Great Films Fill Rooms
Online film rental service Great Films Fill Rooms were recently funded by Playstation Store to produce a series of movie-related videos. Shot in a single take, this Tron-esque short used the latest Immersive Imaging technology which combines regular projection mapping techniques with a Playstation Move controller, resulting in a more 3D, spatial effect.
Bleeding Light
The Dali-inspired video, Light, by David Parker originated as a project intended to bring awareness and bolster dialogue regarding energy waste. The concept of bleeding lights was developed as a metaphor for the severe repercussions we face if we continue to overuse our worlds unreplenishable natural resources.
Shot in Los Angeles, the film takes in the the city’s architecture and at times, solitary and abandoned environments, made all the more eerie by the haunting backing track.
Light is soon to travel across the vacant shopfronts and public walls of select US cities as a piece of thought-provoking video art. Keep an eye out for more work by this intriguing director.
Nike’s Explosive Water
Hoping to generate buzz around it’s newly released Jordan Melo M8 shoe, Nike recently teamed up with creative agency Wieden+Kennedy to create a truly spectacular projection-mapping performance in New York. The Explosive Water Projections at Pier 54 treated a 2,500 strong crowd to an amazing 85ft projection of Carmelo (‘Melo’) Anthony onto water fountains, slam-dunking to a dynamic, musical soundtrack.
Soap Films
Scottish photographer Jane Thomas loves colour. FACT. A quick look through her vast Flickr stream confirms her passion for uncovering natural sources of psychadelic tones. In her latest series, Soap Films, Jane used her Sony Alpha 100 SDLR camera (with Cosina Macro 100mm lens) to shoot the irridescent patterns that occur when water and soap combine on film, resulting in these stunning digital rainbows.
Be sure to check out her previous work including experiments with Tiera-zon fractals, vibrating LED’s and even the humble marble, all of which are completely trance-inducing.
The crazy inventions of Niklas Roy
My new obsession of wannabee geekdom, Niklas Roy creates interactive, robotic “things” purely for the sake of it. This is my favourite invention of his, A Little Piece of Privacy but also check out his other projects Lumenoise - a light pen which turns your old CRT-TV into an audiovisual synthesizer and Electronic Instant Camera - where digital camera meets thermal receipt printer.
![It’s HERE
You may have noticed a distinct lack of blog posts on this here site recently. The excuse? I’ve been busy getting my geek on, designing my new portfolio site which, after countless nights of CSS-induced frustration and an unhealthy consumption of caffeine, I am proud to say is DONE!
Check out the fruits of my labour here. All [positive] feedback welcomed.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltf2mbtvCD1qatf26o1_1280.png)
It’s HERE
You may have noticed a distinct lack of blog posts on this here site recently. The excuse? I’ve been busy getting my geek on, designing my new portfolio site which, after countless nights of CSS-induced frustration and an unhealthy consumption of caffeine, I am proud to say is DONE!
Check out the fruits of my labour here. All [positive] feedback welcomed.
Welcome to an age of post-Alpha-ville 2011! An era that encourages new methods of innovative thought, thrives on technological brainfood and offers a virtual high-five to all things digital.
But before officially waving off this years proceedings, a quick round up of my time spent at Netil House and RED Market Square and some personal highlights from what was Alpha-ville 2011.
Cerrar Los Ojos
Apologies for the distinct lack of posts lately. The cause….designing and developing the iPhone app for London’s Alpha-ville Festival this month, with plans to be the live-blogger during the 4-day event (details to follow). Anyway I’m thinking it’s about time to drop this and break this silence of mine.
This work by composer/sound artist Roberto Carlos Lange has been created using Atari Video Music and Digital Music Processing. Screaming “digital distortion,” Carlos states the piece reminds him of childhood carnival rides and describes the result as a ‘video barf.’
