What's Downtown 81? Watch the trailer here. 'New York Beat' was shot over December 1980 and January 1981. It was initially funded by Fiorucci and … [Read more...]
Kraftwerk and the electronic revolution
This is the kind of documentary that blows me away. the other 18 parts are here. … [Read more...]
250mb of old maps of South London
Maps dating back to the 16th century, free for downloading. Here. Londini Angliae Regni Metropolis - circa 1690 Simonson's Map of … [Read more...]
“When you pressurize it, it’s like working inside of a sausage”
Space engineering, at its peak during the space race, did not focus solely on the design of rockets and spaceships. Many of the actual marvels, meant … [Read more...]
The fine art of goofing off by Henry Jacobs
In 1972 television and audio pioneer Henry Jacobs, among whose works you can file the invention of surround sound (Vortex: Experiments in Sound and … [Read more...]
Funny quadrocopter experiments at the Swiss Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control
"Echo" is one of the quadrocopters at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology’s Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control. Researchers put a piano in … [Read more...]
Cause it’s better than monopoly
Ask a ridiculous question - you get a ridiculous answer. Lou -blond, in a possibly endless 1974 interview. … [Read more...]
“Lasted” (Benoit Pioulard), video by Church & Steak
This animated adaptation of 1962 Sci-Fi milestone "La Jetée" was featured in the always inspiring blog "This is all about audio dynamite", written by … [Read more...]
Don’t do this at work – 22
Isle of tune is a a musical sequencer whose chords, notes and drum blips are represented by little roads with houses, trees, streetlights. As the … [Read more...]
Body-hack Hero?
Ok, irony is enough, this is excellent. Daito Manabe is not new to music-controlled facial twiches, but his last work includes sensors that allow … [Read more...]
WHITE DOG (1981)
"A trainer attempts to retrain a vicious dog that's been raised to kill Black people." This is Imdb summary and I couldn't agree more. White Dog is … [Read more...]
Italian musical avant-garde of the 60’s and 70’s
(Gruppo di improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza): Azio II Mario Bertoncini, Walter Branchi, Franco Evangelisti, John Heineman, Roland Kayn, Egisto Macchi, … [Read more...]
Metropolis II, by Chris Burden
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UQ2vqFJvpA … [Read more...]
FIRST MEN TO THE MOON (1960)
In 1960, Wernher von Braun published a fictional book based on an astronaut of the future bound to the Moon, depicting a time when space travel would … [Read more...]
My little piece of privacy, by Niklas Roy
Privacy + Lacey "grandma" motorized curtain + Processing = funny technology! "My workshop is located in an old storefront with a big window facing … [Read more...]
The Swimmer (1968)
Ned Merrill has been away for a long time. He reappears at a friends pool and he's greeted with love by everybody. As they talk, Ned notices that … [Read more...]
Ariel Pink before and after
"People boo me everywhere... They don't even hide their contempt. I'm used to it now...Hey, I'm giving audiences the real thing...For better or worse, … [Read more...]
Pas de deux, by Norman McLaren
Norman McLaren, a great Scottish-born Canadian animation artisan. Make sure you read his profile on National Film Board of Canada Norman McLaren … [Read more...]
Screaming in music
One of the posters from Half Letter Press store. Beautiful catalogue, worth a visit. "A double-sided glossy poster that was created for Marc's … [Read more...]
Wikileaks cables breakdown
WikiLeaks cables broken down. Click image for full graphic. Illustration: Finbarr Sheehy for the Guardian. … [Read more...]
The other faces of Roberto
Our dear friend Roberto La Forgia drew the illustrations for the new Sergio Romano book "Le altre facce della storia" (a pun that could roughly … [Read more...]
George the robot is 60 and alive
Tony Sale, known for the 1994 Colossus computer replica, created a humanoid robot more than 60 years ago. Built from scrap aluminium from a crashed … [Read more...]
Richard Lainhart, Handmade Music
R.L. is a self called "digital artisan who works with sonic and visual data." [His] "music reflects the spirit of possibility that once defined … [Read more...]
John Whitney, inventor and father of computer animation.
Composer, inventor, older brother of James (read previous post ), one of the fathers of computer animation. His most notable works include the … [Read more...]
James Whitney, pioneer of visual music
Early (50's to 70's) attempts of illustrating music with motion patterns, caleidoscopic textures, dots and grids: James Whitney, visual composer, … [Read more...]
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