Saturday, January 5, 2013

Double vison: Ryan and Trevor Oakes at TEDxCooperUnion

Double vison: Ryan and Trevor Oakes at TEDxCooperUnion Video Clips. Duration : 5.55 Mins.


Colorado-born visual artists and twin brothers, Ryan and Trevor Oakes, have been engaged in a conversation about the nuances of vision since they were children. They explored their mutual fascination with vision throughout grade school and during college at Cooper Union's School of Art in New York City. The Oakes' artwork is held in the permanent collections of The Field Museum and the Spertus Museum in Chicago, and the New York Public Library. Their public art projects include a large-scale outdoor sculpture that debuted in Chicago's Millennium Park in the summer of 2009, and is now installed at O'Hare International Airport. Recently working with the Palazzo Strozzi Museum in Florence, Italy, and exhibiting at CUE Art Foundation in New York City. In the fall of 2011, the brothers did a drawing project at the Getty Center in Los Angeles. In the winter of 2012, they were in residence at The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) in Troy, New York. Upcoming in June 2012 they will present their work at Parco d'Arte Vivente in Torino, Italy, and in September 2012 they have two exhibitions, one at UC Berkeley and another at The North Dakota Museum of Art. AboutTEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a ...

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