giovedì 22 maggio 2014

Play me,I'm yours

This article about is a kind of contest call "Play me,I'm yours.It's an interactive project that involves placing pianos in cities for people to play.A street piano is a piano placed in the street which passersby are encouraged to play. The best known example comes from the Play Me, I'm Yours project by artist Luke Jerram. The concept originated quite by accident in Sheffield, England.The project is intended to challenge the prohibition of playing music in public places without special arrangement. It prompts members of the public to use the piano, regardless of skill and popularity. Typically, a musician would have been stopped from playing outside the City of London and Sing London festival.When the project gets to Boston in 2013, over 1000 pianos will have been installed in 38 cities for example:Birmingham,Sao Paulo,Toronto,Sydney,London,Bristol,Barcelona,New York etc...In Sheffield,The Street Piano was a piano on the pavement on Sharrow Vale Road. It was originally left outside temporarily because the owner could not get it up the steps into his new house. As a social experiment the owner and a friend then attached a sign inviting passersby to play the piano for free. This offer was taken up by a great many people and the piano became a part of the local community. It survived for over a year, including being stolen and subsequently replaced by a newer model (with several volunteers willing to provide a new one)
The original street piano in Sheffield belonged to a family from Middlesbrough for decades before moving, with the daughter of the family, ending up in Sheffield. The original piano stool and music book holder did not make it on to Sharrow Vale Rd, parting company after many happy years together.
The piano became the centre of a local campaign once the council decided it constituted an abandoned item, and the campaign to save it spread quickly to local news outlets, with several articles on Indymedia. As of July 2006 a spokesman said in an interview for the National BBC Radio 4 that the piano was no longer under threat of removal. However, it was eventually removed in 2008 because of weather damage.


martedì 20 maggio 2014

Chewing gum man

This article talks about"Ben Wilson"(Chewing gum man).Ben Wilson (born 1963) is an English wood carver and outsider artist,Wilson grew up in creative environment and attended art school.This man is an artist,decided to transform at least some of there bits of litter into works of art.He leaves them on the street and paints miniature pictures over them.Ben Wilson was born in Cambridge in 1963.He began his artistic career as wood sculptor,but he abandoned wood sculpture for art and started using paint to change the imagery on billboards.Most people see chewing gum on the streets and pavements but one man is turning it into an art form.He has created more than 10.000 miniature works of "gum art" and is even trying to create a trail of image that will run from Bornet in North London all the way into the centre of the English capital.Piece of dicorded chewing gum on the pavement,feat it up with a blow torch,spray a car lacquer into the chewing gum,and then he mix it.Ben Wilson (born 1963) is an English wood carver and outsider artist. The son of an artist, Wilson grew up in a creative environment and attended art school. His distaste for industrial waste, cars and rubbish eventually turned into an art form. He creates tiny works of art by painting chewing gum stuck to the pavement. Initially, his work garnered him unwanted attention from the authorities, but because he is not defacing private property but merely painting rubbish, he was found to be breaking no law. In addition to the chewing gum art, Wilson paints and sculpts. He has exhibited his paintings and sculptures in England, the United States, Germany, Ireland, Finland, France and Serbia.Initially,his work garnered him unwanted attention from the authorities,but because he is not defacing private property but merely painting rubbish,he was found to be breaking no law.In addition to the chewing gum art,Wilson paints and sculpts.He has exhibited his paintings and sculptures in England,the United States,Germany,Ireland,France and Serbia.

 

venerdì 7 febbraio 2014

My passion

I have many passion,but the most important are those related to music.I love play two instruments that,for me are great:the piano and the drum.I always wanted to play these instruments and finally my dream it is made.I had a few years when I began to learn something about how to play the instrument and how to read music and I have achieved good results.Now I can play very well and my dream is to go to the academy and become a real artist,but to do this,I have to finish their studies earlier.I can not wait, I'm very anxious so I can finally enjoy myself on my wonderful instru
ment, composing songs...:)