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.

Save your identity!

When you sit down at your PC, open up your 'Apple Mac' or play around on your smartphone, you are actively contributing and feeding your personal information into the hands of your service providers and into the ever-growing information technology cyberspace.

'Network' by Michael Rigley is not only a visual stunning physical representation of how our personal data is created and built, but also somewhat disheartening in our active participation within this. Rigley perfectly puts this into a tangible form, using clarity and simplicity of explanation to convey his message.

It's amazing after watching just a 3 minute animation, how you can begin to re-think our voluntary contribution to companies profiting off our data. 

Maybe it's time to take back our personal information from ISP's. Occupy the internet, anyone?

Takuya Hosogane makes a Point

This creation is from Japanese artist Takuya Hosogane. He's the featured artist on Pause Fest today. The young talent's work creates a dialogue between flash animation visuals and sound cues.

Vanishing Point in particular, triggers memories of watching Windows Media Player visualisations, except Hogosane's animations are much more iTunes in my opinion. He has a great way of really hitting those nuances in the music using image.

Read Lucy Down's profile on Takuya Hosogane here.

As Down mentions, Hosogane lists video anime series FLCL and Noein among his inspirations. Thoughts? Can you see the parallels in his animation style? Or is has his process drawn him closer to resemble more post modern works?
I can see a definitive line between his work and David O'Reilly's. 

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 ID Animations

Pause Fest ID - Official Version
Visual: Murat Pak

Sound: Radium Audio
Creative Director: Andrew Diey - Radium Audio
Lead Sound Designer - Peter Malmqvist - Radium Audio
Sound Designer - Bill Francis - Radium Audio
Sound Designer - Irad Lee - Studio Irad Lee
Musician - James Hand

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Pause Fest ID - Official Version
Visual: Sander Van Dijk

Sound: Radium Audio
Creative Director: Andrew Diey - Radium Audio
Lead Sound Designer - Peter Malmqvist - Radium Audio
Sound Designer - David Connolly - Radium Audio
Sound Designer - Irad Lee - Studio Irad Lee
Musician - Pále
Mastering - P-tronix, London

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Pause Fest ID - Official Version
Visual: Ronaldo Tozzi

Sound: Radium Audio
Creative Director: Andrew Diey - Radium Audio
Lead Sound Designer - Peter Malmqvist - Radium Audio
Sound Designer - David Connolly - Radium Audio
Sound Designer - Irad Lee - Studio Irad Lee
Musician - Ipman
Mastering - P-tronix, London

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Pause Fest ID - Official Version
Visual: Mirari&Co

Sound: Radium Audio
Creative Director: Andrew Diey - Radium Audio
Lead Sound Designer - Peter Malmqvist - Radium Audio
Sound Designer - David Connolly - Radium Audio
Sound Designer - Irad Lee - Studio Irad Lee
Musician - Alteria Percepsyne & Ipman

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Pause Fest ID - Official Version
Visual: Ian Clemmer

Sound: Radium Audio
Creative Director: Andrew Diey - Radium Audio
Lead Sound Designer - Andrew Diey - Radium Audio
Sound Designer - Peter Malmqvist - Radium Audio
Sound Designer - Bill Francis
Musician - Last Japan
Mastering - P-tronix, London

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Pause Fest ID - Official Version
Visual: Hi Organic

Sound: Radium Audio
Creative Director: Andrew Diey - Radium Audio
Lead Sound Designer - Peter Malmqvist - Radium Audio
Sound Designer - David Connolly & Bill Francis - Radium Audio
Sound Designer - Irad Lee - Studio Irad Lee
Musician - Pále

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Pause Fest ID - Official Version
Visual: Dima Grubin

Sound: Radium Audio
Creative Director: Andrew Diey - Radium Audio
Lead Sound Designer - Peter Malmqvist - Radium Audio
Sound Designer - David Connolly - Radium Audio
Sound Designer - Irad Lee - Studio Irad Lee
Musician - Last Japan
Mastering - P-tronix, London

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Pause Fest ID - Official Version
Visual: Bestia

Sound: Radium Audio
Creative Director: Andrew Diey - Radium Audio
Lead Sound Designer - Peter Malmqvist - Radium Audio
Sound Designer - Andrew Diey - Radium Audio
Sound Designer - Irad Lee - Studio Irad Lee
Musician - Ipman

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Pause Fest - Opening Titles

Breeder is a collaborative studio blending action, design, animation and installation. They have worked on diverse projects in the past including the “Pocket Hipster” smartphone app and “Rising”- a collaborative animation urging donations to Japans’ disaster stricken areas.

Breeder’s passion for storytelling and forward-thinking creative process has seen them deliver originality, diversity and creativity in every project they undertake. So we are understandably excited that the team at Breeder has created the Pause Fest opening titles in collaboration with the sweet sound-design of Radium Audio.

Visual: BREEDER, Australia
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Director: Joyce Ho
Producer: Megan Griffiths
DOPs: Timothy Lovett and Chris Morris
RED Operator: Peter Wright
Editing and Colour Grading: Joyce Ho, Timothy Lovett and Chris Morris
Compositor: Chris Morris
Props and Set Design: Megan Griffiths and Joyce Ho
Scientific Consultant: Will Johnston
Special Thanks: Queensland University of Technology

Sound: Radium Audio
Creative Director: Andrew Diey - Radium Audio
Lead Sound Designer - Peter Malmqvist - Radium Audio
Sound Designer - Irad Lee - Studio Irad Lee
Musician - Ipman, Josephine LLoyd, Karin Höghielm, Johan Vavare.
Mastering - P-tronix, London

radium-audio.com

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Pause Fest 2011

I'm very sorry for not updating this blog as it should be and as it use to be, but the reason behind it is that I'm organising Pause Fest. Please go to pausefest.com.au for some digital goodness.

