FLUX . . .

I sit at a large table in the Whitby Public Library with my MacBook, drinking really awful coffee, listening to Tokyo Police Club, flipping through a copy of Adbusters, and ripping í¢â‚¬ËœThe Squid and the Whaleí’ onto my computer. I am distracted by everything, yet I must get to the task at hand ... interpreting the theme of flux as it relates to the art world.

Convinced that there was more to the term flux than Doctor Emmett Brown, De Loreans,1.21 jigawatts, 88 miles per hour, and Michael J. Fox, I started out with a brainstorming session and a little Wikipedia research to get the ball rolling.

This is what I came up with...

I was drawn towards the term as used in biology, where flux refers to the compartmental movement of a substance. I took this to the extreme and made the substance humans, and the compartmentalization train cars ... more precisely underground trains, or subways.

The principles of mass and heat transfer apply in the most literal sense, and anyone who has ever traveled on a crowded London Underground train on a hot sweaty July day would agree.

For this Mash section I am going to look at visual art as it relates to underground trains and mass public transportation. Art is found at all levels of underground transportation, and over the next month I will explore everything from map art, installations and sculptures in stations, advertising, graffiti, and buskers. Check it out.

Bio:

Influenced by his world travels, history and popular culture, artist Michael Tunney pushes the boundaries of contemporary art. He is constantly exploring new ideas and technigques by incorporating non-traditional materials like silicon, wire and found objects with collage, abstract painting and photography. Check out Michael Tunneyí’s artwork.