SILHOUETTES OF JAZZ / JAZZ HISTORY IN 3D ANIMATION

Magnifico! Bravissimi! © 2009 — dominik käser  martin-sebastian senn — mario deuss — niloy j. mitra — mark pauly
Watch it in high resolution -click here!



This animated short movie outlines the history of traditional jazz music in a virtual walkthrough of a shadow art museum.

Shadow art is a unique form of sculptural art that exploits the fact that we can recognize objects from their shadows or silhouettes. Improvisation, a key ingredient of jazz music, is mirrored in the ambiguity of a shadow sculpture: many different 3D shapes can cast the same 2D shadow.

The movie highlights five different milestones in the evolution of jazz: the early songs of field workers, ragtime, New Orleans jazz, swing, and bebop. Each era is represented with a room containing 3D sculptures which cast multiple shadow images at the same time. This unique property is achieved using a novel computational method for the interactive creation and manipulation of shadow art. Given a set of desired silhouette images, a global geometric optimization builds a 3D shadow volume that can subsequently be edited by the artist using a set of 3D modeling tools.

The reinterpretation of jazz and non-jazz music is crucial in jazz pieces - in the same way, a shadow object can be seen as a 3D interpretation of the desired 2D shadows.

YOU ROCK MY WORLD / ACAPELLA / JB CRAIPEAU / MICHAEL JACKSON

Bravo!

ICELAND / ISLANDA / BERNAT EGUILUZ

Per la serie "Viaggiare senza muoversi" un bellissimo video girato in Islanda dal fotografo spagnolo Bernat Eguiluz . Grazie!
In the "travelling without moving" serie, a stunning timelapse video of Iceland by the Spanish photographer Bernat Eguiluz . Thanks!

100 YEARS OF EAST LONDON STYLE / THE VIRAL FACTORY

100 anni di stile "East London", creato per l'inaugurazione di Westfield Stratford City il 13 Settembre 2011, il video vuole celebrare un secolo di moda, musica e ballo nell' East end londinese. Meraviglioso!

Credits
Client: Westfield Stratford City
Art Director: The Viral Factory
Media Agency: The Viral Factory
Production: The Viral Factory
Seeding: The Viral Factory

QUEEN BITCH / BOWIE

click on the picture to enlarge






ASSIMILATION (& CO) / TAKUYA HOSOGANE

Takuya Hosogane, un mago della motion graphic! Bravo!


Movie:Takuya Hosogane hsgn.tk
Tools: AfterEffects Cinema 4D iModeller3D
Sponsor: MACALLAN / SUNTORY themacallan.com/​home.aspx


Movie: Takuya Hosogane hsgn.tk
Music: cubesato cubicroom.net/​
Music Download: soundcloud.com/​cubesato/​hsgn2011reel


"Le Petit Prince" released on iTunes Store. itunes.apple.com/​us/​album/​le-petit-prince-from-
Movie:Takuya Hosogane hsgn.tk
Music:cubesato cubicroom.net/​ ax.itunes.apple.com/​jp/​artist/​cubesato/​id323664538
:Meine Meinung meimei-music.com itunes.apple.com/​jp/​artist/​meine-meinung/​id252608676?uo=6



Director:細金卓矢/BOW b-o-w.jp
Sound Design:cubesato/CubicRoom cubicroom.net
© SPACE SHOWER NETWORKS INC.
spaceshowertv.com
spaceshowertv.com/​canvas


PEDRO ALMODOVAR / LA PIEL QUE HABITO / THE SKIN I LIVE IN

A wonderful movie, Pedro Almodovar always on top of the game! Lots of citations from the late Louise Bourgeois, and great work from Jean paul Gaultier.
  "The Skin i Live in" / "La Piel que Habito". Bravo!
click on the images to enlarge






MICHAEL JACKSON / DAVID LYNCH

Happy Birthday Michael. We love U.



 click on the image to enlarge

BRISTOL / ELECTRONIC MUSIC / RESIDENT ADVISOR

A Bristol negli ultimi anni si è sviluppata una scena di artisti che hanno trasformato la città in una delle capitali mondiali della musica elettronica creativa. Questo film della serie Real Scenes (via Residentadvisor magazine) esplora il clima creativo della città.

