Monday, August 31, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Fall Apart Again
Hey guys, here's another really cool stop motion video. It's the music video for Peter Elkas' song Fall Apart Again. It was directed by Jonathan Bensimon and made completely out of photographs.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Asad's Adventures in Cardboard (issue 5)
Being an enthusiast of cardboard and all recycled pulp materials, I was helping Carmen from Shutterbugs build the cardboard trees for their 'FOREST OF TREES' exhibit.
1. I cut out the cardboard outlines for tree 2 first – which looked kind of cool
2. But off the bat, the major issue with using single sheet cardboard for the trees is that cardboard really folds and falls VERY easily.
The most annoying thing is that, even if you’re careful, the process of pulling the cardboard out of its cut out, bends the sheet! So we have to find a way to be careful.
3. So, to see what the tree would look like, standing, I made some stabilizers to hold it up:
(Stabilized)
4. The tree in and of its self, looks really neat; would work quite well and when 8 ft tall in the valley, would look really cool:
5. But it really falls down too easily:
(Down too easily)
Quick trivia:
"If a tree falls in the studio, and no one is there to hear it, will it make a sound?"
A: Asad will be in the studio.
Anyhow, the moral from this first experiment is:
DOUBLE SHEET THE CARDBOARD!!!!!
Otherwise it simply wont stand or hold any photographs (let alone lights)
Also, we have to be careful to ensure the two base parts match each other. Perhaps we'll have to stabilize them as well.
6. Tree 1, which we designed to be smaller, looks kinda cute:
But depending on how we want to use it, it may not have the most useful design for hanging photos:
Which brings me to:
DESIGN
Two things to consider here:
1. Branching:
I think the trees need to branch out a bit more, to provide an adequate 'cover' from which we can hang enough photos.
2. Overlaps:
In order to make sure that we can hang pictures on all the branches, we have to make sure, either the distance between the upper and lower branches is enough to hang photos on them, or make sure the branches are non overlapping.
Given our design is basically two halves with branches that are interlocked into each other, we have to take that into account when designing each half.
...
Tired, then Asad picked up a bag of fruit jellies and went home. :D
1. I cut out the cardboard outlines for tree 2 first – which looked kind of cool
2. But off the bat, the major issue with using single sheet cardboard for the trees is that cardboard really folds and falls VERY easily.
The most annoying thing is that, even if you’re careful, the process of pulling the cardboard out of its cut out, bends the sheet! So we have to find a way to be careful.
3. So, to see what the tree would look like, standing, I made some stabilizers to hold it up:
(Stabilized)
4. The tree in and of its self, looks really neat; would work quite well and when 8 ft tall in the valley, would look really cool:
5. But it really falls down too easily:
(Down too easily)
Quick trivia:
"If a tree falls in the studio, and no one is there to hear it, will it make a sound?"
A: Asad will be in the studio.
Anyhow, the moral from this first experiment is:
DOUBLE SHEET THE CARDBOARD!!!!!
Otherwise it simply wont stand or hold any photographs (let alone lights)
Also, we have to be careful to ensure the two base parts match each other. Perhaps we'll have to stabilize them as well.
6. Tree 1, which we designed to be smaller, looks kinda cute:
But depending on how we want to use it, it may not have the most useful design for hanging photos:
Which brings me to:
DESIGN
Two things to consider here:
1. Branching:
I think the trees need to branch out a bit more, to provide an adequate 'cover' from which we can hang enough photos.
2. Overlaps:
In order to make sure that we can hang pictures on all the branches, we have to make sure, either the distance between the upper and lower branches is enough to hang photos on them, or make sure the branches are non overlapping.
Given our design is basically two halves with branches that are interlocked into each other, we have to take that into account when designing each half.
...
Tired, then Asad picked up a bag of fruit jellies and went home. :D
Thursday, August 20, 2009
SUGARWATER by Michel Gondry
Hey guys, Shutterbugs will be doing a stop motion video for ASO and while we were talking about choreographing events to happen in a certain flow, i was reminded of an AWESOME video by michel gondry for the band CIBO MATTO... its called 'sugarwater' -- check it out :D
Monday, August 17, 2009
CLEANING UP A BIT MORE
Ok.. so i took what we have below and did this...
ZONE 1
ZONE 2
ZONE 3
ZONE 3
Its still not 100% complete but what do you guys think?
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
VISIONY
Hey everyone,
I was just writing to our graphic designer trying to describe, as an image, what I feel about ARTSIDEOUT - what I want it to be. And I want to share it with you:
THE VISION FOR ARTSIDEOUT
What we're trying to do with ASO is radically open up the entire arts community to the school and the community at large.
Why?
Because
a) the community needs to see what amazing work is done by its artists and,
b) artists need a greater space to work with - they need the whole school - the whole community, hell the whole world to be their toy, their space - their interface.
They need to be able to touch as much of the world as they can.
ASO is really, our humble attempt to give artists something that is so often hard to get in the outside world: space and the freedom to use it.
In terms of space, ASO is an explosion of light and color - of space touched by creativity and transformed by brilliance. And despite all the rules us organizers have to negotiate with to make this happen, in our heart of hearts, ASO is freedom and chaos and beauty - it is not being limited by rules - it is NOT STAYING IN 'YOUR PLACE'.
Its touching grey buildings and filling them with color. It is filling old quiet hallways with music and sound. It is the ability to touch and change anything your heart desires.
It is a chance to transform and transcend.
All you have to do, is attend.
I was just writing to our graphic designer trying to describe, as an image, what I feel about ARTSIDEOUT - what I want it to be. And I want to share it with you:
THE VISION FOR ARTSIDEOUT
What we're trying to do with ASO is radically open up the entire arts community to the school and the community at large.
Why?
Because
a) the community needs to see what amazing work is done by its artists and,
b) artists need a greater space to work with - they need the whole school - the whole community, hell the whole world to be their toy, their space - their interface.
They need to be able to touch as much of the world as they can.
ASO is really, our humble attempt to give artists something that is so often hard to get in the outside world: space and the freedom to use it.
In terms of space, ASO is an explosion of light and color - of space touched by creativity and transformed by brilliance. And despite all the rules us organizers have to negotiate with to make this happen, in our heart of hearts, ASO is freedom and chaos and beauty - it is not being limited by rules - it is NOT STAYING IN 'YOUR PLACE'.
Its touching grey buildings and filling them with color. It is filling old quiet hallways with music and sound. It is the ability to touch and change anything your heart desires.
It is a chance to transform and transcend.
All you have to do, is attend.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Monday, August 3, 2009
Scott's Idea for the front of the school
what do you guys think? any suggestions on modifying or improving on it?
A super cheap photo printing site!!!
WOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!! I found a super cheap photo printing site! They charge $.051 (5 cents per picture!!!)
http://photocheap.biz/
http://photocheap.biz/
Saturday, August 1, 2009
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