We’re proud to announce that we are partnering with Misnomer Dance Theater to stream their performance live from the Joyce Soho.
The performance and live stream will happen tonight (Friday) at 7:30pm. You can catch the action on the LiveStream channel or watch the embedded video below.
I just recently wrapped up a video project for NextBook and JDub
This video was designed for a live event in LA, to be played on a plasma screen. However, we created the project files to be modular, and reusable for multiple formats.
For this project, NextBook gave us the challenge of working with text for their new releases.
Because we had to work with so much text, we hand animated each frame to create a high definition experience, while keeping all the text present, readable, and comprehensible.
Additional credits:
Thanks to Rob Moon for the handsome design + the great animation help
In the way they re-create the barroom swing of the Hank era, the Defibulators and their fellow indie-country bands present themselves as more authentic than, say, Taylor Swift. But while Corn Money has moments of unvarnished beauty (“Your Hearty Laughâ€), it also includes a degree of Hee Haw–style cornpone (note long underwear). So what is their music: paean or put-on? “It’s not ironic, what we’re doing,†insists Bru. “We’re not making fun of [country music].†Jennings arches his brow. “Or are we?†Noting Bru’s disapproval, he adds, “We’re not making fun of it. We’re having fun with it.†Sighing, Bru sums up the mystery that is their world: “It’s kind of hard to describe to people.â€
We spoke about cell phones, the data on them (McCain’s and Obamas Blackberry issues), elections in Estonia, Yahoo email and their new social rollout, the Palm Nova, and a whole lot more.
This Monday, John Perry Barlow will be speaking at NYU.
I remember during the RNC of 2004, John Perry Barlow organized a protest. The idea was simple enough: dance around the city and express our political opinions in a creative way.
For those who can remember back, there was a larger police presence in New York City during the RNC in 2004 (19,000+) than there were soldiers in Afghanistan (10,000+).
I heard about this particular protest while working on another segment at the RNC and just couldn’t resist the opportunity to join up.
Watch the video for John Perry Barlow’s explanation (be patient while loading):
The video below was made for JDub, an NYC record label, to help them pitch their artists at a sales conference. JDub represents artists such as Matisyahu, Golem, and Sway Machinery.
The purpose of the video was clear: showcase the label’s artists and their energy.
Deliverables:
In addition to editing the final video and delivering a DVD for the sales conference . . .
We also optimized images, logos, and videos for JDub. Additionally, we converted multiple video files from DVD’s from performances, archives, and promos. All these graphic and video files were delivered to JDub for future use.
Finally, we produced this media player for all the video files. The media player can be managed by JDub without knowing any code.
The video above is Lamentation by Martha Graham, shot at Saratoga Performing Arts Center during a live performance.
It was a 2 camera shoot, taped and edited entirely for the web.
NOTE : This is a ROUGH VERSION, not the final version.
This is intended as a preview.
Choreographer: Martha Graham Dancer: Carrie Ellmore-Tallitsch Music by: Zoltan Kodaly
I’ve been spending the first part of my Summer with the Martha Graham Dance Company. We’re on a residency at Skidmore. I’ve had the privilege of working with phenomenal dancers from the company, and am also working with a team of over 30 students to produce a group blog.
Buddy Ebsen Hackett is The Defibulators marketing “arm” for The Defibulators, a brooklyn based musical act. Who-ee! This is the first version of a promo video for The Defibulators‘ new album.
Darian Dauchan’s Media Madness directed by Margaret Perry premiered at The Kitchen’s Counter Culture series. The show features live video and pre-rendered video pieces and is a “multi-media†extravaganza.
I’ve been working on the show as the video designer. It’s been quite rewarding working with Margaret and Darian. Right now, we’re using the following equipment for the video setup:
2 TV’s
1 projector
A Camera for the Live Feed
A Video Amplifier and an A/B Video Switcher
Surprisingly, Keynote is running it all.
In the next production, I’d like to incorporate more interactivity into the piece using either Isadora or Max/MSP Jitter so I can create custom titles during the live feed. For example, there is a scene for a press conference (picture above). I’d like to have graphics and lower thirds appear that say “LIVE,†to give it a sense that it’s a media circus in a fictional place by creating custom titles.
However, I’ve found the delay and pixelation in these software platforms to be problematic.
Produced for Ralph Lauren’s flagship store in New York City on Madison Ave and 72nd Street. The work was designed to play on 4 plasma screens simultaneously. The video was produced from a series of still images taken by myself and Robert Moon.
For more on the project, visit the blog for documentation and research.
For this installation 2 VCRs are networked, sending a custom made VHS tape from one VCR to another. As the VHS tape travels in the space between the VCRs, the VHS signal slowly degrades in quality.
Level I
The decomposing signal on the VHS tape mirrors the disappearance of analog technology from our culture.
Like audio cassette tapes and other analog technology, the VCR is on its way out. With the rise of DVRs (digital video recorders) DVDs, and other digital technologies, the VCR is now a quaint thing of the past. Taking the cue from Vinyl Records, VHS tapes are now acquiring a nostalgic status.
Level II
In the installation, the top left image represents the “realty†as it happens in front of us – the live feed is what our eyes see.
The bottom right is what our mind keeps of that. After filtering the “feed†coming in through our eyes, each mind keeps its own memory, which is in fact, a minute fragment of the data that the actual “live feed†contained. In a day from now, what you saw in the room will remain in your brain as a few scattered images with no detail – if any.