SHUT UP - Savages

In times of facebook omnipresence, a manifesto:

SILENCE YOURSELF

THE WOLRD USED TO BE SILENT
NOW IT HAS TOO MANY VOICES
AND THE NOISE IS A CONSTANT DISTRACTION
THEY MULTIPLY, INTENSIFY
THEY WILL DIVERT YOUR ATTENTION TO WHAT’S CONVENIENT
AND FORGET TO TELL YOU ABOUT YOURSELF
WE LIVE IN AN AGE OF MANY STIMULATIONS
IF YOU ARE FOCUSED YOU ARE HARDER TO REACH
IF YOU ARE DISTRACTED YOU ARE AVAILABLE
YOU ARE DISTRACTED
YOU ARE AVAILABLE
YOU WANT FLATTERY
ALWAYS LOOKING TO WHERE IT’S AT
YOU WANT TO TAKE PART IN EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING TO BE A PART OF YOU
YOUR HEAD IS SPINNING FAST AT THE END OF YOUR SPINE UNTIL YOU HAVE NO FACE AT ALL
AND YET
IF THE WORLD WOULD SHUT UP
EVEN FOR A WHILE
PERHAPS
WE WOULD START HEARING THE DISTANT RHYTHM OF AN ANGRY YOUNG TUNE – AND RECOMPOSE OURSELVES
PERHAPS
HAVING DECONSTRUCTED EVERYTHING
WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT PUTTING EVERYTHING BACK TOGETHER
SILENCE YOURSELF

The Ruins of Detroit by Yves Marchand & Romain Meffre

"Detroit, industrial capital of the XXth Century, played a fundamental role shaping the modern world. The logic that created the city also destroyed it. Nowadays, unlike anywhere else, the city’s ruins are not isolated details in the urban environment. They have become a natural component of the landscape. Detroit presents all archetypal buildings of an American city in a state of mummification. Its splendid decaying monuments are, no less than the Pyramids of Egypt, the Coliseum of Rome, or the Acropolis in Athens, remnants of the passing of a great Empire."

Yves Marchand & Romain Meffre official website.

Fritz Lang - Chapelier Fou by Bjorn Feldmann

Fritz Lang - Chapelier Fou from Bjorn Feldmann on Vimeo.

In a factory, thousands are working without a pause. One of them decides to break out to find where he comes from.

it's a personal work I did for one year in my free-time. I based my story on the music of Chapelier Fou.
Inspired by german expressionism and of course Fritz Lang's Metropolis, but also mechanism of Jean Tinguely or looney tunes backgrounds.
The whole project was done entirely in After Effects: illustration, animation, editing and compositing.

Thanks to Chapelier Fou for letting me use his music.
you can buy/download the album "invisible" on www.icidailleurs.com/chapelier-fou
www.chapelierfou.com

And to Pierre Thirion www.21h42.com for his help in developing the story!

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Drenched Wind

Drenched Wind from Luis Furtado on Vimeo.

A video by Luis Furtado
Music: Stone in Focus by Aphex Twin

Homage to Ralph Gibson

Photography by Luis Furtado. Sírio-Libanês Hospital construction site.
See: Ralph Gibson and Larry Clark in São Paulo at MIS.

KARINA BUHR - Nassiria e Najaf

The Makers of Things

The Makers of Things: The Society from Anne Holiday on Vimeo.

Who we are is intrinsically connected to what we do and the things we build. So what does a lifetime of making things look like?

The Makers of Things - a short film collection by Anne Hollowday - documents the work and workshops of the Society for Model and Experimental Engineers, a sprawling organisation with members all over the world. Their common tools and methods mask a huge array of interests and skills, from experimental tinkerers to woodworkers and librarians, all brought together under the roof of their South London headquarters.

The Society
SMEE isn't like any other engineering society. It's a community united by a passion for making things and testing ideas. Their unparalleled devotion to their craft is evidence of a universal truth that's relevant to us all; we learn only by doing.

See the remaining three films in the collection here: http://themakersofthings.co.uk/

Les poings sur les iles (in Korean)

Les poings sur les iles from Sang hyun on Vimeo.

Text: Elise fontenaille
Illustration: Violeta lopiz
Publication: Rouergue(France)

Studio: Picture book Sangsang
Film Director: Lu bing
Animated : Lu bing, Kang Suhyun, Kim Soyoung, Lee Minhwee
Sound effect : Lee Sungrok
Music: Lee Taehoon
Voice: Han Gil
Script Kwon Seulki
Picture book coordinator: Choun, Sang-hyun.

