Stories in Digital Media

This really impressing video on vimeo should be viewed in fullscreen, because …

The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo.

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The inofficial channel of the international, inter-university study program of Digital Media (B.Sc. / B.A. / M.Sc. / M.A.) in Bremen, Germany.

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What will the web do to content, in terms of… high cost, expensive, time consuming content.
Now we can see where that comes from.

Check out this recent rhizome interview with Processing founders Ben Fry and Casey Reas. They talk about the roots, the development since 2001 so far and they let us have a little glimpse for the future.

I don’t remember if I started with Basic or Logo, but I learned a little with both. I hit a wall and I wasn’t motivated to learn more. (I love playing video games on the computer more than writing my own small programs.) (Casey Reas)

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We’re only looking as far into the future as 2.0. We’re planning a 1.5 release before that, which will have two additional components.

The outcomes of the Tiny Sketch competition mentioned in the interview are very nice. The goal was to implement a processing sketch with only 200 characters length.

Our goal is to create a powerful free and open cinema camera that we as filmmakers love to use. The idea of using an Elphel camera for this particular purpose was born in 2006, found many followers over the years and ultimately resulted in this community driven project entitled “Apertus” and this website.

Check out the (early) status and some convincing footage of the camera here.

“How it would be, if a house was dreaming”

The guys from urbanscreen in Bremen did a fantastic job with this projection on the Galerie der Gegenwart in Hamburg. The tromp-l’oeil effect is convincing – I wonder if that would work at daylight.

This is definitely the most sophisticated facade projection I came across yet.

This Korean animation is in the juried film list at the SIGGRAPH 2009 in New Orleans, take a look.

It can be downloaded in HD 720P here http://www.mesai.co.kr/