David Steele Overholt

Umbrella links

By David Steele Overholt ⋅ November 25, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

http://www.umbrellart.co.uk/
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23420732-details/New+%27umbrella%27+art+installation+at+Wapping/article.do
http://www.layersofcolor.com/blog/2008/05/21/umbrella-art/
http://asuartmuseum.asu.edu/collections/contemporary/fisher1.htm
http://artforlifeartislife.blogspot.com/2007/09/for-life.html
http://flickr.com/photos/pplpwrd/2577207688/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jblumenfeld/461146491/in/set-72157600081380429/
http://flickr.com/photos/jcodysimms/2059318108/
http://i-eclectica.org/2007/04/03/designs-by-hironao-tsuboi/
http://www.christojeanneclaude.net/um.shtml
http://kostasvoyatzis.wordpress.com/2007/04/12/amazing-umbrella-lighting-concept-by-steven-haulenbeek/
http://www.janetwallace-artmarks.com/Interiors_.html
http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2540195600014650516UoboiH
http://jhuniverse.blogspot.com/2008/01/calebs-pick-of-week-umbrella-academy-4.html
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/06/18/artistsgowiththeflow/
http://www.monoscope.com/2008/03/nice_umbrella.html
http://www.chrismathisphotography.com/large-single-view/Leftovers/152025-3-12694/Photography/Digital/Still%20Life.html
http://silentremembrance.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/umbrella/
http://www.eyefetch.com/image.aspx?ID=139516
http://www.worldofstock.com/closeups/AAB1712.php

Briefcase Update

By David Steele Overholt ⋅ November 19, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

I’ve decided the human form of a blow up doll is too jolting and is too loaded of an image (sex toy, crash test dummy, etc) than what I want, and doesn’t work with the other objects.
Instead, I’ve decided to work on creating a small speaker that is raised, I leave the area, [...]

Nest Update

By David Steele Overholt ⋅ November 19, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Lots of branches, leaves, trash, etc. picked up and created small floor prototype
Purchased brown leather suitcase with 2 zippers + strap for container
Decided to use photocell instead of thermister or digital thermometer sensor. Covering photocell will trigger fade in/out of RGB.
Egg:
Looking at super bright RGB or the new BlinkM MaxM
Production Considerations:
Velum + Paper [...]

Umbrella Update

By David Steele Overholt ⋅ November 19, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Found very large black umbrella that’s fixable
Found 2 smaller broken umbrellas: stripped the material from the poles and created a prototype with tape. Decided the umbrella will work best if the material that falls down when opened is unseen/packaged until umbrella is opened.
Went to Garment District and purchased 6 yards of black [...]

Research: Supplies

By David Steele Overholt ⋅ October 28, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Black Body Bag - $25.00 : Crime Scene, Forensic Supplies
Body Bag Mil-Spec + Nylon Body Bag

Location research pictures

By David Steele Overholt ⋅ October 1, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Considered locations

By David Steele Overholt ⋅ October 1, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

roof
backyard
TED
subway
montauk
LIC
Coney Island
the park in Brooklyn Heights that overlooks Financial District
a barber shop
0.99 store
mom and dad’s home
a lake
river
Paladium pool
my living room
Tip Top + Jr. (could be crazy art, but could also be helpful: i’m going to help build a new table, etc)
parking lot
park
battery park
times square
on the street
time specific: only happens at sunset/dawn
think of time [...]

Site Location

By David Steele Overholt ⋅ October 1, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Tisch building front: 721 Broadway
Currently showing only 1 (and a half) focus of the entire building
Should show the spirit and diversity of the department and building
Should show value of all Tisch divisions (or at least those at 721)
Coming in as GSO Officer (ITP Representative) not as ITP student
4 proposals:
- Front window space + lobby
- Front [...]

Shawn Benson Interview

By David Steele Overholt ⋅ October 1, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

A Brief Interview with Shawn Benson: September 2008
Professional lifeguard, surfer, Pastor, and Student, NewSchool of Architecture and Design, San Diego, CA
What is your brief definition of architecture?
The shaping of solid and void to form space in a way that spurs both clearly communicated cerebral and visceral responses in human beings.
What are your feelings [...]

Architectural Manifesto

By David Steele Overholt ⋅ September 24, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Architecture has far too long been removed from the necessities of its existence and connection with the public society at large. Artists, engineers, and developers have found their own creativity and self expression to take priority and importance over the well-being and habitation of their own neighbors, friends, and families. Theoretical design (or “art-chitecture”) [...]

Tent City: Paris, France

By David Steele Overholt ⋅ September 17, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Washington Post
Streams of Justice : Chronology
BBC News
NY Times
Independent
And, what I believe to be the most significant:
Stuff White People Like: Knowing what’s best for the poor

The most important thing for an attention grabbing project like this, is to have the hopeful outcome as a prominent factor. From what I can tell, although Chirac realized this [...]

Tag it, Bomb it

By David Steele Overholt ⋅ September 17, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

At the end of last semester I spent some time keeping my eye out for specific artists I found at Wooster Collective, Seconds2Real’s and various Flickr groups’ street photography, and Streetsy’s daily photography of street art by Jake Dobkin. It was actually a feeling of pride when I was able to point out specific [...]

40 Bond Street graffitti wall

By David Steele Overholt ⋅ September 17, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

When I first saw the wall last spring I thought it was a wall made from a melted pile of silverware.
Sadly, I’m not a fan of the 40 Bond St. graffiti wall. I think the concept is extremely interesting: the creation of a wall from what has been notoriously written on [...]