What if I told you that you can help save the world and it didn't involve you going green? Well as we all know the mayans have decided our fate and the world is going to end very soon -- the devastation!
Since 1963, more than eight hundred spacecraft have been launched into geosynchronous orbit, forming a man-made ring of satellites around the Earth. These satellites are destined to become one of the longest-lasting artifacts of human civilization, quietly floating through space long after every trace of humanity has disappeared from the planet.
Trevor Paglen’s The Last Pictures is a project that marks one of these spacecraft with a visual record of our contemporary historical moment. Paglen spent five years interviewing scientists, artists, anthropologists, and philosophers to consider what such a cultural mark should be. Working with materials scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Paglen developed an artifact designed to last billions of years—an ultra-archival disc, micro-etched with one hundred photographs and encased in a gold-plated shell. In Fall 2012, the communications satellite EchoStar XVI will launch into geostationary orbit with the disc mounted to its anti-earth deck. While the satellite’s broadcast images are as fleeting as the light-speed radio waves they travel on, The Last Pictures will remain in outer space slowly circling the Earth until the Earth itself is no more.
The Sony Music Timelinecelebrates 125 years of musical history covering almost 150 square meters of wall space in Sony’s Derry Street offices. Using just CNC cut vinyl as the sole medium, 54 columns measuring over 2 meters tall cover feature nearly 1000 of Sony Music’s signed artists from 1887 to the present day.
Hercules NYC is proud to present Ian Levy's new project entitled "Wire" ft. Trey Won Kim.
Ian's ability to combine poetry, story telling , feeling and passion is very unique, and very much moving. This combination of alpha characteristics is what gives Ian his unique voice in the world of Hip-Hop which nowadays is plagued with poor lyricism .
We were lucky to meet Ian earlier in his music career, when he had just released his LP entitled "The Hourglass". All we have to say is that Ian Levy is different from the rest, and we feel a deep connection with his music. Thus we present to you, Ian Levy's new project :WIRE
One of the coolest videos floating around is called "New York; Night and Day". It's a surreal movie which combines video shots taken at the same place during the day and during the night, . The outcome is by far, very captivating.
From the fantastic Animator and Director Philip Stockton , "New York: Night and Day is a combination of non-traditional video time lapse and animation. I filmed day and night scenes from around New York City and combined back into single sequences using rotoscoping techniques. The piece explores the relationships between night and day, by compositing together scenes shot in the same location over a time period ranging from 6 to 12 hours. I hope you enjoy it"