Hasta La Motion!

In this preview from the ART21 “Art in the Twenty-First Century” Season 7 episode, “Legacy,” artist Wolfgang Laib discusses the role of pollen in his work. The artist is seen installing “Pollen from Hazelnut” (2013) at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 2013—sifting hazelnut pollen collected by the artist since the mid-1990s. “I don’t want to explain to somebody what pollen is,” says the artist. “That is the secret and the beauty and the power and the potential of all this.”

Inspired by the teachings of the ancient Taoist philosopher Laozi, by the modern artist Brancusi, and the legacy of formative life experiences with his family in Germany and India, Wolfgang Laib creates sculptures that seem to connect that past and present, the ephemeral and the eternal. Working with perishable organic materials (pollen, milk, wood, and rice) as well as durable ones that include granite, marble, and brass, he grounds his work by his choice of forms—squares, ziggurats, and ships, among others. His painstaking collection of pollen from the wildflowers and bushes that grow in the fields near his home is integral to the process of creating work in which pollen is his medium. Laib’s attention to human scale, duration of time, and his choice of materials give his work the power to transport us to expected realms of memory, sensory pleasure, and contemplation.

Learn more about the artist at:
http://www.art21.org/artists/wolfgang-laib

Season 7 of “Art in the Twenty-First Century” premieres Friday, October 24, 2014 at 10:00 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings). “Legacy” airs Friday, November 7, 2014.

Learn more about Season 7 at:
http://www.art21.org/season7

Directed by Dean Fleischer-Camp /// Written by Dean Fleischer-Camp + Jenny Slate /// Starring Jenny Slate as Marcel Buy Marcel’s new book, THE MOST SURPRISED I’VE EVER BEEN: http://www.penguin.com/book/marcel-the-shell-the-most-surprised-ive-ever-been-by-jenny-slate/9781595144560

“An impressionistic ode to street skateboarding” (Shot in Red Epic with Kowa Anamorphic Lenses) A Film by Neels Castillon in collaboration with VAGUE & LAME. Featuring Arthur Turpin, Andrea Giallonardo, Vincent Perrin, Victor Jambus, Antoine Champenois, Steve Malet, Maxime Djadel, Samuel Chochon, Mathias Pardo, Yann Garin, Franck Barattiero, Amine Benhmade. Music – Yld Kid Sound Design & Mix – Yann Levasseur Sound Production – http://www.lesecouteursprod.com Colorist – Sébastien Mingam Post-Production – http://www.mikrosimage.eu Producer – Ariane Cornic Assistant Producer – Sébastien Rouquet Production – Masterfilms Co-Production – Domove Producer – Jean Lin Roig Director/DP/Editor – Neels Castillon Special Thanks Gloria Pedemonte, Joel Dagès, Mathieu Janneau, Hugo Allart.

An excerpt from “The Ed Wynn Show” from 1949, with Mel Tormé singing “Careless Hands”. A fun clip from early television.

Tue 21st Oct 2014, by Mike Hepburn | Eventcoverage

The Winners of THE FOUNDRY and CGSociety’s Time Travel Challenge have been chosen and you will find the results below.

The year is 2055 and the impossible just became possible.

Galaxy-wide technology giant, The Foundry, called a press conference last night to announce a universe-changing product innovation due for release in 2 months time.

The new product, codenamed ‘TIME’, manipulates the spatial continuum and enables users to travel back and forth from one era to another, without any restrictions.
You are part of an inner circle that has been trusted by The Foundry with restricted additional information about this top secret project. You have exclusive knowledge of how this new invention works, what it looks like and what it’s capable of.

Your mission, is to convince the public that TIME will change their lives and that The Foundry is the only company that should be trusted with this type of significant leap in technology, before the competition attempts to counter strike.

You must use MODO 801 to visualize the product ‘TIME’ and/or create a consumer friendly advertisement to sell this groundbreaking technology to the masses.

The categories:

– Grand Prize

– Product Design

– Print Advertising

– TV Advertising

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Artist:

Rafael C Costa from Brazil

 

Judges’ Comment:

Nice design and visualisation, I like the subtle details – Tim Cooper

This product drew me in the most, it had some mystery to it and seemed well thought through. – Harald Belker

This design was really good and the technical aspects of the image are spot on. – Brad Peebler

Artist’s Comment:

Oh my God! This is really an amazing news! Still do not believe I received this wonderful email from you.

I am absolutely happy to see my work champion such an amazing competition, and that all my effort here was not in vain. I thank you all for this moment I’m living. It is very rewarding and important to me.

