Electroma
Monday, July 23rd, 2007Outro scene from Daft Punk’s Electroma
Outro scene from Daft Punk’s Electroma
On May 4th, 2007, they asked internet users to help isolate Michael Jackson’s white glove in all 10,060 frames of his nationally televised landmark performance of Billy Jean. 72 hours later 125,000 gloves had been located. It is released here for all to download, mash it up and use as an input into any digital system…crowdsourcing for the king…
At its very best, a title sequence is a self-contained hybrid that combines several moving image techniques to compress the essence of the film it introduces…sit back and watch!
Some members from Arcade Fire (remember this site) were in the audience of a crappy TV show wearing t-shirts about their new album. Product placement spoof or viral stunt? Doesn’t matter, smart move anyway…
Beautiful cut and spliced photography by Osaka based Palla aka Kazuhiko Kawahara. He will also provide photographs that’ll be used for visual development of the warping environments and buildings for the upcoming open-source movie A Swarm of Angels. You can vote for your favorite here.
Abstractor is a simple device that instantly transforms any video billboard or TV into a beautiful piece of art…

Wza posted an excellent list of must-see documentaries on Google video and some of them reminded me of Punishment Park:
“While Peter Watkins‘ films of the 1960s reflected the political turmoil and tumult of that decade, 1971’s Punishment Park offered a disturbing look at the backlash against activism which emerged in the wake of such events as the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago and the shootings at Kent State University. Set at some unspecified point in the near future, Punishment Park was inspired by a provision of the 1950 McCarran Internal Security Act, which gives the President of the United States the right to suspend the traditional judicial system in favor of tribunals to deal with people believed to be “a risk to internal security” in the event of what the Chief Executive deems a national emergency…”