Musicvideos: Graham Coxon, Numbers Not Names, KID A, Conmoto, Björk
Oben erstmal der grandiose neue Clip von Graham Coxon zu „What’ll It Take“, „made up of videoclips sent in by 85 fans from 22 countries“. Weitere Videos nach dem Klick.
50 Years of Hulk Smash!
Bleeding Cool hat festgestellt, dass der Hulk irgendwann vergangene Woche 50 Jahre alt geworden ist – und keiner hat’s gemerkt: „The Incredible Hulk #1 by Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and George Roussos came out in 1962, and is cover-dated May — but the cover date is an indication as to when unsold copies of the comic were to be removed from the stands. As you can see from the scans […], stamped and penciled newsstand arrival dates have the comic hitting the stands on […] March 1, 1962.“
Der Hulk gehört mit zu meinen allerersten Comic-Erinnerungen (1. mein erstes selbstgekauftes Comic: Ne Micky Mouse Ende der 70er, 2. mein erstes Abo: Superman/Batman) und zwar eine Story, in der Hulk gegen eine Armee aus Rieseninsekten kämpft. Wer hier irgendwelche Parallelen zu diesem Blog ziehen will, hat vermutlich Recht. Jedenfalls: Das war damals im Condor Verlag und zwar im Taschenbuch Nummer Vier, im selben Buch hat er auch gegen den damals frischen Abominable gekämpft und Man Thing kam auch darin vor. Und zufällig (echt!) habe ich grade in meiner digitalen Comic-Bibliothek genau die Heftnummer gefunden, in der die Insektenstory drin war: Hulk vs The Locust in der Ausgabe 194 vom Dezember 1975. Ich hab sie bei Flickr hochgeladen, falls jemand nachlesen will, eine Riesenraupe fast Hulks Kopf abbeisst.
Auf der Suche nach noch mehr Bildern für das Posting bin ich dann noch auf dieses Flickr-Set voll mit 839 Hulk-Items gestoßen. Hulk SMASH indeed!
Real Batman fights Crime in Brazil
In Brasilien hat die Polizei einen echten Batman angeheuert, der im Kostüm bei Morden und Drogendelikten helfen soll. Echt! Steht auf ein paar Websites, denen ich ungefähr maximal 10% von dem glaube, was sie so schreiben. Und diese Story gehört selbstverständlich dazu. Von The Mary Sue:
André Luiz Pinheiro, is a retired soldier and at 50-years-old, Brazil’s military police are asking for his help. Ovale.com has the story of how both residents and business owners in Taubaté have approved of the initiative to have Pinheiro, who’s fond of dressing like Batman for children’s parties and other events, participate in peace efforts in the area.
Translated from the article: “The goal is that it is part of the Movement for Peace, held by various civil society organizations organized and had its first edition last Sunday. The Military Police want the ‘Batman Taubaté’ begin their work already on the 17th, when a step is carried out more work to combat crime in the neighborhood Esplanade St. Therese, one of the most violent city. The action will be part of the efforts of UAPC (Advanced Community Policing Unit) installed in the neighborhood last year by the PM for the purpose of assisting the integration between the police and the community.”
The details aren’t finalized but the Brazilian Batman won’t be dealing with things like shoplifters and purse thiefs, he’ll be helping fight the serious issues of murder and drug trafficking. ”I am eager to know how we can work together,” said Pinheiro. “One child that I can help bringing the story of a character, it would be very cool.”
BRAZILIAN BATMAN BATTLES BADDIES FOR THE BOYS IN BLUE (FOR REAL) (via io9)
Holi: The Festival of Colors 2012
Derzeit findet in Indien und auf aller Welt das hinduistische Holi Festival der Farben statt. Schöne Fotos gibt’s auf Big Picture, noch tollere bei The Atlantics In Focus: The Colors of Holi 2012.
Around the world, Hindus are celebrating Holi, the Festival of Colors. Holi is a popular springtime celebrations observed on the last full moon of the lunar month. Participants traditionally throw bright, vibrant powders at friends and strangers alike, celebrating the arrival of Spring, commemorating Krishna’s pranks, and allowing everyone a momentary freedom — a chance to drop their inhibitions and simply play and dance. Gathered here are images of this year’s Holi festival from across India and several other countries.
Und weil mir das passenderweise grade durch den Reader gerutscht ist: Twitchfilm hat ein paar Holi-Szenen aus Bollywood-Filmen gesammelt: Masala Madness: Holi Hai! Another Reason I Love Bollywood. Von dort aus dem Film „Sholay“:
I asked Indian filmmaker Anurag Kashyap about his favorite cinematic Holi memory, and he was quick to answer with the following. Sholay is the all time blockbuster of Indian cinema. The film is epic and helped to make superstars out of its heroes, a young Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra (father of the above Sunny Deol), as well as creating the most iconic villain in all of Hindi cinema, Gabbar Singh, played by Amjad Khan. In Sholay, Holi is celebrated with the song Holi Ke Din, which features real life couple Hema Malini and Dhamendra chasing each other through the streets of this small hamlet which Dharmendra & Amitabh’s characters, Jai and Veeru have been recruited to secure from Gabbar Singh.
