I was recently in touch with an artist from Greece named Kostas (aka path01) and granted him the use of some footage from my time-lapse video, Palindrome. I’m really happy and impressed with the results; a wonderful exercise in editing. Another reason why the internet is amazing… artistic collaboration! Check it out below… The beginning is quite alarming and actually made gave me a start, so consider yourself warned!
Music written & produced by Ghostnote, taken from cd: “Blasphemy MIStake vol.3″ ( http://www.blasphemy.gr )
Video produced by JOGlab for path01 – path01.com
Recorded with Sony HDR-FX1000, editing/post-production in Final Cut Pro. Titles in Motion. Many thanks to Ryan Daly for the time lapse video and to Holly Buechel for the violin animation. You can find both vids here:
Fogged Clarity, my latest web design project, received some press coverage today in the Sunday edition of the Muskegon Chronicle, my hometown newspaper. The Chronicle interviewed Ben Evans, the executive editor of Fogged Clarity and good friend of mine.
We’re really happy with the reception of the site after its launch a week ago, especially from the poetry community. There’s still a lot of work to be done, however, and my main goal right now is to make the visual arts section more rich. Once again, if anyone out there is interested in submitting some work, let me know, or send it to ryandaly@foggedclarity.com.
It’s been awhile… I’ve been busy lately with a combination of work and an extensive side project I’ve been pouring most of my free time into. With that being said, I present to you Fogged Clarity. Fogged Clarity is a monthly online arts review and in the near future we plan on publishing a tri-yearly print edition. Much work has gone, and will continue to go, into this project. I’m hoping that some of you would like to contribute…
We have a rolling submissions policy and are currently seeking your work. Submissions should be sent to submissions@foggedclarity.com. Our February (debut) issue is free and available at www.foggedclarity.com. In it you will find new work from poets Bruce Smith, Amy King, and Peter Ciccariello, experimental photography by Kyle Jones, short fiction by Dmitri Gheorgheni, music from Judson Claiborne and much more. Fogged Clarity aims to transcend the conventions of the typical literary review by incorporating music, the visual arts, interviews, and political exposition. Our ambition is to form a community of artists whose interaction is not constrained by medium, but broadened by a collective love of expression. Our network is extensive, and our passion for ventilation intense. We sincerely hope you will join us, and share the fruits of your own fogged clarity.
If you would like to see more info on submissions, please see the submissions page.
“By incorporating music and the visual arts and releasing a new issue monthly, Fogged Clarity aims to transcend the conventions of a typical literary journal. Our network is extensive and our scope is as broad as thought itself; we are, you are, unconstrained. With that spirit in mind Fogged Clarity will examine the work of authors, artists, scholars, and musicians, providing a home for art and thought that warrants exposure. All work selected to be displayed on our site will automatically be considered for our print journal. The first edition of our publication will debut in 2009, and will be a compendium of the most dynamic material from our first four monthly issues.”
This is the same video that I posted a while back, but this version is hosted on Vimeo and MUCH cleaner than the youTube version. I invite you to turn up the volume, switch to full screen, and enjoy… =)
Radiohead’s new video, House of Cards, was created using some really impressive technology. No cameras! 3D environmental data visualization mixed with Flash and Papervision 3D = interactive music video! Be patient, the application takes a while to load, but it’s definitely worth it. To learn how this stuff works, get the nitty gritty at Google Code. You can check out the actual video in it’s entirety, but I promise it’s not as fun as its interactive counterpart!
The video below is showcasing RJDJ, a responsive / reactive music application for the iPhone. The app takes information from the iPhones microphone and / or accelerometer and translate it, real-time, into audio output that plays through the headphones. The audio can also be recorded for future playback. For example, one of the programs takes environmental audio and translates it into tones… The playback is very mellow while in quiet environments and gets wild and crazy in loud environments, thus creating a kind of real-time soundtrack whatever you are experiencing. Sweet! The developer in the video equates RJDJ to taking psychoactive drugs. Now that sounds like something I’d spend 3 bucks on! The guy can really cut a rug too… =)
Update:
I think this is what our friend was referring to when he related the software to taking mind-altering drugs… It really makes a seemingly normal event take on an astoundingly eerie quality.
I found a great collection of photos that skew the context of people (and things) using the surroundings at a given moment. These photos take the classic ‘crushing your friends head with your fingers from across the room’ trick to a new level. Some phallic, some funny, some set up, some amazing and some beautiful…
This is the HD and finished version of my video ‘Music Is Math’. I just let the program run till the end of the music, I felt reluctant to interfere too much by trying to sculpt an ending, and just let the code run its own natural course.
Check out Marshalls’ site and the Processing site for more great experiments in coding motion graphics.
While traveling in Asia, I met many people, including an Israeli woman who had served in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). I asked her what lead to her decision to join the armed forces… and she told me that national military service is mandatory for all women over 18. The service term lasts two years and, of course, there are exemptions for religious reasons, etc. You’d think that some of these women would be ‘up in arms’ (mehehehe) about the requisite, but based on what she told me, most Israeli women have no problem serving their country.
Photographer Rachel Papo’s project entitled Serial No. 3817131 offers a glimpse into the world of these women and her artist statement below offers a different perspective than the one I heard from my friend in Asia:
At an age when social, sexual, and educational explorations are at their highest point, the life of an eighteen-year-old Israeli girl is interrupted. She is plucked from her home surroundings and placed in a rigorous institution where her individuality is temporarily forced aside in the name of nationalism. During the next two years, immersed in a regimented and masculine environment, she will be transformed from a girl to a woman, within the framework of an army that is engaged in daily war and conflict. Almost fifteen years after my mandatory military duty ended, I went back to several Israeli army bases, using the medium of photography as a vehicle to re-enter this world.
The website dedicated to the project has been down for a few days, but I found a smaller collection of the photos on Papo’s portfolio site… some of my favs are left out.
Mother Jones has an interesting interactive map that details US military presence throughout the world from 1950 to 2007. It’s interesting to see where US troops have been concentrated during different time periods, and more interesting to read the details about different locations. Too bad the interactivity only works when the slider is set to 2007.
From Mother Jones:
The map… uses Pentagon worldwide troop data from every half-decade since 1950, plus 2007, the latest year for which the data is available. These numbers are often fuzzy: Some deployments are classified, others are temporary, and just because the Defense Department claims 30 US troops in Indonesia last year doesn’t mean 1,500 didn’t pass through on training missions. Even so, the map, and the associated research, should give you a good feel for what the Pentagon is up to around the world.
