closing off submissions!
gosh time flies. we will be closing off film submissions to the stray cinema website on the 21st of june! so just a few more weeks to make your final edit.
of course we will repeat this process again with footage from a new country, the new footage will be made available on the night of the london screening event (21st august).
i'm sick with the flu this week, so sorry if my blogs aren't as up to date as they usually are.
finally, look out for a stray cinema vlog later this week - when i can talk without sounding too nasally - featuring special guest (and my good friend and flatmate) tania nolan.
the artist 2.0
By michelle, 2 years, 10 months ago - No Comments
im always interested in stories where art meets the internet.
i just read an interesting article called sex, drugs and updating your blog, which focuses on singer songwriter jonathan coulten, and his rise to fame via the internet.
the nyt article itself makes some interesting observations about the changing approach of the artist and the art itself:
"Will the Internet change the type of person who becomes a musician or writer? It’s possible to see these online trends as Darwinian pressures that will inevitably produce a new breed — call it an Artist 2.0 — and mark the end of the artist as a sensitive, bohemian soul who shuns the spotlight.
For many of these ultraconnected artists, it seems the nature of creativity itself is changing. It is no longer a solitary act: their audiences are peering over their shoulders as they work, offering pointed comments and suggestions."
there is a response to that article from jonathan coulten himself which is also worth reading...if you have the time. as it states up top, the post is rather long. anyway, i like the last paragraph:
"if art has an audience, and if that art is allowed to go wherever it wants to, it will eventually find its way to where it’s supposed to be. That’s the theory anyway, and I think it will only become more true as the world gets smaller and we all get more and more connected."
pop culture mash-up
By michelle, 2 years, 10 months ago - No Comments
there's a bit of sickening nostalgia for everyone in this cool new justice video clip...
powerful ideas
By michelle, 2 years, 10 months ago - No Comments
TED believes that there is no greater force for changing the world than a powerful idea. Consider:
An idea can be created out of nothing except an inspired imagination.
An idea weighs nothing.
It can be transferred across the world at the speed of light for virtually zero cost.
And yet an idea, when received by a prepared mind, can have extraordinary impact.
It can reshape that mind's view of the world.
It can dramatically alter the behavior of the mind's owner.
It can cause the mind to pass on the idea to others.
music method
By michelle, 2 years, 10 months ago - No Comments
hehe, i love this idea.
music method is software that creates music, allowing you to 'sit' for a musical portrait just as if you were being painted. the software 'paints' your music.
this online software, backed by frontman of the rock group "the who" pete townshend, requires 4 pieces of information from you: a sample of your voice, a picture (not necessarily of you), a recording of a sound, and a recording of a rhythm.
i can't try it right now because i'm not infront of my usual computer. as gimicky as it may be, im definately going to give it a go, i love the idea of having my own original theme song.
perhaps you can have one made for your stray cinema film submission, after all the picture you submit doesn't have to be your own...
By michelle, 2 years, 9 months ago - No Comments