Directed by Ryan Hope, Skin is a dark, stylish examination of tattoo culture as high art, and a film that tests the boundaries of art and the human body.
Featuring contributions from Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons and Raymond Pettibon, the film is a beautiful visual essay from the frontiers of contemporary British art.
A short vignette of a book being created using traditional printing methods.
Nosaj Thing of Denmark – ELOQ
-nice visuals as well!
DinoRiders – full on!
Questar; ‘Turret! – prepare for Space Time Energy Projection!’ Turret; ‘But the step is damaged! We may not have the power to make it!’ Questar; ‘Turret – activate the step now!!!’
Valorians:
- Questar — Leader of the Valorians, strong-willed and courageous.
- Yungstar — Young and eager for action, is prone to letting pride get in his way. He rides a Deinonychus.
- Ikon — Statistician as well as a pragmatist, Ikon is one of Questar’s top advisors. He possesses a staff that allows him to answer Questar’s questions almost instantly.
- Vector — General contractor who has a computerized wrist strap that allows him to assess projects that need carried out such as camp expansion and infrastructure repair.
Rulons:
- Krulos — Evil leader of the Rulons, Krulos is a frog-like humanoid creature who seeks world domination.
- Rasp — Leader of the Viper group, and one of Krulos’s top generals. A snake-like creature, Rasp tries to usurp Krulos’s place.
- Hammerhead — Leader of the Sharkmen, and one of Krulos’s top generals.
- Skate — Low-ranking official.
“PressPausePlay” for free online!
“The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent of people in an unprecedented way, unleashing unlimited creative opportunites. But does democratized culture mean better art, film, music and literature or is true talent instead flooded and drowned in the vast digital ocean of mass culture? Is it cultural democracy or mediocrity?
This is the question addressed by PressPausePlay, a documentary film containing interviews with some of the world’s most influential creators of the digital era.”
PressPausePlay is available online now. Download it from their website here, or watch it via Youtube (above).
Enjoy!
John Jay of Wieden Kennedy Talks Creativity
John Jay of Wieden + Kennedy was recently named one of the most creative business people in 2011 by Fast Company. His position as W+K’s executive creative director takes him between all of the W+K offices in an effort to breed those cultures into the main headquarters in Portland.
A Wired.it exclusive: the complete stream of Lorenzo Fonda’s video documentary about one of the most important Italian artists of our times: BLU.
“Blu is maybe the biggest street artist in the world right now. Not many years ago he was famous for his enormous (and illegal…) drawings on the walls of Bologna, he has just painted the tower of Tate Modern in London and stormed the Internet with his epic animation named Muto, one of the biggest events in Youtube history.
Megunica, produced by Mercurio, is the story of their meeting and their travels through South America: Mexico, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Argentina. It’s a unique documentary film about the incredible journey of one of the most interesting and mysterious artist of our times, directed by a raw talent mixing together different media: graphics, animation, and digital effects.” - Wired Italy.
Watch the full film online until 23.07.11.
Always in the mood for Ratatat…
Hello Monday - Hello Holiday
“I see seeing as a muscular exercise, like I see curiosity, It’s kind of being open really. If you walk around with a head full of preoccupation you end up not noticing anything in your visual life.”
m ss ng p eces recently created this Intel Visual Life profile of legendary creative advisor and designer Michael Wolff.
See!
Here is a sneak peek of the documentary PressPausePlay. Best-selling author, entrepreneur, and public speaker Seth Godin has revolutionized the publishing industry with his many publications. His latest book Poke the Box, out soon, is a part of The Domino Project.
Do I have to say anything?
Baker man… Is baking bread… Hell yeah!
This track is great, timeless, and just right for a late Friday night work crunch.
The video was done in one descent from 5500 meters to touch down, and were directed by the one and only Lars Von Trier.
Enjoy!
