SWEATSHOPPE, video painting

As geek becomes more chic, art turns to technology.
Here's two guys who have discovered how to paint in video!

See below for the explanation on Vimeo and more links:

SWEATSHOPPE, 4spots, the landing extras from SWEATSHOPPE on Vimeo.

"In an effort to establish new platforms for public art and performance, the
multimedia duo SWEATSHOPPE has developed a new interactive technology that enables
them to explore the relationship between video, mark making and architecture. Dubbed
"video painting", this technology allows them to essentially "paint" video onto any
surface. Shooting in Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan, the duo spent weeks
documenting their work in urban settings to create "The Landing" the first in a
series of episodes that showcases their work as artist, technologist and performers.
This video shows 4 full uncut extra clips form the landing."

Sweatshoppe
MySpace
Bruno Levy

The Edi-tours

I've been following the editors for a long time now. But now you can follow them in a digital sense, on Google Street View.



I love it when bands get digital and now it's great to see one of my favourite bands joining the likes of Arcade fire, Gorillaz, Radiohead and the rest of the forward thinking elite.

Geek-Hop

This Man:


And this instrument:


Equal a rappers delight!!!



Here's his website: Brett Domino

Retro retro Maan!

The world continues to celebrate what is essentially old...



Well if you can't beat them, join them!
I've recently bored out my old pet turtle and am attempting to attach my new cat to the inner shell. I see why they tend to do these things with technology and not animals.

VW: Very Wholsome

Last week someone showed me an initiative from Volkswagen involving some stairs and and a lino piano. I hear many of you screaming 'Big' at me, WELL BACK OFF MAAN! This is not an isolated bit of genius!
This morning I visited their hosting site The fun theory, and discovered the fun had just begun.

This was the musical staircase that got 66% more people choosing the stairs:


The bottomless dustbin that just made me have to blog it all:


And last, but I am sure not to be least...

A taste of things to come; The Empty Bottle Arcade:


So keep a keen eye on the site to see what the future has in store (Yes, that was meant in the double entendre VW are saving the world kinda way. Baby steps!).

New from Blu

COMBO a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis (2 times loop) from blu on Vimeo.

A collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis
year 2009
blublu.org
davidellis.org
produced by studio cromie
studiocromie.org
music by Roberto Lange
robertolange.com
made at Fame festival 2009
famefestival.it


Personally, I still prefer last years Muto by Blu. I think David Ellis's precisely crafted and vibrantly coloured designs, stand out too much from Blu's rough and almost eerie style.

AR-vatar

I think it's easy to get complacent over technology whilst we sitting in a digital tower. Augmented Reality for many, and indeed the general public, is a new and exciting development, yet every digital head seems to poo poo and turn as if just having been presented with a turd on a platter when presented with a new AR idea.

Mattel have launched forward through this digital snobbery and released the first ever AR enhanced toys. It's a bit like Visionaries for us a children, someone always has to put the latest tech in a toy:

Remember these Nights of the Magical Light?

And so it has come to pass; Mattel have released a set of Avatar toys all with their own AR 'i-Tags'.



It looks pretty limited, but it's just a start.

Block-busters

I recently saw this article in The Coolist about lego characters.



All created by 'Cube dudes' there are now over 120 of the little block heads on their Flickr page, have a Flickr through and let us know what your favourite is. With Aliens, Predators, Optimus, Nightcrawler, Batman, Boba and more, it is very hard to decide.

Sensitive business cards

In this over crowded, over creative world, it becomes constantly harder to stand out from th crowd.
Whether you are the next apprentice or a graphic designer, you'll now be expected to go that extra mile.
This truth has always been, and probably always will, but it has never been more obvious than in business cards. I remember the scene from American Psycho when one colleague silences a room by revealing his card to be 'eggshell with romalian type', yup you all know what I'm talking about.
Well... just look how the game has stepped up:



Heat sensitive cards that reset with a flick of the wrist.
Suck on that Patrick Bateman!

Nike Pro Combat TV Ad

David Fincher's latest ad.
I'm unsure, I mean it looks cool but WTF?


Agency: Wieden + Kennedy, Portland
Client: Nike
Creative Director: Jeff Williams
Creative Director: Alberto Ponte
Art Director: James Moslander
Producer: Jeff Selis
Executive Creative Director: Mark Fitzloff
Executive Creative Director: Susan Hoffman
Agency Executive Producer: Ben Grylewicz
Production Company: Anonymous Content
Director: David Fincher

Rubik's cool: TV ad

Agency: Kempertrautmann gmbh
Client: Audi AG
Brand: Audi A4 2.0 TDI
Production: Markenfilm
Director: Carl Erik Rinsch
Copywriter: Willy Kaussen
Art Director: Frank Bannöhr
Creative Director: Tobias Ahrens
Creative Director: Willy Kaussen
Creative Director: Frank Bannöhr

The Joined Up Company

I've just been a talk given by Jan and Julian from The Joined Up Company. It was a truly inspirational talk full of some great creative. Here are just some of the things they showed us:


Puma - X-ray players

Sports Pong

Absolutely loving this!




Place a couple of sticks on your feet and you could be a paddle. Oh, that doesn't sound too great, but LOOK!!!

3 vs 2 Rorschach kids… from Sportpong on Vimeo.

Every time someone has a new method of interactive gaming, we experience the return of pong. But of course it is simply awesome and I can't wait to see how this project projects itself into the future. HA!
Bring on Tetris, Frogger, (Snake may not translate this time).

sportspong.ch

Was ist die Story

That clever little Hitler is so quick with his Virals. He has already made a video about the very sad but well over due Oasis split.



Luckily I got to see Oasis this year, I know I said I don't like them, but I don't.
Although it was good seeing them at Heaton Park in their hometown Manchester, but it were the fans that really carried the performance. The entire place erupted in swinging arms, dragging knuckles and 20,000 people slurring the horrible drone that is any Oasis record (please, it has been playing since '91).
What can I say... it was AMAZING!

Back to the point, good work Hitler!

Cool Play: Strawberry Swing

Yes, it is Coldplay. No, I'm not a big fan, but I thought this video was really clever, some great perspective and intricate animation. It does beg the question... How much was post-production?

Also, it made me wonder what would be possible if we just incorporated some of the outstanding work by Julian Beever:






More work by Beever

Ong Bak 2

I LOVED the first film and can't wait!

ONG BAK 2 - Premieres on VOD Sept. 25th and In Theatres Oct 23rd

Things I loved today!!!

There were so many:

BEER... OK, just beer and these:
SAS Globe of Fortune
Objects in my house
And
Net Buzz

The Beatbox Machine

From Neurosonics Audiomedical Laboratory.

Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc. from Chris Cairns on Vimeo.

AVATAR

James Cameron's Avatar is to be released on December 18th and to celebrate the release of the official trailer...
We're going Avatar crazy!!!!


I can't say that I like the trailer, but the movie looks amazing!

As well as going 3D, Avatar has also gone digital, covering more digital channels than it can possibly handle:
Official Site
Apple trailer
twitter
YouTube
facebook
Myspace
flickr
And there's more!!!
(I think they may just be distributing their Tweets through multiple channels.)

So prepare to enjoy AVATAR!
(Not to be confused with 'Avatar: The last Airbender' which M. Night Shyamalan will be releasing next summer, also looks cool.)
The Last Airbender