The man behind Jawbone.tv – where non-linear dreamz are born – just shared this intriguing oeuvre-in-the-making with us: a dark, gory and compelling crowd-powered, interactive graphic novel-type project in which you get to kill and kill again the world’s deadliest killers. Keyword: kill :-) The project is *transmedia*-tastic, combining gaming, books, animation and live action … Continued
Ooh we love discovering blindingly brilliant talent from the fringes of interactive society! This Angelo Plessas fellow has been busily falling outside our radar for a while it seems, but we´re onto you now buster! Just loving the playful, visual bombshells of his recent works, particularly fond of the proportion/ perception wizardry of On Top … Continued
Us SubmarineChannelers went on a little outing last night to a fancy old-school theatre, where a host in patent leather shoes and a dickie-bow took to the stage to MC through the night of YouTube selects to a packed audience of discerning, middle-aged theatre-goers.
How come France is the undisputed gold medallist of le web documentaire? In the past 2 days, they’ve spouted not one but two corkers: Le Challenge and Havana-Miami. Applying two very different approaches (visually and interface-wise), the former is an interactive investigation that maxes out on the “choose-your-own-adventure” possibilities of non-linear storytelling, while the latter … Continued
Following on from the supremely sombre site they built for the Tate Modern giant tomb-container expo by Polish mastermind Miroslov Balka, the hybrid super-bots-slash-Amsterdam-lovelies known as Champagne Valentine just launched an app to explore the murky, mysterious, and dare we say creepy How It Is darkness from the comfort of your iPad Nano. Here’s a … Continued
In a sublime fusion of animation techniques – with just the right amount of live action thrown in – Kanizsa Hill is visual poetry in its purest form. The captivating, surrealist narrative of this animated short was conceived and created by young L.A-based filmmaker / power puff Evelyn Lee. As she draws us into the … Continued
Cool, creative hip-hoppers versus evil recording industry bigwigs – who would YOU choose? As the copyright vs. creative commons debate rages on, this documentary calls into question where the line should / could be drawn when content is remixed beyond recognition. Sampling superheroes like De La Soul and Chuck D tell us what’s what, while … Continued
Our absolute fave of the Oscar nominations for “Best Short Film (Animated)” is Logorama. Built by the Parisian collective of creative hotshots known as H5, it takes viewers on a spectacular voyage of high-speed car chases, human drama and hot sexiness, in a world where everything is made entirely of familiar brand logos (ain’t that … Continued
Ooh a nerdelicious new BBC documentary series has lots of exciting ingredients, like collaborative crowd-sourced content, a 3D online documentary explorer interface, and all the convergence culture necessaries like Tweetage and the rest. In the first episode alone, geek Goddess Dr. Aleks Krotoski meets Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales, online news maverick Arianna Huffington, YouTube CEO Chad … Continued
It’s crowd-sourced, inter-galactic buffoonery and you KNOW we like that! Have you always harboured a niggling suspicion that you can give George Lucas a run for his money? Now is the time to prove it! Log yourself in to Starwars Uncut, select one of the (rapidly depleting) 15-second Star Wars scenes still available and replicate … Continued
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