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A Drawing Helium-filled Kinetic Sculpture by German-based artist Karina Smigla-Bobinski
•September 10, 2011 • Leave a CommentKinetic art is ALWAYS striking. I think we are all intrinsically drawn towards the mysteriously weird and unknown. I’m not saying there should be more moving and interactive pieces of art in the world, that would only shadow the true artists who are able to blend wonder with fun. Just like Karina with her ‘ADA’, the scribbling ball:
‘ADA – Analog Interactive Installation, is made form an enormous helium-inflated sphere trapped inside a small room that’s spiked with dozens of protruding charcoal pieces which scrape the edges of the gallery wall as participants push, toss, and otherwise manipulate it. Given the constraints of the sphere and room, a single outcome (pictured at bottom) is destined to emerge, but yet requires the participation of dozens if not hundreds of gallery visitors.’ [Written by Christopher Jobson]
Speaking of scribbling; I came across an article claiming that doodling is beneficial to learning. Apparently doodlers don’t daydream as much. Of course what you doodle, has a lot to say about that theory as well — I’m guessing drawing a Pokemon-cat-hybrid while studying probably isn’t one of those subconsciously constructive doodles those research scientists are talking about huh? So if you’ve been practicing and honing your craft since childhood, congratulations, you have a a higher memory recall than non-doodlers. Keep up the awesome work, everyone! …Keep up… Helium… Hehe…
‘Compressed 02’ by creative designer Kim Pimmel
•September 7, 2011 • Leave a CommentMagnetized liquid streaming through soap bubble capillaries; quiet awesome. ‘Insert opening credits here’ was my first reaction to this great image/liquid capturing display.
No digitally generated imagery was used and I feel this is the way how filmmaking and all other medium-imagination-extracting processes used to be tackled — if you can imagine it, you can make it. Mesmerizing.
Closest resemblance I can think of to Pimmel’s Compressed 2 would have to be director Darren Aronofsky’s The Fountain, only in this instance, Compressed 2 is the title role:
I combined everyday soap bubbles with exotic ferrofluid liquid to create an eerie tale, using macro lenses and time lapse techniques.
Black ferrofluid and dye race through bubble structures, drawn through by the invisible forces of capillary action and magnetism. [cargocollective.com/kimpimmel]
Bombing down the salt mine in Poland on Rollerblades
•September 5, 2011 • Leave a CommentVery intense and extreme footage of a touch-and-go subjective journey into the depths of a mine shaft at high-speed:
! ! ! A W E S O M E ! ! !
Escape From City 17 [Part 2]
•September 4, 2011 • Leave a CommentThe second installment to the well-received H a l f – L i f e fan film has finally arrived! And it has wonderful production value, made on a budget of only $250! WHAT!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lyUNs7eNhs
A story about the connection that grows between two people during the battle for city 17. Made in the same gritty guerrilla style as the original, it was made on a $250 budget, previously owned/donated software, time, and an HVX200 camera.
Escape From City 17 Part One was created as a long form spec commercial for Ian and David’s commercial demo reel. They completed the second short in their spare time and want to thank everyone that enjoyed the first.
Where’s ‘WALL-E?’ by Richard Sargent
•September 3, 2011 • Leave a CommentSo many familiar and forgotten robots in this wicked robot-laden illustration. Try and locate Wall-E if you can; your time starts now!
Totally my new wallpaper.
“In The Fall” by Steve Cutts [animation]
•August 24, 2011 • Leave a Comment‘In The Fall’ caught me off guard, and I love that. Everyone should be made to watch this. The concept itself is nothing new or innovative, sure, but the bittersweet introspection this animation induces in the viewer makes it special. It has a very deep meaning, delivered in a very creative way. Don’t let this happen to you:
A short hand-drawn animation created in Adobe Flash and After Effects about one mans reflection on his life. Music by Guided by Voices. [stevecutts.com]
‘Southern Hospitality’ in POV [F]
•August 22, 2011 • 3 CommentsHI READER! I haven’t posted much about my own personal escapades in a while, so here are a few pictures from a recent trip me and my fam took to the south island of New Zealand.
I felt refreshed escaping the demands of an insomniac city. There is so much to discover and places to explore. I had a great time and I also had some wonderful things to frame and capture with my dusty old camera. Just to prove I’m still alive and kicking, here are a few POV snaps of my life:
…I MISS IT SO! Each location has its own name and story, but I’ll leave that up to you to discover when you get yer butt down here! Let’s plan a trip together soon yo!
DANCING ROBOTS!!!
•August 21, 2011 • Leave a CommentI totally ripped this off a friend of mines Facebook wall post, but it’s that good I couldn’t resist …Dancing Robots for crisps sake!
Inspired by our love of robots, double g studios won a competitive pitch to direct and animate 20 energetic idents for Channel 4’s T4.
The personality of each robot was enhanced through costume design, choreography and their relationship with the new 3d logos. Here’s a mash up from the 20. ps this just won a BDA Europe Gold.
Radiohead Live From The Basement
•August 19, 2011 • Leave a CommentCrank up the volume for this limited time only, free hour-long show – It’s AWESOME!
You may have been waiting for this for some time, but here it is in full for a limited time only. Radiohead performing their latest album ‘The King Of Limbs’ with From The Basement.
Produced by Nigel Godrich and featuring Clive Deamer and additional musicians, the band perform the 8 tracks from The King Of Limbs, as well as Staircase and The Daily Mail.
01. Bloom (Live Frοm Thе Basement)
02. Thе Daily Mail (Live Frοm Thе Basement)
03. Feral (Live Frοm Thе Basement)
04. LіttƖе Bу LіttƖе (Live Frοm Thе Basement)
05. Codex (Live Frοm Thе Basement)
06. Separator (Live Frοm Thе Basement)
07. Lotus Flower (Live Frοm Thе Basement)
08. Staircase (Live Frοm Thе Basement)
09. Morning Mr. Magpie (Live Frοm Thе Basement)
10. Give Up Thе Ghost (Live Frοm Thе Basement)
FOTONICA
•August 17, 2011 • 1 CommentApparently this is a video game, but I’m just happy being mesmerized by its minimalistic wireframe style and kinetic changing visuals. Very cool. I’m hooked by this video alone, but if it’s playable, I’d give it a go:
Check out the online demo version of Fotonica on Kongregate now!
A first person game about jumping, sense of speed and discovery. The key is timing, the goal is exploring and traveling flawlessly through the environment
The setting is an abstract – mainly duotone – outlined world, with a look referring to the geometrical abstractions from the 50s a the 3D low-poly gaming era.
BATTLE BEASTS!!!
•August 15, 2011 • Leave a CommentReturn of the mack daddies of 80s toy badassness! I lost mine, but I still remember how awesome these were to play with. They’re making a comeback baby, but nothing will be able to defeat the originals:
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