New Pop Vintage 2007 – Down & Derby II
Of all the events I covered, the Down and Derby events at Studio B was the best of them all. This video comes from the second Down & Derby which unlike the first D & D was a bit more laid back. There was a surreal mood that was different from the all out non-stop fun of the first event. It felt more like a cool date as opposed to an all out party. My favorite clip comes from the two sisters who found each other on facebook and met for the first time about a week before this event.
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TreV
Tiny Feature Saturday’s – The Thomas Beale Cipher
This animated short tells the story of the Thomas Beale Cipher. Filmmaker Andrew S. Allen combines textures, patterns and shadows to give us a distinctive and groundbreaking piece of work. The narration and sound editing is superbly done and provides the perfect backdrop for history’s most challenging cipher. Not since the groundbreaking feature film “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow” have I seen such a refreshing take on an old genre.
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TreVZ
Greg’s Avatar Review
Check out this video from Paul Smith who is an amazing animator. The short features a character called Greg who is an avid Avatar fan and gives us his webcam review after his fourth viewing of the film. What makes this so cool is that the amazing motion and facial capture is made all the more real because we are somewhat distracted by how much of a geek Greg is. I also embedded a little BTS clip.
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TreV
Teaser – Stones Throw Doc for National TV France
Here is a teaser about the independent hip hop label Stones Throw Records that will air on National TV france. Based in Los Angeles, California. Stones Throw was started in 1996 by DJ/ProducerPeanut Butter Wolf and has featured some legendary indie hip hop acts like Madlib, Quasimoto, Dam-Funk, Mayer Hawthorne, Aloe Blacc, J Rocc, and of course the late J Dilla.
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Inside the Studio of Cindy Sherman
Here is a profile of photographer and film director, Cindy Sherman best known for her conceptual portraits, courtesy of the folks at Wallpaper Magazine.
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Trev
Anthony Michael Sneed – “Hell for Hire”
Anthony Michael Sneed is a multi-platform visual artist who lives and works in Brooklyn. Often incorporating early 80s 8-bit video game aesthetics, the resulting imagery can seem anachronistic or frozen in a particular time, juxtaposing the contemporary topical content with a conscious approach.
Thenewpop sat down with Anthony during his pop up art exhibit titled “Hell For Hire” where he revealed the methodology behind his sometimes controversial approach. You can learn more about Anthony’s work at anthonysneed.com
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TreVZ
Exit Through The Gift Shop – Free on Hulu
If you haven’t seen Exit Through the Gift Shop yet it is now playing on Hulu for free. In exchange you get to sit through a few corporate pitches. A small price indeed. Check it out here.
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TreVZ
Trailer – Bill Cunningham New York
This past year has brought us some incredible indie films like “Radiant Child” and “Exit Through the Gift Shop” Now comes a film from Richard Press about the iconic New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham appropriately titled “Bill Cunningham New York”
About the film:
“the “Schwinn-riding cultural anthropologist has been obsessively and inventively chronicling fashion trends and high society charity soirées for the TimesStyle section in his columns “On the Street” and “Evening Hours.””Cunningham’s enormous body of work is more reliable than any catwalk as an expression of time, place and individual flair. In turn, Bill Cunningham New York is a delicate, funny and often poignant portrait of a dedicated artist whose only wealth is his own humanity and unassuming grace.”
BILL CUNNINGHAM NEW YORK OPENS AT NEW YORK’S FILM FORUM ON MARCH 16, 2011.
For more info you can log onto the website here.
Tiny Feature Saturday’s – “Why Can’t We Walk Straight?”
Here is an interesting animated short that begs the question, “Why Can’t We Walk Straight?”
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TreVZ
IHMDJ! – The Brooklyn Artist Project
Best known for his Polaroid’s documenting anyone who was anyone in the New York downtown Art & Music scene, Antoine of “I Hate My Day Job!” fame has been laying low for the past few years. Recently he announced his return to the scene with an art show titled “The Brooklyn Artist Project” at Rouge 58. We were there to talk to “Mr Day Job” himself about his return and his latest project.
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TreVZ
What is Being Creative?
This video asks the viewer “What is Being Creative?” featuring a clever phone design concept.
Shot by Kristian Ulrich Larsen.
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TreVZ
INFLUENCERS – Steve Stoute
This is the second installment of the Influencers series. This episode features Steve Stoute, one of Fortune’s 40 under 40 list 2009. With a client roster that includes companies such as Samsung, State Farm, Mc Donald’s, Target, Wrigley’s, HP, P&G and artists such as Lady Gaga and Rihanna (management), I think you will be very interested in what steve has to say.
