (bit.ly/​g3tsDW) and at approx 3am in the night the sandstorm hit me, making it nearly impossible to see the sky with my own eyes.
Interestingly enough my camera was set for a 5 hour sequence of the milky way during this time and I was sure my whole scene was ruined. To my surprise, my camera had managed to capture the sandstorm which was backlit by Grand Canary Island making it look like golden clouds. The Milky Way was shining through the clouds, making the stars sparkle in an interesting way. So if you ever wondered how the Milky Way would look through a Sahara sandstorm, look at 00:32."

Anyway the video speaks for itself, here it is!


The Mountain from TSO Photography on Vimeo.