communication agency ‘dawn’ have recently completed a new campaign for their client ‘maandag’ (monday) including a series of four TV commercials (shot by johan kramer) and some unusual print ads… see the whole case here (dutch only) the campaign is based around the theme ‘trying is so much better than not even having a go’ (or something like that)
the trailer for gary hustwit’s new film ‘objectified’ is now online, hey nice camera… that looks like my one
in the trailer i heard someone saying that there has been little critical study into modern products and the way they affect us, well try reading ‘the language of things’ which i mentioned earlier this week…
smart new animation from ‘clemens kogler’ for techno artist clark, it fits the sound very well, the film ‘le grand content’ on his site is a big favourite of mine too…
last night i finally got the chance to attend the upload cinema show in amsterdam, started late last year by my friend ‘dagan cohen’… the idea is simple: ‘bring the best of the web to the big screen’ and i must say it is definitely a success… last night’s show was ‘the best of 2008’ and although i’d already seen a lot of the stuff, it was still great to see it all together in one concentrated large screen viewing… see you there next time
one of the films i saw last night was definitely new to me and a real beauty, one of those ‘wish i’d made that’ projects, it has won several awards (deservedly) and is the result of a good idea, lo-tech equipment and some very nifty editing… have a look here for yourself, great stuff…
last year i transferred my whole (rather large) CD collection into folders and ditched the plastic jewel cases (about 2500 or so), however it seemed a shame to just throw them out so i held onto them, hoping to find time to make them into a large pixel font, as a kind of ode to the end of the ‘physical era’ in music…
my old intern dylan is currently working on a school project about waste plastic and we have decided to combine our ideas into one project involving some very large plastic letters… we started construction on the installation today in the daylight studio at the art academy in the hague, more news on this one soon…