A third instalment of factual goodies from the nice people at ASAP Science.
Category Archives: Video
RocketJump’s Freddie Wong and Clinton Jones battle in this comedy short about Wong’s dumb luck in fighting games. Freddie sez:
This is exactly what happens every time I play a fighting game.
Former digital artist Peter Szewczyk’s soulful horror short about an aging drunk and the demons that inhabit his mind.
Starring Naomi Scott, Lech Dyblik, and Nick Moran.
Doc Sweets on Ralph Ellison’s novel of a black narrator finding his true identity in a world full of phonies tryin’ to tell him who he be.
Previously: The Sun Also Rises
Mechaneu v1 is the first in a series of 3D sculptures by NY based Proxy Design Studio designed to explore the limits of the 3D printing process.
Created using custom algorithms based on cellular growth patterns, the printed object is a sphere whose surface is formed by 64 gears, synchronised by a supporting spherical grid.
Spin one gear and the whole surface moves.
Designer Toru Hasegawa explains:
…nature solves many problems through shape alone, using material only where needed and taking out where unnecessary. This is a strategy you find over and over in the natural world, leading to complex geometries such as bone structures. we used this same logic on every part of the Mechaneu to create a porous object that feels completely solid.
It is – as you will no doubt already have gathered – witchcraft.
Meet Mr X
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Director Alex Nicholson’s first film is a dark short featuring South London tattooist Duncan X reminiscing about his life and work.
As his tattoos materialise (VFX by MPC motion design studio):
…the subject matter becomes lighter and the viewer warms to him- his tattoos become part of his story, rather than the usual vehicle for judgment.
Mouse Agility’s trained mice Grimaldi and Brösel decorate a little Christmouse tree with tiny ornaments.
Be warned. Before this ends, you may have slipped into a diabetic coma.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBaw2sonQkI
A new (slightly NSFW, very short) short from animator Terry (he’s from Monaghan so he is) Reilly, who sez:
I hope it cheers up a few of the lovely eejits :)
Previously: Lazy Feckers
A Rubik’s Cube style installation on the facade of the Ars Electronica building in Linz. Shot by shot with Michaela Lakova. and created by Javier Loret who sez of it:
…the player interacts with the specially designed interface-cube. The interface-cube holds electronic components to keep track of rotation and orientation. This data is sent via Bluetooth to a computer that runs the Puzzle Facade designed software. This software changes the lights and color of the large-scale Ars Electronica’s media facade in correlation to the handheld interface-cube. Due to the nature of this building and its surroundings, the player is only able to see two sides at the same time. This factor increases the difficulty of solving the puzzle, but as the player is able to rotate and flip the interface-cube, it is not a blocking factor.
Music: Photonic Belt by Lenticular Clouds
‘Fraidy Dogs
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Adorable dogs nervous about walking past threatening wizards cats.
That is all.