I’m happy to note that the 3 Inch Canvas Facebook fan page just passed 25 fans this weekend. Except for tickling our egos (which it obviously does ), 25 is actually an important number for Facebook fan pages. Why? Because once you have 25 fans you can create a username – or a vanity URL if you...
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As an artist, you know that you need to be in constant contact with your audience. Exhibitions are of course the primary way to connect with them, but how do you maintain a rapport with your audience between exhibitions? Art is also very global today; how can you feature your art to people who...
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This seems to be miniature week! The most beautiful book published in Finland in 2009 was just chosen. The book is an art book and shows – miniature art! The name of the winning book was “Amour unit deux cours – Henry Lönnforsin miniatyyrikokoelma, Henry Lönnfors miniatyrsamling” and was published by the Art museum in...
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Perhaps not something that you as an artist can quite use today but a very interesting prospect brewing over att Google. Google just bought a small start-up called Plink. What Plink you might say? Well, Plink describes themselves as the “The visual search engine for art“. Interested now? The basic Plink concept is mobile-centric...
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Over the weekend I went to the opening night for an art exhibition by Mika Törönen and Timo Jakola over at Mika’s gallery, Galleria MT. Mika I have known for a long time, but Timo was a new acquaintance. And a very nice one at that. Timo works in pastels and had some lovely paintings...
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I hope you don’t think that marketing is a dirty word, because today I’m going to quote a leading writer and marketing guru. I happened to stumble upon a short blog entry by Set Godin on art. The blog entry lists the three elements of art as Seth sees them. The elements are: Art is made by a human...
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Today the 3IC has the pleasure to introduce Kaisa Savolainen, one of the most successful mobile phone theme artists in Finland. Kaisa and her work can be found over at Sauromatum Design. The 3IC: Kaisa, welcome. In the intro to this interview we’ll call you a theme artist, but it seems that most people doing...
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So you are a sculptor? No way you can put your art on a mobile? Well, not quite so.. A very interesting way of displaying sculptures, even outdoors, in public spaces, has recently been launched. It is the result of independent efforts of The Virtual Public Art Project and a mobile application called Layar. Layar...
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There exists one very active art scene that specifically targets mobile devices – so called themes. If you are not familiar with themes, themes are a concept whereby a mobile device user can customize the look and feel of his/her mobile device. On mobile devices, the concept was first pioneered by Nokia, but now themes are...
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I guess art exhibited on mobiles could be called “mobile art”. But then there are some other interpretations for “mobile art” too.. Like these exhibitions set up by the The Chicago Art Department or sketched by Thomas Thorspecken over at www.urbansketchers.com. Even if these exhibitions have nothing to do with mobile phones, they are clearly looking to address the same...
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