Sam Cannon`s Moving Art 

New York-based Motion Artist Sam Cannon specializes in creating surreal and experimental animated GIF images. Her interest in GIF animation started during her time at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where Cannon studied both photography and videography, although neither medium really appealed to her. “I liked the space between still and moving images and trying to explore that space which is why I got into GIFs.” Her personal work focuses on the manipulation of time, space, and the human form, altering its shape and adding elements to create experimental imagery. Living somewhere between still photography and video, her images explore the way we interact with never-ending moments in a 15 second clip. It takes a serious amount of work to create these unique GIFs, while a basic looping GIF can be produced more simply. Cannon’s heavily edited images require lots of attention to craft. This dreamlike and mesmerizing state can only be reached by editing and retouching every single frame of animation.

What I really like about this image is that it reminded me of the idea of "the first home, second home"- meaning that we're exploring the space between living in your own skin as your personal habitat and in contrast to that there is the "outside" habitat which based on your experiences, thoughts, feelings you create your outside habitat around you like your friends, work/school life, hobbies etc "second home"

Rui Zhou by Zhi Wei

Dutch Artist Tests The Limits Of Human Skin In The Perfect Anti-Photoshop Series

Juuke Schoorl

Craig Greens' work reminded me of Damien Poulain's work because of the shapes and colors. The theme for the project is habitat and so I then looked into Craig's work because he has a collection based on the idea of "wearable habitats" and so I thought about the idea of how every individual is carrying their home with them everywhere they go kinda like going camping but you have your tent to sleep in ( that being your safe place- your habitat).  

"A series of machines made of curtain rails and weights showcase this kinetic menswear collection shaped like tents and kites by British fashion designer Craig Green."


"The capsule collection is the London-based designer's second installment for Italian brand Moncler's ongoing Genius project. Pieces include jackets, blousons, fishtail parkas, work shirts, and trousers in blocks of color."

Green's brightly-coloured, utilitarian collection features an array of architectural volumes that resemble the shape of sports kites, which he describes as "wearable habitats".

"Green’s visionary way of dealing with items of clothing is architectural just as    much as it is pragmatic. 
The extreme shape in fact responds to a need, and as such,  it performs," 
said Moncler

Inspired by the theme of protection and performance, an idea Green developed in his  first collection for Moncler, the garments exhibit extreme forms, including stiff-hooded capes fastened with rope strings and sturdy, tent-like structures

"I have always explored ideas of protection and functionality within my work, something that is also at the core of Moncler's heritage," said Green.

"I thought it would be interesting for these ideas to be pushed further, interpreting Moncler's performance-based history and developing designs with their years of technical knowledge and expertise," he explained.\

https://www.dezeen.com/2019/01/14/craig-green-moncler-genius-design/

"Le temple"

Installation, Mayenne France

"There have been numerous protests against the Romanian Government between 2017 and 2019. In January 2017, days after the government of the Grindeanu Cabinet was sworn into office in Romania, protests took place throughout the country against ordinance bills that were proposed by the Romanian Ministry of Justice regarding the pardoning of certain committed crimes, and the amendment of the Penal Code of Romania (especially regarding the abuse of power).^[42]

Despite the negative reactions from both the judicial institutions and the public, the newly sworn-in government secretly approved an ordinance modifying the Penal Code and Penal Procedure Code during the night of 31 January.^[43][44] Opponents raised accusations that the ordinance was intended for the decriminalisation of government corruption, and to help hundreds of current and former politicians to escape ongoing criminal investigations or prison sentences.^[45]

Immediately after it was announced that the ordinance was passed, more than 37,000 people protested that night. The next day, on 1 February, the protests swelled to over 300,000 people throughout the country, continuing then daily and peaking on 5 February, when over 500,000 Romanians protested throughout the country, making the protests the largest since the fall of Communism and the overthrowing of Nicolae Ceaușescu.^[46][47][48] Since the main grievance of the protesters (the government interfering with the fight against corruption) was not addressed, but rather gradually joined by the attempts of the parliament to relax the anti-corruption laws,^{[49][50][51][52]} the protests have continued on an almost daily basis throughout the country,^[53] with more and more protesters demanding early elections in addition to the resignation of the government.^[54] After the winter of 2017, the next mass protest was on 20 January 2018, when 50,000 – 100,000 Romanians went to the streets to protest against proposed changes to the penal code and to the justice system laws.^[55][56] While protests on a smaller scale continued to happen almost daily, mass protests then erupted again on 10 August 2018, when an anti-government protest with the "Diaspora at Home" motto was held in Bucharest.^[57][54][58] The 10 August 2018 protest was marked by unprecedented levels of violence in comparison to the other 2017–2018 protests, and lead to an ongoing resurgence of mass protests in Romania.^[59][60][61]

So far, protestors have succeeded in compelling the government in 2017 to withdraw the contested ordinance and Florin Iordache,^[62][63] who as justice minister was formally responsible for putting forward the ordinance, resigned shortly thereafter over the scandal that ensued.^[64]"

^{"BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of protesters rallied peacefully against the ruling Social Democrat government in the capital, Bucharest, on Saturday on the one-year anniversary of a violent protest where riot police disproportionately used force."}

"The protest was organized and promoted by groups of Romanians working abroad, angry at what they say is entrenched corruption, weak public administration and attempts by the ruling coalition to weaken the judiciary in one of the European Union’s most corrupt states.

The recent murder of a 15-year-old girl in southern Romania who was found 19 hours after she called emergency number 112 three times has further incensed protesters over authorities’ slow response times.

More than 20,000 people both from the diaspora and from within Romania rallied outside government headquarters in scorching temperatures, waving Romanian and European Union flags and demanding the Cabinet’s resignation."

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-romania-protests/thousands-rally-in-romania-on-anniversary-of-violent-protest-idUSKCN1V00RV