Toy Fair2009
First of all the toy fair was amazing, I was so excited to be there. So many toys at the same place! Awesome!
My favorite toy wasn't an interactive or even an electronic toy. Andi's Green, "WorryWoo Monsters" are stuffed, soft and very emotional monsters. There is something so real, unique and so sensitive about these monsters that I immediately felt in love.
Another toy that I find interesting, is the Smart-E-Bear from Intellitoys Team, is an interactive stuffed toy that interacts by music, stories and games. It can be connected to software and be customized.
Online Timepieces:
The "Art-O-Meter" by Marcelo Coelho. The piece found on "www.we-make-money-not-art.com".
This is a device that has a sensor that measures the time that the viewer spends in front of an artwork.
http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2006/10/art-o-meter-is.php
The "Birth Clock" by Alexandra von Feldmann. The piece found on "www.we-make-money-not-art.com"
This piece is a nonfunctional clock in a very fragile glass container. To make the clock functional the user have to break the glass container. I like that work a lot, the user have make a decision if he prefer the shape or the function of the clock.
http://www.alex-vf.com/portfolio/rca/time.html
Library Timepieces:
During twelve hours, Francis Alys recorded people hiding from the
heat under the shadow of the flagpole in the "Zocalo" the famous
municipal square in downtown Mexico City.
"Strangers: The First ICP Triennial of Photography and Video", 2003
9 min, b&w, silent, Super 8 film on video
Vito Acconci, Diary of a body. 1969-1973.
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