Swatch,NuFormer,Moon,Air,Troika,Holly Throsby feat Bonnie 'Prince' Billy,Makoto Yabuki, Harvie Krumpet,Festo Interactive Wall, Bonobo, Passion Pit

The Swatch Young Illustrators Award is a unique competition awarding creativity and innovation in personal contemporary illustration and graphics. The award encourages and supports designers in their artistic practice and offers an international and worldwide recognized platform to them. Illustrative art works, art projects with graphic influences, animations and book art objects qualify for submission.

The nominees of the Swatch Young Illustrators Award will be invited to Berlin and get the opportunity to exhibit their work at Illustrative 2009 in Berlin. The winners await prizes worth 6.000 Euros as well as publications and illustration agency contracts and will also be featured in future international shows. One winner will be invited to design a Swatch Watch – a great opportunity to join the ranks of artists such as Kiki Picasso, Pedro Almodóvar, Robert Altman and Keith Haring.

Deadline - September 30th, 2009

for more info visit Illustrative



Impressive and stylish projections on buildings, a renewing way of communicating.For those who want to carry out a message in a striking and visually attractive way with guaranteed exposure: 3D Projection on buildings is the communication tool of 2009, and what an impact!

NuFormer Digital Media develops high-skill 3D video mapping projections. These 3D projections will be custom-made to fit any specific building and will be exposed by a battery of powerful projectors.

Watch | Projection on Buildings



Co-written and directed by Duncan Jones (son of David Bowie) Moon is more quiet introspection than 2001: A Space Odyssey acid trip or Event Horizon deep-space psycho horror. Rockwell delivers an impressive performance as both Sam Bells, and the straightforward no-twists, no-frills plot is as simple, effective, and refreshing as the miniatures used for the exterior establishing shots. Movies online

Watch | Moon



French duo Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel , Air , have released their new single , It's called "Do the Joy," new album Love 2 , october 5th.

Free download Here



CLOUD, A Digital Sculpture For British Airways Terminal 5
Troika was commissioned by Artwise Curators to create a signature piece for the entrance of the new British Airways luxury lounges in Heathrow Terminal 5.

In response, we created 'Cloud', a five meter long digital sculpture whose surface is covered with 4638 flip-dots that can be individually addressed by a computer to animate the entire skin of the sculpture. Flip-dots were conventionally used in the 70s and 80s to create signs in train-stations and airports. By audibly flipping between black and silver, the flip-dots create mesmerizing waves as they chase across the surface of ‘Cloud’. Reflecting its surrounding colours, the mechanical mass is transformed into an organic form that appears to come alive, shimmering and flirting with the onlookers that pass by. Troika

Watch | Cloud



Official music video for the song ‘Would You?’ by Holly Throsby, with guest vocals by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. The song revolves around a simple question: “Would you want somebody new?”. The clip drifts slowly in and out of reality - lights pass and bodies fall, on a slow, dark night, on the way home in the car.

Watch | Holly Throsby feat. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - 'Would You?'



Makoto Yabuki works as a director/ art director at Tokyo ,Japan.
He started his career as a visual designer in 1997 ,and joined TANGRAM.co.ltd at its establishment in 2003 as director. His artistic range is expansive; among his recent works are "scope" ,"MANAKAI",and "CONFINE(S)". His works have been presented in film festivals such as SIGGRAPH, onedotzero, artfutura, ARS Electronica.

Watch | As One
Watch | Confine(s)



Winner of the 2004 Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, Harvie Krumpet is the biography of an ordinary man seemingly cursed with bad luck. From being born with Tourette Syndrome to getting struck by lightning; from having his testicle removed to developing Alzheimer's disease; Harvie's troubles seem unending ! Yet, Harvie learns many lessons about life and enjoys its many fruits. He finds love, freedom, nudity and ultimately the true meaning of what it is to be human.

