PIXELATOR & ABSTRACTOR

A sweet video art collaboration in the streets of New York - PIXELATOR.

A fun creative idea by Jason Eppink, carried out by anonymous artists who want to Do It Yourself. Here are some variations on the idea too - TV Filter, Light Criticism, and ... Abstractor.

World Garbage Dump Tour - Joy Revolution

I love what Benjamin and Stephanie Dunn of Joy Revolution are doing! Keep rockin' it with all your funky, free, spontaneous LOVE! Great music, great video and great JOY you're igniting! :)

Stoney @ Caffe Medici Austin - Glory Days

Stoney @ Cafe Medici Austin - Glory Days from Nina Spink on Vimeo.

Beautiful. Simply beautiful.
Great job Stoney!

U2 - Magnificent on David Letterman

U2's "No Line on the Horizon" is a great album!
You should check out Anton Corjbin's film for it - "Linear." He does some beautiful work.

Scott McCloud: Understanding Comics

I thought this was a cool video of Scott McCloud sharing a story about comics as a visual form of story-telling, and where it could go when translated onto the web (keeping the spacial relations intact/using the web window as a page-viewer rather than a movie screen). I think this is interesting from a design standpoint too.

Check out his comic Zot! Online: "Hearts and Minds" or some of his other web comics to see his explorations of sharing comics online. They're really fun!

The Octopus Project - Music is Happiness

Great video (directed by Nick Smith)! Check out The Octopus Project and their other videos. Surprise, surprise - they're from Austin too! You can also download Music is Happiness and some other great songs from their site. :)


Hamsters are cute, but now they're got missions too! (They also seem to be close relatives to friendly squirrels.) :)

The Reverse Graffiti Project

The Reverse Graffiti Project - a beautiful art project in San Francisco - a reverse graffiti mural of indigenous plants in an urban space.

The artist - Moose - has some other great design projects/creative ideas of communication in the city. Check 'em out! :)

My friend Matthieu Brajot also helped out on this cool project.

Davey Dance Blog - fun stuff

Check this guy Davey Dance Blog. I really like how he just picks a public place – showcasing a city or something – and dances to the music. I love it when the music plays off the city surroundings ... kinda like dialoging with the city about how it makes you feel. Great idea Davey!

Danielson Famile - Did I step on your trumpet?

A cool video for "Did I step on your trumpet?" from The Danielson Famile.

Also check out the documentary movie on them.
Here's a preview of the movie that came out in 2006.

Imagine! France sings for USA

Wow! Check this out ... France sings to the USA - "land of the free" is the part that really struck me ... France is the nation who gave us the Statue of Liberty. They know what freedom is all about, and we need its fullness! :) ... Bravo! beautiful!

(There's also a longer version.)

A great idea by Johannes Leonardo for Pangea Day, a global event bringing the world together through film. I love the other films they made about countries singing other countries' national anthems too, especially these two - USA sings for Mexico, and UK sings for Argentina since I'm more familiar with those countries.

Imagine! USA sings for Mexico

Imagine! UK sings for Argentina

Keep it up Johannes! I'd love to see more!

Food Court Musical

Here's a funny improv event by Improv Everywhere. It brought me a smile. :)

The Masculinity of Sacrificial Love

I think both of these videos do a great job of visually capturing the essence of self-sacrificial love ... love that perseveres, that won't give up, that will do to all lengths to extend the love of the heart. I think it's the masculine heart in full ... willing to lay down it's life for another, willing to face evil hordes in battle, willing to endure pain & suffering for another. I think some of it has to do with the battle that many men long for. It gives them life inside - even when they're facing death. There is also honor in dying for another, in fighting to protect life, freedom and what is beautiful. ... It's a beautiful wonder to see men giving their lives for another.

These videos have very different flavors of that love, but I think there's a common thread between them - especially visually. I find beauty in the depth of their love - the passion of a man's heart fully alive, serving another when it's painful, willing to face their own death so that another may find LIFE.

Aqualung - Pressure Suit

Foo Fighters - The Pretender

Rock on!

Paul Rand: form + content

"don't try to be original, just try to be good"

a great video designed by Imaginary Forces

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Can't Stop

Way cool video. :)
"can't stop the spirits when they need you.
this life is more than just a read-thru."

[inspired by the "one-minute sculptures" of erwin wurm]

{a prelude to the coming season??}