The Lights That Stop Me

It's that time of the year! Vivid Festival is back and it officially opens today! Huzzah! If you're in Sydney over the next two weeks, you'll definitely come across many of the public events on show but if you can grab a ticket and check out a show. If you're not in Sydney, fear not my child, because through the power of technology you can stream shows on YouTube.
I for one will be tuning in to see Imogen Heap, Temper Trap and also check out Seekae's latest offering. In the lead up to the festival, the band has released this stunning sunrise session.

UUUGH! SO GOOD! CANT HANDLE!

But really now, head on over to Vivid's site to get the low down on events and what's on around you.

Future Deluxe Takes on Thom Yorke & Modeselektor

So incase you didn't know, Thom Yorke is a major modeselektor fan. He's pretty vocal about getting his public to listen to their stuff and finally he has joined forces with the neo electro untaggable band. Those lucky enough to attend Coachella got a preview of what this collab might sound like. UK Based agency Future Deluxe are the ones behind 'This'.

The Making of "That" Promo Future Deluxe have a pretty massive client reel as as far as digital creatives go, they know exactly where the gaps in the market lie and how to fill them. Check out their website here. They're based in Brighton so on a superficial note, not only are they intelligent and creative they are thuper thexy thurfer types with british accents. Get a google alert on happening on any positions going here because this a place you defs want to be. They worked with Thom Yorke, is there really a bigger selling point?

And I must apologise for the untimeliness of my blogging. I crashed my car... That's my excuse. Check back for daily updates!! I know I promise a lot of things, but I promise to keep this promise. Promise.

Leviathan Experiential Reel 2012

Among the projects featured, you'll see footage from Amon Tobin's sensational "ISAM Live" (as shown in the above image), Drake's 2011 OVO Festival, the studio's recent work helping to dramatically introduce several exciting new models at major automotive shows, and more collaborations with innovative agencies for major brands, including HP.

After participating in last year's Leo Burnett Leovative innovation event, Leo Burnett production consultant Richard Blanco shared these words about Leviathan: "Their work in the digital space, particularly projection mapping, was the perfect marriage of art and science that embodied everything Leovative was about… technology, techniques, delivered. Leviathan delivered two stunning pieces: A beautiful animation piece projected onto a custom, faceted sculpture, and an amazing xBox 360 Kinect interactive piece that wowed the crowd."

Regarding the latest developments and the new reel, Leviathan's executive creative director Jason White says, "For a new studio, to see this collection of some of our most innovative work completed over the last year makes us all very proud and excited about what's to come."

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Pause Fest 2011 | Open for submissions!

Melbourne’s already vibrant cultural and arts scene is about to receive a fresh new feel and perspective with the launch of its first digital festival. Pause Fest, which will be held from the 7th-13th November 2011, is about the new, innovative, interactive, exciting, creative and contemporary in the digital, advertising and creative industries featuring some of the world’s most creative minds of the 21st century.

This exciting addition to Melbourne’s cultural landscape has launched their impressive website which provides information about the amazing local and international artists and agencies that will be taking part in this years inaugural festival. The website features profiles, interviews and show reels from the likes of industry heavyweights such as Tronic Studio (USA), Fantasy Interactive (SWE), Director Kobayashi (UK), Leviathan (USA), Plenty (ARG), Physalia (ESP) as well as talented solo artists making waves in the industry: Dima Grubin (BLR), Andrey Muratov (RUS), Ronaldo Tozzi (BRA), Antonis Zagoraios (GRE), Dante Nou (AUS) and many others.

Pause Fest’s mission is to transform the city into an open gallery and create networking opportunities as well as dazzling visual and interactive experiences for both artists and the general public. That’s why Pause Fest has a number of opportunities for creatives to get involved and welcomes all submission whether from agencies that are looking to expand their scope and be part of something truly unique and innovative, or from solo artists who would like an opportunity to have their work showcased to an international and national audience.