The song is among the most famous Holis captured on film, and features a more realistic picture of what Holi looks like for most. Friends and strangers alike flood into the streets to shower one another with colors. Unfortunately for the small town of Ramgarh, getting everyone out onto the street also marks an easy opportunity for Gabbar Singh’s men to loot the town, which happens immediately following the song. Jai and Veeru fight the dacoits off, but the damage is done, and their quest for justice begins.
Vorher auf Nerdcore:
Bilder von Indiens Holi Festival der Farben
Indiens Holi Festival der Farben 2010
Holi: The Festival of Colors 2011
Festival of Colors in Utah, 2011
Astronaut announces Angry Birds in Space from Space
Youtube Direktbirds, via Geekosystem
Don Pettit, Astronaut und derzeit auf der ISS (und er war auch derjenige, der mal über den Geruch des Weltalls geschrieben hat, das hatte ich vor Jahren mal verlinkt), macht ein Commercial für Angry Birds in Space. Ich will mir gar nicht vorstellen, wieviel Kohle Rovio mit dem Game gemacht haben, um das zu bezahlen.
Whole Apartment Pinhole Camera
Vimeo Direktflat, via Publique
Romain A dunkelt für sein Projekt Stenop.es komplette Wohnungen ab und piekst in die Folie über den Fenstern kleine Löcher, was das ganze Apartment in Pinhole Cameras verwandelt: „This video is a part of a pinhole movie project based on the principle of the Camera Obscura. An apartment is completely darkened. A hole is made in a window, letting lights from outside coming in. Projections are taking place everywhere inside.“ Oben ein Video aus Paris, auf der Website gibt’s noch ein (nicht ganz so schickes) aus Indien.
Little Rebels: Star Wars, Norman Rockwell-Style
Ganz, ganz toller Print von James Hance mit Han und Leia auf Tatooine im Stil von Norman Rockwells „Boy and Girl gazing at the Moon (Puppy Love)“ vom Cover der Saturday Evening Post vom April 1926, Prints davon gibt’s hier. Ich liebe Norman Rockwell, ganz klassischer amerikanischer Illustrationsstil und der Print hier ist sowas von geordert.
Steal like an Artist
Vimeo Direktsteal, via Brain Pickings
Austin Kleon, dessen Arbeit ihr wahrscheinlich schonmal über seine Newspaper Blackout Poems, kennengelernt habt, hat ein neues Buch draußen: Steal like an Artist. Das Ding sieht mir aus, wie die Everything is a Remix-Reihe, nur ein bisschen verspielter. Das Buch hat außerdem einen schönen Trailer mit seinem Hund Milo: „I hate book trailers, so I made a cute dog video disguised as a book trailer“.
When I was asked to talk to students at a community college in upstate New York, I sat down and wrote a talk based on a list of 10 things I wished I’d heard when I was starting out:
1. Steal like an artist.
2. Don’t wait until you know who you are to get started.
3. Write the book you want to read.
4. Use your hands.
5. Side projects and hobbies are important.
6. The secret: do good work and share it with people.
7. Geography is no longer our master.
8. Be nice. (The world is a small town.)
9. Be boring. (It’s the only way to get work done.)
10. Creativity is subtraction.The text and slides from the talk “rocked the creative world” (GalleyCat) and went viral—since it’s been online, the original blog post has reached millions of readers.I’ve expanded the post into a book-length work stuffed full of brand-new writing and illustrations, published by Workman Publishing in February 2012.
Amazon-Partnerlink: Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told Me About the Creative Life
Punkt 9 ist übrigens einer der wichtigsten Punkte auf der Liste und außerdem mag ich diese Seite aus dem Buch sehr:
Happy Weltfrauentag!
Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum 101. Weltfrauentag, die Damen! Bild oben von Artthreat.
AI-created Videogames
Game Developers: Kiss your Job goodbye! So weit ist es dann wohl noch nicht, aber Michael Cook vom Imperial College London hat ein Gamedesign-AI-System namens Angelina gebaut, da muss er nur noch Sounds und Sprites hinzufügen und schon kann das Game haufenweise erstaunlich spielbare Games ausspucken. Interessantes Bit vom Artikel auf New Scientist: „In theory there is nothing to stop an artist sitting down with Angelina, creating a game every 12 hours and feeding that into the Apple App Store“. Geil, Game-Spam per Artificial Intelligence!
