Kate Cleaves / Matt Moore : Convergence

CONVERGENCE: Sept 4 – 30, Corduroy Gallery, Portland.
Artists KATE CLEAVES and MATT W. MOORE have come together to create CONVERGENCE – an ultimate collaboration series. The five month endeavor to create a completely blended, completely unique series of paintings. The end result was the perfect balance with an aura of seamlessness between the two styles. […]

FAR OUT REACTIONS TO THE MAGIC BEANS.

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Living in the post-millennial world you’d imagine by now that the direction of technology, nature and nerdum will create new physiological responses and development to our species. Lucy and Bart is a collaborative team obsessed with the future of human manipulation and beauty. They take the mortal structure and make it explode or germinate as if you had a bad reaction to radioactive magic beans. If only my allergies to shellfish were this far out.

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15 Tips and Tricks for 3ds max of the FDA

Here you have 15 of the most used Tips and Tricks of the Florence Design Academy to avoid mistakes, errors and imperfections

Archmodels Vol 69 is out

Archmodels volume 69 gives you 66 professional, highly detailed objects of kids toys, children room equipment

Tiny Inventions for TMBG: “Electric Car”

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Mild mannered animation studio, Tiny Inventions, have lifted the veil on their latest opus and introduced Electric Car – a stop-motion style music video for the sugary children’s band, They Might Be Giants (TMBG). Showcasing a foxy sense of craftsmanship, Tiny Inventions is true to form, and has a knack for detail that’s put up for show in each one of their rustic-themed characters and makeshift environments.

The aesthetic here is homestyle – nothing too pretentious or embellished in flowery trimmings. Instead, Electric Car is a throwback to the good ol’ days of educational shorts; when Saturday mornings were for play; when School House Rock was a staple. Electric Car keeps it simple, but does it in a big way – a watermark to their authenticity, and a badge of honor for the studio.

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Rebuilds Architectural Wonders of the World

CRASH+SUES animators and vfx artists get to rebuild the Great Wall of China, the Parthenon and the Pyramids of Giza

HP Back to School

Keeping with the HP theme, Brand New School just wrapped production on 2 vibrant spots for HP’s Back to School Campaign.

HP TouchSmart

Grow launches a beautiful new campaign site for HP Photosmart Printers with TouchSmart Web.

Apparati Effimeri

Lo confesso: ho scoperto questo gruppo di videomakers attraverso il sito della rivista britannica Shots.
E’ un buon segno che se ne sia parlato prima all’estero e fantastico che un periodico così prestigioso se ne sia occupato soprattuto sapendo che gli anglosassoni non sono esterofili e non prendono noi italiani, nel campo delle arti creative/grafiche, molto in considerazione, anzi. Ma Shots ha definito cool non solo i loro lavori ma pure il loro nome (quindi smettiamola di fondare società/aziende con nomi in inglese!).

Apparati Effimeri è un collettivo di video artisti nato a Bologna composto da Marco Grassivaro, Federico Bigi e Roberto Fazio; che si occupa di allestimenti video per concerti e live set.

Interessante è il loro studio degli spazi sia dal lato tecnico che spettacolare, come si legge dal loro sito: “Le superfici di proiezione esulano dal classico schermo in 4:3 per avvolgere invece il pubblico in ambienti immersivi, con l’utilizzo di proiezioni estese multiscreen, attraverso l’utilizzo di schermi creati appositamente per gli spazi, oppure proiettando direttamente le immagini su pareti ed oggetti preesistenti. I contenuti, creati ad hoc e sincronizzati all’audio (attraverso l’analisi dello spettro delle frequenze) vengono creati live, seguendo le prospettive ed i limiti degli spazi di proiezione, creando quindi un effetto scenico unico ed irripetibile.”

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Articolo redatto da Sergio Damele

JP Frenay: Artificial Paradise

An experimental short exploring a future that holds lost memories. Directed by Belgian Director Jean-Paul Frenay. (via Designlenta)