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Philips Carousel

Monday, August 31st, 2009

This one is for all you Vfx geeks out there.

I flipped through my favorites earlier on this evening, and stumbled across a motherfucker of an add from april 09 for Philips new Cinema tv-set in glorious 21:9.

2 min and 19 seconds of pure VFX porn and cinema magic.
Philips Carousel – a short film from Adam Berg and Stink Digital.

I will not lower myself to post a crappy youtube clip here. It deserves to be seen in High Ress – But if you click HERE it will direct you to a homepage featuring the clip in all its glory.

And HERE is a small behind the scenes featurette made by FXguide-tv.

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PARRA // I Like The Tee Shirt but I Will Get The Painting

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

Damn, I’m still sitting in the office and missed the opening party of Parra’s exhibition at Pool Gallery. But hey, if you don’t earn money you can neither afford tee shirts nor paintings ^^

Parra
“I Like The Tee Shirt but I Will Get The Painting”

Opening: 27 August 2009 19 – 24h
Exhibition: 28 August – 10 October 2009

@ Pool Gallery
Tucholskystraße 38
10117 Berlin Mitte

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Arkitip, Pool Gallery & Wood Wood present Parra’s first ever Exhibition and Pop Up Shop in Germany. 32-year-old Dutch
illustrator and designer Parra has decorated the Amsterdam underground with his playful, bizarre graphics that span a
broad base of themes, from introspective to audacious and bawdy. The mostly self-taught artist channels vintage forms,
yet with a decidedly modern, post-pop approach and a distinctive, hand-drawn feel. His vibrant images and typography
can be seen on prints in various exhibitions around the globe, on a flyer for a club near you, on the sleeve of a record,
or on limited-edition tees and sweaters.

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Summer Pop Shopping

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

Due to the success of the indoor market Holy.Shit.Shopping (around Christmas), there’s a new summer-version: Summer.Pop.Shopping
Arena, Badeschiff and a vast outdoor area merge into one big shopping lounge. 3000qm, 150 Artists and Designers. Like Johan Potma and Mateo from the Zozoville Gallery, and Josh Bauman.

SUMMER.POP.SHOPPING
Arena Berlin, Eichenstraße 4

Saturday, Aug 29th: 12:00 – 22:00
Sunday, Aug 30th: 12:00 – 20:00
Entrance Fee: 3 Euros

http://www.holyshitshopping.de/

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Mainstream is boring

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Some of you may know my “different” taste in music. I’ve found some nice videos on youtube that describe quite well why i think going to concerts of Lady Gaga & co is boring ^^
(maybe turn down the volume of your speakers)





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8-bit trip

Monday, August 24th, 2009

I hail the creators of this glorious piece of animation. the worlds GREATEST lego-clip (so far). And we are not talking Gondry and the White stripes. Frankly I never thought highly of that video, even though i am both a fan of the Stripes, Gondry & Lego.

But this, Ladies and gentlemen, is a sweet flashback to the 8-bit days in full glory. Word on the net has it that it took around 1500 hours of hard labor to finish it. It is made by Tomas Redigh and the song was written by Daniel Larsson. Good job you guys. Beam me up on the fanbase.


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PIXAR UP Special Screening!

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

I’ve just received an email concerning a special screening of Pixar’s “Up” and a Q&A with director Pete Docter and producer Jonas Rivera. But I suppose the movie will be in German (with the mind-blowing title “Oben”), so I won’t translate the instructions of how to get into this sneak preview.

