Posts tagged with “video”
February 20
Possibly my favorite Youtube video ever. I have nothing to offer in terms of storytelling. Just be captivated. 11:48 AM | 0 Comments | Tags: inspiration, video
February 18
Elizabeth Gilbert: A different way to think about creative genius
I like Elizabeth’s premise that we need a better way to think about creative genius: both for the doers and the would-be doers. I also like her anthropological breakdown of the word: ‘genius’ being a greek term which replaced the greek ‘daemon’, both of which basically mean ‘that mystical thing in the corner giving you all this creative power.’ Her point that is protects against both the artist’s narcissism and depression is a good one too, and I can see how that shifted with the man-centric post-Renaissance of being a genius, rather than having a genius in your corner.
However, what I do not agree with is the elevation of the ‘creative mystery’ to this otherworldly, godlike form. If we are going to truly get the creative spirit spreading and appreciated it should not be elevated like a midas touch, but brought down to earth as a simple and healthy process (providing it is well-integrated into your life). We all know that moments of supreme eureka can happen just as easily in scientific labs as in dingy studio apartments, so don’t think it doesn’t discount the fact that you don’t always know where your ideas come from. The fact is that you’re participating.
But I digress. Hers was an enjoyable talk.
02:27 PM | 0 Comments | Tags: on creativity, video, tedJuan Enriquez shares mindboggling new science
Juan covers a lot of territory here, and he’s not without his dramatic delivery. But if anything you should take away to chew upon, it is probably his naming of the next evolutionary step of mankind (or not!):
Homo Evolutis: Hominids that take direct and deliberate control over the evolution of their species…and others.
02:21 PM | 0 Comments | Tags: science, video, ted, technology, evolutionSeptember 25
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It's all here, in Jonathon Drori's simple talk on how we understand a lot less than we think we do. Creativity, the mind, fear, the human condition, education, the sharing of ideas, the pitfalls of technology. It's all there. 05:20 PM | 0 Comments | Tags: on creativity, science, video
It's all here, in Jonathon Drori's simple talk on how we understand a lot less than we think we do. Creativity, the mind, fear, the human condition, education, the sharing of ideas, the pitfalls of technology. It's all there. 05:20 PM | 0 Comments | Tags: on creativity, science, video
September 23
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<p>Received this <a href="http://flowingdata.com/2008/09/23/beautiful-generative-computer-art-metamorphosis/">link</a>/video from Stefan Klocek, inspired by talks we've been having about how best to create a multimedia experience out of the written word. This has no words, but the generative artwork is beautiful. I can see this being powered by displayed words, or vice versa. </p><p>From the link:</p><blockquote><p>Glenn Marshall has released his finished version of <a href="http://glennmarshall.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/metamorphosis/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/glennmarshall.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/metamorphosis/');">Metamorphosis</a>, a beautiful piece of computer generative art programmed in <a href="http://processing.org/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/processing.org');">Processing</a>. I wish I knew a bit more about what I was seeing, but I can only guess that the branches and butterflies follow certain laws of nature and rules defined by the music (I hope). Nevertheless, it's beautiful. Here's the video below, but go to Vimeo to watch the video in all it's HD glory.</p></blockquote> 05:27 PM | 0 Comments | Tags: multimedia literature, video, music, inspiration
<p>Received this <a href="http://flowingdata.com/2008/09/23/beautiful-generative-computer-art-metamorphosis/">link</a>/video from Stefan Klocek, inspired by talks we've been having about how best to create a multimedia experience out of the written word. This has no words, but the generative artwork is beautiful. I can see this being powered by displayed words, or vice versa. </p><p>From the link:</p><blockquote><p>Glenn Marshall has released his finished version of <a href="http://glennmarshall.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/metamorphosis/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/glennmarshall.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/metamorphosis/');">Metamorphosis</a>, a beautiful piece of computer generative art programmed in <a href="http://processing.org/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/processing.org');">Processing</a>. I wish I knew a bit more about what I was seeing, but I can only guess that the branches and butterflies follow certain laws of nature and rules defined by the music (I hope). Nevertheless, it's beautiful. Here's the video below, but go to Vimeo to watch the video in all it's HD glory.</p></blockquote> 05:27 PM | 0 Comments | Tags: multimedia literature, video, music, inspiration