Pause Fest is looking for a range of different types of talent to be involved, from local agencies and artists, production houses to musicians, performers and VJs to truly show off the plethora of creative activity that Melbourne offers. The festival will be an amalgamation of open exhibitions, interactive displays, live musical performances, visual projections, brand and product launches and new technologies.

Submission forms for show reels, animation, anything that moves and is at the cutting edge of the creative industries or blurs the creative boundaries can be found online on the Pause Fest website as well as submission for their world wide open poster contest for graphic artists. Submissions close September 1st 2011.

The type of submission Pause Fest is looking for are:

• Show reels of animations, anything that moves or is 3D
• Interactive displays and exhibitions
• Product and brand launch events to be part of the festival - anything that is new and innovative from concept cars to new technologies and communication devices
• Visual projections that truly dazzle
• Musical and live performances of any kind and any genre
• Poster graphics for the Pause Fest poster
• And anything to that is digital and kick’s ass!

Contact: submissions@pausefest.com.au

Radium Audio | Radiumphonic Workshop

This is a taste of The Radiumphonic Workshop.. the sound lab owned and operated by Radium Audio. Radium Audio shares a ultra rare glimpse of how they work, the machines, people and approach they have to sound which is obsessive and deep..

The lions we recorded in Africa for the new MGM global identity which they will reveal on highlyevolvedsound.com

Syzygy | GOAB. A TV Experience Concept

New technical possibilities are the mainspring of the today's television. The needs of the viewers seem secondary.

Today, watching tv can mean a lot of things: TV via Internet, web content via TV, video on demand, IPTV, cable, satellite, DVB-T, mobile television, etc.

But, how do we want to watch tv in the future?

In the last few weeks we put together our thoughts and developed a TV experience concept. With GOAB we take the latest trends, bring the loose ends together, develop established ideas further and develop new concepts to provide a possible answer to the question: How do we want to watch television in the future?

Saatchi&Saatchi | Moby - Hello Future

The Brief

This year, as part of The Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors' Showcase at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Saatchi & Saatchi partners with Vimeo and Moby to discover yet another unique filmmaking talent, with a Music Video Challenge.

The brief is simple: interpret and bring to life the idea of 'Hello, Future' in the form of a fantastic music video for one of Moby's tracks from his new album, 'Destroyed'.

The winner will be announced and their video screened at this year's New Directors' Showcase in Cannes, as well as on the Vimeo site.

Historically, many featured directors in the Showcase have gone on to seriously successful careers: Tarsem, Michel Gondry, Mark Romanek, Spike Jonze, Ivan Zacharias, Kinka Usher, Danny Kleinman and Jonathan Glazer included.

No pressure.

Submission deadline: midnight EST May 9, 2011
Winner announcement: 10.00 EST June 23, 2011

Download tunes here!

Samsung Galaxy Ace | Super Slow Motion

Again TVF has worked closely with Samsung to delivery another contemporary and trendy video for the client’s online adverts. This time the product is Galaxy Ace the latest smartphone powered by Android which is meant to be one of the most competitive mid-range smartphones in the business today.

David Dalmazzo | Dazzled Project

Dazzled Project from David Dalmazzo on Vimeo.

David Dalmazzo is testing some visuals with Cinder software and audio was made made in MaxMSP.

Semi-Permanent 2010

Semi-Permanent Melbourne 2010 Montage from Semi Permanent on Vimeo.

SP Sydney 2010 Montage from Semi Permanent on Vimeo.

Semi-Permanent Brisbane 2010 Montage from Semi Permanent on Vimeo.

Semi-Permanent is a world leading design conference that to date has hosted 26 events in 9 cities, covering 5 countries, with 164 speakers and over 42,000 attendees. It covers all disciplines of design, including graphic design, film, fine art, illustration, web design, interaction design, photography, visual effects, animation, graffiti, motion graphics, stop motion, and architecture, and much more.

Silja | Warm Signal

Warm Signal from silja on Vimeo.