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INDAC Special Screening PIXAR UP Special Screening!
Am 9. September 2009 in BERLIN

INDAC proudly presents in Zusammenarbeit mit
Walt Disney Company, Pixar und Blackrabbitt PR ein Special Screening von
UP – OBEN
USA 2009, Regie Pete Docter, Bob Peterson

Anschließend gibt es ein Gespräch mit
Regisseur Pete Docter und Produzent Jonas Rivera

Das Screening findet am 09.09.09 um 17.30 Uhr statt.
Die genaue Adresse erfahrt Ihr, wenn Ihr es auf die Gästeliste geschafft habt.
Plätze gibt es nur über die INDAC Gästeliste.
Da es erfahrungsgemäß mehr Anmeldungen geben wird, als Sitzplätze vorhanden, werden wir unter allen Interessenten die Karten verlosen.
Wir nehmen Anmeldungen entgegen bis zum 25. August 2009
Der Eintritt ist wie immer frei.
Wenn Ihr an der Veranstaltung teilnehmen wollt, schickt eine Mail an info@indac.de
Bitte meldet Euch einzeln an, Gruppeneinladungen können nicht berücksichtigt werden.

Achtung! Handys, Taschen, Aufzeichnugsgeräte etc sind strengstens verboten und dürfen nicht ins Kino. Spart uns Zeit und Aufwand und bringt diese Sachen erst gar nicht mit.

UP/Oben ist der 10. computeranimierte Spielfilm aus dem Hause Pixar.
Der Film eröffnete in diesem Jahr als erster Animationsfilm überhaupt die Filmfestspiele in Cannes.
Erzählt wird die Lebensgeschichte des 78jährigen Carl Fredericksen, der nach dem Tod seiner geliebten Ehefrau Ellie nur die Wahl zwischen dem Alterheim und dem Abenteuer seines Lebens hat. Und zusammen mit dem etwas zu dicken Pfadfinderkind Russell, der sein geordnetes Dasein mehr als durcheinander bringt, wird Carl mit riesigen Vögeln, sprechenden Hunden und verschollenen Forschern konfrontiert.
Der Film startet bundesweit am 17. September 2009.
Bitte leitet die Email weiter!!!
http://.indac.blogspot.com

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New Ofrin Shows!

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

Free upcoming concerts in Berlin:

Today (22.8) @ Englischer Garten (Band)
Wednesday (26.8) @ Blaumilchkanal (Duo)
Thursday (27.8) @ Circus Hostel (Duo)
next Thursday (4.9) @ Sepp Maiers 2Raumwohnung (Duo)

http://www.ofrin.com/

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Superblast @ Merry Karnowsky Gallery

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

This evening there’s the opening of a show of Superblast – wi­t­hin the cur­rent ex­hi­bi­ti­on Sis­ter Ci­ties – Los An­ge­les / Ber­lin at the Merry Kar­now­sky Gal­le­ry (Ber­lin). Sounds like a promising little show.

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Su­perB­last will be pre­sen­ting his ne­west Icon pain­tings in the rear gal­le­ry with a ver­nis­sa­ge on Sa­tur­day eve­ning, the 22 Au­gust from 7:00 – 10:00 pm.

His works de­pict, with un­con­ven­tio­nal pai­rings, the clas­sic icons and sym­bols of the worlds re­li­gi­ons and cults. They are il­lu­mi­na­ted with the old world craft of gold foils and are
com­bined with the new age of street art sen­si­bi­li­ty. With this he has crea­ted se­ries of mo­dern graf­fi­ti ar­ti­facts.

Merry Kar­now­sky Gal­le­ry
Superblast: The Shadow Of The Fu­ture
22 August – 3 October 2009
Vernissage: Saturday, 22 August, 19:00-22:00
Tor­stras­se 175, 10115 Berlin (Mitte)

(more…)

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Saying Goodbye

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

Once more you can get hold of one of Audrey Kawasaki’s signed and limited art prints.
Happy hunting!

http://www.audrey-kawasaki.com/sale/

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~ Saying Goodbye ~
giclee print on smooth cotton rag paper
size: 18″x22″ on a 19″x23″ sheet
with frame: 21″x25″

signed and numbered edition of 200
price of unframed: $220
price of framed: $480
shipping cost: TBA

available for purchase:
~August 22nd. Saturday @ 3:00pm – pacific time~
~check here for the exact time and date in your time zone~

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Limbo

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

Just want to bring attention to a small Flashgame a bunch of my friends are working on in Denmark. It is called Limbo and seems pretty promising. Go here to see a small teaser-trailer and a few snippets of concept…

Limbo

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Baman & Piderman

Monday, August 17th, 2009

I am still laughing. This is so… It… They… I mean…


The rest of the batch is to be found here.

