Guess what? Mobile finally made it to the internet- at least a small of part it. It has been over a year since this film written and directed by Verena Fels has been finished as a graduation project at Filmakademie Baden- Württemberg. The short has been wildly successfull at festivals around the world- especially among the younger audience- and is still collecting prices on a regular basis. You can watch lovely Verena and producer Regina Welker picking up an Animago award right here and there is a children´s book wich includes the full movie on DVD. On top, Verena did a stereoscopic version as well- if you have any chance to see it, go for it, it´s awesome!
Disclaimer: I did the Renderman shading and lighting job, while my Polynoid buddy Csaba helped developing look, comp and textures.
Berlin based artist crew transforma and french director Yro are set to premiere their collaborative project “Asynthome” on friday, april 9th at NÉMO LE FESTIVAL DES ARTS NUMÉRIQUES. Asynthome is a Live AV- Performance and the teaser (above) looks awesome. I love how transforma handcraft their stunning visuals and everytime I see some of their work I’m wondering why we are going through the painful process of exclusively using computer generated imagery for our work instead of, you know, “real” life. You just have to watch the making of “synken” to get jealous about the way they work while you’re sitting in front of your screen the whole day. Be sure to check out transforma’s website and their vimeo channel as well as yro’s website, it’s really cool stuff.
Oh, shock! Swiss artist Dare was one of my absolute favourite writers since I started to be interested in streetart as a teenager. Sad news, Sigi von Koeding a.k.a. Dare died on March 6th of cancer being only 42 years old. Thanks Dare for bringing your style and inspriration in this world- nobody will forget you! Here is Dare´s favourite selection of 2009´s pieces over at his blog. Video and some more pics after the break, even more awesome stuff at Dare´s website.
For those (few) people who haven´t seen this awesome video yet: watch it! For those who have already seen it (several times): go read the Q&A session over at Gizmodo with OK Go talking about how they did this piece and their music videos in general. Pretty interesting stuff!
“Machines have an organic side, while plants have a mechanical side” is a quote by japanese artist Macoto Murayama and that´s exactly what his beautiful cg- illustrations of plants show. Having a workflow of examining plants on a microscopic level and then rebuilding the complex biological structures in cg seems to me to be the counterpart to algorithmically building biological structures in 3d, like Daniel White does with his mandelbulb. And that´s where we come back to Murayamas statement: It´s not only possible to find something mechanical in nature, you will also find biological structures in machines or in what machines are made of: math! More pics after the break.
I’m happy to introduce the work of Spanish 2d animator/designer Alberto Mielgo aka pinkman. Great aesthetics, style and timing. I really hope to see more of his animated paintings soon!
Sand sculptures are nothing new in times of the glorious Stumbleupon. But there is this piece which I think is outstanding. Made by Ray Villafane in 10 days at a Venice, Italy based event which was all about Dantes Inferno.
Drip drop, from the very first look i thought there was something special about Jo Angel’s pieces- maybe it’s just that he seems to have a faible for food just like i do, or maybe it’s the way he manages to melt thick an thin in his letters in such a fresh way, i just love his bubbles vs. skinny style! Dijon, texmex, eggplant, it’s fresh, it’s wet, it’s exquisit! Have a mouthful after the click and please don’t miss the full menue at Jo’s website and- not just for starters- his flickr stream. Bon appetit!
‘we know our journey is not random chaos but a journey where every shouting supernova, every trembling cell, returns to the one perfect mystery from which we all come and go’
Beautiful short by Turkish director Ayhan Cebe. Music by hecq.
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