Watch | Harvie Krumpet



The FinRay structure is a prototype for an emotive wall. The emotive FinRay wall is composed of seven separate wall pieces, which can swing their body back and forth. Embedded in the skin of the FinRay are arrays of LED luminaries, which can be programmed individually to give personalized information or just to create an ambient luminescent atmosphere. Festo

Watch | Festo Interactive Wall



New video for the forthcoming single from Bonobo 'The Keeper', out on 14th September 2009 on Ninja Tune.

Watch | Bonobo - The Keeper



The official video from Passion Pit for 'To Kingdom Come' to be released on August 24th.

Watch | Passion Pit - To Kingdom Come

Olga Mink Interview

Olga Mink works in the fields of new media, live performance, video- and interactive art, exploring new possibilities in digital representation. With a strong emphasis to conceptual approaches, her work crosses boundaries between music, photography, architecture, poetry, nature, dance, public spaces and engaged themes. Her installation Ballet Mechanique explored the idea of physicality in the virtual (projected) environment, whilst Video_matic employed touch screens and online interactive works as part of a permanent installation for a new building. Work has been released on labels internationally, whilst her expansive live performances been seen in Europe, United States and Japan. Her works have been displayed at Tate Britain, Empac New York, Sonar in Spain, and the Grand Canaria Biennial amongst others. She also works as a curator in audiovisual arts and digital media. Mink lives and works in The Netherlands.



1 - Nam June Paik, one of the most important video-artists said “As the glue took over the paint, also the cathode ray tube will replace the canvas”. Do you think that’s what happening in art, nowadays?

I think the screen did replace the canvas, but all is in flux and I see a need for non-screen based arts nowadays. People want to explore works beyond the screen, and make something that is more tangible and human again. There’s a need for more human elements in digital art to identify ourselves with. I think screen-based art will continue to exist merely on the net. However, the need for film and {live} cinematic experiences, will remain to be an important artform.

2. What’s the main concept in your videos? Do you consider being video art?

My video’s contain a wide range of themes and conceptual approaches. I like to explore different kinds of narratives, forms, and context issues. An important aspect in my work is to create a tension between the actual space, the projection and the spectators’ perception. I like to capture one’s focus and create an immersiveness to fully absorb one’s attention and drift into another possible world, to evoke a sensory experience.

3. Where do you get the inspiration? What kind of music, video or other arts forms do you seek to inspire your projects?

I enjoy working with people that explore new boundaries in art, life, music, technology. I am mostly interested in ambient orientated arts, and like to work
with people that are also interested in these fields, wether this is music, art, architecture, ballet, electronics. My work with Scanner has resulted in projects
that explored ideas in nature and digital media. We tried to create a dialogue and response to many digital arts nowadays, that is merely driven by technological and minimal esthetics.

4. How is all the creative and editing process?

I don’t make a distinction between the creative and production process. The creative is embedded in the whole production process, and I prefer to be able to make choices at any time, and to value them as equally important. I prefer having a non-fixed idea to a certain extend. The idea of creating something that already exists and just has be produced doesn’t sound appealing to me. This would bypass the creative exploration which is the core of my practice as an artist..

5. You link all the nowadays technology: video, photography, live performances, installations…Is this the future of Art? All together, making a concept like “The Definitely Art”?

The future of art is now, and as an artist you are shaping the world you live in tomorrow. Mixing hybrid media and working within interdisciplinary art has
been within my interest for years. A creative method involves implementing new ways, ideas and technologies. New Media guru Lev Manovich, explained hybrid media as a fundamental transformation, in his discourse about a “silent revolution”. Media hybridity especially in moving image, occurred from the use of various software applications, in the past decade. Software such as after affects enabled artists to mix all forms of screen based content, to create a new kind of [abstract or visual] narrative. The internet has been a main influence for this too. This idea of ‘remixology’ is a base for new developments and further explorations. Nowadays, there’s a general shift from the virtual to the real world and an unlimited number of challenges are yet to be explored. What major transformation may occur out of this, is an interesting topic to think about, but impossible to predict in advance.

