Hollywood News (2006, 2.7MB, 1:06 min. )
Saddam on Trial (2006, 1.9MB, 52 sec)
Two pieces from the Montreal based video collective Lossy Video.
The idea being to take news footage & ..er..look at it closely.
The results are undeniably capable, attractive & interesting.
Reminds me, conceptually, of Mark Tribe
The French Democracy (2005, 39.7MB, 13:09 min)
Quite remarkable piece of Machinima from France, dealing with
the riots there by oppressed North African and Arab youth.
The subtitling and translation ( ‘I had some training to do’ says koulamata,
the author, rather disarmingly) are hit and miss, to say the least -but it would
be wrong to view this as an ‘all your base are belong to us’ curiosity.
The very strangeness of the English translation, the sheer virtuosity of shaping
the fairly recalcitrant source material into a coherent 13 minute plus narrative
means that its honesty and sincerity shine through at every moment.
There is an interesting discussion of the piece on the Machinima.com site.
what the hack it art (2005, 33.5MB, 3:22 min.)
Hack.it.art was an exhibition and event about hacktivism in Italy.
Video of the opening night by Florian Cramer.
Flat Earth (2007, 22 MB, 7:08 min.)
“Flat Earth is a desktop documentary, which takes the viewer on
a seven minute trip around the world so that we encounter a series
of fragments taken from real peoples’ blogs. These fragments are
knitted together to form a kind of story or singular narrative.”
from Thomson & Craighead.
Dion Laurent – The Golden Age of Barcodes (2004, 27.6MB, 5:05)
Dion Laurent’s project is a “multi-ethnic international
representation of procreation and population explosion,
increased consumerism and capitalism, and the
commodification and devastation of our natural world.”
Enough said.
Trailer for LOOK, the movie, which is composed
entirely of surveillance camera footage.
LOOK asks (and attempts to answer) questions about
security versus privacy, highly relevant in modern,
legitimately paranoid times.
Are you always alone when you think you are?
Terra Nova: The Antarctic Suite (excerpt) (2008, 31 MB, 5:36 min.)
‘A look into the creative process of the making of DJ Spooky
Invisible Threads (2008, 18.3 MB, 2:53 min.)
Stephanie Rothenburg & Jeff Crouse will be producing designer blue jeans.
Styles include boot cut, skinny leg, flare and the new “Boyfriend” trousers.
Profits from these purchases will be used to maintain the factory and pay for
workers
Eyes on the Fair Use of the Prize (2006, 20.9MB, 2:19)
Another important, striking piece from the
Media That Matters Film Festival 6.
The filmmaker, Jacob Caggiano, is a young man who I
believe is even younger than me, and according to him,
the whole short film came together at the last minute.
I think this is a beautiful effort.