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TreVZ
Wallpaper Design Awards 2011 – Judges & Nominees
Design makes the world go around. Wallpaper Magazine has revealed it’s panel of Judges from the worlds of architecture, art, design, film, fashion and music. They include Pharrell Williams, Michael Nyman, Marc Quinn, Natalie Massenet, Raf Simons, Mario Bellini. Check out this video preview.
Tiny Feature Saturday’s – UNDERCITY
This tiny feature “UNDERCITY” by filmmaker Andrew Wonder chronicles the adventures of urban explorer Steve Duncan as he explores “without permission” the bridges, sewers and tunnels of New York City. Andrew effectively conveys the inherent danger and childlike sense of wonder (pun intended) one gets when going someplace you are not supposed to be going, or doing something you are not supposed to be doing.
There is an inherent element of danger which permeates almost every frame of this short. Both filmmaker and explorer risk arrest, electrocution, and victimization which adds an element of anxiety not seen in many DSLR shorts. The narrator Steve Duncan plays the danger card for everything it is worth, and just when you start to think that the element of danger might be a bit overstated, the filmmaker lets the audience off the hook through anecdotal tales from some of the folks who call this hidden world their home.
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TreVZ
Video – The Art of Drowning
This is a really well done animated piece by Diego Maclean. It is based on the 1995 work “The Art of Drowning” by American Poet Laureate Billy Collins. This video pops up on vimeo after playing the festival circuit making rounds at Sundance, Annecy and SXSW. This short really captures the wry humor of Collin’s work. For more of Diego Maclean’s work log onto his website.
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TreVZ
Cool Portrait Video – “Enjoy 2011″
This video caught me completely off guard because it is the first video produced in the upright “portrait” position with any stylistic and technical merit that I have seen. Courtesy of Álvaro de la Herrán. It’s short and really cool.
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TreVZ
City Short – Helsinki
This short courtesy of the fine folks at Wallpaper and directed by Joel Hypén focuses on the city of Helsinki, Finland. If you are a fan of design and architecture like I am, you will probably be interested in learning a little bit about what makes the World Design Capitol of 2012 tick.
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TreVZ
Tiny Feature Saturday’s – The Sartorialist
This video courtesy of Intel profiles famed fashion blogger and photographer Scott Schumann aka The Sartorialist. This is one of the most insightful and beautifully produced pieces about a new media artist at work. Very inspiring work by Director Tyler Manson.
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TreVZ
Tiny Feature Saturday’s – Russ Chimes “Midnight Club EP”
This video titled “Midnight Club EP” from the UK group Russ Chimes is a three part mini movie that has an “Alpha Dog” meets Daft Punk “Discovery” story line that keeps you on the edge of your seat. Despite a storyline that pushes the outer-limits of believability and a cookie cutter albeit entertaining trio of dance tracks, the skill used in revealing the plot-line, along with the slick camera work and attractive cast makes this one worth watching. Director Saman Keshavarz does a great job building drama without using a word of dialogue. The cinematography of Justin Gurnari really draws the viewer in, and the editing of Nate Tam is quick and cool.
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TreVZ
“Go Jets!”
The End Titles – Warner Bros
Here is a collection of The End titles from Warner Bros thru the years courtesy of this really cool website annyas.com. This website archives and displays movie title stills from every era for our enjoyment. According to Christian Annyas who produced this site…
“I’ve seen a lot of movies over the years, and to prove I’ve sat through at least the first ten minutes of them I started making screenshots of the titles. Then my computer crashed and I almost lost them all. To save them for future generations I created this little website.”
Well thanks for geeking out on this for us Christian.
Teaser – Ai Weiwei “Never Sorry”
This is a teaser for what looks like an amazing documentary titled ”Never Sorry” by Alison Klayman about the Chinese artist, curator, architectural designer, social commentator, and activist Ai Weiwei. They call him the Beijing Andy Warhol. I am not sure if Warhol would have risked his life in the name of free expression. Ai refers to himself as “A brand for liberal thinking and individualism.” I can’t wait to see this film, in the meantime enjoy the trailer.
TreVZ
Nam June Paik Retrospective
Nam June Paik is known to as the godfather of video art. Here is a video from the folks at that Wallpaper Magazine that gives a brief introduction into this Patron Saint of New Media.
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TreVZ
Nosaj Thing vs. Aalto
A behind the scenes look at the Digital scenography of Romain “Aalto” Tardy. Shot at the Nosaj Thing show which takes place during the Lunchmeat Festival in Prague.
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TreVZ
Coolhunting – Chances With Wolves
Here is a video short about the Internet radio show Chances With Wolves courtesy of the folks at coolhunting.com. This gem of a show has been on my radar for a couple of years now and has provided me with some of my best soundtrack material. I highly recommend navigating to their webpage after watching this video, you won’t be disappointed.
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TreVZ