3rd Wave of Inspiration
Since 2003
Directed by Murat Saygıner
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Music & Sound Design by Zenthing / Jochen Mader
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San Francisco based artist Shane Griffin released experimental art-film exploring the beauty in diffraction grating by passing light through in defective glass. The film was a part of contribution for TED 2018 conference as well as long-term project "Chromatic". We were lucky to exhibit one piece from it at our annual digital art exhibition "Digital Decade 5"
Shane Griffin was invited to participate in our annual digital art collaboration and exhibition in London. He was selected by curator to represent "Cyberia: The Unknown Territories Shaped by the Digital Enthos" theme alongside other 35 artists. Most of aluminum prints from exhibition are available for pick up at affordable price in London.
Created by Kyiv-based Radioaktive Film on location at Lviv vélodrome "Hennessy V.S. Major" is a story at the turn of the 19th century, cycling was the world’s biggest sport, and Marshall ‘Major’ Taylor was its biggest superstar. He broke multiple world records, won championships and defeated competition all over the world. But he was still searching for something else: a true rival.
Hennessy V.S 'Major' with RadicalMedia LLC, Droga5, The Mill
Director: Derek Cianfrance,
Director Of Photography: Roman Vasyanov.
It's been a while since our friend and partner Alex Frukta (part of Nord Collective) shared new motion works with us. Here is the latest commission he did for Johnson&Johnson. Every year, brand hosts an conference, which brings together employees from all divisions from Russia and CIS countries. It sums up the year and celebrates its end.
Agency: Illuminarium 3000
Producer: Yura Pelin
Design/Motion: Alex Frukta
Audio/Soundesign: Finalsketch, Vasily Filatov
The title sequence for FITC Toronto 2018 is built on the theme of Transform. It aims to morph the spatial perception of its viewers as it takes them through a constantly shifting, never-ending journey into a series of patterns, landscapes, and environments that exist between two and three dimensional space. In each world, 2D and 3D programmatic processes are combined to create rich, organic animations and sprawling graphic forms.
Directed by: Joshua Davis & Saad Moosajee
Animated by: Saad Moosajee
Technical Director: James Bartolozzi
Programming: Joshua Davis, James Bartolozzi
Supporting Animation: Enle Li
Sound: Kurt Uenala / Null + Void / Song : Into the Void / Album : hfnmusic.lnk.to/Cryosleep
4 years in a row Nike Sportwear teams up with talented ManvsMachine to craft a global campaign for Air Max Day. This year's approach takes cues from modern editorial design and hosts an extensive number of assets — from live action, 3D, typographical design, right the way through to cel animation
"Hidden Layer looks at the way neural networks augment our identities and change the way we think and behave. With AI increasing its influence on the decisions we make and the information we digest, how will algorithmic structures infiltrate and influence human concepts of self? What happens to AI - augmented humans if the structures they rely on collapse?
Often described in terms of what it can do for us, a neural network is complex, self-evolving and dynamic. It is also capable of decision-making autonomously, without human intervention. As such, artificial intelligence algorithms can be understood both as a way to analyse today’s complex world and as beings distinct from human influence.
The name Hidden Layer comes from a term used in the development of artificial neural networks. The Hidden Layer is neither seen nor understood by humans; it is the part of the network in which the main computation driving the network is done. Hidden Layer is part of FIELD’s broader series of works titled Second Nature, which examines Machine Learning as an entity."
FIELD
London based digital art studio FIELD work at the intersection of art, technology and design, and explore “colour, life, and infinity though new technology and a research-led approach - creating high-tech experiences with a human touch”. FIELD create expressive and dynamic artworks for digital platforms, including audiovisual installations, digital artefacts, and interactive films. FIELD are known for their unique approach to aesthetics, blending the latest digital technologies with nature and human subjects. FIELD’s body of work takes many different shapes, from apps to installations. Their work Energy Flow is an app experience weaving animated story lines into audiovisual pieces that change endlessly and is different for each viewer.
It was listed among the best apps from The Guardian Technology blog. For Deutsche Bank, FIELD collaborated with Universal Everything to create a large-scale installation using a 12-metre wide screen with atmospheric cityscapes, hand-drawn scenes, patterns and landscape animations that were generated in realtime that made every iteration unique. The studio collaborates with cultural institutions and global brands on commissioned artworks and generative design solutions, including Nike, Deutsche Bank, HP, Nokia, GE, and AOL. Their work has been exhibited at cultural institutions and galleries internationally, including at La Gaîté Lyrique, Paris; The China Museum for Digital Art, Beijing; and The British Library, London. FIELD has also been included in festival programs at Ars Electronica and onedotzero.
