Thor : Trailer 2

I cant really say Ive been a devout fan of the comic series of Thor throughout my life. I also can't say that i was particularly excited by the concept of a seemingly procedural Thor movie by Marvel seemingly to facilitate the Avengers. However now i am converted, particularly with two scenes in this trailer, with quotes of "You dare threaten me, Thor with so pewney a, weapon!" and "This drink I like it; Another!". We will have to see whether or not the son of Odin makes a welcome entrance to the silver screen. But certainly at this point it looks allot better than first expected.

Nova the film

A one hour fifteen minuet documentary on the topic and about modern and contemporary art from young contemporaries in Rio de Janeiro, Los Angeles and São Paulo.


NOVA the film from ROJO on Vimeo.

The NOVA website states :

A DIY documentary film on new art and the young artists behind it. Directed by Isaac Niemand, and produced by ROJO® in collaboration with BossaNovaFilms, it was all filmed on the heat of live action at ®Nova Contemporary Culture which happened in July and August 2010, in the Museum of Image and Sound, São Paulo, Brazil.

Starring: Yoshi Sodeoka, Rebecca Ward, Tofer Chin, KRINK, Base V, Yochai Matos, Max Hattler, Highraff, Lucy McRae, Kit Webster, Jimmy Joe Roche, Flavio Samelo, Felipe Brait & Maria Valente, Shima, Matt W Moore, Zeitguised, Mulheres Barbadas, Gustavo Gagliardo aka Defi, Filippo Minelli, Quayola, Javier Longobardo, This Time, Renaud Hallée, Mark Jenkins, Ljudbilden & Piloten, Lolo, Sosaku Miyazaki, Anna Taratiel aka Ovni, Robert Seidel, Heiko Tippelt, B.Fleischmann, Koen Delaere, Taras Hrabowsky, Cristopher Cichocki, MOMO, Yusk Imai. Music by: Bradien, Roll The Dice, NOIA, B.Fleischmann, Ljudbilden & Piloten, Fase, Isan, Fuck Buttons. Curated by: David Quiles Guilló. Filmed, Edited and Directed by: Isaac Niemand.

For more info or videos check out the main NOVA webpage at www.rojo-nova.com

Film of the Week: Total Recall

After the shock horror announcement that there is to be a remake of this classic with Colin Farrell as Quaid, we thought it was time to look at what made this movie such as classic.

Although it was released in 1990, it slips neatly into the the plethora of great sci-fi that were produced in the 1980s and carries with it some of the humour that charactarises that decade. Directed by Paul Verhoeven (who later did Starship Troopers.) It's a comic book gore-fest with a neat twist, probing into the murky world of reality vs fantasy.

It's easy to see how the screenplay was based on story "We Can Remember It For You, Wholesale." by science fiction superstar Philip K Dick - who also gave us, Blade Runner, A Scanner Darkly and Minority Report (in fact the script for the film Minority Report started out as a sequel to Total Recall.)

The film should be remembered for its eye-popping special effects: a womans head opening to reveal Quaid hidden inside, the effects of the low pressure atmosphere on Quaid as he battles Cohaagen on the slopes of the red planet and of course *that* woman in the bar.

With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside, Rachel Ticotin... it's a cast to be proud of.

And it also gave us, in my opinion, one of the most under rated lines in film: 

Matt Kohr : Ctrl + Paint, Digital painting Simplified

This website provides digital tutorials to any one using Adobe Photoshop. The site, run by Matt Kohr and is updated with a new video weekly and has an impressive downloads section. The tutorials are easy to follow and cover advance techniques like the Automate function. To anyone using Adobe Photoshop these free online tutorials really are invaluable.


Digital Painting - Painting With Two Windows from matt kohr on Vimeo.


Photoshop Painting - Pen Tool Selection Pt. 1 from matt kohr on Vimeo.

To see the rest of the site check out Ctrl + Paint, Digital painting Simplified,also see Matt Kohr's concept art website www.mattkohr.com, or if you like go to see Matt Kohr's Vimeo Channel

To see some of Matts Concept Art hit the jump, Enjoy!

This post was researched by Nathan Jones

Anthony McCall - Light and Cloud

Apparently we're hosting the Olympics.  Not SHUB... no... the UK is.  Besides, the 200 metre rewire probably wouldn't go down very well.

Photo by Peter Macdiarmid from Zimbo.com

Every Olympics comes with what they call the 'Cultural Olympiad'. The four year long UK Olympiad is projected to be "largest cultural celebration in the history of the modern Olympic and Paralympic Movements."  During this time some stunning works of art, films, photography, music and outdoor events are planned.

