It’s pretty crazy that you have to pay for everything on a plane these days. Especially when you end up spending a fortune on your ticket, as you didn’t book it long enough in advance… Here’s a little tip that will get you at least some FREE peanuts, beers and films to make the journey a little bit more comfortable.
VEGAS is delighted to present ‘GIVEITANAME’, a group show, bringing together two UK practicing artists and an artistic duo from the Netherlands. Exploring notions of unpredictable, organic processes of movement alongside the spontaneous, chaotic expansions of composition and shapes, the exhibition introduces a compilation of abstract works that are directed into symbolizing fragments or flow, transformation and change.
We talked about Realtime Interactivity for Music, Broadcast and Art at the annual FMX Festival in Stuttgart. The event was amazing and we even got to see a lot of very interesting talks ourselves. Big thanks to all of you for having us!
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We just finished our first shoot with Nexus for Nintendo and the nice chaps at Leo Burnett Chicago. The spots will be done in two week time so keep an eye on our website.
Cowboys on set… (picture by James Allen from Time Based Arts)
Who: Minivegas
Founders: Luc Schurgers and Dan Lewis
Innovation in: Directing
Why you need to know about them: The modern director is tech savvy, DIY and media agnostic, as au fait with programming, apps, animation and post-production as live action, and the creative possibilities that come with that are boundless.
“Whether you’re directing a traditional live-action spot, or a rich media project, I don’t really see a difference,” says 30-year-old London-based director Luc Schurgers [pictured], who with Dan Lewis makes up Nexus- and Green Dot-repped Minivegas. “We can do pretty much everything. We do our own programming, 3D and compositing.”
A cursory glance through current projects from Minivegas, (which formed as a collective in 2005 but became a duo in August 2009), backs that breadth of creative scope. Schurgers recently shot a live-action comedy spot for Snack-A-Jack, and a CG bonanza for the Star Wars Clone Wars console game. Perfect for time-starved travelers, Happy Granny is an iPhone app that sends a real postcard of photos taken on the iPhone. In conjunction they’ve also created a hilarious, fully-animated viral and website.
In terms of matching music to visuals, however, they’re really pushing the envelope. The pair are working on a real-time, audio-reactive projection system that visualizes music for a live performance pitting labels Warp and Ninja Tune against each other. As well as running a physical gallery and creating installations, their experimental, virtual gallery manifests music as fantastic 3D sculptures of sound, while gesture-recognition technology allows users to interact with the music and move around the space.
“[Directing is] a feeling communicated, whether that’s something you do via sound analysis or live-action photography. The ideal situation is to mix projects: programming, then live action for the next one, then 3D. It keeps you on your toes,” says Schurgers. EW
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