Cool Hunting
| 13 March 2006view entries from: this week | this month | view previous day | view next day |
Start Mobile Call for Animated Submissions
by Josh Rubin
Start Mobile, the online purveyor of art for your mobile phone, is taking the leap from static to animated content. Utilizing Flash Lite from Adobe (Macromedia), you can create animations that will run smoothly on devices from Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, LG and more. At the moment they don't have much content, which is where you come in. Go learn about Flash Lite, then send your creations here.
John Doffing, creator of Start Mobile, is eager to see what artists create "I have absolutely no idea what mobile art is going to look like," says Doffing, "but I know that by empowering artists to actually create new art for this new medium, we will all find out shortly!"
Related: Start Mobile
Dane Lovett
by Lost At E Minor
Since graduating from university in 2004, Australian artist Dane Lovett has had three solo shows in Sydney and Queensland including Bellevue Rivals, which explored the shadier side of contemporary gambling culture and greyhound racing. He also won a Qantas Spirit of Youth award, and is featured on the Noise site.
As part of his prize he will travel to Europe and the U.S. later in the year. But his immediate priorities are working towards a show at the Art Melbourne fair and doing the artwork for the new album by Eskimo Joe, one of the hottest new acts in Australia.
More pics after the jump.
Planet Earth
by SummerSeventySix
Now two episodes into a run of five, everyone I know who has seen the BBC's phenomenal Planet Earth has been blown away by its astonishing photography. Four years in the making, the ground-breaking camerawork is some of the best ever put on screen, including never before seen aerial views of Mt. Everest, shot onboard a Nepalese army spy plane. It's easily on par with recent Oscar-winner March Of The Penguins, and as mesmeric as those non-verbal classics Baraka and the Qatsi Trilogy. With narration by Sir David Attenborough and a musical score from George Fenton it could well become the benchmark for nature documentary.
If you can't tune into BBC1 on Sunday evenings there are a couple of other ways to appreciate the extraordinary lengths the Planet Earth team have gone to. The series is backed by an extensive website (although parts of it are restricted to U.K. users). The Discovery Channel is one of the series co-producers, and is set to air it in the U.S. in March 2007. In the meantime, a theatrical feature called Earth has been developed in tandem, featuring lots of extra footage. It's expected to debut at Cannes in May, and I suspect will be well-worth looking out for after that.
Pocket Pork
by Carol T Chung
Now there's no denying the ultimate power of beady little eyes, (just consider the mass appeal of pug dogs) but when those shining black orbs are supposed to belong to plush versions of yummy chinese steamed or fried dumplings, those little fellas just hit straight to the heart and to heart of my tummy. Packaged in an adorable take-out container, each box comes with three Pocket Porks, a button, and a sticker. Designed by Shawnimals out in Chicago, IL, each Pocket Pork is made by hand. With only 100 boxes available upon release, these little buggers have already sold out at My Plastic Heart. (tear!)
Related: Giant Microbes
