Thanks to Makiko Itoh for translating Satoshi’s last words. It is definitely long and rambling as she claimed, but I found it an easy reading. Being an animator and also someone who tends to surround myself with work, makes me rethink.
Archive for the 'Art and Creativity' Category
A refreshing version of World War II told on Facebook.
Found an interesting pic today with digg, redditm facebook, twitter, myspace, 4chan, deviantart, youtube, google and wikimedia personified. The artist (unknown) is quite a genius.
A car with flexible skin and movable metal structures beneath. Theoratically, you an better customize the look of your car, it is scratch resistant and it probably costs less to change the entire “cover” too. But the best part is that it also consumes much less energy to manufacture these compared to full metal casings. Safety is not an issue because crash damping and structural integrity is handled by the frame. Love the lights.
Rhythmic cycle w/ abstract animation. Official selection : Annecy International Animation Film Festival Sommets du cinéma d’animation de Montréal : Quebec-Canada Festival des Films de la Relève
Sonar from Renaud Hallée on Vimeo.
The Kinetic Sculpture is a metaphorical translation of the process of form-finding in art and design. 714 metal spheres, hanging from thin steel wires attached to individually-controlled stepper motors and covering the area of six square meters, animate a seven minute long mechatronic narrative. In the beginning, moving chaotically, then evolving to several competing forms that eventually resolve to the finished object, the Kinetic Sculpture creates an artistic visualisation of the process of form-finding in different variations.
via artcom
Control particles by positioning affectors around the screen to solve puzzles. Play the game at http://www.playauditorium.com/
The graphics don’t look like much, but its a cool flash rendition of the classic Powers of Ten – except that now you control the accelerator and brakes. The scale is pretty impressive too, from quantum foam up to the whole universe, check it out at New Grounds.
What’s fascinating about this project is less of the technology than the new form of user interaction that takes advantage of the unique capabilities of this wearable device. The later half of the talk gives a preview of some of these gestures Pranav have designed.
TED Talk
Website: http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense/
The concept is strikingly simple: a short video clip is put online and each audience is allowed to replace one of the frames with an imitation of their own. Monkey see monkey do in front of their web cams. The result is interesting, see it in action at oneframeoffame.com
This work reminds me of an earlier piece by Aaron Koblin and Takashi Kawashima where they asked 10,000 independent unsuspecting users to paint a tiny portion of a USD$100 bill. The finished image can be bought for charity at tenthousandcents.com