This year’s Open Video Conference will take place on 19-20 June at the NYU Law School, New York. Andy and Andrew from EngageMedia will both be there, talking about EngageMedia and Plumi. Open Video is a broad based movement of video creators, technologists, academics, filmmakers, entrepreneurs, activists, remixers, and many others. When most folks think of “open,” they think of open source and open codecs. They’re right— but there’s more to Open Video than open codecs. Open Video is the growing movement for transparency, interoperability, and further decentralization in online video. These qualities provide more fertile ground for independent producers, bottom-up innovation, and greater protection for free speech online.
More info…GO TO ENGAGEMEDIA
Gosh I am so not sure about this: but it’s done the rounds or should I say geek circuit; so you be the judge.
BarCamp Sydney is on again and it’s been dubbed the Recession Edition. In keeping with the Recession theme of BarCamp there are a few changes. Like a new venue, at the Australian Technology Park (ATP) Innovations Centre.
Constantly looking for ideas, we open us discussion in The Think Tank room - a small room with no projector and no tech – just enough room for a small group of people discussing ideas. And what better ideas to discuss than ideas about the future.
More detailed information to come but check out the website and stay informed and block out Saturday June 27 for BarCamp Sydney and put your thinking hats on to present a ripper of a session.
The competition is for filmmakers to produce an original and imaginative film that works within the confines of sixty seconds. The categories for submitting your film are Film, Animation, Mobile File, Documentary, Machinima, Experimental, Title Sequence, Film Trailer, Ident, Advert. Each month we will show the films sent to us which are open for a public vote to decide which film wins each month and goes into the grand final of the twelve best films of the year. At the end of the year the best 12 selected films will be judged by the public to decide which film is the Winner of the prestigious Renderyard 1 Minute Challenge award. You can submit as many films as you like. Your film must be no longer than 1 minute in length.
To submit a film please click the link.
Billed as “the e-mail of the future,” Google Wave is the result of a multiyear project inside of Google to reinvent the in-box, blending e-mail, instant messaging, photo sharing, and perhaps, with input from developers, connections to the world of social networking.
Wave organizes Internet discussions in the trendy stream of consciousness fashion. It’s a little bit Twitter, a little bit Friendfeed, and a little bit Facebook all in one service, allowing you to send direct messages to online contacts with real-time replies, share photos or documents, and add or delete members of the conversation as needed.
The Government is currently canvassing community opinion on whether Australia should formally protect our human rights – so we’re inviting you to host a GetTogether in your neighbourhood on June 11th, to make sure your community’s voice is heard in this historic consultation.
It’s your chance to create change from the grassroots up – while meeting others who share your concerns and your postcode: http://www.getup.org.au/community/gettogethers/series.php?id=25
When a girl’s gotta go, she’s gotta go — to do her makeup, that is. Tokyo Metro has just installed a makeup booth facility at Ikebukuro and JR is going to put one in at Yokohama in June. The stations will be charging just JPY300/ hour for women to touch up their faces in private, as well as try out samples that are provided by sponsors to the stations. The booths come in a cluster, and include a mirror, vanity cabinet, hair dryer, and of course the cosmetic samples.
Looking for a non-maintream version of Angels and Demons – well perhaps this might be it!
Monday 1st June
Para(noid) Politics in the Archives
God Damn Religion
Experience a 30 min cut up of a diabolical experiment in hypnotic mind control—a phantasmagoric presentation of demonic and divine imagery, assembled and designed to put the viewer into an altered state of darkened awareness. Contains some strong sexual content. Messages From Heaven Tens of millions visit apparition sites hoping to encounter the Blessed Virgin Mary. Many believe that these manifestations signal the advent of a new era on earth. Thousand of messages from the apparition of Mary indicate that we are entering a critical moment in world history – cataclysmic changes may soon occur. Those who follow the apparitions believe Mary has come to turn us back to God. Others insist that these events are either fabrications or the working of Satan.
Mu-Meson Archives Doors 7.30 for 8pm start $10
For More extensive and detailed information please visit Mu-Meson Archives web site
http://www.mumeson.org/
Mu-Meson Archives at Crn Parramatta Rd & Trafalgar St Annandale (Sydney) at the end of King Furniture building up the steel staircase. Phone (02) 9517-2010
Edgar Mueller – 3D Pavement Art – The Master of street painting uses the street as a canvas. If one looks from the right spot, its three-dimensional painting becomes the perfect illusion.
This dude is amazing!…Edgar Mueller’s website
Off the wall: The astonishing 3D murals painted on the sides of buildings by a trompe l’oeil artist
At first glance, it looks as if some natural disaster has shaken away the walls of these buildings to reveal architecture hidden for thousands of years.
And at second and third glance, it looks like that too.
But these spectacular images are not the unexpected result of an earthquake.
The incredibly lifelike scenes are actually huge works of art, painted on the side of perfectly intact buildings. (Even that woman peering into the ruin above is not real – refer to Daily Mail for images)
The paintings, which have fooled many, were created by John Pugh, who specialises in trompe l’oeil – or ‘trick of the eye’ – art.
He uses his skills to delude the viewer into seeing 3D scenes painted on flat surfaces.
The Californian-born artist said: ‘It seems almost universal that people take delight in being visually tricked.’
More tricky from The Daily Mail
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