Bristol ha seen in recent years a development of a "scene" of artists that transformed the city in one of the most influential electronic music outposts in the world today. This film from the Real Scenes serie (via Residentadvisor magazine) explores the city's creative climate.



The eyes of the world have turned to the UK in recent years and have found some of the most exciting, genre-defying young artists to emerge from electronic music. But while London's scene can be fractious and hard to pin down, there seems to be something in the air in Bristol that unites its participants. Whether they're creating dubstep, house, techno or something else entirely, the cross-pollination in Bristol is unique.


Real Scenes is a series of films, supported by and conceived with Bench, in which we explore the musical, cultural and creative climate within electronic music's key destinations. We'll look at the role singular figureheads—producers, DJs, promoters—play in making their city's music scene a point of world-wide interest. We'll also look at places, spaces and inspirations, seeking out the essence of what gives these hyper-local scenes a truly global resonance. 

DETROIT / ELECTRONIC MUSIC / RESIDENT ADVISOR

Non si può parlare di musica elettronica senza menzionare Detroit. Questo film della serie Real Scenes (via Residentadvisor magazine) esplora il clima creativo della città.

You can't talk about electronic music without mentioning Detroit. This film from the Real Scenes serie (via Residentadvisor magazine) explores the city's creative climate.


Detroit. The city's DJs and producers birthed the genre we now call techno. Detroit, however, has always had a creative streak, due in large part to the boom and subsequent bust of the auto industry. Quite simply, Detroit is a city of extremes, and its music reflects that. Detroit's importance in the global electronic music scenes is often referred to in the past tense. With the recent emergence of Kyle Hall and other young Detroit producers, however, it's clear that a spark remains. When we visited, we found a number of artists with their eyes (and ears) firmly set towards the future. After our time there, it's clear that Detroit will endure and innovate for years to come.

Real Scenes is a series of films, supported by and conceived with Bench, in which we explore the musical, cultural and creative climate within electronic music's key destinations. We'll look at the role singular figureheads—producers, DJs, promoters—play in making their city's music scene a point of world-wide interest. We'll also look at places, spaces and inspirations, seeking out the essence of what gives these hyper-local scenes a truly global resonance. 

AXEL BAUER / MONDINO / GAULTIER / CARGO / 1984

Back in the day. 1984, Axel Bauer directed by Jean Baptiste Mondino and styled by Jean Paul Gaultier. Great Song!

Axel Bauer - Cargo de nuit di cladstrife


WEST INDIA COMPANY / AVE MARIA (OM GANESHA) / 1984

When East meets West / an electronic seminal masterpiece.

click on the images to enlarge


HIGH WHEEL / MAIDER LOPEZ

Maider Lopez, OK Center for Contemporary Art, 2009.


PRADA / JEAN PAUL GOUDE / CANDY

Creative supremo Jean Paul Goude meets Prada in a new film for the Candy perfume. Good Choice!


"The Making Of" con sottotitoli in italiano


GAULTIER / MONDINO / KOKORICO

The new film for the new man scent, Jean Paul Gaultier reunites again with photographer/director Jean Baptiste Mondino. Model: Jon Kortajarena.




BEIJING + PEOPLE / JASPER JAMES / CHINA

Ci siamo innamorati di queste immagini che mettono in scena la metropoli di Pechino e la sua gente. Riflessioni sui vetri dei grattacieli diventano pura bellezza e ritraggono benissimo l'idea della metropoli del futuro con un tocco umano. Fotografie di Jasper James - Pechino / Londra, bravissimo!

We fell in love of this this images of the Beijing metropolis and its people. The reflections on the skyscrapers window glasses become pure beauty and perfectly portrays the idea of a future metropolis with a human feel. Photography by Jasper James - Beijing / London, bravo!

thanks to designtaxi - toxel