Perception is one’s personal opinion. Any image invites the audience to ponder, offering at least several ways of perception. The image is forming an idea using sensitive and logical tools. The idea is being formed when a spectator gives the image a permit to do this. An image is always spots, dots and lines. A spectator builds up the inner nexus and images while just seeing the spots paly on the screen. The brain transforms flat form into something having a volume, parts are merged into the whole. The question is what a spectator sees – a genuine true image or the personal perception of it, formed on a basis of one’s experience and the knowledge of the world. What if it will contain the minimum specification, if it’s gonna be a digital noise, a random combination of 0 and 1? What if the absence of information is a message itself? A sign for one’s brain to think up, to invent the necessary information. The lack of information inside of a given context is a self-sustained image, giving an impulse to a further chain of thoughts. I invite a spectator to dive inside of himself, when he lets the screen be almost blank and sets his imagination free. All the logical thinking is off and the opportunity to observe is on.
"Science fiction has long anticipated the rise of machine intelligence. Today, a new generation of self-learning computers has begun to reshape every aspect of our lives. Incomprehensible amounts of data are being created, interpreted, and fed back to us in a tsunami of apps, personal assistants, smart devices, and targeted advertisements. Virtually every industry on earth is experiencing this transformation, from job automation, to medical diagnostics, even military operations. Do You Trust This Computer? explores the promises and perils of our new era. Will A.I. usher in an age of unprecedented potential, or prove to be our final invention?"
Directed by Chris Paine
Forever gold portrays the essence of signature Linda Farrow lenses and opulent yellow gold-plated titanium. Filmed by artist Ruslan Khasanov, discover mesmerizing scenes visualising the unworldly origin of gold.
“I had the pleasure of working on this project for a British eyewear brand called Linda Farrow.
The concept was simply «gold» as this is their iconic colour palette. This project was a real creative challenge for me. Shooting six pairs of mirror luxury sunglasses in a 30-liter aquarium... and deadline was one month. It was a completely new and exciting experience, full of experiments”
The Japanese design firm teamLab has announced a 2,000 square meter exhibition at La Villette, Paris. It plans on forming a vast space allowing visitors to interact with a digital world through their own bodies. Named “”Au-Delà des Limites” or “Beyond the Limits,” the showcase blurs the lines of reality and creates multiple installations representing different realms. Visitors will be able to walk through virtual waterfalls and natural wonders.
The presentation will be available from May 4 to September 4, launching right before Japonismes 2018, a cultural event marking the 160th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and France.
teamLab (f. 2001, Tokyo, by Toshiyuki Inoko) is an interdisciplinary group of ultra-technologists whose collaborative practice seeks to navigate the confluence of art, technology, design and the natural world. Rooted in the tradition of ancient Japanese Art and contemporary forms of anime, teamLab operates from a distinctly Japanese sense of spatial recognition, investigating human behavior in the information era and proposing innovative models for societal development
“Every now and again a job comes along that makes you remember why you love making films so much. Boys & Girls asked me to travel to the heart of Mexico to make a film for Jose Cuervo in the town of Tequila. Our mission, to capture the spirit of Jose Cuervo, the town and its people. This is the result and it became more than just a film for me, it was a trip I will always remember and a group of people I’ll never forget. Everybody mucked in to make this as special as it really was.”
Exec Producer: Michael Duffy
Producer: Dara McClatchie [Sound Recordist]
Director: Brian Williams
DoP: Joseph Ingersoll & Brian Williams
Editor: David Blake Run Robot
Music & Sound Design: Denis Kilty
Grade: MPC London
Post: SUPER 68
Client: Jose Cuervo
Agency: Boys and Girls
Creative Director: Laurence O’Byrne [Lighting Department]
Creative: Colm Coonagh [C Camera]
Account Director: Caroline Keogh [Camera Dept]
Copy: Rory Hamilton
Agency Producer: Derek Doyle [Key Grip]
Production Company: Butter
Peter Tomaszewicz is a talented digital artist and motion graphics designer based in London. Check his latest works below, you won't be dissapointed
Chinese visual designer Xiaolin Zeng was responsible for creating motion titles for Digital Design Days / "OFFF on Tour" Festival went in Milan last week.
“ The starting idea is from real life experience that I had several travels to my father’s hometown where is the rural area of China, and the visual of electric Tower and woods hiding in the mist struck me. Also, I was living in a city where construction is going very frequently, which influenced my mood a lot. As a result, I’d like to make a film which the storyline goes from misty woods to industrialized city where construction is heavy. I looked into lots of materials in which have a giant as the main character and find several films and concept art, like Simon Stalenhag, Jakub Rozalski and EVA in which I learned a lot from their shot composition, and also give me a clear vision that the giant should be in a thin and incomplete body shape. While making the title sequence, I encountered the Netflix new TV series called “Dark”, I learned a lot about its color set also its soundtrack inspired the sound designer as well. This work is a huge combination of inspiration, but it starts with a real-life experience.The original color set is black and white, but I decided to use more natural color and make the sequence more like an old century film.”
The fine folks at 72andSunny came to Munkowitz (GMUNK) late in 2017 with a bold idea – they wanted to explore the relationship between Humans and technology and explore the notion that together, this union is more powerful than ever. They wanted Munko to create a series of films that spotlight the all-new INFINITI QX50 through the relentless cycle of man pushing machine—and machine pushing man.
