Icarus & the Tree Herder
Film by Ian Worrel. Check out his other animation
When You’re Strange: A Film About The Doors
Coming in April: First Feature Documentary About The Doors.
Award-winning writer-director Tom DiCillo’s riveting film uncovers historic, previously unseen footage from the illustrious rock quartet and provides new insight into the revolutionary impact of their music and legacy. The film is narrated by Johnny Depp.
“Tom DiCillo’s ‘When You’re Strange‘ is a meticulously crafted, exhilarating ode to one of music’s greatest ensembles, THE DOORS. Watching the hypnotic, hitherto, unreleased footage of Jim, John, Ray and Robby, I felt like I experienced it all through their eyes. Here, Jim has been resurrected to remind us that he is to this very day, one of the most significant frontmen/poets/shaman to ever grace a stage while the band behind him kept the music alive, adding fuel to an already raging ride into history. As a rock n’ roll documentary, or any kind of documentary for that matter, it simply doesn’t get any better than this. What an honor to have been involved. I am as proud of this as anything I have ever done.” – Johnny Depp
Yasuhiro Suzuki: Please watch your step
“Please watch your step” by japanese artist Yasuhiro Suzuki was one of four public installations organized by the digital public art project at the haneda airport in toyko. suzuki’s floating human shaped balloon was an experiment in getting users to participate in public art. for many, airports can be a place devoid of human emotion with its vast size and long waiting periods. this site intervention hoped to evoke a positive response from by passers and provide an element of humor and surprise to their journey.
‘it’s important for people to experience and participate in public art, but you can’t get everyone in an airport to do so. however, when I think of the sight of people enjoying my work and some of the others, [I feel that] I want a lot of airport visitors to enjoy the art exhibit.‘ – YS
‘Please watch your step’ is part of ‘technology to create digital art’, a research proposal selected by japanese science and technology agency (JST CREST). it is currently being exhibited at the cyber arts japan exhibition, which celebrates the thirtieth anniversary of the ars electronica festival in linz, austria. the show will be on display until march 22 at the museum of contemporary art, Tokyo. | Via
The StandART Channel Curated by Creative Time
Curation of hotel room art is not such a new idea, but The Standard Hotel family extends this concept from the walls to the LCDs that occupy each room. “The Standard Hotels and Creative Time are proud to introduce an in-room video art exhibit featuring the work of 10 renowned international video artists, debuting on March 5th at The Standard, New York. The StandART channel, viewable on in-room televisions at all four Standard hotels in New York, Hollywood, Downtown LA, and Miami, is an extension of both companies’ ongoing commitment to presenting innovative art in the public realm.” Features artists include Marilyn Minter, Mika Rottenberg, Neistat Brothers, Lee Walton, and many others. | Via
Hold your horses – 70 Million
Vídeo for Franco-American Band Hold Your Horses directed by L’Ogre
I love Gustav Klimt – The Kiss | via: Two Dot Two
Mark Wong: one minute movies
Mark Wong, 35, has spent the last three years turning films, including Speed, Pearl Harbour and Top Gun, into 60 second spoofs. The movie buff even built a life-size aeroplane cockpit in his garden for his version of Pearl Harbour. Mr Wong, an accountant, spends up to nine months planning, directing and making each movie with the help of family and friends, then posts them on YouTube.
“One minute isn’t very long to recreate a whole film, you have to make it coherent but you only really have time to tell the basic story,” he said. ”I’ve put a lot of effort into making the films, people really like them and I think they’ve got better and better. They look like Hollywood productions as they are shot in a clever way.” Mark’s filmed his first miniature movie, Speed, on the buses in his home city of Cambridge. ”It was great fun. I jumped on buses and filmed for as long as I could, then I bought toy buses and used fire crackers to blow them up,” he said.
The film was shortlisted in Empire magazine’s Done In 60 Seconds competition, which challenges film-makers to create a one minute version of their favourite movie. The following year his second film Pearl Harbour, also made it into the top five. Mr Wong has just finished filming Top Gun and his future plans include one minute versions of Gladiator, Jaws and Point Break.
For more, visit his YouTube channel. | Via
Vampire Weekend – Giving Up the Gun
Jake Gyllenhaal is part of a superstar cast for Vampire Weekend’s new video for ‘Giving Up the Gun,’ which also brings together another fine tennis player, Joe Jonas, as well as Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA and Lil Jon. The clip is a stylish but decidedly weird dreamlike sequence where Vampire Weekend video muse Jenny plays the tennis game of her life. The video is directed by Emmett Malloy with its concept coming from frontman Erza Koenig.
Brasstronaut – Old World Lies
Music video for Brasstronaut by Salazar
lifetime Collection video by Salazar | Via: Two Dot Two
Bowerbirds – “In Our Talons”
Truly beautiful work and the song really gained even more texture and life.
The video of the Canadian group Bowerbirds was directed by Alan Poon. | via Two Dot Two
Los Campesinos! – Romance is boring
Out last friday the new album “Romance is boring” from one of the most original and funny english band: Los Campesinos! of course. And this is the new video produced by Alex De campi. We are listening to the new album, and we will come to you soon for a review.
Nike – Human Chain
Another piece of magic from our friends at W+K Portland and directed by Smuggler’s Brian Beletic with visual effects by MassMarket.
Agency: Wieden+Kennedy, Portland
Creative Directors: Alberto Ponte & Jeff Williams
Opening Ceremony: None Plus One
To celebrate the opening of the new Opening Ceremony at Ace Hotel store, Humberto Leon enlisted friends and budding directors Gia Coppola and Tracy Antonopoulos to create a short film featuring friends of O.C. Kirsten Dunst and Jason Schwartzman. Kirsten and Jason, who are decked out in recent arrivals from O.C.’s S/S2010 collection, share a sweet and playful chemistry, very artfully captured by Gia and Tracy on this nostalgia-inducing, vintage-feeling montage. | via highsnobiety
