OLYMPIA SCARRY / 54ma BIENNALE DI VENEZIA / VENICE BIENNALE

Untitled by Olympia Scarry, 2011.

Olympia Scarry ha registrato questo auto-ritratto video, reimmaginando una tela dipinta per la "Youtube generation". 

Olympia Scarry records a video self-portrait of herself, reimagining a painted canvas for the YouTube generation.


As featured in Commercial Break, a video art intervention for the 54th Venice Biennale curated by Neville Wakefield, produced by the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture and powered by POST. Featuring the work of over 130 artists, Commercial Break is a constantly reforming and randomly sequenced stream of artist's ideas, suggesting a world in which content moves at the speed of advertising and attention itself is the ultimate product.


Other pieces of art by Olympia Scarry / click on the images to enlarge


Self Portrait, 2011 - ink on paper

The White Feather Room, 2009 - installation view

Aftermath, 2010 - wood, cotton bed sheet, neon

Its' what you make of it, 2010 - installation view

The Bubble Wrap painting (Sylicone), 2011 - silicon & plexiglass

VIVID SYDNEY 2011 / TIMELAPSE / JAMES ZHAO

Per la serie "Viaggiare senza muoversi" un video girato a Sydney da James Zhao durante il festival di luci e musica "Vivid Sydney". Super!

In the "travelling without moving" serie, a video of Sydney by James Zhao during the lights and music festival"Vivid Sydney". Superb!

ROTTING HILL / A ZOMBIE LOVE STORY / MEDIA DESIGN SCHOOL / NEW ZEALAND

Un corto bellissimo, un po' splatter e divertente,  tecnicamente perfetto, diretto dagli studenti della Media Design's Scool di Auckland, Nuova Zelanda. Prodotto in 12 settimane, contiene 22 scene con effetti speciali in CGI. Bravissimi!


A stunning short film, with"an hint" of splatter (and fun), technically perfect, from Media Design School's Graduate Diploma of Advanced 3D Productions from Auckland, New Zealand. The short was produced in 12 weeks and features 22 digital CGI effects shots.

LONDON 01 / DAVE HUNTLEY

Per la serie "Viaggiare senza muoversi" un video girato a Londra da Dave Huntley, "London Lapses". Bravo!

In the "travelling without moving" serie, a video of London by Dave Huntley, "London Lapses". Bravo!

THANK DOG IT'S FRIDAY

Cani supereroi nel video di Swedish House Mafia "Save The World", diretto da Jon Watts e prodotto da SMUGGLER. Super!


Superhero Dogs in the Swedish House Mafia video "Save The World", directed by Jon Watts and produced by Smuggler. Super!

SATURDAY / NORMA JEAN WRIGHT / CHIC

Norma Jean Wright - Saturday (so chic, it hurts)

Classico di tutti i tempi, uno dei primi capolavori dance della CHIC Organization: Nile Rodgers - chitarra, Bernard Edwards - basso, Tony Thompson - batteria, questa sì che è una sezione ritmica! Un "dream team" musicale! Imbattibile.


All time classic, one of the first dance masterpieces by The CHIC Organization: Nile Ridegers - guitar, Bernard Edwards - bass, Tony Thompson - drums, that's what i call a rhythm section! A musical "dream team"! Unbeatable


Not to be forgotten:

SPIKE SOLUTIONS / JACOB NIEDZWIECKI

Spike Solutions è una serie di screen tests basati su una composizione di tecniche generative.


Spike Solutions is an ongoing series of screen tests based on generative compositing techniques. This one features yours truly, rocking a bit of a hangover.

In this screen test, the video in any zone of the left half is sampled (from that same zone) from the video in the same location on the right half. All the videos start almost in sync, with a slight offset, so you can see movements 'ripple' from the bottom right to the top left in the grid. 

As they play, a stochastic (fancy word for 'random') process gradually jumps individual clips forward in time.

