Sight Short

I had previously seen this video before and I think the creativity is incredible. To think that we are close to developing something like this is intriguing to me. With augmented reality glasses coming to the market the thought of contacts with augmented reality is crazy to think about as a possibility. It will be interesting to see if we will learn more about the human mind and find a way to link human brain waves to technology and use our minds as the controller of digital data coming into our view. The more I see technology like this the more excited I get to enter the job market with hopes of working for a company developing revolutionary products.

Final Video Art Piece

Massive Attack

This group has some very cool instrumentals and beats beautifully put together. I really like the flow and tone this music sets. I listened to their first album Blue Lines a little bit and that  was all I needed. The group has a big influence in that they express opinions on the war and other political issues. Below is the video for their album Heligoland which I explored. It really got my attention from the album artwork.

UK Underground and the Smiths

At the head of the UK underground in the 1980's was the Smiths. It is so strange that we covered the Smiths in this class because I actually had a friend over winter break tell me about them and about how influential they are to the type of music that is being released today. Since then I have listened to a lot of their songs and I think they are a very interesting and talented group. They are a rock band who are known to be rebellious and radical. They sing about the struggles that come along in life and express strong opinion about the world. This type of music greatly influences the punk rock and hardcore music that I listen today. The Smiths have brilliant song writing ability and I am glad they have been brought into my view. They are a fairly popular band I am surprised I had not heard of them before this year.

TR 808 Examples

Charanjit Singh — “Raga Bhairav”

Cybotron-Clear

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Talking Heads- Psycho Killer

3 video art examples

I viewed a very cool video called Pixels on Vimeo where blocks begin falling from the sky and connecting to buildings like Tetris and eventually the entire real life area becomes transformed by the blocks. 

http://vimeo.com/13362364

The next video art video that I watches really reminded me of the flipbook animations that we made at the beginning of the semester so I had to share it. It was a video called videogioco on vimeo, the link is posted below. It is a cartoon that is generated from a person flipping numerous pieces of paper with drawings to create an animation. 

http://vimeo.com/6605263

The third video art project that I viewed was Drums, I have seen things like this in the past but I find it very fascinating how they can take virtually created drum sets and have them produce real sounds and songs based upon the generated video. This video had a really cool sound to it.

http://vimeo.com/1307986#at=15

3 Video Mapping Examples

This video mapping projection was very cool to me, especially considering how much I like Audi as an automobile manufacturer.

This projection is UNBELIEVABLE. Very trippy.

Transforming entire buildings via 3D video mapping, becoming common now a days I suppose.....