Thank you The Foundry, CGSociety, Ballistic and all involved. :DDDD

Link: http://challenge.cgsociety.org/modo/entry/rafaelccosta/final_entry/10007788

Artist’s CGPortfolio:: rafaelccosta

Prizes

The Foundry – Production COLLECTIVE (MODO, MARI, HIERO, NUKEX)

Wacom Cintiq Companion Hybrid

NVIDIA Quadro K4000 graphics accelerator

3D Artist & Online feature

D&AD Membership

Yearly 3DWorld magazine subscription

CGSociety 12 month membership

Ballistic Publishing book

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Artist:

Gerardo L. Oliva from Argentina

 

Judges’ Comment:

Super clean and sci-fi, it just had that look that made me want to try it. – Harald Belker

Artist’s Comment:

Since the judging process was taking so long I guessed my chances were very low… and I had low expectations. I stopped myself from watching updates on the site.

So, I was working as usual on my computer and started to receive emails on my phone, and went into Hotmail on my computer to see one in particular but not this one… imagine my surprise when I saw that I was selecting this email for DELETION! Because I didn’t have you (Mike from CGSociety)as a contact and I don’t often read the email subjects! Especially when the email started with CONGRATULATIONS and I thought maybe another spam email telling me to click somewhere to claim a fake prize or something.

Then I focused and read the whole subject… and I realized!… NO WAY!… I won!?… NO WAAAAY!… and right now I’m alone at home since we are moving to México City ( I live now in Córdoba Argentina) and my wife (pregnant) and my boy (3 years old) are in Mexico right now… and they don’t know yet!!!! So, I am alone in my house reading the email and I scream!!! I WONNNNN!!!!! I WONNNNN!!!! To nobody but the dog and myself!!! That’s amazing!!!! My hands are still trembling while I write this to you and I can’t say it to anyone!!! hahaahahahah it’s amazing guys…

I can’t tell you how great this is right now… I can’t afford a licence for modo and now I won one!!!!! You have no idea… Thank you all!!!!!!

Link: http://challenge.cgsociety.org/modo/entry/luccas222/final_entry/10008052

Artist’s CGPortfolio::

Prizes

The Foundry – Creation COLLECTIVE (MODO, MARI, HIEROPLAYER)

Makerbot 3D Print of finished design

MeshFusion by Braid Art Labs

Develop3D magazine and online Feature

Yearly 3DWorld magazine subscription

CGTOD

CGSociety 12 month membership

Ballistic Publishing book

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Artist:

Tobias Stierli from Switzerland

Judges’ Comment:

Great 3D, modeling and sculpting is really solid. The shading and rendering is great. Really funny piece too. So it was technically really good and conceptually really good. – Brad Peebler

Artist’s Comment:

Ha, how do i feel? Great!!! I’ve been tracking the CGSociety Challenges for many years. But i’ve never had the guts to participate. When the time travel challenge came up and i saw that the main app had to be modo, i decided to join, because Modo is by far my favorite 3d application. And now i have won in the print category. Just Awesome. I’m definitely gonna participate in future CGCchallenges.

Link: http://challenge.cgsociety.org/modo/entry/Stierli/final_entry/10008111

Artist’s CGPortfolio:: Stierli

Prizes

The Foundry – Creation COLLECTIVE (MODO, MARI, HIEROPLAYER)

Wacom Cintiq 13HD

The Foundry MODO NPR Kit

The Foundry PACK kit

The Foundry MODO Splash kit

A paid contract to create 2 print ads for The Foundry

In Focus’ tutorial feture with 3DWorld

Yearly 3DWorld magazine subscription

CGTOD

CGSociety 12 month membership

Ballistic Publishing book

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Artist:

Josh Goble from USA

Artist’s Comment:

I would like to thank my family, friends, vfx and animation mentors, colorists and sound designers, and cast and crew who helped with my submission.

Thank you CG Society and The Foundry for the opportunity to compete in this challenge. The other submissions were amazing. I imagine it was very difficult for the judges to pick winners, so I’d like to thank them for their time and effort as well.

A special thanks to Chaos Group for giving me the opportunity to use V-Ray for Modo. My experience with Modo has changed the way I think about motion graphics and visual effects. Their products are the easy and fun way to model, uv, texture, rig, animate and render in 3d for film, TV, broadcast, and commercial work.

Judges’ Comments:

This answered to brief and then some! Great fun, clever and memorable – Tim Cooper

The production value was great all throughout. The story was solid and funny and the 3D component was nicely executed at the end. – Brad Peebler

Link: http://challenge.cgsociety.org/modo/entry/jgoble/final_entry/10008340

Artist’s CGPortfolio:: jgoble

 

Prizes

The Foundry – Production COLLECTIVE (MODO, MARI, HIERO, NUKEX)

Wacom Intuos Creative Stylus

NVIDIA Quadro K2000

Video Copilot Otical Flares for NUKE

Coverage of winner and feature in Post Magazine

Yearly 3DWorld magazine subscription

CGTOD

CGSociety 12 month membership

Ballistic Publishing book

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Product Design:

http://challenge.cgsociety.org/modo/entry/largil/final_entry/10008296

Print Ad:

http://challenge.cgsociety.org/modo/entry/JanJinda/final_entry/10008132

TV Ad:

http://challenge.cgsociety.org/modo/entry/inklight/final_entry/10008016

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The Foundry

The Challenge

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