Our friends and partners Creative Debuts are famous for organising neat art events in London being the gatekeepers of the creative scene online. To celebrate International Women’s Day they joined forces with Nasty Women movement to celebrate the work of international feminist artists.
Mercedes Marin - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/mercedes-marin
Naomi Vona - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/naomi-vona
Natasha Monfared - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/natasha-monfared
Nia Hefe Filliogianni - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/nia-hefe-filiogianni
Nina Schulze - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/nina-schulze
Olivia Rose - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/olivia-rose
ONOH - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/o-noh
Onuchukwu Okezie Emmanuel -
www.creativedebuts.co.uk/ozed_arts
Pal Kumar - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/pal-kumar
Patricia Brace - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/patricia-brace
Queenie Djan - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/queenie-djan
Rayvenn Shaleigh D'Clark - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/rayvenn-shaleigha-dclark
Roshani Patel - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/roshani-patel
Ruby Rowan Gleeson - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/ruby-rowan-gleeson
Ryan Oakley - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/ryan-oakley
Sanya Torkmorad-Jozavi - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/sanya-torkmorad-jozavi
Tabitha Carver - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/tabitha-carver
Timothy Martin - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/viagra-vuitton
Zoe Alexandria Paton Burt - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/zoe-burt
Airco Caravan - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/artists/airco-caravan
Ana Rosa Louis - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/ana-rosa-louis
Angharad Pelling -www.creativedebuts.co.uk/angharad-pelling
Ashton Attzs - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/ashton-attzs
Caley Holmboe - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/caley-holmboe
Catherine Howell - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/catherine-howell
Chavaga Lilya - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/lilya-chavaga
Chewon Kim - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/chewon-kim
Diane Watson - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/diane-watson
Eve De Haan - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/eve-de-haan
Flora Weil - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/flora-weil
Floss Given - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/florence-given
Francena Ottley - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/lebleuart
Helena Cardow - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/helena-cardow
Isabel Rock - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/isabel-rock
Jasmine Sehra - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/jasmin-sehra
Jekein Lato-Unah - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/jekein-lato-unah
Jessica Ross - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/jessica-ross
Kei Maye - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/kei-maye
Ken Nwadiogbu - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/ken-nwadiogbu
Lila Ash - www.creativedebuts.co.uk/lila-ash
Black and White
TRAUM INC
Shot in Iceland the film creates a world of black and white, brutalist and wild but technical, balancing sublime landscapes with technical closeups and 3D renderings of the shoe. The film pits a runner agains his alter ego, chasing each other until it comes to a final stand off between both.
DIRECTOR
Thomas Traum (TRAUM INC)
CREATIVE DIRECTION
Alex Griffin (On-Running), Thomas Traum
EDITING
Nikolaj Beltzer (OKAY Studio)
GRADING
Ludovic Roussaux (OKAY Studio)
DOP
Ruaraid Achilleos
1ST AC
Matthew Choules
TALENT
Kazeem Temiday
STYLIST
Erna Bergann
VFX
TRAUM INC (Safwaan Motara, Hayden Martin, Thomas Traum)
PRODUCTION
TRAUM INC
Our friend and Digital Decade 5 artist Santi Zoraidez was approached by Nike Global Running to create their latest campaign featuring Epic React Flyknit
Directed by Santi Zoraidez
Art Direction & Design: Santi Zoraidez
Lead Animation: Facu Labo
Additional Animation: Edward Chiu / Diego Diapolo / Javier Bianchi
Client: Nike Global Running
Elon Musk made a surprise appearance at HBO‘s Westworld panel at SXSW, joining friend and Westworld creator Jonathan Nolan to release an epic trailer of the SpaceX Heavy Falcon rocket launch that carried Spaceman into orbit.
"The highlight reel was created by Nolan, who spoke about the importance of inspiration and the excitement he felt as a child when watching Super 8 footage of Saturn rocket launches — a collective enthusiasm that has seemingly dwindled in recent times. “And so I was having a drink last year with a friend, and we were talking about how do you inspire people? How do you get people to talk again, how can you drive the conversation?” said Nolan. The friend turned out to be Musk and the solution they came up with was a red sports car and David Bowie‘s track “Starman"" via Hypebeast
Recently hosted TOCA ME festival invited leading motion artists Susi Sie and Remo Gambacciani to create Official Titles of the event.
The ever-changing landscapes inspired by organic textures and surfaces within surreal worlds created by processing live action scenes with CG techniques. To create morphing textures MATERIA (Susi Sie and Remo Gambacciani) captured slowly spreading color on even surfaces.
The score was composed by Gavin Little from ECHOLAB. Inspired by seismic and earth shifting movements, he created geological seeming sounds. By burying contact microphones underground in soil and recording vibrations, he captured breathtaking, natural sounds of shifting earth and grinding rocks. For the score he used a hybrid of organic and digital sounds, a musical progression that matched the swell of the movements from texture to texture.
