8' x 6', oilstick on aluminum, by K.I.A., 2012. Landscape converted into Jacquard card code, and hand-drawn. (More art at http://www.nu4ya.com )

A glorious double-rainbow captured over a beautiful country farm, as information; the photo was translated via email (by a helpful textile company in the eastern-bloc) into extensive Jacquard-card code; the thousands of squares were then hand-drawn/scratched/sanded/redrawn etc in metallic oilsticks on shaped aluminum. (BTW: Jacquard cards were punch cards used in mechanical looms from the 1800s; they eventually led to the invention of computers.) So: part of a series exploring the idea that there are other layers of reality behind what's seen, and that a shift in consciousness can reveal them. Also: prosaic title on purpose.

"Pretty Rainbow Over Farm", 96" x 60" (8" dow to 6" relief on the 4 curves), oilstick on aluminum, K.I.A. 2012. (Detail shot, from second angle, to show how the painting changes according to the light.)

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Stopping sleep, collapsing time hummingbirds, eyeah allelujah http://www.nu4ya.com/K.I.A._-_Art/news/Entries/2009/1/15_Entry_1.html
(and more ideas behind the Shinjuku Zulu and K.I.A. songs, now posted on the art site.)

Origami ourorboros & dragon algorithms & etched quetz &: http://www.nu4ya.com/K.I.A._-_Art/news/Entries/2012/1/20_Or%2C_our_gone%2C_go...

7' x 5' on almuminum. "about" at link above.

image ©K.I.A. 2012

"General Stealth, Car River" by K.I.A. 2011, 84" x 60", oilstick on scored aluminum. (The scored lines flare/flash reflected light).

Quick detail shot of the canuck x 4 (guess who) quadra-landscape. Shot of the entire piece at a later dater.

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...completed but sill untitled; 84" x 60" x 6", oilstick on faceted aluminum, K.I.A. 2011

A glimpse from a series of new larger works , more revealed later...

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Sheryl Crow beautifully sings "Mrs Major Tom" (by yours truly) on William Shatner's new concept album "Seeking Major Tom".

The track, which I released on my "Adieu Shinjuku Zulu" and "DXLR8" albums as K.I.A., (and featuring the amazing vocals of Larissa Gomes,) continues the story of Major Tom, now told from the point of view of the wife left behind.

I'd always referred to "Mrs Major Tom" as part IV of the epic ("Space Oddity", "Ashes to Ashes" and Pete Schilling's "Major Tom (Coming Home)" being parts I-III), but now there are parts V, VI, VII and XX and more -- Shatner's album includes various other (space-themed) songs in the narrative arc. 

Some of those other songs are "Rocket Man" (Elton John), "Walking on the Moon" (The Police), "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Queen), "Planet Earth" (Duran Duran) and so on.

I'm predicting it here first: The Odyssey of Major Tom, coming soon to Broadway... Or... maybe Cirque de Soleil will do a version for Vegas... or an opera somewhere staged in Berlin.

Anyway, the song is on iTunes here MRS MAJOR TOM and Amazon here Mrs Major Tom

 

 

"AdhockneyRX" by K.I.A. 34" x 24" Natural digital artifacts photo'd , outputted, painted. Inkjet and acrylic on canvas, 2011.

detail:

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