Autolux – The Science of Imaginary Solutions
20 NovThe visionary art of Mark Whalen is brought to life by Thomas McMahan in this spine-tingling music video for Autolux’s song “The Science of Imaginary Solutions”. Make sure to check out the making of/behind the scenes short from Juxtapoz Magazine.
Digital Life-Forms Responding to Archival Birdsongs
20 AugAustralian artist Andy Thomas specializes in creating ‘audio life forms’: beautiful abstract shapes that react to sounds. In this animated short, he visualizes two recorded bird sounds from the archives of the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision [beeldengeluid.nl] in Hilversum.
An increasing amount of sounds and images from European archives, museums and libraries are available for creative re-use. For the Europeana Creative Challenge, we’re looking for innovative projects that use archival material available via Europeana (europeana.eu) in a creative way. Send in your own idea to create, for example, a mash-up, an app or a game at ecreativechallenges2014.istart…. The winner will be aided by specialized professionals in realizing their project.
Fantastic Fungi: The Forbidden Fruit
19 Jun
An excerpt from the feature documentary by Louie Schwartzberg following notable mycologist, Paul Stamets, as he discusses the important role mushrooms play in the survival and health of the earth and human species.
Cellular Circuitry
22 MarLast year we posted some of Ben Ridgway’s work (here) with a teaser for Cellular Circuitry. The full version has now been released, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen a more accurate representation of what ayahuasca does to visual perception.
Kutay Cengil
22 FebKutay Cengil’s work consists of short 3d animations ranging from abstract to absurd. You can see more at his excellent tumblr page here.
Liminal Swirling Dots
9 NovI love videos like this that evoke 90’s computer graphics. There was something expansive and promising about 3d shading and horizon cloudscapes.













