I miss it already. The interactive installation ‘Volume’ which was ‘touring’ Federation Square in Melbourne over the past month or so has been packed away, getting ready for its next city. What am I going to look at now while I wait for my tram? Oh well, thank you youtube for feeding my lust before the next installation hits town.
I had my first winter term subject today and all of the tutorials for that subject are online. When this happens the group of students are normally asked to introduce themselves and post something which inspires them on the discussion board. It’s always interesting to see what students admire from all the different forms of design disciplines teached at the University (communication, multimedia, interior, industrial, product and film). Here are some of todays highlights:
You may be aware of Edgar Müller, the street artist who morphs city scapes into his own illusions such as this one here in Germany. There was also one he did recently for the “Festival of World Culture in Dun Laoghaire. Check out this cool youtube click of the making of the piece plus continue watching to see how the public interacts with the piece.
Edgar Muller – Inferno
Edgar Muller – Ice Age
My friend Mark recently forward me a link to this add made by the company WOW. It’s for Citizen Watches and has a great blend of motion graphics and time delayed photography. The way the sound syncs in with the building lights towards the end reminded me of Michel Gondry’s clip for The Chemical Brothers ‘Star Guitar’ which does a similar thing. So impressed was I with their work that I decided to stumble upon more of their clips and this one (don’t know what it’s for it – it could be just for their own reel purposes) shows the numbers 1-10 through exquisitely beautiful motion graphics and animation. Preeeetttyyyy.
Infinity Citizen – WOW
The Chemical Brothers – Star Guitar (Director: Michel Gondry)
Introducing “I always look good on Fridays” a section highlighting work from the art/design world which has taken my fancy, both new and old. If there is anything that you like or don’t like, or have found a piece of work that you wish to share then please feel free to comment away.
As a kid I dreaded going into Greek Orthodox church each Sunday. The only way to entertain myself was to stare at all the Byzantine artworks throughout the church over and over again. Athens based artist Stelios Faitakis infuses this Byzantinian religious style with temporary issues of today – normally dealing with violence. You can check out more of his work in April’s edition of Juxtapoz magazine or his website.
The animation house th1ng has created a promo for the London 2012 Olympics with the brief being that it needs to encapsulate the essence of London. They have used almost every animation/motion graphic technique imaginable and somehow it all flows together. A stunning piece of work.
And lastly, if your in Australia you may have seen the new Sam Kekovich lamb add where they have superimposed his head on a school boy. Although I do like this creepy little add it did remind me of a similar albeit much creepier add, made in 2000. I am of course talking about Chris Cunningham’s commercial for the original Playstation. His choice to shoot on mini dv brings a scary realism to the entire scene. I don’t want to EVER meet this girl.
One of my assignments is to create 6 storyboards for a music video clip of your choice. You can choose to do it any style but your not allowed to use the band/artist in the images. I chose The Drones track “Words from the exectutioner to Alexander Pierce” and have decided to shoot my friend Mick as the cannibal Alexander Pierce. Here’s the early sketches of the storyboard with the photos that I took of Mick in a local park and my backyard. Lot’s of photoshoping to be done but I’ll post up the results in a couple of weeks.
Storyboard 1: Title of the song on an execution order form
Storyboard 2: Alexander escapes from jail
Storyboard 3: Alexander is about to kill someone from behind
Storyboard 4: Alexander starts eating the arm (I’m looking forward to this one. I’ve got Mick eating a roast chicken…for now)