One piece by the artist Anthony McCall (above) has caught my attention.

Film of the Week : The Thing

1982 saw one of the best sci-fi film remakes of all time John Carpenters "The Thing", staring Kurt Russell, Keith David and Wilford Brimly.



Featuring the brilliant special effects work of the late Stan Winston, and some amazing matte paintings from his studio. This film was a chilling and beautiful look into the creators minds. A story of mistrust and inquisition in Antarctica. Without films like this we would not have been able to experience things like the modern day cult remake classic Battlestar Gallactica. A fantastic piece of cinema and a Genre classic, Enjoy!

Interactive Music : Music Composed out of Dance and Movement : Palindrome

Palindrome are a group who use motion tracking and technology within performances, this technology triggers musical elements. Its a form of interactive, generative music.

You can fine their website at www.palindrome.de, I would link specific pages and videos, but its a website that uses frames so its a bit more complicated than that.

Their videos are well worth a look and they have explanations of the technology they use and how they use it.

If you have any interest in generative music or interactive music, then this website is a must to check out. It really helped me with my work in the final year of my degree.

Enjoy

Abe's Exoddus

Proof that a disability is not always a hinderence. This video shows gamer Terry Garrett playing GT Interactives Abe's Exodus using only sound as a tool for navigation.



The original game appeared on Playstation (One) and PC format and is a two and half d puzzle game. Exoddus is a sequel to the amazing Abe's Oddessy. True classics, both are now available from Steam.

"Limitless" Today : "Transformers 3" New Trailer

Two trailers for you today. We posted about limitless back in December this film has the potential to be great, and well you know our feeling on Transfomers 3 just being wicked, this trailer really is a lot of what we’ve seen before with maybe one new scene probably not as good a trailer as the super bowl spot, but none the less still something to look forward too. Limitless is out today, 23rd of March [or is already came out on the 8th in the USA], whilst Transfomers 3 is set to be released on the 1st of July for both the UK and USA. Just cant wait to see these two.

Going Postal : Fantasy Royal mail

This month the Royal mail have released a commemorative fantasy range of stamps to the UK public, There are 8 in total, read more on the Guardian website. Whilst Stamp collection is normal out as a hobby these stamps are truly ace. The Royal mail website states "Myths that arise from history, language and landscape have shaped our literary and artistic heritage, and popular culture. The stories chosen for this issue are the myths and legends of King Arthur, the Narnia stories of CS Lewis, JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series and the Discworld of Sir Terry Pratchett. " For more information on each individual character in this run of stamps, starting on the 8th of March visit the Royal mail website.

Pleasures of Paradox : Hirotoshi Itoh's Sculpture

Hirotoshi Itoh combines stone carvings and everyday objects to come to intriguing and interesting sculptural conclusions. Sometimes these conclusions may be a little dark or perhaps a fraction strange, but they always look incredible. Too few artists use traditional media in this day and age, although the few who do use these traditional media do inherit a certain amount or subjective value.

Regardless of analysis the works really speak for themselves in being remarkably beautiful as objects. Created with wit, often a precise and impressive amount of technical knowledge and skill.
Hats of to you Hirotoshi Itoh you have got our vote. too see more of Hirotoshi's work either catch the jump at the end of the post or jump to Hirotoshi's website, or his Flikr page.

DALeast's simple yet beautiful graphic style

" 'springboks' cape town-south africa 2011"

Du Yi more notably know as DALeast or DAL DALeast's simple yet beautiful graphic style is intoxicating. DAL seems to focus on almost a reduction of form just to allow a fantastic bit of imagery to come thorough.


" 'parking' cape town-south africa 2011"

DAL's website statement reads, "Du Yi landed on this planet in 1984 in China, he then decided to live as an artist in this life. He studied sculpture at the Institute of Fine Arts and began doing street art at 2004 under the alias DAL. He is inspired by the way the material world revolves, how the spiritual world unfolds, life’s emotions and the infinite space around us. He uses different mediums, methods, disciplines and spaces to create his works. " Too see more form this page click the link HERE


" 'full moon in woodstock' cape town-south africa 2011"

Overall DAL's work is exciting and a pleasure to see. His attention to detail combined with his understanding of form, structure and site allows the work to really stand out a the space.

Check out more works at DAL's website. Or for more images from DAL follow the jump, Enjoy!

Sibelius : Logic : Rewire : IAC : Linking All Music Software into a Musical Software Monster!

I know I am not exactly a really famous musician who is know for my flawless methodology, but I have recently come across away (which I have been looking for, for what seems like a million years)  in which to amalgamate, Sibelius and Logic together.

