Color Becomes A Perception-Altering Substance In These Interactive Rooms
Ever wondered what it might be like to live inside a rainbow? As impossible as that may be practically speaking, you could imagine it might be similar to artist Carlos Cruz-Diez’s Chromosaturation...
View ArticleA Gravity Defying Rube Goldberg Machine
Everyone loves Rube Goldberg machines, but why? What is it about a chain reaction orchestrated for performing a simple task that has us standing there with our eyes wide and our mouths agate in a dumb...
View ArticleCreators Remix Roundup: Passion Pit, Emily Kai Bock, Diplo, And Yeasayer
Our Creators are a talented and prolific bunch, and our inbox is always overflowing with alerts of new remixes and mashups from the incredible DJs and producers in our line-up. We just couldn’t keep...
View ArticleHyped: The Week In Links 12/7
On the blog this week we found out about Brazilian artist Anaísa Franco’s latest installation Wave of Rainbow, we looked at British producer S.Maharba’s “For Someone (Abandonment)” in LAYERS, and...
View ArticleGo See Brain Farm's Snowboarding Film The Art of Flight In 3D Tonight!
Brain Farm Cinema—headed up by former snowboarder turned filmmaker Curt Morgan—are known for their makeshift rigs, high-tech camera gear, and undertaking the impossible in order to get that perfect...
View ArticleThe Cinematic Sound Of Hurry Up We're Dreaming: Meet M83's Anthony Gonzalez
Having established a reputation for grand and inventive music over the course of five albums in seven years, Anthony Gonzalez and company swung for the fences with 2011’s Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming. The...
View ArticleVirtual Water You Can See And Feel Without Getting Wet
The advent of 3D in our cinemas and on our TV screens may make images appear less flat and more “real,” but the immersion factor is ruined by the fact that none of our other sensations experience the...
View ArticleInsa Brings Armageddon To Los Angeles In His Latest GIF-iti
Only last week we were discussing the digitalization of graffiti and street art from a new generation of artists who are embracing the internet not only as a medium to showcase, but also augment their...
View ArticleDownload FIELD's Energy Flow On Android And iOS
For the past few months, we’ve been chronicling the creation of a bold new experiment in digital storytelling, a film experience from UK-based digital art studio FIELD. Developed in partnership with...
View ArticleOriginal Creator: Experimental Filmmaker Michael Snow
Each week we pay homage to a select “Original Creator”—an iconic artist from days gone by whose work influences and informs today’s creators. These are artists who were innovative and revolutionary in...
View ArticleGlowing Boards And Drone-Cameras Ensure This Is Not Your Average Skate Video
Skate videos come in many different varieties, a bit like candy—from Chocolate and Girl skateboard crews facing off on their boards around the globe, to no boards, dogboards, or glowboards. Yes,...
View ArticleWould You Wear The World's First Interactive Glowing Shirt?
Southern California-based company, Glow Threads, is claiming to have designed the first interactive glow-in-the-dark T-shirt, ushering in the new wave of illuminated fashion that’s completely...
View ArticleWe Travel Inside The Golden Nintendo Cartridge With The Creator Of Skrillex...
These days, if you come across a glitch in your game, there isn’t a whole lot you can do about it aside from restarting your console. Back in the days of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), you...
View ArticleMotherboard's FutureStructures Explores The Possibility Of An Underground...
Opening a public park outdoors or in a clean, bright gallery space is one thing, but opening the Lowline—a proposed park beneath Delancey Street on NYC’s Lower East Side—presents much more of a...
View ArticleKill Screen: Episode 3 Goes Under The Hood Of Forza Horizon's Virtual Cars
When describing why their game has such a huge selection of cars, racing game developer Turn 10 Studios’ content director John Wendl says, “You need three cars: the first car you ever owned, the car...
View ArticleA Miniature Gingerbread Town Displays Your Holiday Tweets And Photos
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Everywhere you go are massive Christmas trees trimmed in glittering ornaments, twinkling snowflakes and lights, department stores’ extravagant window...
View ArticleExperience The World In Slow Motion With This Head-Mounted Device
Life moving too fast for you? Need an experimental piece of headwear that will allow you to see the world in slowmo? Then look no further than The Decelerator Helmet, from design student Lorenz...
View ArticleTake An Audiovisual Journey Into A Glittering, Mechanized World
If you’re looking for some audiovisual candy to while away a few minutes of your time, then cast your eyes and ears on Races and Faces from Roland Budai with sound from Tamás Skáfár. Mechanized,...
View ArticleJoanie Lemercier, From AntiVJ, Shows The Kids How To Projection Map
AntiVJ are a pretty masterful bunch when it comes to projection mapping, so it would be a shame if they didn’t impart their knowledge to a new generation so they too could blow minds with stunning...
View Article2.5 Years Of Computer Usage Turned Into A Stunning Data Visualization
All these years you’ve been surfing the web and messing around on your computer, have you ever put any consideration into what all that usage might look like? A blur of cat videos, status updates, and...
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