Monthly Archives: March 2006

another rb idea: compose shots for the trees, rocks, etc. nature they contain while ignoring all of the man-made structures. it might entail chopping buildings in half, etc. what if: you did a voiceover talking about the plants animals that are being obscured by structures it touches on that bad feeling I get whenever I [...]

teach a mockingbird to sing madonna’s latest hit have the mockingbird court other birds, spreading the song contact the riaa regarding violation of copyright collect variations on the theme which appear to be more attractive to mates extra credit: repeat with fireflies and a disney movie

shake a container full of aggregate of different size and the largest pieces will come to the top (try it out on a bag of trail mix). Now, pour some of those big chunks into a bowl full of grapenuts and cream. Smooth your spoon around on the surface and voila–the smallest particles (and cream) [...]

rb had an idea for filming. make a portrait of each other’s cities or neighborhoods. like this: portraits of places, or people, or times past that each constitute a specific way of seeing that does not pretend to be impartial or objective. Many of his films are purely subjective because they posit a unique way [...]

We were reading the copy written about the cookies I had brought to dinner, and it made it sound even more delicious than the cookies actually were. Then we started wondering where the copy was written, under shat conditions. RIght before lunch of course. We imagined workers starved to produce more delicious copy. Tales of [...]

dogwhistles don’t survive rendering into CDs and MP3s because psycho-acousticians have determined that we cannot perceive this sound. but even though we may not be able to hear a dog whistle we can detect something, perhaps through undertones or the yelps of nearby dogs. try it out, do a before and after, show the dog [...]

try this: affix a series of small video screens to the inside of a vertically-slitted wheel sequence the video on these screens one frame at a time spin & enjoy!

what is this image, what does it signify? what happens when it’s compromised or retouched? does its authenticity or fidelity really matter? do you care? google grants us a new kind of indexing. It is possible using tools such as google maps to find images based on index terms. Note how the image has a [...]