Why? How?... Follow the jump

Harps are cool!!

I have been doing this new film project, and for it I am writing a wee piece of harp music, well kind of any way.

So I started doing a bit of research, and we all know where research starts? Thats right, Youtube!

Its a bit far from the traditional Celtic harp stylings but i really like it.

Videos after jump!

Matthew Shlian's paper sculptures

"Warped Stellation"

Too continue a theme of artists who construct paper works, for your pleasure, Matthew Shlian.

Matt Shilan's statement initially reads "As a paper engineer my work is rooted in print media, book arts and commercial design. Beginning with an initial fold, a single action causes a transfer of energy to subsequent folds, which ultimately manifest in drawings and three dimensional forms. I use my engineering skills to create kinetic sculpture which have lead to collaborations with scientists at the University of Michigan. We work on the nanoscale, translating paper structures to micro origami. Our investigations extend to visualizing cellular division and solar cell development. Researchers see paper engineering as a metaphor for scientific principals; I see their inquiry as basis for artistic inspiration. In my studio I am a collaborator, explorer and inventor. I begin with a system of folding and at a particular moment the material takes over. Guided by wonder, my work is made because I cannot visualize its final
"Thesis"

realization; in this way I come to understanding through curiosity.". To continue reading nip onto his websites statement page, HERE. Or for that matter to visit his whole website visit www.mattshlian.com.

Matts works combine colours, composition and form together in a aesthetically wonderfully way. On his website he is selling the book which is advertised in this video below, whilst you may not buy one you should defiantly have a look at the one below as it is awesome.



If you like Matthew Shlian's work see some more work after the jump or check out his website www.mattshlian.com.

If you missed our other paper sculpture posts catch them here, Jen Stark and Richard Sweeney, Enjoy

Film of the Week : The Fifth Element

Sorry about last weeks Film of the Week life got a touch too busy just around the point of writing, and so at some point perhaps this week we shall try to bring you an extra one to make up for last week.

1997 saw the release of one of our eras best sci-fi films and the union of some fantastic actors too boot. Featuring performances from Bruce Willis [last seen in our Film of the Week : Die Hard], Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, Chris Tucker and Ian Holm [last seen in our Film of the Week : From Hell], The Fifth Element tells a tale of a cab driver in a dystopic future earth, who meets a girl. Really after that the story is of its own, fantastic in our opinion but you'd really need to see it for your self. This really is not an explanation of the film but rather a teaser. A notable reference artistically [concept art that is] is Moebius, or Luc Besson.

This film really, for it's genre is in a class of its own, endlessly entertaining, light hearted and stylish, Enjoy!

Crazy Body Kits

At SH we are big fans of crazy body kits and car design. Granted we don't do it ourselves but we can appreciate when someone has made an effort to soup up their Nova or Escort. Anyway here are a few of our favourite efforts from around the world.

Save Soho 16mm Film Lab

Please find an important message from some friends of SH. Whilst we are keen to show you new and brave technologies we are also fans of the old ways too. Please take the time to read the letter below and sign the petition.

Dear Friends of 16mm,

We have had an overwhelming response from people concerned about the
closure of Soho Film Lab's 16mm print service. To better co-ordinate the
response, we have set up an online petition aimed at persuading the
lab's new owners Deluxe to reverse the decision. Signing up the
petition is very quick and easy, you just need to go to
and click 'sign the petition' at the bottom - the process only takes
about 30 seconds.

Please also continue to circulate this to anyone else you think might be
interested. Many thanks for your amazing support, and apologies for
cross posting.

best wishes

Lucy Harris & David Leister

Click here to sign the petition

Threadless Tees : Nude No More

Ever had a really good idea for a T-Shirt. A slogan that just stick's in your head or an image that would just work. Threadless is an online voting and posting site for your designs, upload your concepts or rate other peoples. If you like the below image by Aled Lewis, The Horde check it out HERE


"Aled Lewis's : The Horde"

This model, this concept of a community based T-Shirt design business then take time to check out Threadless, Enjoy!

Firefox Sync may be the answer to your problems

Love Firefox, use more than one computer? This fantastic little Add-on lets you sync you Internet browsers across multiple computers. I for example have a dual boot desktop computer, [Windows & Ubuntu] and a laptop [Ubuntu] all sync'ed together, as Joanna Lumley would say "lovely".

The Add-on gives you a code and then all your browser history and favorites are stored in an online cloud and changes happen across all your computers when you alter a favourite. Even if you don't have more than one PC and are just formatting and reinstalling, this will backup all of your favorites and you will not need to put them all in a again, or export the master file [although this is always a good idea to keep backed up].