Dervish grieving in Turkey

Akio Takamori

Storms imagined by Sophia Szilagyi

“Sophia Szilagyi is a printmaker who uses digital printmaking to create scenes of re-interpreted memory and experience. In her multi-layered compositions, Sophia explores the relationship between fiction and non-fiction, challenging our perceptions of reality and the effects of physical sensation and emotional response on memory. Sophia’s artistic process begins with an impression of a certain painting, personal photograph or experience. Images from a variety of sources are combined and overlapped so that the general interpretation of her work is a patchwork of real and imagined experiences. Sophia achieves this seamless layering by using digital technology, giving her the freedom to manipulate the imagery to create the desired mood and expression. The completed works are printed on archival rag paper as this highly absorbent surface enhances the softness and dreamlike quality of her imagery. In this current exhibition, Sophia draws her inspiration from the sea and coast, exploring the dualities of intersections between light and dark, earth and ocean. Through her prints, Sophia seeks to capture a sense of wonder, fear, beauty and, sometimes, danger that exists in both nature and the imagination.

Sophia Szilagyi graduated with First Class Honours from the School of Art and Culture at RMIT in 2000. Since graduating, Sophia has held a number of solo shows as well as participating in many group exhibitions across Australia. Her work has been selected in numerous print awards including the Fremantle Print Prize (2007) and the Banyule Award for Works on Paper (2011, 2009 and 2007). In 2005, Sophia was commissioned to complete a work for the Print Council of Australia and her work is represented in collections including the Burnie Regional Art Museum, La Trobe Regional Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Queensland University of Technology and State Library of Victoria.”

Press release from Beaver Galleries

via Art Blart.

More on Beaver Galleries website.

What a splendid idea! A record made of ice.

Pop-up books taken to another level

The Pop-Up Artist from Manny Crisostomo on Vimeo.

Auburn's David A. Carter is one of the world's best-known paper engineers, as the creators of pop-ups are known. Carter takes pop-ups into the realm of fine art. Blue Line Gallery in Roseville opens a show Saturday, Sept. 19th, that focuses entirely on Carter's Red Dot book series.

Didn't plan to do a chroma key/green screen effect - so it is a little rough on post.

Snowflake photographs by Kenneth Libbrecht (1958- ) and Wilson Bentley (1865-1931)

Official Snowflake Bentley Website.
Snow Crystal Photographs by Kenneth Libbrecht.

I swear, I saw them moving! ;-)

Impressive work by Ron Muek.



Muek's sculptures slideshow.

Mind blowing words! RADIOLAB Season 8, Episode 2

Words - Radiolab

Ink & Paper, by Ben Proudfoot

ink&paper from Ben Proudfoot on Vimeo.

Directed by Ben Proudfoot
ben@benproudfoot.com

Original Music by Kyle Malkin
Sound Design & Mix by David Bolen

Show your support:

Aardvark Letterpress
2500 West 7th Street
Los Angeles, CA
(213) 388-2271
www.aardvarkletterpress.com/

McManus & Morgan Paper
2506 West 7th Street
Los Angeles, CA
(213) 387-4433
www.mcmanusmorgan.com

© 2011 Breakwater Studios Ltd.

www.dinnerwithfred.com
Kyle Malkin: www.kylemalkin.com
David Bolen: http://www.youtube.com/everythingfilm

Cliff Jumper, by Moto Waganari

For more of his work: Moto Waganari's official website.

"Don't be lame. Live an interesting life."

Jujitsuing Reality from Chad Mann on Vimeo.

Winner Best Documentary, 2012 LA Shorts Fest
Official Selection, 2013 Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Official Selection, 2013 Newport Beach Film Festival
Official Selection, 2013 Maryland Film Festival
Official Selection, 2013 Irvine International Film Festival

Despite living with ALS, screenwriter Scott Lew maintains his voice in the world through his scripts, giving added meaning to the expression "living to write.”

Director: Chetin Chabuk
Producer: Diane Becker
Editor: Chetin Chabuk
Director of Photography: Chad Mann
Music: http://littlegettysburgmusic.com/

©2012 Sobini Films

Nine variations on a dance theme, by Hilary Harris

Performed by Bettie de Jong.

Sonic water, by Sven Meyer and Kim Porksen

SONIC WATER from elfenmaschine on Vimeo.

