Category Archives: ephemera

Inflatables in Public Space

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JooYoun Paek – Self-Sustainable Chair (2007, 4.2MB, 1:37)

Joo Youn Paek demonstrates how to use her
self-sustaining chair on a walk down the street.
This and several related excellent related projects
originate in the NYU ITP program.


Real DMB TU – Life Dress (2007, 5.2MB, 0:33)

From Anna Maria Cornelia (also known by pseudonym
Ann De Gersem), a Life Dress which allows a person
to create instant personal boundaries in public.
As a woman often bothered by unwanted attention
in public – not to mention a lover of profound design
– I am so pleased by this concept, even if the end
result might be even more unsolicited scrutiny.
The dress is featured here in a commercial for
South Korea’s mobile broadcast service, TU Media.

Thank you step ladders

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Richard Hogg – Thank you step ladders (2007, 23.2MB, 3:51)

Richard Hogg is best known for his work as a designer and art director, but he’s made a few contributions to the world of film over time, including this quirky piece from his days at Airside.

Kanye West, Zack Galifianakis & Will Oldham

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Can’t Tell Me Nothing (2007, 23.9MB, 5:00 min)

How good is this?
Alternative vid for Kanye West’s ‘Can’t Tell me Nothing’ with
comedian Zack Galifianakis & the wonderful Will Oldham. Exhilarating!
Found here.

2 gigabytes of ipod Mary?

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ipod
Ipod (2005, 5.5MB, 1:11 min)

Rather unusual, this: a clip from the BBC’s putative yoof
channel, BBC3, that is both funny & smart.

Mark E Smith Reads the Football Results

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Mark E Smith
Mark E Smith Reads the Football Results (2005, 12.7MB, 7:14 min.)

God-like genius & professional curmudgeon Mark E Smith
of The Fall reads the football (OK – soccer to
about two thirds of you) results on the BBC in 2005.
The full glory of this possibly only totally comprehensible to
Brits of a certain age but stay with it – the last third is
a hoot.

Ice Hockey with Max Herman

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Perseverance
‘Perseverance (fragment)’ (2006, 35 MB, 3:05 min.)

The Rhizome mailing list became a more predictable & somehow
less exciting place when wit, polymath & provocateur Max Herman
hung up his mouse for a while. He’s back there now & he’s here too,
with some ice hockey action for your delectation, being a section
from a longer work entitled Perseverance.
Says Max, “If I can choose keywords, can they be ‘hockey, millennium,
glasperlenspiel, perseverance, history?’ ”
Of course they can, Max, of course.
(PS Watch the movie, it’s quite lovely)

On Screen Chemistry

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Protein
Protein (2006, 0.9MB, 22 sec)

‘This is a cartoon representation of the process
used to link amino acids to make a protein.’

Flavoprotein
Flavoprotein (2006, 1.3MB, 4 sec loop)

‘This is a model of one of the proteins used
in the electron transport chain. Basically, where
we get most of our energy to survive as living organisms.’

bilayer
Bilayer (2006, 3.3MB, 3 sec loop)

‘This is the general structure of our cell membranes.’

Beautiful animations -teaching materials- of chemical
processes & structures by Professor James K. Hardy
of the University of Akron. Thanks to Professor Hardy for
the accompanying explanations of what each animation
actually represents.
The whole series is a delight.

Guthrie Lonergan

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#3 (2006, 0.3MB, 4 sec)

Guthrie Lonergan2
#5 (2006, 0.3MB, 7 sec)

Guthrie Lonergan3
#6 (2006, 1.9MB, 4 sec)

Says Tom Moody: Recommended: Guthrie Lonergan’s 9 Short Music Videos.
Reminiscent of BEIGE’s cheesy blue (green?) screen vids,
each is built around some corporate sound
(ringtone, Microsoft boot-up noise, DVD intro)
that craps up our daily lives. Also good:

Guthrie Lonergan4
Bricks (2006, 5.9MB, 1:12 min)

atmo – The Voice

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The Voice (clip) (2004, 7.9 MB, 1:36 min.)

atmo was founded in 2000 by a handful of friends who shared years
of free-lance filmmaking and reporting from places like Bosnia, Beirut and South Africa.
Johan Söderberg has lip-synced some of the most hated and loved people in history.

Beating Google

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beating (2006, 4.8MB, 46 sec)

Rudy Adler piece on the excellent gaaagle.com,
protesting Google’s spineless policy of assisting
Chinese government censorship.
Check out this site, there’s some great stuff there.
Even better, make a short & relevant movie & send it in.
Now.