16.7.10
23.6.10
Will localisation define the future?
http://www.bigpicture.tv/videos/watch/d947bf06a
Cheap fossil fuels have facilitated longer trade routes, thereby making global trade possible. Oil depletion and climate change are now requiring of us to reduce fossil fuel dependence and shorten supply lines. This has profound implications – indeed Bill McKibben believes it is in our best interests to move proactively towards stronger, more self-sufficient local communities before our hand is forced. He suggests that US individualism has gone too far and a greater sense of community should be encouraged.
20.6.10
UDK - 50,000 barrels mass physics
Mass physics demonstration I rendered in the UDK, simulating 25,000 barrels stacked around a pillar 15,000 feet high, and then group by group falling to the ground.
I accomplished this by using the UDK to construct the setup and then running the benchmark shortcut command to render the scene.
16.6.10
15.6.10
Consciousness is the key
Postmodern Times is a new series of short animated films presenting “ideas about global consciousness and techniques for social and ecological transformation.” The first episode, “Toward 2012,” introduces the project, explaining concepts from Daniel Pinchbeck’s book, 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, in the author’s own voice. It’s an unlikely visual delight, combining motion graphics with performance capture and live-action in an inventive graphic package.
Future segments will focus on shamanism, sustainability, alternative energy systems, the Mayan Calendar, quantum physics and synchronicity and human sexuality, and a host of other subjects. The director of the series is Joao Amorim, who works out of Curious Pictures in NYC. The Postmodern series is developed by Amorim, Daniel Pinchbeck, Nikos Katsaounis and Fellipe Barbosa.