Made with Processing. Props to Lee Byron for his Mesh Library. Music is a 1972 Serge Modular synth, from Twenty Systems by Benge: bleep.com/​index.php?page=release_details&releaseid=18286

THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY

Grazie a Dio è Venerdì - Thank God It's Friday - 1978

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Donna Summer - Last dance (Thank God It's Friday) di mickeynold

JARDIN DES TUILERIES 02 / BADINI

© 2012 - Vittorio Boni / Studio Badini Createam / click on the picture to enlarge
Una fotografia ai Jardin des Tuileries. Maman di Louise Bourgeois / Parigi 2008. 

A Photography taken at Jardin des Tuileries. Maman by Louise Bourgeois / Paris 2008. 

JARDIN DES TUILERIES 01 / PARIS

© 2012 - Vittorio Boni / Studio Badini Createam / click on the picture to enlarge
Una fotografia ai Jardin des Tuileries. Minotaure / Parigi 2008.

A Photography taken at Jardin des Tuileries. Minotaure / Paris 2008.

ZERO / CHRISTOPHER KEZELOS / ZEALOUS CREATIVE

Zero, un bellissimo corto d'animazione realizzato in stop-motion diretto da Christoper Kezelos e prodotto da Christine Kezelos della Zealous Creative di Los Angeles.


In un mondo che giudica la gente dal proprio numero, Zero deve affronatre constantemente pregiudizi e persecuzione, Vive una vita solitaria fino a quando, per caso, fa un incontro chegli cambia la vita per sempre, incontra una zero femmina. Insieme provano che attraverso la determinazione, il coraggio e l'amore, il niente puo' essere veramente qualcosa.


Zero, a  beautiful stop-motion animated shortfilm directed by Christoper Kezelos and produced by Christine Kezelos of Zealous Creative, Los Angeles.


In a world that judges people by their number, Zero faces constant prejudice and persecution. He walks a lonely path until a chance encounter changes his life forever: he meets a female zero. Together they prove that through determination, courage, and love, nothing can be truly something.


THE MAKING OF ZERO

THE CITY LIMITS / DOMINIC BOUDREAULT / MONTREAL / QUEBEC CITY / TORONTO / NEW YORK / CHICAGO

Per la serie "Viaggiare senza muoversi" un bellissimo video girato tra Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto, New York e  Chicago da Dominic Bodreault tra la fine del 2010 e l'inizio del 2011. L'obiettivo del regista è quello di sottolineare la dualità tra la la citta' e la natura. Obiettivo centrato. Bravo!

In the "travelling without moving" serie, a stunning video shot between Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto, New York e  Chicago da Dominic Bodreault from late 2010 through early 2011. The director's goal was to show the duality between city and nature. A goal perfectly reached. Bravo!

Music is "Time" by Hans Zimmer

Another video by Dominic Bodreault - Quebec City Winter 2010

FRANCESCO VEZZOLI / EVA MENDES / FONDAZIONE PRADA / VENEZIA / VENICE

La Nuova Dolce Vita: "Social Life" e l'età imperiale. Da Poppea ad Anita Ekberg di Francesco Vezzoli, 2011. Grazie all'artista. Il voluttuoso corto di Francesco Vezzoli rappresenta Eva Mendes come un nudo classico perduto in un paesaggio da sogno surrealista e pubblicizza la sua mostra alla Fondazione Prada di Venezia.


La Nuova Dolce Vita: Social Life and the Imperial Age. From Poppaea to Anita Ekberg by Francesco Vezzoli, 2011. Courtesy of the artist.Francesco Vezzoli's voluptuous short depicts Eva Mendes as a classical nude lost in a Surrealist dreamscape, and advertises his exhibition at Venice's Fondazione Prada.

As featured in Commercial Break, a video art intervention for the 54th Venice Biennale curated by Neville Wakefield, produced by the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture and powered by POST. Featuring the work of over 130 artists, Commercial Break is a constantly reforming and randomly sequenced stream of artist's ideas, suggesting a world in which content moves at the speed of advertising and attention itself is the ultimate product.