Angelina creates games using a technique known as cooperative co-evolution. The system separately designs different aspects, or species, of the game. In Space Station Invaders – in which players control a scientist who must fend off rogue robots and invading aliens to escape a space station – the species include the layout of each different level, enemy behaviour and the power-ups that give a player extra abilities. Angelina creates a level by randomly selecting from a list, then scattering enemies and power-ups throughout the level. Enemy movements and combat behaviours are also randomly selected from a list, while the effects of the power-ups are also random.
It then combines the species and simulates a human playing the game to see which designs lead to the most fun or interesting results. For example, levels that are initially hard to complete but get easier through clever use of power-ups are considered fun, while those that are impossible to complete are discarded. Angelina then cross-breeds and mutates the most successful members of each species to evolve a new generation, typically 400 times.
AI designs its own video game, spielen kann man eins von Angelina erstellten Games hier: Space Station Invaders: „a game that was designed especially for New Scientist by AI called Angelina“
A MAZE. Indie Game Award 2012
Auf dem Indie Connect Festival auf den Gamestagen 2012 am 26. und 27. April wird der Indie Game Award verliehen, Deadline zur Einreichung der Games ist der 30. 3.: „Organizers of the A MAZE. Indie Connect have officially opened submissions for the 2012 A MAZE. Indie Games Award being held in the framework of the Deutsche Gamestage 2012 in Berlin April 26-27. The A MAZE. Indie Connect is the first pure Indie Games Festival in Germany in Berlin, including a conference, workshops, showcase, party and award ceremony.“ (danke Nike!)
Pantone Tartes
Französische Tartes von den Machern des Blogs Griottes. Jetzt krieg ich Hunger! (via Nerdalicious)
Dragon Head Pizza-Ofen
Im Source Restaurant in San Francisco kriegt man seine Pizza in einem Pizza Ofen in einem riesigen Drachenkopf gebacken! Whoa! Bild gibts leider nicht größer und stammt aus einem Pizza-Review auf Serious Eats, ein weiteres (und noch kleineres) habe ich in einem Review auf Vegansaurus gefunden und hier ein großes, aber unglücklich aufgenommenes Foto auf Flickr. Ein Pizzaofen in einem Drachenkopf! EINEM DRACHENKOPF! Also: Mmmmm, Pizza!
how often do you get to watch a restaurant cook pizzas in an oven shaped like a giant dragon’s head? A gaping serpentine maw, which has been sculpted over a gas-fired Mugniani oven, is the first thing you see when you walk into the restaurant. Not surprisingly, given the way Source describes itself, the pizzas they pull from the belly of this beast defy easy categorization.
For those keeping score at home, Source’s dragon burns at about 610 degrees on the oven floor, cooking pies in around four minutes.
San Francisco: Entering Another Dimension to Eat Pizza at Source
Vorher auf Nerdcore:
Human Head Pizza-Ofen
OAK-U-TRON 201X: A Mobile Arcade Game for the 99%
Wired über die neueste Protestform der Occupy-Bewegung: Eine 2-Player-Arcade-Machine auf Rollen: Occupy Rolls Out Its Most Subversive Tech: A Mobile Arcade Game for the 99%. Gaming auf selbstgemachten Arcade-Maschinen als Protest, da wird mir echt richtig warm ums Herz und meine Nippel stellen sich auf.
The OAK-U-TRON 201X console and the videogame that lives therein, Keep Me Occupied, are the most recent inventions of a movement that has spawned human-microphone apps and its own brand of music. They made their inaugural voyage Jan. 28 as Occupy protesters marched in Oakland, dragging the awkward cabinet along with them like ants shuttling weighty foodstuff. Protesters teamed up for games while miraculously avoiding the tear gas and flashbang grenades that eventually made their way into the crowds that day.
The OAK-U-TRON 201X (a nod to the Mega Man games that took place in the ambiguous year of 200X or 20XX) is the brainchild of game designers Alex Kerfoot, Anna Anthropy and Mars Jokela, a project designed both as entertainment and as a microcosm of the Occupy movement — collaborative, ambitious and optimistic. And it’s set to officially debut before the gaming community at San Francisco’s Game Developers Conference on Friday. […]
“The game [marries] the idea of the social movement where everyone who’s playing contributes to the overall success of everyone,” says Anthropy. “Someone who’s maybe not super good at videogames might only get to an early switch, but they’ll still stay behind and hold that switch and help all future players to still be contributing something that’s significant.”
Hier kann man das Open Source-Game für Win und Mac runterladen, hier das Occulade-Tag auf dem Blog der Entwickler.
Clever Businesscard-Poster-Flipbooks
Schöne Idee für seine Visitenkarten von Designer Silvio Teixeira, die sind nämlich ein Poster zum Selberauseinanderfummeln und Daumenkino in einem: „100 Ids is a project that defines my identity as a designer and it is also a self promotion campaign. The poster (50×70 cm) is cut to become 100 business cards and 1 video.“ Schick! (via Boooooooom)
