Zoetropes Meet High Fashion

Great large-scale Zoetrope in London... just in time for your Masstransiscope trips :-)


Temperley London Circus Zoetrope from LEGS MEDIA on Vimeo.

[Thanks Taryn!]

Help Ciara win a film contest!

Here are instructions for how to watch and vote for a short film by your fellow classmate:

1. Click link and press "Vote" on the right.

2. Register

3. Check for confirmation email

4. After you get the email, you MUST press Vote AGAIN in order for it to go through!

I promise it sounds more annoying then it actually is. Here's the link:

http://www.tenlegs.com/item_detail&id=MTIyNQ==&ctype=MA==

This, of course, goes for any of you who would like to share your work on this blog as well.

Great work, Ciara - hope you win!

Experimental Cinema from last week

Paul Sharits, Ray Gun Virus, 1966




Stan Brakage, Prelude: Dog Star Man, 1961




Clip from Ronald Nameth's film about Andy Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable, 1967

Opportunity for publication (and cash!)

The annual Vera List New School Art Collection Writing Awards competition is underway.  This year's theme is "thingness" and you can get ideas via this map.  These essays may be critical or creative and respond to an object in the New School's collection.  First place gets $400 and second place gets $200!

If you are interested in participating in this competition, let me know and I can help review drafts for you.

Deadline is Feb 21st.

Green Screen Rockers in the Lower East Side

Taji might have to explain exactly what's going on here... but it looks awesome.  I want to go there!

Major League Baseball, Social Media, and Public Screens

Emma took a visit to the MLB Fan Cave over on Broadway and W 4th Street.  Their interactive screen is quite similar to the HTC one I shared earlier, only you get your photo taken with the World Series trophy.

I've actually got a piece coming up next week for In Media Res re: baseball and Twitter... I'll post it if it turns out OK :-)

Film series at the MoMA

Want to watch the greats of Classic Hollywood and learn about auteur theory (the birth of studying film as a serious art)?  Check out this series at MoMA.

Reminder: you get into MoMA for free with your Parsons ID, and film tickets are free as long as you have a museum ticket for that day... so just go to the information desk for your ticket to the museum and use it for some free films!

[Thanks, Lesley!]

Screens as Wallpaper

Check out this interactive wall treatment from Austria.


Hirzberger Events - Digital Wallpaper from Strukt on Vimeo.

More info here.  [Thanks Hyewon!]

Also scroll down on the more info link for the Apple App wall...

Gene Youngblood Documentary

Here are some clips for a documentary in progress about Gene Youngblood. There are interviews with a number of famous experimental filmmakers and video artists (many of which we've discussed in class!

Secession From The Broadcast trailer 1F from bryan konefsky on Vimeo.