6. You recent release your project “Atlantida”at 2nd Biennial of the Canaries 2009. How was the experience?

Very good, we got to see some exotic and remote places. The Canarian islands are very beautiful and the change of scenery in such a short time was a unique experience. I mean, how often do you get to explore seven islands in seven days? Nevertheless, it has been a week of hard working too. Every day existed of getting up early, driving through mountainy terrains, catching a plane or boat (imagine the last minute stress), hiring a car, checking-in hotels, and finding the best location for filming. Although the trip was well arranged, we still had to sort these things out ourselves, ofcourse. But it has been an amazing opportunity and the results came out very well. At the time we didn’t know wether we would be able to figure out the balloon shots, and our main idea was to use smoke. We wanted to use flairs, but didn’t get permission from the organization as this could cause issues with the local authorities. Luckily the balloons worked out well and the installation has been received as one of the best during the expo!



Watch | Atlantida, Installation at 2nd Biennial of the Canaries 2009

7. Do you prefer to work alone or do you consider more productive working with other artists?

Sometimes working on your own can be very relaxing and totally great. Other times I need to interact with other people, and miss the vibrant interaction you can get from collaborating. If there’s a good flow, something unique can be created out of collaborative projects. It can be easier to push new boundaries and expand on ideas that are beyond the usual. On the downside of things, collaboration can also be limiting, which is something you would want to avoid at any time..

8. Why the decision to put the videos on vimeo and youtube?
Do you defend thedemocratization of art?

I just enjoy sharing what I make, and to use the social network aspect of web2.0. It’s a sign of the time and an opportunity to expand on new ideas and interact with others. It’s a way to communicate, connect, react and interfere with other peers. I hardly submit work to video-screenings, as instead my videos are available on the net. Though, this doesn’t count for live performance or installation based work, which I absolutely love to present in the flesh and could never be fully experienced elsewise.

9. Which is your foresight for the development of Video Art in Europe?

I don’t think any developments are limited to Europe, but my thoughts about this in media- and video art, would be dealing with emergent technology in holography, stereoscopic projection, augmented reality, infrared motion tracking, ambient technology, and ubiquitous computing..

Olga Mink Links

Videology
Vimeo
Myspace
Facebook

Thank you,
Miguel Peres

Corto Maltese

Happy Birthday Corto Maltese.

Corto Maltese was born in 1887, July the 10th, in the Valeta (Malta). His father was a British sailor from Cornualles and her mother was a gipsy, nicknamed "the little girl of Gibraltar" , born in Seville . Due to the Origin of his father Corto Maltese is British. Corto's official residence is in La Antigua, in the Antilles, but his favourite residence (and the only one we see in the comics) is in Hong-Kong. And don..t forget that Corto Maltese lived good part of his childhood in Cordoba, Spain.
The first appearance of Corto takes place in the title The Ballad of the Salty Sea. Where maltese is gathered out of the water by his ancient friend Rasputin. In this story, introduced by the Ocean, Corto gives us a small track of his origins. He tells Pandora how a friend of his mother, the gypsy Amalia, was interested in reading the future of the young Maltese in his line of the fortune. But something happenned, in the hand of Corto there was no line. To a child of only 10 and grown in this kind of knowledges and traditions the fact of not having this line caused a big impression to him and he decided to make one himself and so he could become the only owner of his destiny. The way to make the line of fortune was using the blade for shaving of his father, the result was a long and deep bloody line of fortune.



"it seems to be that Corto disappeared during the war of Spain". But to be disappeared does not mean to die.
On the other hand Corto didn..t die during the war of Spain. If we read the introduction of the Ballad we find a letter, dated in 1965, where Pandora tells how Corto is living with her family and the sad he is after Tarao..s death. "I see uncle Corto walking alone or sitting in the garden, watching to the sea, with the lost glance"



Read full story Here

Franz Ferdinand,Mr. Scruff,Red Bull,Steve Aoki,Candas Sisman, Avatar, Whitey, Stardust

Franz Ferdinand have announced details of the release of a new single, Can’t Stop Feeling. Its currently available as a one track download.

The 7" & digital bundle will then be available from the 20th July. This features the band’s version of LCD Soundsystem’s All My Friends.

You can watch the brilliant new video for Can't Stop Feeling here & download a free remix of Can't Stop Feeling by WhoMadeWho.

