Comments on: Lars Arrhenius

Lars Arrhenius

JPowers — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:39:12 -0800

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.

By: zpousman

zpousman — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 17:01:44 -0800

Awesome stuff. Very clean design and very modern view of the semiotics of airplane safety cards and street signs.

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:09:43 -0800

Interesting... Thanks!!

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:23:29 -0800

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.

By: panoptican

panoptican — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:38:01 -0800

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.

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:52:36 -0800

Best influenced under the influence of Arrhenius acid.

By: pointilist

pointilist — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:46:37 -0800

This is good.

By: Hogshead

Hogshead — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 03:07:33 -0800

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.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 17:35:51 -0800

very good stuff--thanks!

By: hooray

hooray — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 07:40:32 -0800

Thanks for the link, JPowers, this is super!