I really dig the cultural/context hacking projects that monochrom do. In the above video you can see Johannes Grenzfurthner, one of monocrhom’s founding members, TED talk about experiments with subversion. In this video he tells the story about an Austrian artist named Georg Paul Thomann… who didn’t actually exist.
Posts from ‘December, 2010’
Learning to love Instagram more
When I first heard about Instagram, the popular photo sharing app for the iPhone, I immediately wrote it off as redundant tech. “Why would I want an app that is part Flickr, part Twitter, part 4square and part Hipstamatic?” I wondered, “I already have all of those things!”. When I finally tried the app however, [...]
The Big Lebowski Movers
Last week I wrote about a wonderful event called Lost Horizon Night Market. One of the projects I mentioned was The Big Lebowski movers, a 40 foot semi truck that had been converted into a makeshift bowling alley. Since then, I found some video I took inside the truck. I’ve posted an animated gif of [...]
Pee Boy!
I got this cool little toy from DQ Tea House in San Mateo. When you pour hot water on him, he pees!
Short Stories, a new series from Showtime
The folks at Showtime have recently commissioned short videos from well known internet animators, including Don Hertzfeldt and Pez! The series, aptly titled Short Stories, is available for online viewing here. These are some of my favorites:
