Architectural Collages

This is cool:

http://www.localdistance.org/collages.php

Its made with software that analyzes perspective and other crazy stuff, check this video out:


http://vimeo.com/9202755


Here are 3 somewhat similar collages i've made without algorithms some time ago...:

Please release this software for us to play with :-)

May I collage video - short version

Just made a shorter & faster version of the 'making of' video on the "May I" collage, enjoy:


or see it in youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdgaaLfXn_E

And here is the original video & "May I" collage.

New collage - May I - with video

New collage! With video!!


or see the original scanned file on flickr (2302x1780 200dpi)

Title: May I ?
Analog Collage
Date: 2010 / 01 / 23
Size: 30x24 cm.
Magazines: National Geographic - Dec/2009 (0912) and Jan/2010 (1001) Editions.

And here's the time-lapse video (~10min) on how i did it:


or see it in youtube: Making the "May I ?" Collage or see it in vimeo

Music: silver mt zion - blown-out joy from heaven
Video software: gawker (time-lapse) & imovie09 (editing)

As you can see in the video, my cat Zumi helped me a lot... :-)

New Collages - Explorando & Trail 3

Yep, i'm hopefully back into collage/photomontage!!!
Here's what i've done:

EXPLORANDO



Title: Explorando.
Analog Collage by iuri kothe, made on 100108, size: 17x12 cm. Using only National Geographic - December 2009 (0912) Edition.

See the making off in Youtube:



and this:

TRAIL 3


Title: Trail 3.
Analog Collage by iuri kothe, made on 100108. size: 19x18 cm. Using only Attitude Magazine (may/jun 2007).

note: as always, just click on the images above so you can get it / see it bigger in Flickr.

Moondog - Spend dark night with you (musicvideo)

Moondog was the best musician/composer i've been introduced to in 2008 (via last.fm's recommendation engine).

Here's a musicvideo mix i did yesterday of Moondog's "Why spend the dark night with you" with a video i got from archive.org. Enjoy below or watch it in Youtube or in Vimeo:



Or download it (from Vimeo) 7.4MB.

Flying

My most beloved sports (or should i say 'the only ones i like') are Cycling and Climbing. In Rio i just cycled, mostly to work:



Here in Seattle i'm starting with both again (check this riding video). Hopefully i can manage them in rainy winter!

Now a new sport is coming into mind, flying. Yesterday i came across a basejumping video, which was (of course) an accident video (no, I won't link to it). I never found basejumping something very special. So much work and risk for just some seconds 'flying' didn't make sense. But the accidented guy (who broke a leg only) had a wingsuit, which gives you so more control to glide around. This wingsuit is something to consider!

Check this and tell me you won't like to fly:

Run On to the originals

On my collages, i'm always trying (managing this is a pain) to credit the source i used, not because of copyright problems, but mostly to show everyone (and myself) where the original cut up came from. It gives much more information about creativity and resources to make other remixes.

And here's an music example i run onto this week:

I always loved Moby's Play album. Specially 'Run On' (see the music video). I knew it was a remix of some other song, but always forgot to go after the original. Remember, 1998/2000 it was MUCH harder (and fun) to chase this info.

So i came across this great slow motion video featuring Johnny Cash's version:



(see the Original Site)

After one google/wikipedia search i saw that both are based on a folk song called: God's Gonna Cut You Down.

Hopefully with semantic web this will all be done automatically.

DuBroKo3

This is the 3rd Digital Collage Collaboration between: Bernard Dumaine, Willem den Broeder and Iuri Kothe. Made (sending JPGs via email) from 080217 until 080422.

The all 12 parts in DuBroKo3 Flickr set.

We did also 2 videos of this collaboration:




• iuri's dubroko3 video (on vimeo in HD) - [download .mov 60MB from vimeo]
  


• willem's 'Flying Lyon' animation (on youtube)

The Lake Collage

I'm happy to announce that i've finally made another collage.
This one uses only images from National Geographic U.S. Ed. April 2007.

Here is a little video i did for the Making Off (in YouTube: Making Off - The Lake Collage):




I also took some photos during the process. Check it out here on flickr.

Goldsworthy and Murcof

I'm absolutely fascinated with the works of Andy Goldsworthy and Murcof's music.
So here is my humble homage to both, done on this shiny sunday afternoon:




Youtube link: Rivers Tides & Mes.

Ghiroma and Accessibility

Here is a nice example of why FreeCulture is beautiful!
I just received a link to a video about Web Accessibility (YouTube link here) and
starting at 1:57min is the song i did with Folopo: "Ghiroma - Last American Haiku".
Exactly during the part they curse Globo!
Ps: Nice to be listed on the credits (in the 2nd part).
Altough i agree (with my collages) that it is sometimes difficult to remember the sources.

Ants helping ants video

Here's a little video i did this month in Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, checking out some Ants: Ants helping ants (YouTube link)

Knowledge

Some months ago, i saw this 2min intro of James Burke's - The Day the Universe Changed, and i simply couldn't forget this sentence:

"You see what your knowledge tells you you're seeing"

Later i came across Dan Everett's work about the brazilian tribe Pirahã. I advice you reading this article from Spiegel - Living without Numbers or Time. Here's a short sample:

"...His findings have brought new life to a controversial theory by linguist Benjamin Whorf, who died in 1941. Under Whorf's theory, people are only capable of constructing thoughts for which they possess actual words. In other words: Because they have no words for numbers, they can't even begin to understand the concept of numbers and arithmetic..."

Hm..., maybe some brain theory can help us out? Check this TED video, Jeff Hawkins: Brain science is about to fundamentally change computing. Where he suggests that "the brain is more like a memory system that records everything we experience and helps us predict, intelligently, what will happen next."

Another some-way-related article is V.S. Ramachandran's - The neurology of self-awareness.
Ok. I'm no brain biologist-psychologist researcher, but like you, i do have one and would like to know how it works...

What do you think about this? Do you know some other related articles or videos? Use the comment below to help me/us out.

Ghiroma Last American Haiku Music Video

So here is the result of 2 days of Premier Pro workshop (video tutorial), the Music Video of "Ghiroma - Last American Haiku" (listen here). This is Ghiroma's (Folopo and I) first song, from 2004. The videos are all Betty Boop from archive.org. I called it "Drunk as a Dog" (yes, i'm no good at viral marketing).



See this in Youtube or in Vimeo or download it here.

YouTube: Your Video with my Song

Nice! YouTube Labs 'made arrangements with artists and record labels so that you can add their songs to your YouTube videos'. I wasn't aware of it, but one song i released in ccmixter as Sohaclara is there: noTV. Two strong possibilities: 1- it got an Editorial Pick in ccmixter and 2- the name noTV.
So if you have a video on YouTube, go to AudioSwap page, click 'Try AudioSwap' then you'll choose a video and by clicking 'Replace Audio', you'll be redirected to a page like this:

Go to Genre: Electronica > Artist: Sohaclara > Track: noTV.

If you do change your audio with this song, sent me the link in the comments here.

Nature Shorts

Sometimes i think i should apply to a job at National Geographic...






Butterfly

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Tree Storm Fingers

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Palm Tree ByeBye

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Starfish (Estrela do Mar)
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Praying Mantis

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Walden Insect

Reijseger Sylla Gueye Trio

Yesterday i saw an amazing concert: Ernst Reijseger, Mola Sylla & Serigne Gueye. I think they're playing mostly the Janna album (Get it here, and sent me a copy please [got it!]: ).
I've uploaded this video of the trio playing, but i didn't cared about image, only the audio.
I've found also some other project of them in video: Groovy and Double Duty.

[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=4PwZ5XnDnKc]

Documentaries

Nice, very nice! Just found out about GUBA. Its a VideoLog, similar to YouTube, Metacafé, Revver and GoogleVideo, but with a nice diference, you can easily find some Documentaries there (and download them too). Enjoy!

Brasilia06July

So here are some photos i took in Brasilia last month (some with the new camera).
And check this video out: Brasilia 360º (8min).
If you prefer, download it from Brasilia360 (60MB from archive.org)

Selfness Art

I'm a big fan of documentaries and lectures; and of course free sharing of it.
So 2 weeks ago i downloaded a presentation of Jorge Cortell (thanks for blogging me) on this MVGroup thread (register to login), just because i was going (and went) to the iSummit, so i could learn a little about intelectual property.
I agree with Jorge's SELFNESS idea: that all of our works are selfness beings (like, for example, your son, you [kind of] 'make' it [with someone else], but he's not yours).
Really, if you make a song, it has it's own 'live'.

Speaking specifically on artworks now (don't know yet if it applies to science etc.).
Creative Commons Licenses are nice, but they still limit artists. For example, if i listen to a song and want to remix it, why pay attention to the License? We should be a collaborative society! Of course i will always try to show from whom i have remixed, so if one likes a work (s)he can go back to the original sources.

My advice is, don't read the licenses, just do your art.
So even if my artworks aren't on the SELFNESS license (it doesn't exist yet), feel free to use or remix it.

But how to get sustained by it?
Unfortunatelly our society isn't yet ready to the Donation idea. But as soon as electronic money transfer gets easier and more secure, i think it will start happening.
So if you like or use one's work you can easily help him/her to make more.

Update: Here's another video of Cortell's Selfness ideas (direct download [in OGM]).