Dangerous Knowledge (2007)
In this one-off documentary, David Malone looks at four brilliant mathematicians – Georg Cantor, Ludwig…
Putting Canadian "Piracy" in Perspective
Over the past year, Canadians have faced a barrage of claims painting Canada as a “piracy haven.”…
James Turner’s Map of Humanity
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This is the world of our making, carved out of our actions, built upon the collective…
San Jose Semaphore
San Jose Semaphore, by artist Ben Rubin, is a permanent public artwork commissioned by Adobe Systems Incorporated…
Yanki No! – excerpt (1960)
The documentary, first of a prospective series of six to be produced by TIME INC. and ABC-TV, is the work of Producer…
Finding Subversives With Amazon Wishlists
Google Maps: US readers of Orwell’s 1984. Data mined using Amazon wishlists and displayed via the Google…
Lichtspiel Opus I (1921)
Walter Ruttmann (born December 28, 1887 in Frankfurt am Main; died July 15, 1941 in Berlin) was a German film…
They were cheap and available
On 20 August 1947 Gerhard Rose, one of Germany’s most respected physicians, stood in the prisoner’s…
The Hasher’s Delirium (1910)
Cohl’s animation style is rather surreal and also makes good use of the medium. The cartoons are not formally…
Clothesline
Developed at the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Institut HyperWerk , the project connects two corner…
The Shock Doctrine (2007)
“When I finished The Shock Doctrine, I sent it to Alfonso Cuarón because I adore his films and felt that…
En l’an 2000
The National Library of France (BnF) has an amazing collection of prints from 1910 which depict life in the year…
Lilya 4-Ever (2002)
I make the movies I have to make. I try to be true to myself and to make the films that come to me. It doesn’t…
TXT of The Living Dead
How it works:
I took the original movie (public domain) and broke it out into 500 frames to visually tell the original…
Projection Bombing
Outdoor digital projection in urban environments is a great method for getting your content up big before the…
Theo Jansen’s Strandbeest
A scientist-turned-artist, Jansen’s bizarre beach animals have their roots in a computer program…
Law and Order (1969)
LAW & ORDER surveys the wide range of work the police are asked to perform: enforcing the law, maintaining…
Very Nice, Very Nice (1961)
When Very Nice, Very Nice was released in 1961, it was immediately embraced by the new generation of hipsters,…
Synchromy (1971)
McLaren took this equivalence of image and sound even further, and probably to its logical end, in his remarkable…
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1980)
Yes, German film director Werner Herzog really does eat his shoe to fulfill a vow to fellow filmmaker Errol Morris…
Powers of Ten (1977)
Powers of Ten is a 1977 short documentary film written and directed by Charles Eames and his wife, Ray. The film…
"Big Rig Jig" at Burning Man 07
Click here for more images from this year’s Burning Man event.…