Our lineup and all events are in place. If you live in Melbourne or around please come, visit us and join Pause. We are very excited with the program and all events. The opening night is nearly SOLD OUT, so be quick to register for other events before they go.

Thanks for understanding and see you all at Pause Fest next week!

Mill | Touch

A Behind the Scenes look at Mill Touch: An interactive multi-touch, smart glass display showcasing the Mill's body of work, created by Mill NY's Digital team.

DB | Contributors Welcome

There is a very rare opportunity for very few individuals to join Digital Buyologie blog team and grow the platform that has been established in 2009. You would have to be passionate about the new technologies - Digital media, animation and motion graphics and to have a good eye for the outstanding TVC's. If that is you please get in contact with us.

Digital Buyologie was a seed for the Pause Fest, the first digital festival in Melbourne. Please visit: pausefest.com.au so you would have the opportunity to network between both platforms. Pause Fest has awesome program this year and is set to kick off from 7-13th November 2011. Stay tuned!

Parkmobile | Digital Parking

Finally Melbourne gets upgrade with it's hefty parking meters going digital. The year long trial starts on 5 September as part of a suite of upgrades to parking technology in the City of Melbourne, including in-ground sensors and licence plate recognition. If successiful, pay-by-phone technology may extend to other areas of the municipality.

Wacom | Inkling

Wacom introduces Inkling, a new digital sketch pen that captures a digital likeness of your work while you sketch with its ballpoint tip on any sketchbook or standard piece of paper.

Wallpaper for iPad

Wallpaper*, the international design, fashion and lifestyle bible, has launched its first iPad edition of the magazine. The app is free to all existing Wallpaper* subscribers and gives users a portable and enhanced version of the print issue.

Launching with August’s Handmade issue, one of the most eagerly awaited of the year, the all-new iPad edition features all the content of the print version, but also includes behind-the-scenes videos, user-controlled stop-motion animations and a specially commissioned soundtrack by fashion’s go-to musicologist, Michel Gaubert. It also features an animated cover and how-to use guide, as well as giving users the option of viewing all content in either portrait or landscape formats. Since its inception last year, the Handmade initiative has evolved into a key global showcase for contemporary design and craftsmanship. The Handmade exhibition, held for the second consecutive year at Salone del Mobile, the award-winning August Handmade issue, and now the launch of Wallpaper’s iPad edition cements Wallpaper’s status as the flag bearer of a new design movement and a real driving force behind design innovation.

Tony Chambers, Wallpaper* Editor-in-Chief, says: ‘Our iPad app is a dazzling addition to the tactile touchy-feely print issue. An all-singing and dancing monthly fix with not-tobe-missed added extras. Thank you Jonathan Ive – it feels like the iPad was designed with Wallpaper* in mind’ The Wallpaper* app is available to download from 14 July from the App store priced £4.99. The app is free for all subscribers to Wallpaper*. The August print edition goes
on sale 14 July.

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Boffswana | Alienware - Area 52

Alienware was the driving force behind the production of the 'Area 52 live event' and Alienware computers were used exclusively for the high resolution rendering of the 3D projection mapping and film which was executed in Melbourne's Boffswana studio. I had a privilegie to check it out live before the real event and to say that it was a mind-blowing it's not enough.

Toyota Vision Wall Video | Interactive Marketing

The Toyota multi-touch Vision Wall at the 2011 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) is the single largest interactive marketing initiative leveraging a touch installation to have been created in the history of auto shows. Three 82-inch screens mounted side-by-side turned the Toyota environment into an interactive and immersive brand experience catering to all audience interest levels. With over 50 videos illustrating details and product features, the Toyota Vision Wall gave an in-depth look at Toyota's Prius family of vehicles.

Explore video footage of the Toyota Vision Wall, an interactive brand experience created by George P. Johnson, a multi award-winning experiential marketing agency.

Vodafone | The Evolution of Mobile

thefoundcollective.com and Flat-e.com combined forces for Vodafone's Youtube channel exploring the evolution of mobile phones.

Google +

We've been working on some new stuff to make sharing on the web more like sharing in real life. Come check out the first five features of Google+ at plus.google.com.

Asics | Run with me

To use ASICS Run With Me please visit www.asics.com.au/runwithme

Amon Tobin | ISAM PERFORMANCE

Projection mapping [the practice of sculpting video content to match the surface geometry it’s being projected on] is not necessarily a new technique, though it’s rapidly increasing in both popularity and complexity among the masses...making it more difficult for companies producing the content to stay competitive in the craft. Leviathan worked with frequent collaborator and renowned VJ Vello Virkhaus on groundbreaking performance visuals for electronic musician Amon Tobin, creating ethereal CG narratives and engineering the geometry maps for an entire stage of stacked cube-like structures. Taking the performance further, the Leviathan team also developed a proprietary projection alignment tool to ensure quick and accurate setup for the show, along with custom Kinect control & visualization utilities for Amon to command. The results for all have been outstanding: after the show debuted, it was featured in such publications as Fast Company and Wired.