Category Archives: Video

Unlogo – The Corporate Identity Media Filter

6th December 2010

Unlogo is a web service that eliminates logos and other corporate signage from videos. On a practical level, it takes back your personal media from the corporations and advertisers. On a technical level, it is a really cool combination of some brand new OpenCV and FFMPEG functionality. On a poetic level, it is a tool for focusing on what is important in the record of your life rather than the ubiquitous messages that advertisers want you to focus on.

In short, Unlogo gives people the opportunity to opt out of having corporate messages permanently imprinted into the photographic record of their lives.

unlogo via VJ Loops Blog

AntiVJ is a visual label

26th October 2010

ANTIVJ is a visual label initiated by a group of European artists whose work is focused on the use of projected light and its influence on our perception. Clearly stepping away from standard setups & techniques, AntiVJ presents live performances and installations, providing to the audience a senses challenging experience.
via antivj.com

Quayola – PTA 10

26th October 2010

PTA is a live audio-visual performance focusing on precise synchronisations between sound and image. It is a result of multiple collaborations with various musicians worldwide.
via quayola.com

Unleashed Devices

23rd September 2010

The opening night party saw this performer (unfortunately unknown) playing strobes through an audio desk, using delays and effects processors on interference. “Artists Neil Mendoza and Anthony Goh extended a 90-year-old typewriter’s function with a microcontroller that makes it loudly type a repertoire of phrases as soon as someone steps in front of the interactive device.” Words such as ‘PleAse lEa vE me alOe… Stop looing at me…’ typed themselves out, as if it was a timid ghost in the machine.

via Watermans.org.uk

Paul Rand by Imaginary Forces

23rd June 2010

For Paul Rand’s posthumous induction into The One Club’s Hall of Fame for 2007, Imaginary Forces created a short film, combining original animation with a videotaped interview of Rand himself, that encapsulated his unique and timeless contribution to the design community.

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (end title)

23rd June 2010

Working closely with Rob Cohen, the design team composed scenes similar in style to a graphic novel, building tension and transitions using brushstroke silhouettes of recognizable characters from the film, with 3D models provided by Rhythm & Hues and Digital Domain. Master calligrapher T.Z. Yuan was also consulted for the ink brush writing, to achieve a level authenticity amidst the fantastical elements of the film. The sequence was built around the Chinese calligraphy of the five elements — water, wood, earth, metal and fire.

via Imaginary Forces

“Exactshit” video mashups (by Hexstatic)

23rd June 2010

‘Exactshit’ and ‘Now Thats What I Call Exactshit DVD 2’ are bootleg mashup DVDs released by Hexstatic (Exactshit is an anagram of Hexstatic).

Featuring samples of popular hit songs, only 200 copies of Exactshit were made available at the Big Chill Music Festival 2003 and from the Ninja Tune online store. It has since been more broadly distributed through online file sharing. In late 2006, a second DVD, Now That’s What I Call Exactshit DVD 2 was released. The album was widely praised by music critics.

via Hexstatic’s vimeo channel

Lyrebird imitating construction work

23rd June 2010

We think we can hear the following sounds:

  1. Hammer
  2. Chainsaw
  3. Jack hammer
  4. Lawn mower hitting sticks
  5. Leaf blower starting
  6. Power drill
  7. Wood saw
  8. Human voices
  9. Two-way radio
  10. Worker whistling

He makes lots of different bird calls as well. What can you hear?

Chris Parks Art – Micro Photography

30th April 2010

2009 Showreel - Fluid Perspectives I

Abstract artist Chris Parks creates an ethereal world through his dynamic fluid paintings which capture light, movement and depth in a totally unique way. Using mixed media within a liquid medium, Chris creates moving fluid paintings which continually change and develop over time and are frozen at a particular moment in time through the use of photography.

All the paintings are naturally occurring events that Chris creates in his studio using organic ingredients. Nothing is digitally manipulated in any way: all colours are visible at the time of capturing the image. Organic particles are used to add a natural randomness to the flow and feel of the images. The paintings only exist for a moment before they evolve into something different and the desired effect is gone forever.

via chrisparksart.com

2015 Showreel - Fluid Perspectives II

The Third & The Seventh

11th January 2010

A full-CGI animated piece from Alex Roman that tries to illustrate architecture art across a photographic point of view where main subjects are already-built spaces. Sometimes in an abstract way. Sometimes surreal.

via thirdseventh-book.com

BBC HD quality definition draws criticism from viewers

21st December 2009

The BBC has come under fire for the perceived poor picture quality of its high definition television service.

Danielle Nagler, the Head of BBC HD, has so far failed to placate critics with her responses to comments on the BBC web site. On the BBC programme Points of View she said “Theres no evidence that reducing the bitrate has an impact on picture quality, or that there is an absolute relationship between bitrate and picture quality”.

However, from a recent blog post: “I appreciate that BBC HD offers us the widest range of programming currently in the UK. But even my wife can see a reduction in picture quality and she’s got cataracts.”

via informitv.com