[BB-Blog] (Free subscription) | 26/07/2008
Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey [...] have perfected their talent for manipulating the light sensitivity of ordinary grass. Black and white negatives are projected onto the grass, 12 hours per day, for over a week as the grass grows in a dark room. Different blades get different exposure and the results are photographs, like the recent Wimbledon portraits shown above. Veer: Ideas: Wimbledon...
Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
UK artists Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey "printed" photographs on grass. This particular piece was an advertisement installation at the 2008 Wimbledon Tennis Championships. From Creative Review: The artists essentially use grass as a form of photographic paper, projecting a black-and-white negative image onto a patch of grass as it grows in a dark room, and using the natural photosensitive...
Neatorama (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
UK artists Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey took advantage of the natural photosensitive nature of grass to use them as pixels in what we can only call a "photograss." CR Blog has more on this particular set of photos, commissioned by HSBC in partnership with the 2008 Wimbledon Tennis Championships: “When grass gets plenty of sunlight, it [...]
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
Grass art - Photographic photosynthesis by Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey via NOTCOT . The artists essentially use grass as a form of photographic paper, projecting a black-and-white negative image onto a patch of grass as it grows in a dark room, and using the natural photosensitive properties of the grass to reproduce photographs... When grass gets plenty of sunlight, it produces chlorophyll...
Inhabitat (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
We all know that art can come in many forms, but the oh so au-natural form of grass is a new one that takes green to a whole new level. This year at the 2008 Wimbledon Tennis Championships, Grass Art takes center court in a new kind of art installation. UK artists, Heather Ackroyd and [...]
brandflakesforbreakfast (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Check out this grassy art at Wimbledon . Artists Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey projected black and white negatives onto the grass for 12 hours a day, in a dark room. They've manipulated the light sensitivity of grass to produce grass art. Or ads. Or stuff printed on grass. So awesome! Hello country clubs? Landscape designers? Green architects? So many possibilities. Wondering if we climb...
Latest Marketing News On Marktd (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
For this years Wimbledon Tennis Championship, HSBC commissioned artists Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey to create a series of large photographs using one of their favorite mediums, grass. The pair...
Veer: The Skinny (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Lawn care enthusiasts take note – it''ll take more than a riding mower and a thrice-daily waterings (for shame) to outshine artists Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey this summer. The pair have perfected their talent for manipulating the light sensitivity of ordinary grass. Black and white negatives are projected onto the grass, 12 hours per day, for over a week as the grass grows in a dark...
Apartment Therapy - Chicago (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
A green roof alone is ambitious. Yet British art duo Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey have done one better and then some, greening churches, galleries and other public buildings. Now, they’ve made gra
gearfuse (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Wimbledon 2008 has been one big whirlwind. Even those of us who normally don’t appreciate or watch tennis can’t deny the fury between Nidal and Federer and the Williams’ sisters. To celebrate the sport of Tennis and to honor Wimbledon, HSBC got artists Dan Harvey and Heather Ackroyd to create photosgraphs made from grass. Three portraits [...]
PSFK Trend: PSFK (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
For this years Wimbledon Tennis Championship, HSBC commissioned artists Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey to create a series of large photographs using one of their favorite mediums, grass. The pair started by photographing three people… ... continue reading