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Animal Shot Glasses

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

Doing research for a project (I was looking for eyeglasses) I stumbled across these supercool shot glasses:

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Go wild with these stunning black glass shot glasses. Each one features a pewter animal head: Bull, Bear, Moose, Deer or Rhinoceros. All are designed to balance on their nose and ears/horns when flipped. Can also be used as a candle holder, paperweight or simply decorative. Individually boxed for great gift giving (price covers a single shot glass). From the Japanese design form Good Grams, the “gram” represents not the value of weight but the “weight of value!”

http://www.aplusrstore.com/
Once you see them you must have them ;)

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Arvid Wretman: “Melting Bartman”

Friday, August 14th, 2009

Tonight at Superplan:

Opening show “Melting Bartman” by Arvid Wretman

Start Time: Friday, August 14, 2009 at 7:00pm
End Time: Sunday, August 30, 2009 at 6:00pm
Location: Superplan / Gärtnerstr. 33a / Berlin

http://www.superplan.net/

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Congratulations! 1 Year YACKFOU Store

Friday, August 7th, 2009

1 Year YACKFOU Store
To celebrate the first anniversary of YackFou-Shop, its reconstruction and the occurrence of the new collection, the YackFou-Team is going to throw an anniversary party on next Saturday, August 8th.

You can chill and chat as well as shop from 2 to 10 pm with bratwurst and beer. We say thanks you to all faithful customers by allowing a 40% discount on old collections.

PAY ATTENTION: Every YackFou-costumer who drops in with a t-shirt or something else of the collection gets one bratwurst and one beer for free.

Well, come around! On August 8th from 2 to 10 pm at Gabriel-Max-Straße 21 in Friedrichshain.

http://www.yackfou.com/

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Smallery – Berlin’s smallest gallery

Friday, August 7th, 2009

Quick memo from Johan:
He’s showing two paintings in a “small” group exhibition.
VERNISSAGE IS TONIGHT AT 19:00!

BERLIN’S SMALLEST GALLERY
1 tiny wooden house of around 2 square meters only.
12 internationally acclaimed illustrators.
24 artworks. Each one for obvious reasons also quite small.

www.smallery.com

Vernissage: August 7th at 19:00 (TODAY)
Torstr. 109, 2nd Backyard (PULK), Berlin-Mitte

From August 8th to September 4th 2009
Weinbergsweg 21, Berlin-Mitte

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Artists:
Gary Baseman
Thomas Fuchs
Sophie Lucie Herken
Marc Herold
Sabine Kippenberg
Isabel Klett
Johan Potma
Christoph Niemann
Felix Reidenbach
Gary Taxali
Riccardo Vecchio
Andrea Ventura

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Numerology, or “Does the Earth end TODAY?”

Friday, August 7th, 2009

Oh noooooo!
Today, 7.8.09, at 12:34:56 we have a very special constellation of numbers that surely will cause the universe to collapse: 123456789!
Glad I took a correspondence course of rocket science last year ^^

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Joe Hisaishi / Princess Mononoke Symphonic Suite

Saturday, August 1st, 2009


Just lean back and enjoy

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OFFSET 2009

Saturday, August 1st, 2009

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THE SMALL PRINT presents OFFSET 2009

OFFSET 2009 is week long creative festival culminating in a 3 day conference taking place in Dublin’s Liberty Hall Theatre from Friday 6th-Sunday 8th November. Bringing together the world’s leading creatives we are producing an event that will both showcase the best work being done today as well as engaging with the creative community at large for a week of celebration, debate and inspiration.

http://www.iloveoffset.com/

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