Lars Arrhenius

December 14, 2005 4:39 PM

Enjoy the interactive art work of Lars Arrhenius. "Arrhenius often uses pictographs, the kind of stereotypical figures and universal symbols seen on public information signs. A direct use of media, and a judicious blend of austerity and irony are typical of his work. The digital characters in his animation, The Street, create an exaggerated view of daily routines, where each individual contributes to keep things going like an anonymous cog in the machine of life." Complete bio (along with additional artworks) here. Flickr slideshow of his work here.
posted by JPowers (9 comments total)

Awesome stuff. Very clean design and very modern view of the semiotics of airplane safety cards and street signs.
posted by zpousman at 5:01 PM on December 14, 2005

Interesting... Thanks!!
posted by vacapinta at 6:09 PM on December 14, 2005

This is fantastic. Both the work itself, and the well-crafted post.

To my mind, this is what the best of the web looks like: a site that uses the medium of html to present art that is served by the medium (the anonymous interactivity, or consent, in continuing the blank routine). I'll comment more as I move through further.
posted by klangklangston at 6:23 PM on December 14, 2005

Damn, somehow I managed to pick death before life at each turn. Actually, it's because I'm good. Really good.

Thanks for the links, it was fun.
posted by panoptican at 6:38 PM on December 14, 2005

Best influenced under the influence of Arrhenius acid.
posted by Eideteker at 6:52 PM on December 14, 2005

This is good.
posted by pointilist at 9:46 PM on December 14, 2005

I have a copy of Arrhenius's A-Z, an interactive multi-path story printed on top of pages from the London A-Z Streetmap. It's really lovely, probably better served by the book format than by HTML, and veers uneasily from the touching to the amusing and the downright unsettling.

I'm a bit of a student of the multi-path narrative genre, and Arrhenius is at the top of the field.
posted by Hogshead at 3:07 AM on December 15, 2005

very good stuff--thanks!
posted by amberglow at 5:35 PM on December 15, 2005

Thanks for the link, JPowers, this is super!
posted by hooray at 7:40 AM on December 16, 2005