Rafael Rozendaal is a visual artist who uses the internet as his canvas. The multifaceted work of the Dutch-Brazilian artist culminates in his colorful work called In to time. Just click on the screen and produce your own art piece. The perfect time killer!

For all those who get bored by rectangles, here’s a 45° version of it.

Spike Jonze: Mourir Auprès de Toi on Nowness.com.

For those who may have missed this experience, artist and game developer Pippin Barr has created a browser-based video game called The Artist Is Present: From purchasing a ticket at the entrance to the artwork on the wall you would have queued to get to Abramović the experience feels somewhat authentic (queue times vary according to the time of day, from 20 minutes to over four hours).

“In a way, video games can be incredibly intimidating for players, with the premise that they’ll challenge you and be hard to play. This game is not hard, and it’s not necessarily fun either. It was hugely about it being authentic, for example in having the museum be closed sometimes. In a reduced sense, the game puts the player in the position of the artist; they’re expected to go through this ordeal of having to wait. It mirrors the idea of what Marina Abramović was going through. You’re performing yourself. I think it’s good for people to learn that games don’t have to cater to your every desire, they don’t have to be wish fulfilment,” Barr told The Village Voice’s Rosie Gray.

Norman McLaren was one of the most significant abstract filmmakers of the British inter-war period. Born in 1914 in Stirling, Scotland, he entered the Glasgow School of Fine Arts in 1932, where he became interested in film and joined the School’s Kine Society. He became a pioneer of 3D film and sound experiments in the 1940s and 50s. In 1953 his film Neighbours was awarded an Oscar for best documentary/short subject. He created Dots by scratching in both the animation and the soundtrack into each frame of the film by hand.

Summers without a football cup always feel a little empty, so in the meantime, there are two great little animations by Richard Swarbrick reliving two memorable games of the past season. Great animation, great music, apparently also by the animator himself. (via It’s Nice That)

Now, this reminds of someone I’ve been wanting to introduce for some time to our pastures, namely Mr. Karl Kliem, who’s been experimenting with synchronized visuals to music for, oh, ages. I first stumbled across his work when he created the mesmerizing visuals to Carsten Nicolai’s and Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Insen tour, and have been a fan ever since. Interestingly enough, his latest work marks a return to analogue installation, but his trademark of breaking down sound into simple but visually stunning artwork remains unhindered.

Film: FBAS Furniture by Karl Kliem to (processed) music by Eric Satie

Iberian folklore may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but the visual twist by Stephen Malinowski fascinates haunts me. And there is more, from late baroque raves to winter tunes. Music lover gone wild in code, he created an ipad app as well. And there’s still so much to do.

On the night of 13 June 2010, Viagra,.. ‘Voina Group‘ turned St. Petersburg’s Liteyney Bridge into a graphic message to the Federal Security Service offices at 4 Liteyney Prospekt – half a minute before it was raised. Sure, childish in its way, but scaled to a remarkable level.

If you’re into computers you might like this. It looks like a website made for computers, not users of computers.

Artwork by Laura Brothers