My no-brainer post for the day sees camera-toss techniques. I’m fascinated by these, after discovering a series on flags by Shane English at Flickr (then reading about how they were done). They are reminiscent of computer graphics from the 1970s (any Americans remember their CBS movies of the week?) with their sharp, modernist forms repeated through camera tossing. For some reason, this art form seems very “now”, and it was no surprise to note at a blog named for the technique that there seems to have been a surge of interest.
   Perhaps we have become so sick of things that are all computer-generated that something that involves human endeavour—in this case, the literal tossing of a camera—we now admire for its skill. I know I marvel more these days at the special effects’ people who make miniatures than those who do all their work on a computer, because I know that I could never make those miniatures myself. The age of the craftsman may be returning, and this fairly new visual art could be a sign. Posted by Jack Yan, 03:00  permalink

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