Episode 4 of our interactive documentary Unspeak looks at how hackers and vast media conglomerates disguise their true intentions to create a brave new world. Unspeak terms discussed: Big data Digital Rights Management File sharing Intelligent design Like button Paywall Piracy Reform Smartphone Social network The Cloud User Generated Content Viral UNSPEAK is an interactive … Continued
In honor of Inauguration Day in the U.S today (along with Martin Luther King Day), we´re bringing you a sneak peek at one of the episodes from a new interactive documentary series we are working on called Unspeak. Based on the book of the same title by amazing British author Steven Poole, Unspeak looks at how … Continued
Since this is the big day in the US, we wanted to show you a little piece from a project we are working on called Unspeak. It’s based on the book by the amazing British author Steven Poole. Unspeak is a series that looks at how language can smuggle persuasion into description. Think of words … Continued
We don’t get this very often – a music video that doubles as an activist visual essay that first and foremost makes you think. Frequent visitors of 2Pause already know that that a music video can be so much more than merely a promotional vehicle to boost record sales. In our humble opinion, The music … Continued
In 2011, 3D is still the new black, and coming soon to your iPhone, thanks to Japanese media artist Jitsuro Mase. Mase invented a neat little add-on called i3DG that transforms your iPhone into a handheld 3D entertainment device. The charming accessory is remarkably lo-fi and snuggles nicely onto your iPhone‘s screen, where its three … Continued
Piercing through the gathering darkness of autumn on Amsterdam’s ancient Dam square, a shimmering screen nestled among Hieronymus-meets-an-oil-spill sculptures, sees into your (yes YOUR!) soul, transforming what lurks beneath into brilliant beams of color as you walk on by. The work of transglobal angel-bots Champagne Valentine for clothing label Diesel, it sets a new precedent … Continued
While indulging in the sumptuous Interactive Screens of Banff, Alberta last week, we gleaned some ultra exclusive insider juice about the soon-to-be locative cinema project by veteran interactive storytellers Blast Theory. Mixing documentary material, film noir cliches and the oeuvres of Jean-Luc Godard, it invites you to step inside a film, receiving instructions on your … 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
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
Nine Inch Nails, rock religion of the 1990s and pioneers of open source remixing in music video culture, released 400 gigs of high quality concert footage to the public last year. In a maelstrom of credit crunch consciousness, they side-stepped a costly concert video production inviting instead their fans to edit, remix, and screen their … Continued
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