Aug
25
Zoic and District 9
Posted in: District 9IT’S ART magazine interviews Zoic vfx supe on District 9.
Aug
24
Twenty120 Interview
Posted in: General
Twenty120 is around the corner and we have a few announcements that we would like to share. Firstly, as a reminder, this Thursday night at 7pm Twenty120 is releasing its third annual collection of films at the Art Directors Club in New York. If the twenty great films aren’t enough to bring you out, they will also be providing free drinks along with the an all event set from DJ Chrismix.
The free admissions are now closed. Hope you made the cut!
Along with those details we are happy to announce that Twenty120 put aside 50 free admissions for us to dish out to the Motionographer readers who want to come join the fun. What you need to do is email rsvp@twenty120.com (check the invite linked above) and say that Motionographer sent you. It is on a first come first serve basis so act fast. For those of you who wont be able to make it to the show, Motionographer is offering a web premiere of the 20 films. From the hours of 7-11pm Eastern Time on Thursday, tune into Motionographer, we will have a clip of all the films to watch, but dont wait until later because we are pulling the plug as soon as the clock strikes 11pm.
Twenty120 brings amazing opportunities to the creatives in this field, so I’ve been perplexed by how many people don’t know about the annual series. After my first meeting Connor Swegle I learned a good deal about the history of Twenty120 and saw how invested he is in it’s future. Which drove me to have an official interview with both Connor and Rich Rama, the two men behind Twenty120.
Aug
24
Volume 10: Morgan Geist
Posted in: 80s New York, Electronic music, Environ, Metro Area, Mix Series, Morgan GeistMorgan Geist – of Metro Area / Environ / Unclassics fame – dug deep into the recesses of what must be a record collection the size of a mountain to weave together this dustily beautified journey through abandoned early 80s NY. Geist’s selection of late 70s / early 80s electronic tracks exquisitely captures a moment in time when the prevailing disco sheen hanging hazily over the city was being overtaken by the throbbing pulse of murder, drugs, and dirt that ran a heavy current underneath. All in all it’s a mix that captures a certain brand of austere beauty. If that all sounds a little too ‘grown’, we’re almost 100% positive that Mr. Geist threw in some chopped and screwed Arthur Russell for the new jacks towards the very end.
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“Barry’s Apartment”
This little mix is obviously inspired by the original Cosmic DJs (Baldelli) and innovative DJs of (or nearer to) my own generation, like DJ Harvey and Daniel Wang. I made sure to include some records that I thought I “discovered” on my own, only to hear them played by other (better) DJs who probably knew about them a lot longer than I did. Parallel evolution is a bitch, but I didn’t want to abandon these beloved tracks just because they were “marked” by another DJ. For example, most DJs who know the Transfer Station Blue track associate it with Sarcastic Disco, the infamous and beautiful Harvey mix – yet I believe I got my first copy of it from my departed friend, Barry Lederer, and associate it with digging and listening and learning in his dusty old apartment on 24th Street in Manhattan. I find Harvey inspirational, but don’t want my own Barry-nostalgia supplanted. I realize it sounds corny, but sometimes you have to reclaim music that is important to you, and that’s what a lot of this mix is about for me. – Morgan Geist (Environ, Unclassics, Metro Area)
Aug
24
Semiconductor
Posted in: 1UK based artists Semiconductor do great work. Check out Magnetic Movie: “The secret lives of invisible magnetic fields are revealed as chaotic ever-changing geometries . All action takes place around NASA’s Space Sciences Laboratories … “
Aug
24
Charlesque : Reulf
Posted in: 1“… little creatures with paintbrush decide to brighten up the city … student project from University of Paris VIII directed by Quentin Carnicelli, Charles Klipfel & Jean-François Jégo as part of our graduate program in Arts and Technologies de l’Image.”
Aug
24
Danny Yount: 2009 Reel
Posted in: 1We’ve all seen his work but this guy’s reel reduces me to tears… The mega talented Danny Yount.
Aug
24
Tips and Tricks of 3ds max 2010
Posted in: 1Louis Marcoux Product Specialist for Autodesk provides us with some tips and tricks of 3ds max 2010
Aug
24
Inside look at the Making of Pixar’s UP
Posted in: 1Animate a cluster of roughly 10k balloons between the constraints of simulation the challenge of artistic direction.
Aug
24
MANIFESTLY IMPORTANT AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE.
Posted in: Gallery, Polaroid, The Dutch, The Impossible Project
Dear the Impossible Project, thank you for showing up the Dutch with your attempts to save Polaroid film. We are forever grateful and will eagerly wait for the second coming this 2010. Sincerely, WMIG.
Aug
24
8-bit trip
Posted in: GeneralSome 8-bit and Lego joy here. Animated by Tomas Redigh. 1500 hours of moving legobricks and taking photos of them.
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