If your interested install Firefox syncFirefox sync and give it a go. The only piece of advice for you is when it says don't loose this code, write the code down.

Cracking bit of freeware and yet another reason why Firefox is quite so good. Hope its useful.

New Captain America Trailer

Captain America by Curryz

As we reported in the Transformers 3 post, in lu of the Super Bowl across the pond there has been a new Captain America Trailer released too the masses. Enjoy

"How to Build a Nuclear Submarine" is as close as we can get to Battlestar Galactica in 2011

"How to Build a Nuclear Submarine" is as close as we can get to Battlestar Galactica in 2011 last shown on the BBC One on the 2nd Aug 2010. This program is brilliantly informative and take you into the bowels of submarine design and construction. The program delves into the construction of the Astute class of submarines commissioned by the English Navy.

The documentary style of the program and the technology within it, also just the look of the sub, remind me of my favourite television program of the last few years, Battlestar Galactica. This is only made better by the fact that real life English people just are not as good as, Apollo and Baltar, they even have their own Admiral Adama, except just brilliantly British. A fantastic program all in all however I probably enjoy it for the wrong reasons on top of the intend information based entertainment. The first instalment of the program is below for the rest of the program, some more information about it

and some more photos catch the jump after the video, Enjoy!

David OReilly's animations

"Autoportrait"

David OReilly's animations are colourful and entertaining, however they do posses a slightly dark element. The animations feed from a mixture of global pop culture and perhaps David's own twisted sense of humour. These videos posses a slightly cynical out look by embracing some of the darker elements of this pop culture, quite similarly to the works of Chris Ware in "The Acme Novelty Library" Just as a fore warning some of the videos contain material some viewers may find offensive. To Check out more of the Video's from David OReilly either follow the jump or click the link to David's Vimeo page, or check out his personal website at www.davidoreilly.com.

This Video is named "The External World" my favourite moment in this one is at 2:25 Enjoy!



"The External World"

Art in Design

For those who are not familiar to HTML it is not normal for a page source to look like this:




The more HTML savvy might want to look at the source code of this page. It's the website of Fujinon Binoculars. What you'll see is bound to surprise and confuse you.

Shift 3 : Design your own levels and test your skills

If you remember our original Shift post from January 2011, Shift 1, this is a new and updated version which is much larger as a game and features a new level designer function. So you can challenge both yourself and anyone else who cares to try at the game of shift. The game is still immensely fun and a bit addictive, there are some new elements to the game, but on the whole it still functions in the same way its just a fraction larger.

Once again the game plays music so this is just a picture, to play and have a crack at designing you own levels hit the jump below.

SalubriousHUB vs facebook

If we said we had joined up with facebook in some kind of corporate union, we would be lying. Rather this is just another way you can join up to SalubriousHUB and talk and socialise with its other members or the SalubriousHUB team about anything you've found on the net or feel may be appropriate for a post on the HUB. If you find something worth posting about we will credit you.

Don't know if we will get a twitter or something like that as well yet but for the moment this is just another way you can interact with the HUB, Enjoy the Group and feel free to post.

Mathias Buttet's La Clé du Time : The Key of Time

Mathias Buttet's La Clé du Time or for the English The Key of Time is an absolutely wonderful looking time piece. Incredibly stylish in it's technological and futuristic design this Watch really does speak for itself.



To check out the Hublot website click the link HERE, or for more pictures of La Clé du Time follow the jump.

New Spotify Playlist : Film of the Week Soundtracks

Our new Spotify Playlist should collect all of the Film of the Week Soundtracks in one place for you to subscribe and listen to, this playlist will be regularly updated with each new Film of the Week post provided Spotify has the music. For more free playlists to subscribe to from SalubriousHUB visit the Downloads page.

To try out the new playlist click the link,
SH Film of the Week Soundtracks.

We should soon be bringing you a few more new playlists on top of this one and SH Electronica Playlist. If any of our readers have requests for either of these playlists or a playlist of your own drop a comment below and we will do our best to keep the music going for you. Or more importantly if you don't yet have Spotify and would like to try it out visit the download Spotify page to access a world of music for free.

Once again enjoy the music and thanks for listening.

Tom Bakke Rasmussen

In his own words the work of Tom Bakke Rasmussen: "Emerges at the intersection of a variety of approaches; the critical, the absurd, the analytical and the
poetic."

He works with a number of media including installation and performance. The piece above comes from a piece called The Information Bomb (2009).

At SH we are constantly searching for fresh and interesting artists to bring to your attention. The playful, chaotic anarchy of Rasmussen's work hopefully appeals to you as much as it does to us.