A short abstract movie dealing with nature and maritime creatures, metamorphosis and transformation – it connects art and science. Strong emphasis on sound, related to the idea of visual music. The Style is soft but clean, focusing on black & white.

JWT Intelligence | 10 Trends for 2011 in 2 minutes

In JWT's sixth annual year-end forecast of trends for the near future, technology is the overriding theme, driving many of our trends and at the center of others. The economy also continues to be a common thread. As a companion to their 88-page report, JWT created a 2-minute teaser video that gives a quick rundown of the 10 trends.
To read more about JWT's "10 Trends for 2011" visit JWTIntelligence.com

Trend Hunter | Top 20 Trends in 2011 Forecast

The 2011 Trend Report is now available at http://www.trendhunter.com/trendreports, and to celebrate, they are releasing their annual video / 2011 trend forecast so that you can see all of the hottest consumer trends for 2011 in fashion, design, pop culture, eco, tech and advertising.

Zizizic | 삑ːShow - Experimental Interaction Ⅱ

삑ːShow from zizizic on Vimeo.

2010 Hongik IDAS
Circuit bending + Sound visualization Performance

BlackBerry | Empathy

For their sponsored project held by RIM Blackberry at the Art Center College of Design, designers Kiki and Daniel had to incorporate an interface that integrates human emotions with the concept of social networking. The result of this exercise was the Empathy concept. The phone is used in conjunction with a biometrics ring that is worn by the user to collect “emotional data”. Spec-wise it features a transparent OLED screen that becomes transparent when not in use and opaque during interaction. The front is all touch surface, while on the back there is a physical keyboard.

Via Yanko Design.

Vellum | SESC Pompéia

vellum | SESC Pompéia | ROJO NOVA @ MIS Brazil | São Paulo | 2010 from Robert Seidel on Vimeo.

In a time of complete virtualisation of knowledge, science and monetary flows the virtual sculpture “vellum” transfers the memory of one specific urban rhythm to another locality. After the premiere at the multiple LED screens of the COMO at SKT Tower (Seoul, South Korea) now 3 large screens at SESC Pompéia (São Paulo, Brazil) provide several thinly sliced views into this gigantic translucent formation, revealing time and space within the otherwise invisible as well as impossible structure. Video and sound design by Robert Seidel.

TEAGUE | 20/20 Headphones Concept

TEAGUE 20/20 Concept from TEAGUE on Vimeo.

TEAGUE's 20/20 concept explores the serendipitous match between R. Buckminster Fuller's tensegrity structure and the unique structural requirements of headphone adjustment mechanisms.

Candas Sisman | Flux

F L U X from candas sisman on Vimeo.

Plato Art Space is proud to present Candaş Şişman’s video dedicated to famous sculptor İlhan Koman produced for the exhibition İlhan Koman: Hulda Festival, a Journey into Art and Science opening on the 22nd September, 2010. This was a few meters long projection on to a wall in a dark room.

AnOther Magazine | Kate Moss 3D (KM3D-1)

KM3D-1 from artschoolvets on Vimeo.

Created by AnOther Magazine with artist and filmmaker Baillie Walsh, KM3D-1 stars Kate Moss. The work continues Moss and Walsh's journey into experimental, multi-dimensional image-making, first seen in their legendary holographic film for Alexander McQueen's autumn/winter 2006 show. This piece was filmed in 1000 frames per second in which Kate looks like a frozen beauty throwing those diamonds all around us.

Robert Seidel | Chiral

chiral | documentation projection & paper sculpture | MOCA Taipei 2010 from Robert Seidel on Vimeo.

chiral | projection artwork | MOCA Taipei 2010 from Robert Seidel on Vimeo.

Robert Seidel's "Chiral" cinematic etudes expand the two-dimensional image into space, refining ideas from Chinese calligraphy and abstract art into an evolving moving painting. They are projected on a sculpture and a screen made from handmade Taiwanese paper and there develop very different lives on configurations of the same material... They were exibited at Museum of Contemporary Art (Taipei, Taiwan) earlier this year.