“Europe in 8 Bits” is a new full-length documentary directed by Javier Polo that explores the world of chip music, a genre of electronic music made from old video game and computer hardware. Instead of guitars, drums, and bass you will find that these musicians wield Game Boys, Nintendo systems, Ataris, Amiga and Commodore 64s.
If you’re in the mood for some 1980’s nostalgia, you can watch the movie right now at Vimeo for $3. I think it looks awesome.
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With eight arms spanning less than a yard, a German MikroKopter provides a stable camera platform for under $5,000.
The images above are from a recent lead story in the National Geographic Magazine titled, Unmanned Flight. Now that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have more or less come to a close, there is a lot of discussion underway concerning drones’ role in society. Needless to say, they have been used extensively overseas, but whether they can make a smooth transition to civilian life is unknown.
“The U.S. has deployed more than 11,000 military drones… They carry out a wide variety of missions while saving money and American lives. Within a generation they could replace most manned military aircraft, says John Pike, a defense expert at the think tank GlobalSecurity.org. Pike suspects that the F-35 Lightning II, now under development by Lockheed Martin, might be “the last fighter with an ejector seat, and might get converted into a drone itself.”
I think one exciting use for drone technology would be to provide internet to locations in the world without online access. Other possible civilian applications include weather monitoring, traffic control, and package delivery.
“If the FAA relaxes its rules, says Mark Brown, the civilian market for drones—and especially small, low-cost, tactical drones—could soon dwarf military sales, which in 2011 totaled more than three billion dollars.”
Stay tuned, apparently the FAA is expected to integrate drones into American skies by 2015.
Photographer Joe McNally captured the images you see above. You can find more of his work here.
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Raymond Lemstra is a Dutch artist who creates imaginative illustrations with graphite and watercolor that could come right out of a Hayao Miyazaki film. According to Lemstra,
“As you get older, new impressions become more scarce and it’s a rare experience to be surprised by anything. I try to bring back the sense of wonder we remember from being a child, bridging the young and mature, by creating a contained fantasy world populated by my characters…
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…With my work I like to refer to the illustrative nature of primitive drawings and sculptures.”
You can find a large collection of Lemstra’s work and pick up prints at his site.
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The ocean is full of trash. If you don’t believe me, check out this post. Just like Mandy Barker, artist Gilles Cenazandotti was inspired by the mass of ocean debris which affects our habitat. The animal sculptures above (from a project titled “Future Bestiary”) were formed from recycled products found on beaches — plastic bottles, lighters, combs, bags, etc…
Speaking about his work Cenazandotti said:
“Impressed by everything that the Sea, in turn, rejects and transforms, on the beaches I harvest the products derived from petroleum and its industry. The choice of animals that are part of the endangered species completes this process.
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In covering these animals with a new skin harvested from the banks of the Sea, I hope to draw attention to this possible metamorphosis – to create a trompe l’oeil of a modified reality.
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You can find more work from Gilles at his site.
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[via The Inspiration Grid]
A club with nails hammered in at the end. The inscription reads “Ternopil,” which is a city in Western Ukraine. According to the owner, the handle is wrapped in tape after having broken in clashes with the Berkut.
The Ukrainian Revolution began quietly with a collection of relatively calm protests against the government back in November 2013. However, on February 18th, 2014, Euromaiden protesters and police clashed, leading to the deaths of 82 people (13 policemen) and over 1,000 injuries.
Protesters subsequently battled the Ukrainian army and eventually ousted President Yanukovych using a collection of homemade weapons such as clubs, slingshots, and nightsticks. Photographer Tom Jamieson was on the front lines to capture some of these DIY weapons, and the results are pretty striking.
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Jamieson and his assistant would simply set up a black background cloth and shoot in natural light.
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The protesters chose their own postures, leading to some very expressive shots.
According to Jamieson, every protester had a helmet, a balaclava, and a club-like implement of some sort.
Brutal as these weapons look, they’re basically medieval compared to modern security forces. “It’s literally sticks and stones,” says Jamieson. “As mean and nasty as they look — and of course they’re intentionally made to look that way — it’s nothing in comparison to a gun.
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“You’d talk to one guy,” says Jamieson. “Asking him, ‘Hey can I photograph this, tell me about this,’ and then one of his friends would start laughing and say, ‘No you don’t want to photograph this, come with me, you want to photograph this instead.’ It was that whole sort of pride thing, like ‘mine’s bigger than yours.’”
The markings and signs of use on each weapon tell their own stories, usually having to do with bludgeoning a policeman.
This protester’s helmet is painted with an image of St. Michael, next to the Ukrainian crest.
Each protester simply held their weapons up as the camera prepared to shoot, leading to a unique composition for each shot.
The inscription on this one says it all.
The inscription reads “Glory to Ukraine.”
The photos in this series were shot at various places around the occupied zone. Jamieson and his assistant would simply set up a black background cloth and shoot in natural light.
There were more advanced weapons in use by the protesters, while others, apparently including automatic guns, were kept locked away in case the situation escalated into open war.
Via Wired:
“Every single person without fail had a club or a bat or something like that,” says Jamieson. “You couldn’t help but notice the DIY nature of the whole thing, from the barricades themselves to the totally inadequate body armor that people were wearing, and the weapons as well. It looked like something out of Mad Max, it was crazy.”
I can’t help but admire the resourcefulness of Ukrainian people, but I hope a more peaceful path to resolution is found very soon.
You can find more work from Jamieson at his online portfolio.
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Rafael Araujo is a Venezuelan artist who studied architecture at the Universidad Simón Bolivar in Caracas. The illustrations were completed entirely by hand and each piece takes approximately 100 hours from start to finish!
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Via Wired: Before computer-assisted drawing, there were artists like M.C. Escher, who Araujo counts among his biggest influences. “When I first saw M.C. Escher, I was speechless,” he says.
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“His artwork was so akin to my geometrical taste.”
The calculated style of the work reminds me of the old masters: da Vinci, Botticelli, and Michelangelo.
For more, head to the artist’s gallery.
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