Blocter interviews Typeradio
Blocter interviews the people behind the excellent Typeradio – MicroFM broadcast, a MP3 internet radio stream and a podcast station on type & design. “Type is speech on paper. Typeradio is speech on type.”
Blocter interviews the people behind the excellent Typeradio – MicroFM broadcast, a MP3 internet radio stream and a podcast station on type & design. “Type is speech on paper. Typeradio is speech on type.”
Music remains a major source of inspiration for visual artists and designers alike. Surf around this channel for a bit and you’ll find a multitude of tunes accompanying a wide variety of works. But that’s good. We like music. It was a monster of a track called ‘Laptops and Martini’s’ by electronic musician Otto von … Continued
Motomichi – our beloved master of primary colors white, black and red – did this new music video for Temposhark – an indie-electro band out of the UK. Temposhark just released this catchy yet tragic rock-pop-love song called Blame. Not that Motomichi’s other stuff is all happy, happy, joy, joy, but this vid is one … Continued
We say yessy to Jawbone.tv! This tasty-looking, week-old website marks the explosion of new, interactive storytelling methods, virals, and experimental innovations in digital arts. “The evolution of story”, apparently! Check this interview with interactive graphic novelist NAWLZ, who’s praises we sang some time ago.
I believe we just died and went to Heaven! David Lynch (swoon) is making a web documentary series (surely not!), with new episodes shot and broadcast daily (tell me more…), featuring zany real-life Lynchian characters (Heaven I tell thee!), shot over a 70-day road-trip (this much excitement cannot be healthy!) across the States and back. … Continued
Stock footage, movie footage and original clips in an eternal ascending loop from hell to heaven! Yes please! The incredible piece of (so much more than) video art that is Civilization was created for the elevators in New York’s Standard Hotel. Filmographic genius man Marco Brambilla came up with this beyond awesome interpretation of Dante’s … Continued
Second in our series of shorts by the inimitable Sietske Tjallingii, aka Miss T, The General is a veritable gala of home-made wonders, that culminates in a darkly humoristic satire on American post-imperialism. A battalion of sandy tankers appears to advance threateningly, before being crushed by ruthless, Nazi-looking army boots. The camera pans out to … Continued
Named after the prolific Swedish (thanks Marijn!) child adventuress Pippi Longstocking, conceptual Swiss lady Pipilotti Rist has developed a strong body of video artistry since creating Super 8-based show visuals for punk bands in the 1980s. The 1990s saw her develop a penchant for large-scale video installations, including the one that made her famous, “Pimple … Continued
Neighborhood Films is a collaborative collection of short, episodic online documentaries, collected by long-time San Francisco valet and film-maker Daniel Robin. The growing trove of cinema vérité micro-gems started as a personal project of Robin’s, as he shot some of the wacky characters who spiced up the many dull nights he spent valet-ing. Daniel opened … Continued
“Somebody on YouTube was really shocked at the fire dance scene, they found it obscene” Eva Husson’s music video for The Presets latest single ‘If I Know You‘ (links to the video on 2Pause) shows a group of kids on the streets of LA that spontaneously burst out in dance. “Somebody on YouTube was really … Continued