While some go for larger we have been working on interaction, creating a connection from our physical space to the digital; literally. Here are some quick previews into work that is currently in process.

Credit to our partner and the team.

filming / degradation / post: cameron friedlander

music: roxy saint

i can't describe these dreams I sometimes have, there is a moment where there is no control at all and things slow down; a panic sets in. I tried to mimic this.

filming / degradation: cameron friedlander

post: colby capes

music: kronos quartet

producer: dan kim

filming: cameron friedlander

post: colby capes

music: verdi

I have, for awhile now, been fascinated by old technologies, often times dead, being recycled into new, functional, pieces. While there are a lot of nixie clocks out there they seem to focus solely on the nixie tube as the design (see the Chronotronix V400 as an example). This hand-crafted piece from BDDW showcases how when technology and design work in collaboration they can create something bigger than the sum their parts.

Now how can this apply to digital marketing and advertising?

http://bddw.com/furniture/clocks/nix_b.html

There is something so intriguing about this Oscar nominated short film; does it really seem so unreal and cartoonish or is it freakishly familiar, so close to the world we live in today? This is our world...

by H5

The Vulture

Standing in the ruins
Of another Black man's life,
or flying through the valley
They're separating day and night.
"I am death," cried the Vulture.
"For the people of the light."

Charon brought his raft
and came from the sea that sails on souls,
And saw the scavenger departing,
taking warm hearts to the cold.
He knew the ghetto was the haven
for the meanest creature ever known.

In a wilderness of heartbreak
and a desert of despair,
Evil's carrion of justice
shrieks a cry of naked terror.
He's taking babies from their momas
and leaving grief beyond compare.

So if you see the Vulture coming,
he's flying circles in your mind,
Remember there is no escaping
for he will follow close behind.
Only promised me a battle,
battle for your soul and mine.

He taking babies from their momas
And he's leaving
Leaving
Leaving
Leaving
Leaving

Kentridge does many short animated films but it was his Black Box Chamber Noire installations that intrigued me the most. I can't find a YouTube video of that one specifically but you can get the idea from his Magic Flute series (Youtube author won't let me embed either, ARG. UPDATE and Posterous surprises me by auto jacking the embed code from YouTube anyway; take that).

I'm going to find a way to get this 3D digital diorama, with the odd toy mechanic, mixed with projection into a website; you heard it here first. This guy is fascinating (watched it live three times in a row).

http://moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2010/williamkentridge/

So this entire exhibit was pretty cool. I tend to just immediately toss out performance art as a bunch of BS; to be honest I have no idea why.

MoMA has a live performance of her current work going on which you can view and interact with here: 

http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2010/marinaabramovic/

(She is challenging anyone from the audience to get up in that chair and sit and stare...yeah ok hmmm)

BUT

It was her previous work that was up on the 6th floor that I found so interesting, and perhaps for (or not) the reasons intended. When you enter the live exhibit it warns the users about nudity and such, in fact this warning is downstairs for all to see. So naturally there are gaggles of adolescent boys running around self-consciously looking at the, attractive, nude women throughout the exhibit. This juxtaposition of boys next to the, umm perhaps, self appointed art aware, creates an overall amusing experience. 

In one part of the exhibit you are "forced" to walk between a nude female and male; the idea here is that the space is so small you will, of course, rub against them as you go. As you watch people decide what it is they are going to do: watch, stare, go for it...you can see them trying to gather up their courage; you can't help but just notice how it is really the museum goers on display vs. the actual recreation of the installations. 

And in another hilarious moment there is a room with three videos containing nudity on one wall, while there are various pieces of information about past performances in the rest of the room: The center screen shows a voluptuous woman, on video loop, rubbing and bouncing her breasts (the angle of the camera is centered at chest level); this is something out of a Russ Meyer flick. To watch as goers crab about the room with side-long glances up at the center display (with the obvious erotic nature of the film) and trying to read the rest of informational pieces had me dying. Full disclosure: I actually did take the time to just stare at the damn film straight on, get that out of the way and move on.

It is worth going just to watch the people and perhaps take in an installation or two.

http://moma.org/explore/multimedia/videos/96

http://moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/965