September 11
NIN show features innovative lights and video
<p> <img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/scott.lambridis/SMioy_5GxvI/AAAAAAAAF-8/9dFrtDoEAZQ/s400/IMG_2567.jpg" border="0" /> </p><p> The <a href="http://www.nin.com">NIN</a> show last week, aside from being one of the best shows I've ever seen, also had the most innovative use of lights and video that I've ever seen. It started with a wall of moving lights behind them that could put strong simple images behind the band and a helluva lot of wattage such as: </p><p><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/scott.lambridis/SMio5dBhHiI/AAAAAAAAF_8/3-xpEwkC4Xw/s400/IMG_2577.jpg" border="0" /></p><p><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/scott.lambridis/SMio2jMIraI/AAAAAAAAF_k/xP6JUQpeisk/s400/IMG_2573.jpg" border="0" /></p><p> But then, down came a transparent screen with thousands of individual LED lights which created interesting pixellations and changing the stage dimensions, as below. </p><p><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/scott.lambridis/SMio_f60z9I/AAAAAAAAGAo/GPb7uNhH0QA/s400/IMG_2583.jpg" border="0" /></p><p> <img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/scott.lambridis/SMipDlITQJI/AAAAAAAAGBI/Wv3hJM7DiP8/s400/IMG_2589.jpg" border="0" /></p><p> <img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/scott.lambridis/SMipG3XLEiI/AAAAAAAAGBY/eAg8PxDPRV8/s400/IMG_2594.jpg" border="0" /> </p><p>But what if you introduce a second transparent screen covered with LED lights, and put them at varying heights and depth, creating an entire stage scene? Notice that at this point, they're playing a jazz kit, stand-up bass, mandolin, and yes, Trent on marimbas. Faaaantastic. I love how Trent is slowly acclimatizing his fans to new musics and instrumentations, which should allow him to still keep his fans as he ages. Whether intentional or not, it represents a good grasp on psychology. Regardless, these scenes are beautiful, and at one point looked like they were covered in pouring rain (though I didn't really nail that shot): </p><p><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/scott.lambridis/SMipLVJlUhI/AAAAAAAAGBo/H4TzmEdKGnU/s400/IMG_2596.jpg" border="0" /></p><p> <img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/scott.lambridis/SMipQtQHYiI/AAAAAAAAGCA/gs5Pb6By39E/s400/IMG_2600.jpg" border="0" /></p><p> <img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/scott.lambridis/SMipTio2j9I/AAAAAAAAGCU/2JG7hfNOFI8/s400/IMG_2602.jpg" border="0" /></p><p> <img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/scott.lambridis/SMipVeAG8cI/AAAAAAAAGCc/cBmwm-ecAfY/s400/IMG_2605.jpg" border="0" /> </p><p>Screens up, they started using them in a way that reminded me of Roger Water's concepts of closeness and separation that inspired <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=3&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Wall&ei=_YTJSITcCJmWsAPVpMiWBg&usg=AFQjCNGrnLAY-GgZegjcxSfJr5keD83EiQ&sig2=WKfhrhc3PBoaHOmpo7HQsw">The Wall</a>. Here the digital curtains are reacting instantaneously to Trents motions behind them.</p><p> <img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/scott.lambridis/SMipX2dBEfI/AAAAAAAAGCs/TZUnWvJVa9Y/s400/IMG_2607.jpg" border="0" /> </p><p> Gotta love the sea of cellphones.</p><p> <img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/scott.lambridis/SMipb2HlBMI/AAAAAAAAGDE/TPEezSLQR-4/s400/IMG_2611.jpg" border="0" /> </p><p>And to top it off, they used the screens to create a visualization of their drum machines. Band members actually got up, pressed the boxes to turn on beats, and you could see the bright white beat moving across and reacting. I've never seen anything quite like that before. </p><p><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/scott.lambridis/SMipehIM6_I/AAAAAAAAGDU/_MTp6DbxChs/s400/IMG_2613.jpg" border="0" /></p><p> And finally, a simple use of the LEDs and lights together to create a scene that felt like it had real dimension, mimicking their <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FYear_Zero_(album)&ei=EYXJSJjkOJ-WsQOY7ZSPBg&usg=AFQjCNGiKU3lqAi9_GeiU3ZmAhoqmqVjiw&sig2=l7zymYD-G1v1z1XrkYuuVg">Year Zero</a> album backcover. </p><p><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/scott.lambridis/SMipgkloyzI/AAAAAAAAGDs/2bBCB0W3-jE/s400/IMG_2617.jpg" border="0" /></p><p> Why am I showing this? Because they're pushing the boundaries of how lights and video should interact with the band, stage, and music. We're all used to seeing neat eye candy at live shows, but it's usually just that: candy to make you go "ooo" and give you something to look at while you listen. It sets a mood, and often changes timing with the pace of the music. But this is well beyond that. The lights and video were part of the band, and the stage. It reacted directly to both the music and the band members, and actually became immersive. It was like quite literally seeing the album art come alive onstage, so it became part of the storytelling. I wouldn't be surprised if crowd interaction became part of it next. Good show, fellas. </p> 01:55 PM | 3 Comments | Tags: inspiration, music, video, lighting, ninJuly 11