Interview with the artist



Some Vezzoli's "celebrities" art pieces (Click on the pictures to enlarge)


LADY GAGA (2009)

THE GREED PERFUME (directed by Roman Polanski) / Natalie Portman and Michelle Williams (2008)

DEMOCRAZY / Sharon Stone / Bernard-Henry Levy (2007)

MADONNAS / Linda Evangelista / Cindy Crawford

SURREAL IN HOLLYWOOD / Liz Taylor - (2008)

AES+F / ALLEGORIA SACRA

The Trailer

The 54th Venice Biennale Commercial Break | 54ma Biennale DI Venezia

Il collettivo russo di designers e artisti AES+F (Tatiana Arzamasova, Lev Evzovich, Evgeny Svyatsky and Vladimir Fridkes) immaginano un mondo patinato di aereoplani incrociati con dragoni, centauri che maneggiano mazze da baseball, modelli extraterrestri, guerrieri aborigeni e hostess "kubrichiane". L'estratto del film in questo teaser è la terza parte della loro video-trilogia: Last Riot (L'Inferno, 2007), The Fesat of Trimalchio (Il Paradiso, 2009), e ora, Allegoria Sacra (Il Purgatorio, 2011). Il progetto completo verrà lanciato più avanti nell'anno come video installazione a 5 canali col suono.

Russian art and design collective AES+F (Tatiana Arzamasova, Lev Evzovich, Evgeny Svyatsky and Vladimir Fridkes) envision a flawlessly surfaced world of aeroplanes crossed with dragons, centaurs wielding baseball bats, extraterrestrial models and aboriginal warriors and "kubrickian" flight assistants. The extract featured here is a teaser for the third part of their video trilogy: Last Riot (The Hell, 2007), The Feast of Trimalchio (The Paradise 2009), and now, Allegoria Sacra (The Purgatory, 2011). The project will be launched later this year as a 5 channel video installation with sound.

This teaser was specially produced for participation in Commercial Break, a video art intervention for the 54th Venice Biennale curated by Neville Wakefield, produced by the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture and powered by POST. Featuring the work of over 130 artists, Commercial Break is a constantly reforming and randomly sequenced stream of artist's ideas, suggesting a world in which content moves at the speed of advertising and attention itself is the ultimate product.

INTERVIEW WITH AES+F

THE FEAST OF TRIMALCHIO - THE PARADISE - 2009 - TRAILER

THE FEAST OF TRIMALCHIO - THE PARADISE - 2009 - COMPLETE








LAST RIOT - THE HELL - 2007






Various Photography from AES+F / CLICK on the images to enlarge

140 dB / TADAS SVILAINIS

"140 dB" è un film sperimentale sull'interazione tra il suono e il corpo fisico. L'idea principale è di mostrare come il suono può cambiare la forma degli oggetti e la loro struttura, incluso lo stato mentale umano.


"140 dB" is an experimental film about the interaction between sound and physical bodies. The main idea is to show how sound can change objects form and structure including human mental state.

MEMORY TAPES / YES I KNOW / ERIC EPSTEIN / NAJORK

Un video sorprendente e surreale diretto e post-prodotto da Eric Epstein (direttore della fotografia: Aaron Epstein) per questa band del New Jersey, i Memory Tapes, dall'album in uscita il prossimo 4 Luglio, "Player Piano". Un regista bravissimo, una band che fa musica molto interessante. Bravissimi tutti.


A stunning surreal video directed and post-produced by Eric Epstein (director of photography: Aaron Epstein) for this New_Jersey based band, the Memory Tapes, from the album (out the next 4th of July) "Player Piano". A great director, a very interesting band with fascinating music. Bravo for everybody.


More on Memory Tapes here


Another video by Eric Epstein



Other videos and music by Memory Tapes


Bicycle - Directed by Jamie Harley



Today is Our Life - Directed by Jamie Harley