Sampling Culture http://samplingculture.posterous.com Most recent posts at Sampling Culture posterous.com Sat, 20 Nov 2010 07:09:00 -0800 The Knife's audio visual experience http://samplingculture.posterous.com/2010/11/20/the-knifes-new-audio-visual-experience http://samplingculture.posterous.com/2010/11/20/the-knifes-new-audio-visual-experience

Recently PitchFork.tv posted a video of The Knife's live performance. It reminds me of the Blue Man Group meets psychedelic images meets techno. This video seems to be from 2006.

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Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:43:38 -0800 Video profile: Homegrown Skateboards in Nova Scotia http://samplingculture.posterous.com/2010/01/22/video-profile-of-homegrown-skateboards-in-nova-scotia http://samplingculture.posterous.com/2010/01/22/video-profile-of-homegrown-skateboards-in-nova-scotia On Jesse Watson's trip to Toronto in November, the skateboard company owner spoke about how he has been creating skateboard culture for years in LaHave, Nova Scotia. Homegrown Skateboards makes small runs of skateboards - sometimes only 20 editions of a board. For Watson, his work is craft production in the age of mass production: It's local, craft-based and borne out of a need to skate. His skateboards link culture, art, and collaborative design. Watson's Skateboard designs and his guest-artist series boards were on display at Harbourfront Centre until January 3, 2010.
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My VIDEO profile can be viewed on the Ryersonian's website .

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Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:29:32 -0800 Reimagining public space, one plant at a time http://samplingculture.posterous.com/2009/12/07/reimagining-public-space-one-plant-at-a-time http://samplingculture.posterous.com/2009/12/07/reimagining-public-space-one-plant-at-a-time [wpvideo iovtAoAT] As part of our series on unique artists, Amanda Connon-Unda discovers how a pair of artists - Sean Martindale and Eric Cheung - create artistic interventions that compel people to think about their lived environments. Video Notes: Produced by Amanda Connon-Unda Featuring Sean Martindale and Eric Cheung Some photos provided by Sean Martindale (http://picasaweb.google.com/sean.martindale/PosterPocketPlants#) Made in Toronto, Canada, in December 2009.

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Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:04:53 -0800 Escaping the mundane: 1930s fashion http://samplingculture.posterous.com/2009/12/05/escaping-the-mundane-1930s-fashion http://samplingculture.posterous.com/2009/12/05/escaping-the-mundane-1930s-fashion [wpvideo QRgBXmhf] A photography exhibit featuring the work of Edward Steichen is taking place at the Art Gallery of Ontario until January 3, 2010. “High Fashion, the Condé Nast Years, 1923-1937” is an exhibit that is rich in historical figures. Great actors and models grace the photos that Steichen became famous for while he worked as a photographer for Vogue and Vanity Fair. Steichen’s work depicts the fashions of the times. The height of luxury in the 1920s was followed by The Great Depression and Steichen’s vision of 1930s fashion reveals nothing of the destitution of that time. His are photos that are an escape from the mundane, taking viewers – both then and now – into the world of fantasy. Money is no object here and neither is beauty. Steichen’s photographs reveal the self-confidence of America during a time of transition. The exhibit features more than 200 photos and fashions from some renowned designers of the age: Poiret, Chanel, Lelong, Lanvin, Patou and Schiaparelli. The exhibit is organized by the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography, Minneapolis, and the Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, in collaboration with the AGO. Curator Sophie Hackett from the Art Gallery of Ontario narrates this video about Steichen’s work.

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Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:43:03 -0700 The art of VJing http://samplingculture.posterous.com/2009/10/13/the-art-of-vjing http://samplingculture.posterous.com/2009/10/13/the-art-of-vjing

Exploring the art of veejaying, a new trend in the live concert experience

Excerpt of my article from the CBC Arts website:

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"[VJing] was an open system, and it was accepted as an experimental thing," says Greg Hermanovic, a long-time software designer and visualist. Johnny DeKam, who has his own live-visuals company in Los Angeles, remembers VJing at electronic music festivals in the 1990s. "It took some years for that to really start in the pop world," he says. In the '90s, avant-garde electronic artists like Coldcut, Hexstatic and Emergency Broadcast Network began experimenting with improvised visuals, a practice that was picked up by more mainstream bands like Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails. On their current Lights in the Sky tour, Nine Inch Nails employ live 3-D rendering tools and an interactive touch screen device that frontman Trent Reznor can use to trigger visual and audio effects. The idea behind VJing is that the images are live and constantly evolving. As a result, each show is a unique experience. "I have to constantly react, and I am improvising with the live band. I have to push pads, to trigger effects," says CPU, the VJ moniker of Bryant Davis Place, who has toured with the Black Eyed Peas. CPU alters the colours on a touch screen, creates patterns and remixes the live video feed of the show, as well as the Black Eyed Peas' logo. He can "scrub" the video — which is like scratching a record — and manipulate the visuals in many ways. "I keep the energy level going on stage during and in between songs," he says. "What makes a good visualist is someone who has a mastery over their technology but also an inherent talent or a formal background in creating visual images," explains DeKam. "The art [of VJing] is in the kind of relationships you create." Modern VJing came into its own in the 1990s, with the emergence of more affordable laptop computers that were capable of faster processing. Read more at:  http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2009/10/13/f-rise-of-the-veejay-concerts.html

Derivative's VJ Mixxa - TouchDesigner 077 software from Amanda C-U on Vimeo.

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