James Patten’s Audiopad at TED
In this video, James Patten explains his Audiopad project at TEDActive in Palm Springs. Look out for lots of complex hand gestures, some fancy wallpaper, and really bright guy. Check out more about...
View ArticleEvan Grant’s Multi-Touch Sphere at TED
In this video, Evan Grant explains his multi-touch sphere on exhibition at the Bing Innovation Lounge at TED Active in Palm Springs. Check out more of Evan’s work at seeper.com. The sphere was a...
View ArticleFlash Mob at TEDActive
Film guy and flash mob organizer Kenneth Hughes got about 50 TEDActive members together to engage in a little ‘idea spread’ via flash mob in Palm Springs- to the surprise and mixed reactions of some of...
View ArticleNova Jiang & Michael Kontopoulos’ Moon Theatre at TED
Are we all in agreement that a strong projected light and a blank wall makes us want to throw down a shadow puppet or two? Sometimes despite ourselves, even — and certainly with no expertise– we...
View Article‘Unplug’, now in blog and online video form
Confirming my opinion that the next big online trend will be to turn the power switch to the off position, I bring you ‘Yelp (With Apologies to Allen Ginsberg)’ from filmmaker Tiffany Shlain (and...
View ArticleSend Camille to film school with IndieGoGo
My young friend Camille Manybeads — a teenage Navajo filmmaker from Arizona — just got accepted to Idyllwild‘s Moving Pictures Program. She needs to raise about $5000 for a laptop, Final Cut Pro, a...
View ArticleCrowdsourced Fundraising Presentation
For those of you who attended Sunday’s Filmmaker Alliance Filmmaker Workshop, as promised here is the powerpoint: Download it by clicking here (will automatically open a window from which you can...
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And now for something even more awesome: ‘Los Angeles: A Love Poem‘, by Dylan King (featuring a poem by Sandra Beasley) Filed under: art & design, dispatches, photos Tagged: Los Angeles, love...
View ArticleI’m looking for films about L.A.
I’m looking for short films that present alternate (authentic) narratives about Los Angeles, preferably by L.A.-based filmmakers, for an upcoming program I am curating for Big City Forum. Please drop...
View ArticledOCUMENTA (13)
Two photos of Los Angeles-based artist Marcos Lutyens’ mind-bending ‘Reflection Room’ at dOCUMENTA (13) in Kassel Germany. Filed under: art & design, dispatches Tagged: dOCUMENTA (13), Marcos...
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