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Monsters, baby, monsters. Always fun. An odd way to sell lightbulbs, but full of Sendack-esque fun. And I dunno 'bout you, but weird monsters always inspire. 02:23 PM | 0 Comments | Tags: inspiration, video, monsters
Monsters, baby, monsters. Always fun. An odd way to sell lightbulbs, but full of Sendack-esque fun. And I dunno 'bout you, but weird monsters always inspire. 02:23 PM | 0 Comments | Tags: inspiration, video, monsters
July 10
<p><strong>Bunny Beheadings</strong><br /><br />This would be a wonderfully morbid Monty Python skit, if it wasn’t actual current events. Either way, what a great mystery to start a story. My favorite line is "Scientists believe he may turn his attentions from bunnies...to people." Note the description:<br /><br />"Over 40 rabbits have been have been mysteriously murdered since last summer in the Ruhr district of Germany . The animals which were brutally beheaded and drained of blood were mostly being kept out of sight suggesting that the killers maybe using Google Earth to track them down. Whether internet savvy Satanists are the culprits or just sadistic teenagers Germans are being warned to keep their pets locked away."</p><p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7496279.stm" target="_blank">» Link </a></p>
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June 19
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David Byrne's (of the Talking Heads) recent installation in NYC where literally wires up a building to a pump organ and plays the bitch. I've always thought this sort of thing would be so fun. Banjo & I used to do things like this, though obviously not to this scale, and ok, probably more in our imagination, back in our Wigglepussy days. <a href="http://www.davidbyrne.com/art/art_projects/playing_the_building/index.php" target="_blank">» Link</a> 03:17 PM | 0 Comments | Tags: inspiration, music, video
David Byrne's (of the Talking Heads) recent installation in NYC where literally wires up a building to a pump organ and plays the bitch. I've always thought this sort of thing would be so fun. Banjo & I used to do things like this, though obviously not to this scale, and ok, probably more in our imagination, back in our Wigglepussy days. <a href="http://www.davidbyrne.com/art/art_projects/playing_the_building/index.php" target="_blank">» Link</a> 03:17 PM | 0 Comments | Tags: inspiration, music, video
June 12
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Gotta love Improv Everywhere. The world needs more things like this...where you bring seemingly random acts of creativity into everyday lives and show people that life can be as weird and, to skew Capote's phrase, both tender and terrible as you want it. Imagination everywhere, if you please. Good show. 09:18 AM | 0 Comments | Tags: inspiration, video
Gotta love Improv Everywhere. The world needs more things like this...where you bring seemingly random acts of creativity into everyday lives and show people that life can be as weird and, to skew Capote's phrase, both tender and terrible as you want it. Imagination everywhere, if you please. Good show. 09:18 AM | 0 Comments | Tags: inspiration, video
May 23
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This is a mesmerizingly gorgeous example of mash-up culture. Interestingly, it supports the notion of "renderings" that I seem to be purporting by nature of this site's organization...whereby nothing is necessarily ever "complete", but is rendered in different ways. The brain is the ultimate remixer, and a good story could, and should, be rendered in as many mediums as maintains its relevance. <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/alice" target="_blank">Link></a> 10:26 AM | 1642 Comments | Tags: inspiration, music, video
This is a mesmerizingly gorgeous example of mash-up culture. Interestingly, it supports the notion of "renderings" that I seem to be purporting by nature of this site's organization...whereby nothing is necessarily ever "complete", but is rendered in different ways. The brain is the ultimate remixer, and a good story could, and should, be rendered in as many mediums as maintains its relevance. <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/alice" target="_blank">Link></a> 10:26 AM | 1642 Comments | Tags: inspiration, music, video
March 01
Trailer: Eleventy Billion Miles Away
A trailer for the release of Blackcat Revival's Eleventy Billion in 2004.
Video by Mike Newman (PNUT Films).
Music by Blackcat Revival.
>>Video production script and notes
09:28 AM | 0 Comments | Tags: omnibucket, band, wigglepussy, blackcat revival, eleventy billion, music, video, renderOctober 31
The Marionette
Short play written for Madlab Theatre's Grand Guignol in 2004. It received press merits and appeared for two consecutive years. Wigglepussy, Indiana and I wrote the music and lyrics and performed about half of the shows live, acting as a pit orchestra. Twas a blast to perform, as well as a fun and productive collaboration.
Video shot by Roger Lehman.
Puppets by Angie Needels.
Directed by Andy Batt.