Chimps are now making movies. It’s true. And their movies are getting screened on the BBC. A bunch of chimps were given access to specially designed chimp-proof cameras as part of a scientific study into how chimpanzees perceive the world … Continue reading
by j-p, February 2, 2010 0 comments
Slothdom has never looked so good, or been so lazily achievable. Reduced emissions from schedules of slackness, being able to outsource our workloads to increasingly rad software, better health, wealth and good fortune: all this and more are bundled up … Continue reading
by j-p, January 8, 2010 0 comments
Supposedly there’s an app for every splinter of today’s needs. Ask T-Pain and Trent Reznor. Time for a quick scan then, of the creative tools available for pixel-heads, visualists and cinematographers. VIDEO REEL DIRECTOR – $9.99 and a video editing … Continue reading
by j-p, December 24, 2009 0 comments
The sun seems to be melting people early in Melbourne, but harsh summers are the new harsh winters, when it comes to bunkering down and learning and making a whole bunch of new stuff. Some pixel making updates then. Software? … Continue reading
by j-p, November 24, 2009 4 Comments
Hey guess what? It’s a thrill to present an interview with one of the founders of E.B.N., pioneers of audiovisual radness, and inspiration to many since way back in 1991. Yeah, those guys beaming their live video sampler performances from … Continue reading
by j-p, October 23, 2009 5 Comments
Another year, another super-soaking of inner Newcastle with a spray of the bizarre to the sublime. Density of programming, and that everything happens alongside the National Young Writers Festival, Sound Summit ( a gathering of independent record labels and artists), … Continue reading
by j-p, October 9, 2009 1 Comment
Swimming in images then, or if you prefer, lieing back in an inflated tractor tire and drifting downstream with the sky set to slideshow. Your New Swimsuit Whether it’s a technology divide, lack of awareness or interest, half of my … Continue reading
by jp, September 11, 2009 0 comments
Bored with manbabies.com and thereifixedit.com? Got you covered: Documentary Bloggers Adam Curtis (The Power of Nightmares, The Century of the Self etc) recently got his blog on over @ the BBC, featuring : “a selection of opinionated observations and arguments. … Continue reading
by j-p, July 9, 2009 1 Comment
Electropical? Bleepy cumbia? Such hybrids are inevitable, given a generation raised on candied synthetic computer game sounds, and the speed at which localised bass variations now travel from shore to shore. They are also core chunks of the Meneo sound, … Continue reading
by j-p, June 11, 2009 1 Comment
Pixel-hungry Serato turntablists have a new tool in their arsenal, Mix Emergency, available from inklen.com/mixemergency. What It Is, What It Is If my mum asked me, I’d say – DJs got tired of carrying milk crates full of records around, … Continue reading
by j-p, March 6, 2009 Comments Off
Sweden is at centre of the technology world this week, with a major court case happening in Stockholm between some of the world’s largest media companies (Warner Bros, MGM, EMI, Colombia Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Sony BMG and Universal), and … Continue reading
by j-p, February 27, 2009 0 comments
End of year lists are generally a good reminder of three things – how bloody fast the year goes by, how much we manage to cram in, and no matter how sharp our radar, how much we manage to miss … Continue reading
by j-p, December 29, 2008 0 comments
Another monthly round-up of all things pixel. First Up, Making Pixels Was reading a funny thread on a motion graphics bulletin board the other day, “So what are you going to do if we get into a depression and our … Continue reading
by j-p, October 20, 2008 1 Comment
This should be fun… come along to horse bazaar in melbourne, or tune in via the web – and let’s hear an electronic drumroll for : Peter Kirn ( 9am New York set – Create Digital Music + Motion ) … Continue reading
by j-p, October 2, 2008 1 Comment
2008 marks a decade of the TINA festival, which each year brings together people from all ends of the country ( and globe) to Newcastle for a weekend of gigs, workshops, exhibitions, installations, panels and general mayhem. It’s actually an … Continue reading
by j-p, September 29, 2008 1 Comment