Phenomenal video about how we need to revert back to the mindset on the ’60s to overcome the difficult issues that we’re facing today. If we facilitate Swarm Politics in the same way that they drove the the social revolution, any issue can be faced by the people that it matters.
The video sends the message that although the Copenhagen Suppet in December 2009 was progress, because the participants have their nations industrial strength to concern themselves with, a real change was impossible. If however; a platform is built whereby people all of the world can work together, the possibilities are endless. Managing the threat of global warming is used.
Not that this is in anyway a new line of thinking. But the team behind the video have gone to lengths of suggesting a suitable platform for organising the collaboration.
‘Coalition of the Willing’ has been Directed and produced by Knife Party, written by Tim Rayner and crafted by a network of 24 artists from around the world using varied and eclectic film making techniques. Very much in the same that they envisage world to collaborate.
As interesting as it is that a movie about the birth of Facebook is to be released in the UK on 15th October, I’m really looking forward to the Twitter movie
These guys in Berlin have built a slingshot that allows you to type in a message, take aim and shoot it onto a wall, appearing as a coloured splash with the message written within. The text message will also be real-time tweeted. The whole setup, obviously needs a projector to display the message.
A really nice play on the whole urban tagging pasttime.
As one who is always excited by the latest 3D movie offering, I can’t wait to see Toy Story 3. Until I get around toisiting the cinema however, I’ll have to make do with this amazing physics engine developed Thiago Costa. The engine features:
Awesome new video for Massive Attack by the talented digital artists at UVA. The video was designed using custom 3D software developed by UVA (presumably with OpenFrameworks), which allowed the creation of spontaneous, organic forms, simply by “sketching” the outlines.
I would love to see the production process in action.
It’s also the first Massive Attack tune that I’ve liked in quite a while.
Brooklyn based duo Sweat Shoppe has developed a technique for painting videos onto building surfaces, with the aim of exploring the relationship between video, mark making and architecture.
From the looks of it; I would guess that the system tracks the movement of the neon roller and creates a mask behind it that reveals the video.
Being in my late twenties, I have grown increasingly envious of the success stories of those younger than me. I could make a huge list, but I think the fact that James Dean had imortalised himself in cultural history by the time of his death aged 24 says it all really.
Who’s to know what he would have gone on to do. “Dean might have become a junkie and done a Marlon Brando, but we prefer to think he’d have lived a long and wholesome life” (the Guardian) says Keith Rose, director of the advert that has imagined what he could have become.
The advert was created by South African agency King James for investment management firm Alan Gray. It’s a thought provoking execution that tries to remind you to make the most of you life.
I don’t think that I’ve even been this excited about a Formula 1 season. Not only are we going to be enjoying Louis Hamilton‘s defence over the World Championship, but Bernie, the governing body and all of the teams are going to be introducing changes to the cars that are set to have fantastic effect on the sport.
The most exciting introduction is the Kinetic Energy Recovery System (Kers), which stores energy from braking and transfers it into a burst of speed. Combine this with the reshaped front and rear-wing, and the slick tyres (absent since 1998) and we have the re-engineering of a sport aimed at increased overtaking and more emphasis on driver skill.
Another interesting factor to face Formula 1 is of course the recession. Last season teams spent a collective £2bn, a figure impossible to match in the current climate. F1 boss Max Mosley eventually wants to cut by an astonishing 80%.
And Finally; the BBC take over the reigns of the television coverage from ITV, meaning no more advert breaks mid-race and a potentially higher standard of presentation.