Watch | Franz Ferdinand - Can't Stop Feeling
Mp3 | Franz Ferdinand - Can't Stop Feeling [ WhoMadeWho mix ]



Mr. Scruff 'Keep It Unreal' 10th Anniversary Gold Disc Competition!

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the 'Keep It Unreal' album, Mr Scruff is running a competition to win an exclusive commemorative gold disc.

To enter, simply upload a picture that illustrates "keeping it unreal" . . . this could be a photo from a Scruff gig, or maybe posing with a prize-winning marrow, or maybe drinking a gallon of tea, even a hand-drawn cartoon . . . there is no definition of what 'unreal' is, so let your imagination do the rest & see what happens! The pictures will be displayed in Mr. Scruff's gallery.

First prize: a personalised 'Keep It Unreal' gold disc, plus signed copies of the 'Keep It Unreal' 10th anniversary CD and both limited edition 12" singles ('Baisies' and 'Jusjus'), plus a round of applause.

Ten runners-up prizes: signed 'Keep It Unreal' 10th anniversary CD, plus some half-hearted clapping.

The closing date for the competition is Monday 27th July 2009. The competition is not open to people who used to know someone who lived next door to someone who once worked at Woolworths.

Maximum file size for the pictures is 2MB. and only .jpg, .gif .tiff and .png files are allowed!

Entry form and competition gallery all hosted here, Scruff-style.



Upload your personal statement in five photos on Red Bull and win a free of charge inspiring photography weekend with Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam Masterclass, Workshops, Glamour Photography, a Playboy Shoot en a big Photo-Exchange-Party.
It is also possible to attend a workshop photography in July and August at the Rooms of Red Bull. More information on Rooms of Red Bull



We are extremely excited to announce the NEW remix by STEVE AOKI of N.A.S.A.'s "Gifted" which features Kanye West, Santigold, and & Lykke Li! Amazing Right!?! Well, here it is, free for your downloading pleasure! Let us know what you think!

Free Download from Rcrdbl



New work of Candas Sisman , Avatar is a dance performance for Istanbul Bilgi University,Management Of Performing Arts - Bodies and Technologies class.

Watch | AVATAR - selected scenes



Music video from Whitey , one of the bands under Dim Mac wings.

Watch | Whitey - Non-Stop



Super cool Reel by New York's Studio Stardust.

Watch | Stardust 2009 Reel

klippoglim,Alarm,Sebastian Lange, Vladislav Delay, Strukt, Vitalic,Yeah Yeah Yeahs,Cinedance

A small showreel showcasing a few experiments with motion effects and a dark, distorted synchronized audio soundtrack. This piece consists of scraps and pieces from random animations, but the soundtrack really makes it work as a whole. Please do turn up the volume for this one.

Watch | Motion & Audio Experiments - A Minireel



I' m Moo-hyun Jang, a director of independent Animation team, MESAI. Let me introduce the second short animation film, ALARM. Have fun. ^^

Watch | ALARM



A film by Sebastian Lange , The next level of this experimental typographic
orgy. Direction and Animation by Sebastian Lange , Music by Forss

Flickermood was basically all done in AE - the soundtrack
is from FORSS (check out his music platform at soundcloud.com and his music at forss.to).

Watch | Flickermood 2.0



Ahead of Vladislav Delay new album release , here his a free track from " Tummaa ".

Mp3 | Vladislav Delay - Melankolia

Thanks to Ben Winbolt @ The Leaf Label



My company, Strukt, realized this installation with the node-based programming language VVVV. We built this letter-universe to functioned as a soothing ambient visual but also created type-matrix pictures and fonts to feature the participants of “The design:project”, a competition hosted by Mercedes-Benz.

The real-time animation was screened on a 20 meter wide 3x-HD projection using only one computer to create the output signals. This system was later on also used to screen content during the award ceremony. For convenience we enabled OSC commands to control the letter-universe with the help of an iPod Touch.

