A collaboration between light artist Christopher Bauder and musician Kangding Ray, SKALAR (named after a psychoevolutionary theory about human perception and emotion by American psychologist Robert Plutchik, but you knew that) is an art installation that uses its suspended structure and pulsing rhythms to create an immersive live concert.
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Everything you ever wanted to know about the ‘floating city’ – a thorough grounding directed by Nicolò Scibilia for Insula Spa, an operational division of Venice Municipality. To wit:
Venice is not just a stage set. It is also a city with a resident population, which has productive activities, transportation and services. But how does the “Venice system” work? How do the tides in the lagoon behave? How are the canals formed? And the embankments? What’s under the buildings?
The charming Tim from Grand Illusions presents an amusing collection of objects that either refer to or contradict their nature, ie. a can opener stored inside a can, an error label that apologises for its own existence and so forth.
If Star Wars isn’t your thing, you’ll be wanting to move right along.
Otherwise, enjoy 12 minutes of Kylo Ren dissecting the recent Rise Of Skywalker teaser trailer courtesy of Auralnauts.
A quietly poignant arrangement of Pink Floyd’s Goodbye Blue Sky with lead, rhythm and bass effortlessly combined on harp guitar by the talented Jamie Dupuis.
PES (Adam Pesapane) – even he of the found-object stop-motion features – returns with an awareness-raising short about the detrimental effects of waste plastic on marine (and human) life.
Previously: Gone Fishin’, Lens Smash & Still Life
A short by animator Nata Metlukh in which a creatively spirited immigrant finds himself alienated by the arcane rules of his adopted society.
A canny chimpanzee at the Zoological Wildlife Foundation in Miami demonstrates a mastery of touchscreen scrolling, exiting and clicking though pictures and videos.
That’s you, that is.
A short by Jake Wegesin about ‘things that make life worth living’. To wit:
A pigeon meets a dove and faces the decision on whether or not to leave the life he has built for himself in favour of following his heart.
An extraordinarily complex, hand-cranked conveyer belt that uses the rattle and shuffle of its mechanism along with the click and swish of 2000 cascading marbles to create notes and rhythms.
Built by Swedish musician Martin Molin, it’s actually just part of Marble Machine X – a much larger project he’s been working on since completing his first such contraption – the Wintergatan in 2016.
