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May 4, 2020

Yesterday Alan Rusbridger, former editor of the Guardian from 1995 to 2015, wrote a column: “This is a key moment in the public’s view of mainstream news” . There is no doubt that good journalism is and always will be necessary. One of the things that Alan Rusbridger point out was that during the early days of the...Read More

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#Covid19 · #Graffiti

April 27, 2020

by arantzazu

While artists around the world are tapping their creativity to help find new ways to deal with the impact of the global pandemic. And then there are the graffiti and mural artists have been busy painting some pretty incredible coronavirus-inspired works on walls and buildings across the globe. The following is a collection of such...Read More

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I do Confess…

April 21, 2020

by arantzazu

… that I used to hate social media…I blame social networks of destroying all the good things about the “pure net”…full of creators, outlaws and radical thinkers. My mantra was all about #resilience and #resistance…fighting that #viralnetworks that were destroying our free online nations and ripping up our privacy all along (right now I am...Read More

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EōN by Jean Michel Jarre. The Infinite Narrative

April 18, 2020

by arantzazu

Jean Michel Jarre, pioneer of electronic music, once again give a twist and shows us a proposal. A brand new meta-album, encapsule in an app where art and science, poetry and data combine to create an experience that becomes alive through generative music and art. Algorithm Never stops and what you are listening will never be...Read More

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PornHub nails it one more time.

April 10, 2020

by arantzazu

The company launch this week a parody site in collaboration with Amazon Dating Creators to remind us the importance of handwashing to prevent Covid19 spread There have been a lot of conversation about brands and advertising communication during the Covid19 pandemia and even if there have been great campaigns so far… today I would like...Read More

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Tested for the Unexpected.

April 9, 2020

by arantzazu

Here It goes this little/ big gem. An Ad produced by the ad agency Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO · London in 1993. The client? Dunlop Tyres (a subsidiary of Goodyear’s). The commercial was directed by British director Tony Kaye. Years later, he was known for directing American History X (1998), although he repudiated the final...Read More

East Meets West: Kirsten Dunst, Murakami & McG

March 30, 2020

by arantzazu

Kirsten Dunst, the Japanese pop artist Takashi Murakami collaborates with Hollywood director McG for a short film. In 2010 London’s Tate Modern museum exhibition “Pop Life: Art in a Material World”, featured an unusual collaboration between McG, one of Hollywood’s biggest commercial directors, and Takashi Murakami, Japan’s king of pop art: a four-minute film starring...Read More

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“Nothing is true, Everything is permitted”

March 29, 2020

by arantzazu

During this mandatory confinement, I am listening a lot of music… and there is an album, which takes me on an eventful journey through the different jazz states and beyond. The Mario Rom´s Interzone´s album “Nothing is true, Everything is permitted” It has a 4 part jazz video series that It´s a wonderful example of...Read More

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The Party Revolution: Decentralized Dance Party

March 28, 2020

by arantzazu

The Decentralized Dance Party Was Founded On The Belief That Partying Has The Power To Save The World. DDP is also a very interesting social experiment; thousands of people of all ages, cultures and social groups can come together to celebrate our Divine Programming in our public spaces.Read More

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8bitpeople is a DIY record label/arts collective that focuses around the 8-bit aesthetic.

8bitpeople: DIY record label/arts collective

March 28, 2020

by arantzazu

8bitpeoples is located in New York City and It is heavily influenced by vintage videogames. 8bitpeoples was founded in 1999 by Jeremiah “Nullsleep” Johnson and Mike “Tangible” Hanlon. It is currently run by Johnson and labelmate Joshua “Bit Shifter” Davis. Many artists who have appeared on 8bitpeoples have also appeared on compilations on other labels,...Read More

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L’UX: The French Hacker-Artist Underground and Untergunther

March 25, 2020

by arantzazu

L´UX (for Urban eXperiment) is a Paris based clandestine organisation. The goal is to improve and restore the hidden corners of Paris and abandoned sides of urban inheritage. Their works have included restoring the Pantheon clock, building a fully equiped clandestine movie theater under the Chaillot Hill. Read More

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JavaZone

March 25, 2020

by arantzazu

These videos from Java Zone (Scandinavia’s biggest meeting place for software developers) are probably one of the most unforgettable advertising campaigns of the recent years. JavaZone – the biggest European community-driven conference for modern developers will be 19 years old in 2020! Don’t miss out on two days of inspiring tech talks, a day of hands-on...Read More

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Laser Cats!

March 24, 2020

by arantzazu

Despite to its $12.76 budget, Steven Spielberg’s contribution to the ‘Laser Cats’. He’s the second A-list director to lend his name to the long-running series of ultra-low-budget shorts involving cats that shoot lasers from their mouths. Amazingly, This legendary science fiction franchise series distributed by NBC has been running for six years now. The story is about...Read More

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Radiohead video for its song “House of Cards”

March 23, 2020

by arantzazu

No cameras or lights were used. Instead two technologies were used to capture 3D images: Geometric Informatics and Velodyne LIDAR. Geometric Informatics scanning systems produce structured light to capture 3D images at close proximity, while a Velodyne Lidar system that uses multiple lasers is used to capture large environments such as landscapes. In this video, 64 lasers rotating...Read More

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