If only I were traveling to southeast Asia, I would be all over this exhibition. H/U/M/A/N M/A/C/H/I/N/E may sound like a lost Nine Inch Nails track, but it’s actually a really curious mix of installation, painting, photography, music and video pieces being presented by Takahito Irie. Check out the intro video:
(Creators Project)
I don’t even normally like The Decemberists, but there is something about this video that really does it for me. Maybe the filter that makes it all look like Anthropologie’s post-apocalyptic collection catalogue shoot?
Make the jump and you’ll get to the next stage. But if you fluff the event — jump too early and you’ll slam into the adjacent skyscraper, jump too late and you’ll trip over the edge and plummet to your death — it’s game over, forever.
No pressure or anything, right? Still, One Single Life does sound like a thought-provoking – and unbelievably frustrating – art project, if not a game.
(Wired)
Goose – Synrise from Punx Sthlm on Vimeo.
ESKMO “Lands and Bones” (Warp) (Official Video) from ESKMO on Vimeo.
Thanks be to Cliptip for both.
Audience Calibration Procedure from Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery on Vimeo.
You had better believe I’m going to be all over this. Très cool.
Areas affected by the hovering area comprised the entire “Other” demographic in the 2010 Census, exceeding every socio-economic grouping for highest suicide rates. This means whoever is unlucky enough to stumble upon this 12” x 12” area will almost certainly commit suicide (though will be privy, some say, to unreasonably clear WiFi reception before dying).
Amber sent me the most amazing link this evening. Entitled “Most Depressing WiFi Hotspots in Baltimore, MD“, it is the most sublime bit of inexplicable writing. Go read now!
(Thought Catalog)
In this product showcase from Corning – that io9 has dubbed “creepy” – we are presented with a world that benefits largely from the ubiquitous integration of touch-enable data displays integrated into every day glass surfaces. It’s beautiful and I want to live in this version of the future, but I think the first YouTube commenter summed up a nagging feeling in the back of my mind best:
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Aside from the impossibly clean houses, cars and public spaces that Corning seems to envision, I am also curious about how we are powering more and more screens at bigger and bigger sizes. How are we producing all of this glass and where? And who has access to the technology aside from the conspicuously diverse group of under 40s actors who portrayed “the near future”.
They may always end up as fodder for Paleofuture, but these videos sure do encapsulate the nearly Utopian dreams of our modern society, don’t they?
You’d better believe that if BMW was going to look to the future of travel, Audi was going to not only take a peak at mobility but also the concept of how we will live in a mobile world – and then create a damned juried prize and conference series around it. It’s probably my inner SimCity lover, but the shape of tomorrow’s urban spaces has always fascinated me so I’m all for Audi’s newest project. I am more than dubious that the car will be the catalyst for our development as a species, though.
(Autoblog via Translogic)
If only all airports had renegade pop stars in them for when the delays hit. A little shot of sugary goodness to shore up faith in humanity while traveling could do the world a lot of good. Since we weren’t there, this video from Death + Taxes Amber shared with me will have to do the trick.