Outstanding short film, Noah, just won TIFF's short film competition. Well deserved. Terrifically done.
Did you know Werner Herzog made a short film about the dangers of texting while driving?
Jeffrey Conners' impressive collection of Bike Badges.
You can view the entire collection on his Flickr.
Numerous artists come together to animate an Shane Koyczan's fantastic performance of his anti-bullying poem, To This Day.
No. No, I haven't. Or, Yes, yes, I have?
Follow-up video from the kid all grown up:
"'Creating the Spectacle!' is a ground-breaking series of live art and film events that record an underwater wheelchair as it flies through the water with its human occupant."
Hamburg's garbage men portray their city in the Trashcam Project — with their garbage containers. Standard 1.100 litre containers are transformed to giant pinhole cameras. With these cameras the binmen take pictures of their favourite places to show the beauty and the changes of the city they keep clean every day.
And here's a shot of one of the men positioning the camera:
The entire set is on the project's Flickr page.
A while ago, I received a text from my friend, Nirvan Mullick, asking if I was going to be in LA soon as he was working on a film project he thought I might want to join in. "Sort of a flash mob situation." Unfortunately, I was in going to be in Toronto on the event date so wasn't able to participate.
Lo-and-behold, the film is now finished and it's lovely:
Update for A Tiny Bell :
You probably had already seen that video as it went crazy viral, inspired a movement, and resulted in this sequel:
What's Nirvan up to now? His latest project is What a Trip: The Rick Doblin Story. You can watch the trailer below and donate to the film on its GoFundMe. More films and info at Nirvan.com.
"As long as something creates a reaction it’s alive," says Maurizio Anzeri, the Italian born artist from the city of Loano. Known for his series of eerie portraits or photo-sculptures, a term used by himself to describe his portraits.
More of Anzeri's work can be seen in this Yatzer profile:
The Embroidered Secrets of Maurizio Anzeri | Yatzer
Known for his series of eerie portraits or photo-sculptures, a term used by himself to describe his portraits, Maurizio Anzeri’s work will be presented this month at the Baltic and will mark his first solo show in a major UK institution. Yatzer caught up with Maurizio Anzeri and discovered the man behind the embroidered vintage photographs who is enjoying an extraordinary moment in his career.
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