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Tone Of Arc: It took forever to find my ‘Eureka!’ moment

Another artist that caught my attention in Miami this year was Tone Of Arc (AKA Derrick Boyd). Rathe...

May 23: Pulling strings on the Brighton Fringe

SOMEONE call Equity; let alone not being actors, some of the stars of this year’s Fringe aren’t even...

Shonky: From maths lover to international DJ

Late last year I interviewed Dan Ghenacia and Dyed Soundorom but missing from that interview was the...

This week's selection of websites investigates the work of artists who use living elements within their creations.

Pooktre tree shapers - http://www.pooktre.com/
Australian artists Peter Cook and Becky Northey grow and shape living trees into usable furniture and artwork.

Stan Herd - http://www.millermeiers.com/stanherd/index.html
Representational crop artist Stan Herd works by plowing, digging, "disking" and manipulating large expanses of land to create enormous artworks that are best viewed by air.

Vegetal City - http://vegetalcity.net/index.html
Vegetal City is a project by visionary architect Luc Schuiten. Vegetal City conceptualizes the way in which we can invent and build future cities inspired and created using natural elements.

Hafsteinn Juliusson - http://hafsteinnjuliusson.com/index.php?/projects/growing-jewelry/
Icelandic product designer Hafsteinn Juliusson's Growing Jewelry project lets consumers wear and nurture unique pieces of living art.

Season Change - http://www.anoukvogel.nl/indexhibit/news/
A collaborative project between Dutch landscape architect Anouk Vogel and fashion designer Mattijs van Bergen for the ARCAM museum in Amsterdam resulted in the creation of a "living" dress.

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