Thank the Lord for garden-shed inventors. I invite you to watch this video of the splendidly named "Oomphalapompatronium". It is impossible to watch this without smiling.
Showing posts with label performance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label performance. Show all posts
23/06/2011
22/06/2011
Automata Pistols - Birds in Disguise
We like surprises... and we like very clever bits of engineering. Here is something that combines both!
The auction house Christies has recently sold a pair of early 19th Century Pistols for five and a half million dollars.
On the outside the craftmanship is exquistie with detials picked out in gold, enamel, agate, pearl and diamond. But for SHUB the real beauty is inside.
Watch this:
These are the only complete pair of these pistols in the world - and there are only six pistols still known to exist. We want them.
The auction house Christies has recently sold a pair of early 19th Century Pistols for five and a half million dollars.
On the outside the craftmanship is exquistie with detials picked out in gold, enamel, agate, pearl and diamond. But for SHUB the real beauty is inside.
Watch this:
These are the only complete pair of these pistols in the world - and there are only six pistols still known to exist. We want them.
21/06/2011
BasementArtsProject, Leeds
A word about a venture that has been running in Beeston, Leeds for a couple of months now. The events that have taken place so far include the creation of the longest hand painted film in Britain with Unravel and a performance by Kimbal Quist Bumstead.
Click here to see what else has been happening and what is coming up over the next few months.
06/05/2011
Musical Structures and Animusic
For quite a while now I have been wanting to build musical instruments, but not your standard instruments. I took great inspiration from the following clips (there are many more but these are my favourites). Obviously not wanting to copy these ideas but the concept of a musical instrument actually being able to play its self seemed unimaginable, impossible... so i have to try it at some point!!!
Me an Matthew Merrick have talked about collaborating on this in passing, but its more of an issue of time and money so nothing has currently come to fruition. But seems some body else has beaten my to a similar idea.
These are magnificent structures built to play music. They are amazing in the way they look and i am sure in the way they sound (unfortunately all videos have been made private so i can not say for certain)
Me an Matthew Merrick have talked about collaborating on this in passing, but its more of an issue of time and money so nothing has currently come to fruition. But seems some body else has beaten my to a similar idea.
These are magnificent structures built to play music. They are amazing in the way they look and i am sure in the way they sound (unfortunately all videos have been made private so i can not say for certain)
02/04/2011
Card Board Wars
This is a video I was alerted to by Juneau Projects recently that I think appeals to a darker side of many people.
Juneau Projects have been working on their own variation of this which can be viewed at:
Juneau Projects
Juneau Projects have been working on their own variation of this which can be viewed at:
Juneau Projects
25/03/2011
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
02/03/2011
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.
07/02/2011
The ECHO Arena to host Batman live World tour
The UK's Birmingham ECHO Arena is to host a showing of the Batman live World tour [the website link is here The Birmingham ECHO Arena].
That's right Batman is to take to stages in the UK. Birmingham, Newcastle, London, Glasgow, Sheffield, Nottingham, Dublin and Belfast will all see the show, so if your lucky enough to be in one of these cites you stand a chance of going to see Batman live, or visit the website
The Batman Live show.
Some of the concept art is below, enjoy.
This post was researched by Nathan Jones
01/02/2011
Animatronic Iron Man Costume
Recently there was a post on SalubriousHUB abut making your own Predator costume. However in researching that particular post this guy was found, sorry about all the music on the videos he really dig's it not really sure if it fits?
Whilst he maybe really dig Iorn Man, perhaps a little too much, this guy has tried extremely hard on this costume. Too see the full painted suit or his next fantastic contraption, WAR MACHINE!!! By the way the last video after the jump could be construed as comedy brilliance, if you leave the sound on for any of these make it the last one.
21/01/2011
The Evolution of Daft Punk
French House has never sounded so good. Daft Punk are legendary with electronic music of our era now other band have achieved the notoriety and shear fan base of Daft Punk. Given their recent appearance in Tron Legacy (Click HERE to see Tron Legacy), they defiantly, as ever need some recognition.
Lately this brief rundown of the evolution of Daft Punk's Helmets has been spread wide and well across the web, enjoy and catch a tune of too after the jump.
01/01/2011
Happy 11th Birthday Longplayer
For my first post on this here HUB, I would like to wish a happy 11th birthday to Jem Fimer's Longplayer.
Jem Fimer, the banjo player and one of the founding members of the Pogues (very famous this time of year for that song - Fairy Tale of New York) went on to writing a piece of generative music called Longplayer. It was started on the strike of midnight the 1st of January 2000 and the piece was written in such a way that it will play, with out repetition, for 1000 years!!
Using similar techniques as Brian Eno on his album Music For Airports, Jem has recorded lots of loops of different lengths, and they will not come back in to sync with each other till the year 3000. Unlike Brian Eno who used long tape loops cut to precise lengths, Jem used computers - lets hope if doesn't crash.
For more information check out its website here.
And make sure you have a listen in by clicking here.
Jem Fimer, the banjo player and one of the founding members of the Pogues (very famous this time of year for that song - Fairy Tale of New York) went on to writing a piece of generative music called Longplayer. It was started on the strike of midnight the 1st of January 2000 and the piece was written in such a way that it will play, with out repetition, for 1000 years!!
Using similar techniques as Brian Eno on his album Music For Airports, Jem has recorded lots of loops of different lengths, and they will not come back in to sync with each other till the year 3000. Unlike Brian Eno who used long tape loops cut to precise lengths, Jem used computers - lets hope if doesn't crash.
For more information check out its website here.
And make sure you have a listen in by clicking here.
09/12/2010
Francis Alys, Railings
A really enjoyable video by the artist Francis Alys. Alys recently had an amazing retrospective at Tate Modern, London.
With thanks to Francis Alys, video sourced from Youtube.
With thanks to Francis Alys, video sourced from Youtube.
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