Gnossiennes 3 / Frail as summer's flower

Erik Satie's Gnossiennes No. 3, 1890, performed by Dutch pianist Reinbert de Leeuw:

From DistantMirrors' youtube channel

Frail as summer's flower we flourish ...

R.I.P., R.

Drawing 2025: A chromatic approximation of the number π

A digital drawing of mine, Untitled (A chromatic approximation of the number π, the first 768 hexadecimal digits), has been on view the last few months at the online exhibition DRAWING 2025 of John B. Aird Gallery, which was juried and curated by Kathleen Vaughan.  Please feel free to check it, along with great drawings by other amazing artists, out before the show concludes.

WEIHHNACHTEN (1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9)^2

TIME be on your side always.  Merry Christmas!  Frohe Weihnachten!

Glitched Times

Glitched images based on a photo I took of NYC's Times Squares a year ago:

Merry Christmas 2^3*11*23

Wish you all happiness and steadfast purpose in the new year!

Grand Eternity +. 28 Herzen

Alfred Muszynski from the group exhibition Dinner At The Automat currently at InterAccess, Toronto:

A recent (digital) drawing of mine, inspired by a ❤️ from Hamburg:

Broda

As I remember my mom, who passed away on this day last year ...

There's An Architectural Solution To Every Mathematical Problem

Toronto's Crescent School celebrates the arts every spring with their one-evening-only event LUNA.  For this year's iteration, LUNA Orbit, which took place two days ago, I presented my project There's An Architectural Solution To Every Mathematical Problem.  The highlight of the project is a site-specific floor installation of tape drawing, which unintentionally but aptly reminds you of Sol LeWitt's sculptures.

Sorry for the delay today.  I tried to upload some videos of the installation but Blogger didn't let me.  So I had to settle for some screen shots.

FROHE WEIHNACHTEN

May your days be sprinkled with happiness and fulfilment in the new year.  Best wishes to you and your loved ones this Christmas ...

Mural at Dundas West

Since it’s π-day today ...

This is a virtual mural I created last year for Dundas West subway station, Toronto.  The number is actually related to π but I'm not going to disclose the relation.  I will be impressed if someone knows what it is.  Let me know if you think you do.

Happy π-day!

PAINTING 2022/23/22071

Happy New Year!

I feel honoured to have a painting of mine, Untitled (21 Squares) 22071, included in John B. Aird Gallery's current online group exhibition/publication PAINTING 2022/23, which was juried and curated by Virginia Eichhorn.  There are many paintings on view that I really like.  Please do check that out.

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Merry Christmas, everybody!  May your days be filled with refreshing moments and nights with inspiring dreams.

Sub-Sonar + self portrait

Just released this week, Sub-Sonar by nthng, photography by Wolfgang Tillmans:

From the nthng - Topic youtube channel

A glitched self portrait of mine:

Pathétique

I have been listening to the second movement of Beethoven's Pathétique, Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor Op. 13 almost everyday lately.  This is my favourite version by French pianist Éric Heidsieck.  I must admit that the sound quality of the video is rather mediocre but I really like the pace, which is a bit faster than most other pianists' playing.

Video from bbpianos's youtube channel

A pleasant day in March:

Chromatic approximations of the number π

LUNA is an annual one-evening-only event at Toronto's Crescent School celebrating the arts.  This year's iteration, LUNA Nova, is the first time in three years that this event returns in-person on-site.  Chromatic approximations of the number π is my project for LUNA this year.

π is known to be an irrational number, which means that it is a non-terminating non-recurring decimal.  As it is not possible to exactly represent π with all its digits, we can only approximate it.  My project explores approximations of π using colours.  Here are some snapshots of my project from this past Thursday ...

The "low resolution" paintings:

One of the "high resolution" digital drawings:

WATCH OUT!!

My Instagram account has been hacked since 1.5 days ago, March 17.  So far, I have no evidence of my other social media platforms, including this blog, having been compromised (but you'll never know).  In order to protect other legitimate users of the online community, I am going to pause for now all my social media activities until further notice.  Can’t wait to come back and feel safe to share with you again, hopefully soon. 

IMPORTANT: If you are on Instagram ...

I currently have no access to my own Instagram account.  All new posts are not mine.  Anything posted there, including older posts, cannot be trusted.  WATCH OUT for any irregularities and suspicious messages, including direct messages sent to you by the fake “me”.

It is not possible for me to reach out to all my Instagram followers.  If you know anyone who follows me, can you please spread the word?  Thank you for your support and all the best!

Bailey-Borwein-Plouffe

Here's a special edition for π-day today ...

I created a virtual mural last year using the Bailey-Borwein-Plouffe formula for π on a wall of Whitechapel Gallery, London.  The interior space was part of Elmgreen & Dragset's installation The Whitechapel Pool on the occasion of their survey exhibition This Is How We Bite Our Tongues in 2018:

The Bailey-Borwein-Plouffe formula for π is useful in quickly computing the nth hexadecimal digit of π without computing its preceding digits.

Happy π-day!

Fantasia 145.2

SHHH!! Ensemble performing Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco's Fantasia for Guitar and Piano op. 145 Movement 2 (adapted for marimba and piano):

Video from SHHH!! Ensemble's youtube channel

A glitched digital drawing:

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Merry Christmas, everyone!  May peace and hope dwell in your heart this holiday season and be amplified every single day in the new year.  Stay refreshed and inspired!

21 Squares 4 LUNA

For its annual LUNA event currently at Toronto's Crescent School this year, I have installed virtual murals Untitled (21 Squares) AMP, CCL1, CCL2 and LIB in various spaces on campus.  Thank you for the opportunity.