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Tobias Rehberger: Architecture, Setouchi Art Festival

German process artist Tobias Rehberger participated in Japan’s Setouchi International Art Festival where artists and architects converge from 17 countries. The festival takes place across Japan’s southern inland islands in an attempt to rejuvenate its depressed rural areas. Tobias renovated a vacant house on one of the islands, creating this op-art infused cafeteria/restaurant called “Was du liebst, bring ich auch zum weinen” (What You Love also Makes You Cry).


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Thierry Le Gouès: Photographer

French photographer Thierry Le Gouès‘ Soul photoshoot. Thierry began his career of photographer of mode in 1986 with Condé Nast Italy: Sail and Uomo Vogue, and continued its collaboration with magazines as prestigious as International Glamour, Vogue Men, Vogue, Condé nast Italy, Lei, Per Him, Arena, I.D, The Face, Harper’s Bazaar, Allure, Interview, French Revue. Thierry Goues is one of the founders of the magazine: “French – Re-examined Modes” Thierry is also the author of international advertising campaigns: Replay, Nike, Levi’s, Boucheron, Hermès, Lavazza, Spring, Yves Saint Laurent, Paco Rabanne, Pascale Browned, Swatch, Moschino. He currently resides in Paris and New York.


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Chris Moberg: Motion Reel

Great first reel from Toronto based Motion Designer Chris Moberg.

Ruffmercy: VERSIS ? DIBIA$E – FLY ME T’THE MOON

London based Ruffmercy directed this music video for Versis: FLY ME T’THE MOON, produced by DIBIA$E. You might remember Ruffmercy’s last project BLU – DOINNOTHIN’ FT. UGOD

What Matters Most: Shabazz Palaces :: Black Up

Recent work from L.A based What Matters Most: Shabazz Palaces Black Up. Have been following WMM for awhile now, love their approach to music videos and film. ‘”Black Up” is a short film that portrays a fever dream induced by the music of Shabazz Palaces. The film features songs from Shabazz Palaces’ album Black Up on Sub Pop Records, as well as various pieces of unreleased material.’

Subpop has also uploaded a FULL ALBUM STREAM video for the album … damn nice.

Vincent Morisset: Arcade Fire :: Sprawl 2

Toronto based Spy Film‘s Vincent Morisset directed Arcade Fire’s latest music video for Sprawl 2. They have also launched an interactive version of the video that synchs up to your webcam: www.sprawl2.com

Leif Podhajsky: Artist/Creative Director

Artist/Creative Director Leif Podhajsky creates artwork for a number of bands and record labels around the world such as Warp Records, Modular Records, Sub Pop Records, Sony Music, Shabazz Palaces, Lykke Li and Tame Impala and has exhibited work in Berlin, The Netherlands, Sydney, and Melbourne. He has also spoken at the prestigious art & design conference Semi Permanent.
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Pierre Emperador: Cybo ‘Sky Walkers’

Toulouse based Pierre Emperador‘s latest project; Cybo ‘Sky Walkers’ “… This is about escape, to give free rein once again to this part of our subconscious, that freedom which is one of the few that we have and we call ‘imagination’. …”

Bonsoir Paris: Duramen

DURAMEN is a series of handmade wooden sculptures from Bonsoir Paris. Born of a simple impulse, the one to break with conventional ways of exhibiting, Bonsoir Paris and its team have imagined a series of frames so strongly mistreated that they have become unrecognizable. Their wish is to break the properties of the compound, a form of compromise as minimal and it is efficient.

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Alessandro Bavari: METACHAOS

This is stunning, beautiful and all around #@$! crazy good; METACHAOS from Italian Artist Alessandro Bavari.

METACHAOS is a multidisciplinary audio-visual project, articulated in a short film, a set of photography and mix-technique paintings. The purpose of the project is to represent the most tragic aspects of the human nature and of its motion, such as war, madness, social change and hate. An accretion of feelings that are metaphorically represented by specific visual forms, which are abstract conceptually, but concrete and tangible formally. The application of acid and monochromatic tints, besides the strong contrasts, makes everything intentionally more oppressive and tragic.

Anthony Hurd: Angry Garden :: Book

Arizona based Artist/Designer/Illustrator Anthony Hurd recently launched a project he has been working on over the last year; Children’s book: Angry Garden; The story of John Angry and his mysterious garden.

When John was a boy he lived in a remote and loving environment. At a young age tragedy struck with the loss of his sight. Though from the loss of his sight he formed a new way of seeing and the world became something magical. He treats everything on his land with equal love and care, and nurtures it’s magical nature …

Keloid Trailer: A Short Film by BLR

Pretty crazy CG and Post … just saw this posted over at Motionographer [check out their interview with BLR (www.biglazyrobot.com) on the project] :::

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Eliezer S. Yudkowsky* wrote about an experiment which had to do with Artificial Inteligence. In a near future, man will have given birth to machines that are able to rewrite their codes, to improve themselves, and, why not, to dispense with them. This idea sounded a little bit distant to some critic voices, so an experiment was to be done: keep the AI sealed in a box from which it could not get out except by one mean: convincing a human guardian to let it out.

What if, as Yudkowsky states, ‘Humans are not secure’? Could we chess match our best creation to grant our own survival? Would man be humble enough to accept he was superseded, to look for primitive ways to find himself back, to cure himself from a disease that’s on his own genes? How to capture a force we voluntarily set free? What if mankind worst enemy were humans?

In a near future, we will cease to be the dominant race.

In a near future, we will learn to fear what is to come.

Native Shoes: The Making Of

From Vancouver based Jeff Hamada and Corey Adams for Native :::

A child doesn’t listen to a fairy tale and scream, THAT COULD NOT HAPPEN! The same goes for this Native data entry job. What’s to doubt in this dreamy scavenge at a stopwatch pace? A mad shoemaker for sure underwent this lush trial by bizarre ordeal and stoically bore the high blood pressure of forgotten alchemists. All of this along with a drop of Pepto-Bismol to mingle with all the computer-electrical secrets of heaven and… Voila! The indomitable Fitzsimmons sure has been cannoned onto your lucky and happier than ever before foot.

Antonio Vicentini: Boobies

Who doesn’t like boobies?? I mean, they’re great … in all kinds of situtations. The above Product Test is from São Paulo based Antonio Vicentini: boobiesareawesome.tv

Museum of Obsolete Objects


Interactive Agency Jung von Matt creates a very well designed interactive Youtube channel called the Museum of Obsolete Objects. Step inside to step back in time!

Blizzard: Diablo III Opening Cinematic

Behold Blizzard‘s amazing opening cinematic for the third installment in their Diablo series. –> directly from Sooz at computerlove.net