Be the change, that you want to see

Post by iSiZ

“My faith is as strong as ever. [. . .] There is no hope for the aching world except through the narrow and straight path of non-violence. Millions like me may fail to prove the truth in their own lives; that would be their failure, never of the eternal law.”

Mahatma Gandhi

 

MC Yogi, Niraj Chag and Michael Rosen have mixed original audio from the speech of Gandhi and made music a music video from it called ‘Be the change’.

This post is a reaction to the useless violence right now in the city of Istanbul. I hope people will reflect on themselves and make a positive change.

The Sea Chair Project

Post by Meltem

This movie by designers Studio Swine demonstrates how waste plastic picked up by fishing trawlers can be transformed into chairs on board the boats.
The Sea Chair is made entirely from plastic waste collected from the ocean. The plastic used to create the first Sea Chair originates from the shores of Porthtowan, a beach located on the Southwest Coast that is known to be the most polluted beach in the UK for micro plastic. The Sea Chair was produced using the Sea Press, a machine that allows plastic to be heated and formed along with simple moulds and tools.
The chair is tagged with the geographical coordinates of where its sea plastic was harvested and carries a production number.

Dedicated to the brave people of the world

Post by iSiZ

Some say perceverance, passion and innovative talent will lead to change and succes.
The world is watching the brave people in Istanbul. The music video in this post is dedicated to the brave people of the world.

Including my neighbour who helped catch visiting burglars in our offices two nights in a row. Tomorrow they wil stand before a judge.

Follow me home

Post by iSiZ

Aṣa, a Nigerian French singer-songwriter, was born in Paris. She grew up in Lagos, the south-western part of Nigeria. Her texts are about her country, life and the things in her life. Her music fuses jazz, funk, soul and reggae. Watch how Aṣa takes German reggae figure Gentleman on a personal journey through her hometown Lagos in this 50 minute documentary.

In the videoclip below she sings the song BA MI DELE, meaning: follow me home in Yoruba.

It is a story of a young girl wooed tirelessly by a young lawyer from out of town. She initially refuses, but soon finds herself having strong feelings for this young man. She becomes pregnant and finds out he’s not taking responsibility to claim the unborn child. She still loves him and wants him to make the relationship formal. In the darkness of her room at night, she longs for the strong arms of her man around her.

First Teaser Trailer Stories from Southeast

Post by Jos

Because of all the support we received for our crowdfunding project, we’re able to concentrate on the production of our documentary Stories from Southeast. We will keep you posted on any significant developments through this blog and the Facebook page. We start with the first teaser trailer that comes with this post. Think of it as a visual appetizer. We hope it will give you an appetite for more.

 

The main course, the public premiere, will be held in the Southeast district op Amsterdam this September. We shouldn’t risk missing that deadline, before you know it the Southeast district of Amsterdam won’t exist anymore. Okay, that might be overstating it a bit, but as an official place name the Southeast district of Amsterdam will seize to exist from May 2014. Who knows, our documentary may end up being the source of the final, authentic images of this lost piece of Amsterdam… ;-)

We will continue working on the movie and we’ll be sure to let you know when we can give you another appetizer.

Design is awakening people

Video

Post by Meltem

Kenya Hara (1958) is a Japanese graphic designer and curator. He specializes in designing not objects but facts or events, such as identifications and communications. He produced the exhibition “RE-DESIGN_Daily Products of the 21st Century” in 2000, and through it he showed that the most marvelous sources of design were to be found in the context of daily life. In 2002, he became a member of the advisory board of MUJI and also took over as art director. In 2004, he produced the exhibition “HAPTIC_Awakening the Senses”. In 2009, he opened his first solo exhibition at Beijing Center for the Arts and what he says: ‘design is awakening people’.

Atoms have to be organized hexagonally

Post by iSiZ

Watch this very original video, not because of the images you see, but because of the way it was made. Filmmakers, programmers and scientists have collaborated to create a Guinness World Record for the world’s smallest stop-motion film. A movie made with atoms. A movie so small it can be seen only when you magnify it 100 million times.

You can watch the making of right under this link.

You don’t have to write this, history does this for you

Post by iSiZ

This is what it looks like when a visual effects software company gets help from sponsors and a great team to make a short spy movie.

In the movie Spy vs Guy a spy attempts to get a coin back that he lost to a pizza boy. This coin can activate a missile. The many failing attempts by the spy give a funny and somewhat caricature and cartoonish feel to the movie.

Some of the scenes are inspired on true stories. Seth Worley, the director says: ‘You don’t have to write this, history does this for you.’

Simulating movement from a far away place

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David Bowen is an artist who specializes in kinetic, robotic and interactive sculptures. The video below shows an art installation that captures the movement of waves from the Pacific Ocean and projects it in real-time.

The ‘Tele-present water’ installation was part op the 14th WRO Media Art Biennale in The National Museum in the city of  Wroclaw in Poland in 2011.

The wave intensity and frequency is collected from an oceanic data station. The data is scaled and transfered to the mechanical grid structures and servomotors in the museum. This results in a simulation of the physical effects caused by the movement of water.

Is it not amazing how this movement from a remote place like the Pacific Ocean is visible to people far away visiting an exhibition in a museum. This makes our world so much smaller!

 

POPPY shows the dark side of globalisation

Post by iSiZ

Poppy is an exhibition and book by Robert Knoth and Antoinette de Jong. Launched on 31st of march 2012 at the Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam. After visiting the exhibition last year, I left the building relieved and happy, a huge contrast with the topic of the audiovisual installation.

Obviously we must be grateful these courageous independent journalists covered this incredible story for many years and from so many perspectives. But as a creator I was so happy to see a beautiful multimedia production telling a story with all the media available: audio, still images, moving images, text, paper and ink.

The production is selected for the shortlist Dutch Doc Awards 2013. From 26 april 2013 the presentation will be exhibited in het Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam, together with the other nominees. 5th of june 2013 the winner will be presented.

Watch the trailer of the Poppy audiovisual installation below.

 

source: ydocfoundation.org

‘The Silk Road has linked the East and the West from time immemorial. Once a renowned trade route, it transferred religions and cultures, the Silk Road has now turned into a heroin route and is carving out a path of violence and destruction through one of the world’s most strategic yet volatile regions while on its way to the end of its destinations in Europe. Robert Knoth and Antoinette de Jong documented the route for two decades, covering the rise of the Taliban, the American intervention after September 9/11 and the recent surge in opium production. The images and texts in the publication and the audiovisual installation reveal a dark side of globalisation, as reflected in the faces of smugglers, prisoners, prostitutes, border guards, children and farmers.’