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Jeff Watson is an artist, designer, and Assistant Professor of Interactive Media and Games at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.
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Category Archives: Blog
Los Angeles 2106
As the second phase of The City of the Future challenge, IBM and The History Channel, in partnership with the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), challenged engineering students in NYC, Chicago and LA to propose innovative engineering solutions that … Continue reading
Fantoche (2007)
Blu is refining his very own technique of wall animation, and with seemingly good results. (megunica) See also: blublu.org
Alcatraz: America’s Toughest Prison (1977)
Alcatraz: America’s Toughest Prison unfolds the fascinating history of this legendary federal prison established to house the nation’s most notorious criminals. Situated on an island surrounded by the shark-infested waters of the San Francisco Bay, the facility incarcerated 1,545 men … Continue reading
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David Bowie – Five Years Live (1972)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=louXPUW7tHU
A Trip Down Memory Lane (1965)
In 1965 Lipsett filmed a series of psychology lectures at McGill University in Montreal (25) and directed A Trip Down Memory Lane (1965). A surrealist time capsule combining fifty years of newsreel footage, A Trip Down Memory Lane was Lipsett’s … Continue reading
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Tagged arthur lipsett, experimental, nfb
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GRL Laser Graffiti
Defense contractors say that within the next 10 years they’ll have a solid state laser mounted on a Hummer that can put a hole in sheet of metal from several miles away. Well Dutch graffiti writers can pretty much do … Continue reading
A Call to Action
A passionate call for a general strike in the US this November 6: Of all the various depredations of the Bush regime, none has been so thorough as its plundering of hope. Iraq will recover sooner. What was supposed to … Continue reading
Lines Horizontal (1962)
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Tagged animation, experimental, norman mclaren, pete seeger
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Tangible User Interface
The cumbersome process of capturing and editing becomes fluid in the improvisation of a story, and accessible as a way to create a final movie. It was shown how a graphical interface created for video production informs the design of … Continue reading
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Ten Thousand Years Older
This is Werner Herzog’s contribution to the 2002 omnibus film, “Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet“.