Watch | Letter Universe Installation



Video for Your Disco Song the first single of Vitalic's new album to be released end of September ! Directed by Christine Massy & Brice Van Der Haegen / Produced by WAF!

Watch | Vitalic - Your Disco Song



Hey Folks, all us Yeah Yeah Yeahs have been avid collectors of t-shirts over the years, what can we say, WE LIKEY A GOOD T-SHIRT. In our travels many of you have chucked a homemade YYY tee on the stage or what not and all the shirts have always been unique and poured over with loooooove. So it got us thinking: how about giving you the fans a crack at coming up with a fresh new blitzin' YYY T-shirt design! It's a natural fact that YYYs have amongst YOU a whole heap of ART STARS! So school's out for the summer and we want you to spend a hot lazy afternoon throwing something together for us YYYs to REPRESENT! And I got a hunch you're gonna bring it! And if you do we'll bring back a little something in return…!! Luv, YYYs

The Prize
One winner will be selected by YYYs and will have their winning design featured on YYYs sites
The winning shirt will be printed and sold on tour and in YYYs online store
Winner will also receive autographed booty from the band

To Submit
Design should be for front of tee
Keep designs to 2-3 colors
Designs must be for a Black or White colored Tee
Design must be submitted digitally – no smaller than 300 DPI, photoshop or illustrator file is preferred
Design must be no larger than 14" x 18"
Email your file to > yyyteecontest@gmail.com
For your submission to be considered valid, you must include your full name, age, location in the body of the email.
Contestants under 18 years of age must print the release page, have a parent or guardian sign, and email with their submission.



‘Exploring boundaries’ - Amsterdam
Cinedans 2009 takes place from 1 until 11 July at theatres in the Leidseplein quarter in Amsterdam. The festival will present short and long dance films, documentaries, installations and Moving Media and this year’s motto is Exploring Boundaries.

Together with Julidans Cinedans will present MOVING MEDIA this year for the first time, with Chunky Move (AUS) and Kris Verdonck (B). MOVING MEDIA will present performances in which dance engages in an intriguing symbiosis with technology and performing arts.

Watch | Chunky Move - at The Kitchen

Vladislav Delay,Adobe cs3 Interactive,My Secret Heart,Virgile,Martin Solveig feat. Dragonette,Takcom,Sebastien Wierinck,Social Collider,Home

Leaf records announces the forthcoming album of Sasu Ripatti (a.k.a. Vladislav Delay) called Tummaa ("Dark"), out on 24 August 2009.

Finnish composer Sasu Ripatti returns in late summer with Tummaa, his first album as Vladislav Delay since 2007’s Whistleblower. The new album marks a significant shift in emphasis in this acclaimed musician’s work, reflecting a renewed interest in jazz and acoustic performance: Tummaa is far more organic and live-sounding than anything he’s done before.

Ripatti is considered a genuine musical maverick; the devotion inspired by the depth, innovation and emotional volume of his music is passionate in the extreme. While he has largely shunned the limelight since emerging as a producer in Helsinki in the late 90s, his prolific output (as Delay, Luomo and Uusitalo, as well as collaborations with partner Antye Greie (AGF)) speaks for itself.

His accomplishments include collaborations with a vast array of musicians and singers such as Craig Armstrong, Black Dice, Massive Attack, Towa Tei, Jake Shears, Robert Owens and Ryuichi Sakamoto. Since returning to live in Finland in 2008 after seven years in Berlin, Sasu Ripatti has begun to emerge more fully as the identity behind this decade of fascinating, although somewhat clandestine endeavours, coinciding with a return to Ripatti’s first love of performing as a percussionist.

