GHOST IN THE SHELL THEME LIVE!
I recently re-watched the seminal film Ghost In The Shell. I’ve had the score rolling around in my head ever since.
Here it is performed live, as well as the sequel “Innocence”. Very very awesome.
Amazing colour film of London in 1927!
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So what I finally decided was, art is simply inevitable. It was on the wall of a cave in France 30,000 years ago, and it’s because we are a species that’s driven by narrative. Art is storytelling, and we need to tell stories to pass along ideas and information, and to try and make sense out of all this chaos. And sometimes when you get a really good artist and a compelling story, you can almost achieve that thing that’s impossible which is entering the consciousness of another human being – literally seeing the world the way they see it. Then, if you have a really good piece of art and a really good artist, you are altered in some way, and so the experience is transformative and in the minute you’re experiencing that piece of art, you’re not alone. You’re connected to the arts. So I feel like that can’t be too bad.
Steven Soderbergh’s State Of Cinema Talk at the 56th San Francisco International Film Festival. I’m late to this, but the whole thing is brilliant. (via werdsmiffery)
This makes sense.
With deference to the genius of David Bowie, here’s Space Oddity, recorded on Station. A last glimpse of the World.
Huge thanks in the making of the video to the talented trio of Emm Gryner, Joe Corcoran and Andrew Tidby, plus Evan Hadfield and all at the CSA.Honestly, this is even better than you think it will be.
Politicalprof: If NASA marketed itself this way, we’d already have colonies on Mars…
All of our astronauts should be this self-aware.
A music vid for a cover of David Bowie’s Space Oddity… FILMED ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION!!!
(via n-a-s-a)
Eric Joyner has made a name for himself over the past few years with his signature Robot and Donuts series of paintings.
In his works, he depicts retro robots exploring and participating in a variety of activities… but somewhere in the painting donuts are incorporated. So, why Robots and Donuts? In his interview with Electix, Eric says:
“Upon deciding to become a gallery artist, I had to make some rules, or guidelines. They were as follows: 1 – I will only paint things I like, 2 – The subject(s) had to be something that I could paint for 30 years, and 3 – That people like it. Donuts & robots together make no sense. I find this interesting.”
The calendar currently on my wall is by this guy.
Paintings of Robots with Donuts.
Why the heck not?!
Insane high-speed shots on a robotic arm! WE WANT.
SON OF THE TENTACLE
A fake movie title sequence built in After Effects. Film name randomly generated by this machine.
See the full sequence on vimeo.
Christians been busy….
Syd Mead’s LA
“A Family of four and their robots, 25 years from now” - A view of the future from 1988, including these amazing images from Syd Mead.
Download the full article at the LA Times.
It’s just a video of a pile of CGI rubber dicks tumbling all over the place.
Here is a deep and wonderful interview in which the makers of Indie Game the movie discuss funding, making and distributing a film in the modern world.