SONIC WATER
laboratory for water sound images
Sven Meyer & Kim Pörksen

Sonic Water / cymatics laboratory / vernissage documentation / CREATE YOUR OWN WORLD
Olympus OMD Photography Playground 25. April - 24 Mai 2013 / Opernwerkstätten Berlin

www.sonicwater.org

MUSIC by Kymat - Wet Sound Enlightenment / http://www.kymat.de
studies of visible sound and vibrations - drop@sonicwater.org
www.greatpieceofcake.com & www.elfenmaschine.de

https://omd.olympus.de/site/rooms#sven_meyer_kim_poerksen

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Sonic Water is a cymatics installation.
Cymatics is the process of visualizing sound and vibrations through matter, such as for example sand or water.

In the beginning there was sound.
The reason cymatics exerts such a strong fascination is that we are not conditioned to "see sound". Cymatics is like a magic tool that unveils the true substance of things audible, but conventionally invisible.
With it one can recreate the archetypes of different forms of nature.
So sound does have form and cymatics enables you to comprehend that it not only affects but causes form in matter.
In fact, we think sound had a fundamental influence on the formation of the universe itself. But that is another story.
Primarily, we are fascinated by the simplicity of this subject.
All it takes is sound and a very basic medium such as water to create... well, what could be (and in our view is) the coolest sound visualizer.

How does it work?
Our installation at the Photography Playground in Berlin consists of two different areas.
A self-running installation and a DIY water-sound-image laboratory where people can experiment with their own cymatics.
The setup in both areas is almost identical. The only difference is, that you can use your own camera and create your own soundscapes in the DIY laboratory.
The installation is very simple: A sound signal is used to vibrate a speaker. On top of the speaker membrane we have applied a plate and on the plate we have then glued an ordinary bottle cap. The bottle cap (or the whole plate) is filled with water. The water works as a flexible three-dimensional sculpture mass, that translates the sound into pictures. The vibration of the speaker creates one of a kind water-sound-images in response to the respective sound impulse - from chaotic patterns to standing mandala-like waves.
The camera films the speaker from above and basically shoots a macro mode live view of the bottle cap action which is projected onto a large screen.
When people enter the room they initially just see the big screen cymatics projections. However, once they approach the cube with the speaker they suddenly grasp the setup and have this moment of incredulity and utter bewilderment, that a setup as simple as ours can create such astounding visuals. But this part of our installation is actually just an incentive or an ice breaker.
Our actual intention is for the audience to have fun in the laboratory, where they can create and document their own cymatics.
In the DIY laboratory you clamp a Olympus OMD camera on the stand, which you get upon entering the exhibition and you can then film or take photos of the water-sound-images you create by means of sound signals from a synthesizer, by using your own voice (via a microphone) or by just playing your favorite song on your smartphone.
What does it look like if you hum your favorite tune into the microphone? What does Wagners "Twilight of the Gods" look like in cymatics?
The results are images reminiscent of the shape of flowers, the form of a starfish, the patterns of turtleshells, cell division, the golden ratio, the flower of life - all depending on the individual frequency impulse.
In the laboratory you become the creator, the big bang and part of the genesis.
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Simply amazing - 3D-printing mechanical hands

Read about it on MakerBot website.

Paper Marbling, by Seyit UYGUR

Seyit UYGUR { Ebru Artist } from Oguz Uygur on Vimeo.

Thank y'all so much for the likes, comments and the follows. I am really humbled.

My parents perform this art (Ebru in Turkish, Paper Marbling in English) and the footage was shot for a promo piece (https://vimeo.com/22325846) I was working on back then and my dad asked me to put a video together for him. This is what came out of that.

For those who is wondering how it's done I'd recommend googling "Paper Marbling" there is plenty of info out there.

The song is "Charlotte Mittnacht" by DeVotchka

For more of my work:
http://oguzuygur.com

How did feathers evolve? - Carl Zimmer, TED Ed

Over engineered nut cracker, by Rob Higgs

Meca

Magnetism II by Ahmed Mater.
Ahmed Mater's official website.

Heinous thatcherism! A voice of lucidity.

Kinetic sculpture: Bob Potts

Advices from the master: Laurie Anderson commencement speech

Penwald drawing by Tony Orrico

Página oficial de Tony Orrico.

Windswept, by Charles Sowers

Site oficial de Charles Sowers.

Tamaya Shobei IX, a Karakuri master

Haja pescoço!

Cod.act, grupo vocal pendular da Suiça.

Deus Ex Machina

Deus Ex Machina from Seth C Brown on Vimeo.

The tale of a man building the most beautiful, but most dangerous machine.

***Note for audio - Laptop speakers miss out on most low end sound effects. If you have headphones, they help!



An extra FYI -
This film and its subject are in no way associated with Deus Ex Machina Motorcycles ®

The making of an spaghetti eater