May 31, 2012
Alma Flamenca
"Pieces of wood, love, knowledge and 299 hours of work, condensed in a 3 minute film. The new episode from the series ‘The Art of Making’, titled ‘Alma Flamenca’, is available for you to enjoy."
Directed & VFX - Spiros Rasidakis, Dimitris Ladopoulos
Director of photography - Nikos Mexis
Editing - Yiannis Kostavaras
Sound design - Nikos Tsines
Guitarist & composer - Edsart Udo De Haes
Guitar maker - Vassilis Lazarides
Directed & VFX - Spiros Rasidakis, Dimitris Ladopoulos
Director of photography - Nikos Mexis
Editing - Yiannis Kostavaras
Sound design - Nikos Tsines
Guitarist & composer - Edsart Udo De Haes
Guitar maker - Vassilis Lazarides
Google Street View In Music Video
Official video for 'Chemin Vert' of electronic musician A Ghost Train. The video was made using panoramic frames from Google Street View from different parts of the world mapped as stereographic projections. Mesmerizing!
Kanye West& Jay-Z 'No Church In The Wild'
Music video by Jay-Z & Kanye West performing No Church In The Wild feat. Frank Ocean & The-Dream.
May 27, 2012
A Look Back At Maidenform Bra Ads
In the 1950s and '60s the Maidenform bra
print ads featured a woman wearing her underwear in public doing
something different each time. The copy always read: "I dreamed I
(insert the relevant activity) . . . in my Maidenform bra."
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Our Brains Are Similar To The Brains Of Cockroaches
By dissecting a cockroach ... yes, live on stage ... TED Fellow and neuroscientist Greg Gage shows how brains receive and deliver electric impulses, and how legs can respond.
The Internet Defense League
I joined ofcourse.
The Internet Defense League is a network dedicated to spreading the alarm whenever the Internet is threatened by bad laws or monopolies. League members (including Laughing Squid) will receive alerts whenever an Internet threat is identified. Members will have the option of posting alert banners, calls to action, and other interventions on their websites. By broadcasting through member sites, the league will be able to spread the alarm quickly and widely. The Internet Defense League was created by Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian and Fight for the Future. For more info on the league see this article on Forbes.
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The Internet Defense League is a network dedicated to spreading the alarm whenever the Internet is threatened by bad laws or monopolies. League members (including Laughing Squid) will receive alerts whenever an Internet threat is identified. Members will have the option of posting alert banners, calls to action, and other interventions on their websites. By broadcasting through member sites, the league will be able to spread the alarm quickly and widely. The Internet Defense League was created by Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian and Fight for the Future. For more info on the league see this article on Forbes.
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Surreal Anatomical Digital Manipulations
Modische Atlas der Anatomie is a 2002 series of surreal photographic digital manipulations by Netherlands-based artist and photographer Koen Hauser.
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Fake Trailer
This is so cool!
This is not a trailer for a real film. Bill Murray was kind enough to grant them their wish of walking down the hallway in slow motion.
This is not a trailer for a real film. Bill Murray was kind enough to grant them their wish of walking down the hallway in slow motion.
Dream Cleaners
Artie and Rex are professional Dream Cleaners. A night out on the job takes a turn south when Rex goofs off and causes their Dream Cleaning truck to malfunction. Now the dreams of their target, a young kid, start spilling into reality.
The Blind Photographer
The Blind Photographer is an intriguing short movie. It focuses on a photographer who goes to unusual lengths to capture unprompted pictures of homeless people. To use his own words he wants his pictures to be “not gloomy staged or posed but spontaneous and full of joy”.
The Blind Photographer was made by Christian Denslow.
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The Blind Photographer was made by Christian Denslow.
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Spacesuit Ballet
This video features archival NASA footage of mobility tests for several spacesuit prototypes. Music is from the band One Ring Zero's album "Planets".
May 26, 2012
Urban Oasis
Richard Vantielcke's "Urban Oasis" is a series of photographs
documenting the fluorescent-lit grocery stores immersed in the darkness
of the Parisian night.
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Aston Martin DB7 Transformed Into A Zagato
OMG! Why am I not loaded with money!
"built by UK-based bespoke auto producers evanta motor company to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the aston martin zagato,
the 'DB4 GT zagato evocation' is actually a modern, V12-engine DB7 car that has been converted to resemble the iconic zagato."
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"built by UK-based bespoke auto producers evanta motor company to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the aston martin zagato,
the 'DB4 GT zagato evocation' is actually a modern, V12-engine DB7 car that has been converted to resemble the iconic zagato."
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X-Men With Googly Eyes
Again a very funny Tumblr blog: X-Men With Googly Eyes. As the creator Googlinator says: Uncanny. Astonishing. Googly. Check it out.
Turn Child Drawings Into Reality
Nice project by Yeondoo Jung, a Korean photographer. He took crayon drawings made by 5-7 year olds and reproduced these in his 'Wonderland'.
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