This is one of the first examples I have seen of how you can explore the intersection of 3D spatialised motion graphics and the real world. The idea of an underlying store of data is a very powerful one and is an extension of the concepts of metaverse and the underworld.
Since artists such as Futura 2000 (then touring with The Clash) and Mode 2 first painted the huge walls supporting the iconic West Way in the early 80s, they have been cited as a birthplace of British graffiti/street art culture. Almost 30 years later Street Art is a global artistic movement, rich with talent, diverse aesthetic styles and momentum sustained by passion. Now over 50 of its old school pioneers, infamous names and future masters are back to build a show that celebrates the depth and heritage of the movement. Expect surprise announcements to add to the mix of works by Mode 2, Matt Small, Dr. D, Part2ism, Best Ever and too many more to mention here.
http://mutatebritain.wordpress.com/
Subcycle Labs is the creative work of Christian Bannister a musician, designer and developer located in Portland, Oregon. His work is constructed using Max MSP, Processing, Logic and a range of other tools. Thank to Shin for finding this link.
http://www.vimeo.com/7000376
The ARToolkit is one of the main development tools for augmented reality that exists, the original development was open source and is the basis for FLARToolkit and the other ports.
ARToolkit also have a development environment for the Iphone
Here is Elliott’s video of the Moth TV guys visit he other day. Anyone else got any footage we can put up here?
http://www.vimeo.com/7060518I love this idea which has just appeared on youtube. Funnily enough I read an interview with guitarist Les Paul who died recently about when he first started making guitars, he was interested in the sound properties of wood. He took the wooden treads off the stairs at home and planed them down to different thicknesses so that when he ran up the stairs they sounded like a marimba.
Below are links to a few really great designer blogs, some great ideas here, worth a look.
Here’s a good opportunity for a live brief for a Specialist Project, click on the images above to go to the site:
“SHOWstudio invite you to collaborate with Nick Knight, Alexander McQueen and PUMA in a unique competition designed to push the boundaries of filmmaking and fashion imagery creation to the very limit.
Our Raw Power competition offers young filmmakers, artists and directors the chance to create a video short by splicing their own unique film material with footage captured during Nick Knight’s ‘Crane Vs. Tiger’ shoot for the Alexander McQueen PUMA S/S 2010 campaign.
One winning filmmaker, chosen by Nick Knight and Alexander McQueen, will be commissioned to direct the Alexander McQueen PUMA Spring/Summer 2010 art movie, previewed on major fashion websites and visible in key fashion department stores and boutiques worldwide from January 2010.”
We are pleased to announce that Moth TV will be coming in to talk about their work and run a workshop on Monday 12th October after all at 13.30. The workshop will go on until 8.00 in the evening so we are able to do projections outside. This is an essential session for all second years studying the Future Cinema unit and is also open to any interested third years.
“MOTH formed in November 2008 in the shadows of East London warehouses, flyovers and canal towpaths. Comprising digital artists Ed Firth and Shaun O’Connor, MOTH is united by a passion for experimental technology and for pushing the boundaries of traditional VJing. MOTH bridges the divide between video mixing and street art, generating site-specific video graffiti designed in response to the morphology, texture and ambience of the spaces and structures of the outside world.
In freeing projected visuals from the confined interior, the rectangular screen and the static projector, and introducing the dimensions of time and motion to street art, MOTH aims to develop a new discipline by exploring and exploiting the possibilities of roaming projection and the concept of psychogeography. Two wireless, wearable projection units connected to media tablets allow the artists to move freely around their environment, selecting and relaying pre-produced film and animation designed specifically for that arena.
MOTH’s approach is to explore a space, a structure or an area and respond to its shape, history, context and connotations through projected film and animation, treating the surfaces not just as a screen but as an element of a cinematic and theatrical installation. Recent commissions have revolved around exciting architecture and interesting, unloved fixtures of London’s urban landscape, from the Bow Flyover and Ladbroke Grove’s West Way to Heritage-Listed national treasures such as the Trellick Tower and the V&A Museum, and the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-On-Sea.”
Next Wednesday evening there is a Digital Media Networking event taking place in town and I’ve been asked to open the event up to final year students – www.meetdraw.com
Meetdraw has been organised by some of the regions leading digital agencies (Redweb, Refreshed Media, Adido, MCorp, etc) in an effort to emulate the type of social network that happens in around Soho and other cities with large concentrations of media agencies. It is hoped it will provide a fertile ground for freelancers to tout their wares and for the agencies to share ideas and recruit their staff…
This is the third event of this sort that has been run and the previous two have been a big success, with in excess of 150 attendees and this one promises to be even better as the event is being sponsored to the tune of £300 behind the bar – of course, you’re welcome to come along too.
Meetdraw is taking place next Wednesday 14th October @
THE WINCHESTER PUB
39 POOLE HILL
BOURNEMOUTH BH2 5PW
6PM TIL LATE
To make the event even more interactive, Meetdraw is hosting a Meet Counter:
1. Think of a question you want an answer to and write it down on entry or download a ticket from our website
2. On the night you will be given a number from the Meet Counter. Attach this to your person
3. Wait for somebody to find you with the answer
4. Keep your eyes on the screen. Perhaps somebody has a question you can answer!