Giant theremin in Melbourne, Australia

 November 23, 2011

"Our research showed that if we were to make a seven metre tall theremin, that was pumping out that sort of elctro magnetic field, we'd probably microwave people, so that wsnt really practical." Instead, this theremin uses a camera that films peoples movements and responds with programmed sounds, so essentially, you dance around it to manipulate the tone and volume.

 

 

via Spooky sci-fi synth sounds as giant theremin lands - ABC Melbourne - Australian Broadcasting Corporation.


New Errol Morris short ‘The Umbrella Man’

 November 23, 2011

On the 48th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Errol Morris explores the story behind the one man seen standing under an open black umbrella at the site. The seven minute short features Josiah Thompson, who wrote the definitive book on the Zapruder film — “Six Seconds in Dallas.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/22/opinion/the-umbrella-man.html


Richard Mosse's infrared film photography of Congo rebels

 November 20, 2011

source http://www.coolhunting.com/culture/infra.php by James Thorne

 

 

 

 

 

 

As pro-am DSLRs and post production software make photography increasingly accessible, photographer Richard Mosse seems set on making his life more difficult. Armed with dead-stock Kodak infrared film—originally developed to detect camouflage for military aerial surveillance—Mosse ventured into the heart of the Congo to take some pictures. The forty-year-old technology was a cumbersome addition to his rural exploration, with Mosse playing the role of a time-traveling photographer under the hood of his camera. Consciously drawing from the photojournalistic tradition, Mosse's collection "Infra," on display at NYC's Jack Shainman Gallery through 23 December, is a revisitation of familiar themes. He plays a dangerous game, trying to imbue life into themes so commonplace that viewers have become apathetic. The result is a new meditation on the problematic genre of photojournalism in regions plagued by conflict, one that uses art to decontextualize the familiar.

source http://www.coolhunting.com/culture/infra.php by James Thorne



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