With a wide range of experience with record labels throughout his career (from major labels with the Luomo project and the cream of the underground via Mille Plateaux, Chain Reaction, Force Tracks, and BPitch Control among many), Ripatti has for the last five years released works on his own Huume label. So it’s with great pride that long-time admirers The Leaf Label welcome Ripatti for his landmark latest release as Vladislav Delay. It marks the beginning of a new chapter in the Sasu Ripatti story.
“I wanted to take a new direction with Vladislav Delay, with more acoustic sound sources,” he explains. “I avoided as much electronics as possible, wanting to bring myself closer to my background as a drummer and percussionist.”Leaf

You have a pre listen to the track Melankolia @ Vladislav Delay Myspace



In conjunction with the launch of Adobe's CS3, this interactive mural installation was designed by Brand New School for Goodby, Silverstein & Partners of San Francisco. Using some fairly sophisticated programming and tracking hardware, peoples' movements are recorded and translated into an animated mixed-media mural that reflects the creative license afforded by the new Adobe CS3 software package. From left to right, the mural evolves from simplicity to complexity as more elements are introduced. Brand New School

Watch | Adobe cs3 Interactive



My Secret Heart is a music and film installation & performance commissioned by Streetwise Opera with music composed by Mira Calix and sound design by David Sheppard. Working with video artists Flat-e, we created a film to accompany the 48 minute performance, as well as versions for an installation and short film.

Streetwise Opera are a charity who use music as a tool to help people who have experienced homelessness move forward in their lives. They run a weekly music programme, resident in 10 homeless centres around the country - and also stage an annual production which gives their performers the chance to star in quality shows where there are high-expectations, no compromise and no patronising. The voices you hear in the music, and people you see in the film, are from Streetwise workshops around the UK. 100+ Streetwise performers also sang at the My Secret Heart premiere at the Royal Festival Hall in December 2008. My Secret Heart is about their story.

Watch | My Secret Heart



Virgile is very shy guy who's trying to date a charming girl by turning himself into funny and manly characters.

This is the very first movie from Flying V = Clément Soulmagnon & Gary Levesque, two classmates from the 2008 Supinfocom prom.

Just one year after achieving successfully school with student movies "Gary" & "Yankee Gal", they are proud to present their new short film made in Paris at Wizz Design.

Watch | Virgile



Super cool motion graphics by Takcom , Audio driven particles.
Little bit key framed. All done in one day include rendering 6hours.

Watch | ME vs ME vs TAKCOM™ in one day.



New Music video from Martin Solveig feat. Dragonette

Watch | Martin Solveig feat. Dragonette - Boys & Girls



If every space is unique, why not every piece of furniture? In introducing OnSiteOO, designer Sebastien Wierinck takes a systematic approach to this philosophy. Using industrial tubing normally found only at building sites, he crafts robust seating elements featuring complex forms. These are standard objects that assume their definitive form only on site, as the name suggests, and are thus 'programmed' for use on the street or in the exhibition space. They are comfortable spatial compositions, motionless choreography, if you will: functional objects that make their presence known and leave the observer wondering whether the maker is an artist or a furniture designer. Sebastien Wierinck



The Social Collider reveals cross-connections between conversations on Twitter.
With the Internet's promise of instant and absolute connectedness, two things appear to be curiously underrepresented: both temporal and lateral perspective of our data-trails. Yet, the amount of data we are constantly producing provides a whole world of contexts, many of which can reveal astonishing relationships if only looked at through time.

This experiment explores these possibilities by starting with messages on the microblogging-platform Twitter. One can search for usernames or topics, which are tracked through time and visualized much like the way a particle collider draws pictures of subatomic matter. Posts that didn't resonate with anyone just connect to the next item in the stream. The ones that did, however, spin off and horizontally link to users or topics who relate to them, either directly or in terms of their content.

The Social Collider acts as a metaphorical instrument which can be used to make visible how memes get created and how they propagate. Ideally, it might catch the Zeitgeist at work.

You can read more about the project here.



We are living in exceptional times. Scientists tell us that we have 10 years to change the way we live, avert the depletion of natural resources and the catastrophic evolution of the Earth's climate. The stakes are high for us and our children. Everyone should take part in the effort, and HOME has been conceived to take a message of mobilization out to every human being. For this purpose, HOME needs to be free. A patron, the PPR Group, made this possible. EuropaCorp, the distributor, also pledged not to make any profit because Home is a non-profit film. HOME has been made for you : share it! And act for the planet.

Yann Arthus-Bertrand, GoodPlanet Fundation President

Watch | Home