MY NEW IPHONE CASE

My phone had been out on the town for a week or so naked... without a cover, as my last one has pretty much become an embarrassment. Then one day last week i got home to find Mia doing a little craft project in her studio.


These photos were taken when we had realised that she had forgotten to make a camera hole cut-out.


Its a Mia original iphone case made from silver gaffer tape.


There is a little phone escape hatch hidden by a few precisely place pieces of tape. I will have to take a few more images and post them up here soon.


Its a beauty, and just so... ME!

TUSH

I am sorry i have forgotten where this image is from and they are probably rubber bands, not electrical tape, but i love it anyway and wanted to post it here. Maybe its the thrown-together feel, maybe its the colours, maybe its the ridiculousness but for some reason i think it deserves to be here.


I think its from a magazine, if anyone has any more info they would like to volunteer about this image, please email me...

Rachel de Joode

Artist / photographer Rachel de Joode is based in Berlin, Germany and does some really interesting installations and pieces - some of which involves tape. I really love the oddness of her assemblages combining unlikely objects in surreal settings.


The pieces are both unsettling but addictive to look at, check out some of her other work involving raw chickens and cigarette butts here: http://www.racheldejoode.com/


This is a quote from her site which explains her work "I seek to portray the otherworldliness in the most profane aspects of our world. My work involves the construction of installations that depict people and objects and their performative gestures. I collect and work with tokens from our daily lives, for example coffee cups, carpet spray, sports-socks, pre-sliced bread, venetian blinds or remote controls."


"I portray these modern symbols metaphorically and redefine them in very diverse ways, transforming the ordinary into the fantastical. I aim to break up common connotations and obvious relations, thus deconstructing the contemporary common life."


It all just comes down to everyday life in the end...

SANDRA ERBACHER WHEN FAMILY FAILS

Sandra Erbacher is a London-based artist, who work with a range of materials including tape. These images are from her exhibition in 2010 titled 'When family fails'.



The pieces seem to use a small variety of tape including some neon colours -yellow and pink and play with the space in which they are installed.



I really like the composition of the pieces and the striking graphic nature achieved through the use of this material. Layering different types of tape on top of each other gives the pieces a slightly eccentric look, maybe like referencing the act of the continuous process of patching up family ties...


I'm no art critic, so i'll just stick to the tape (pardon the pun) These pieces celebrate the ephemeral nature of this material... stuck one day, unstuck the next.



I think i might get in touch with the artist and find out more about her process and story... so stay tuned for more info about Sandra Erbacher.

http://www.sandraerbacher.com