Hypercubist Manifesto – Pecha Kucha Berlin, 31 August 2010

Volumetrically Enhanced Dance Performance from United Visual Artists

This subtle and elegant dance performance from United Visual Artists uses some type of volumetric recording technique to generate a real-time object-oriented video backdrop. It's not surprising that the data points are being displayed in a similar aesthetic to the House of Cards video which I love talking about so much; photo-realistic data sets would be a burdensome load for a real-time or even non-real-time process.

Anyone have a prediction on how soon we'll see photo-realistic real-time volumetrics? Let's start a wager! ;)

Thanks to my friend and colleague Carsten Goertz for the link to the video!

A Rubric for Open Source Cinema (beta)

I am very excited to publish my very first videoblog entry to Quantum Cinema in which I give my candid reactions to RiP: a remix manifesto as well as the website Open Source Cinema. Sorry in advance for the somewhat noisy audio; next time I'll see to it that the audio is better quality.

A Rubric for Open Source Cinema (beta)

1. Identification of Objects in the Frame
2. Universal Editing Timeline Metadata
   
3. Timecoded Text Transcription
   

Sample-Based vs. Hypercubist Audiovisual Culture

Eclectic Method remix the Colbert Report:



Memo Akten performs mathematical transformations on Radiohead's data:



Ian Mackinnon interprets Radiohead's data with Lego stop-motion:



As we can see, Radiohead's data is a far more transformable medium than the clip from the Colbert Report. Hypercubist aesthetics are characterized by this fluidity.

PS: I have setup the domain www.hypercubist.com to redirect to Quantum Cinema so if you feel like sharing the blog with your friends, now you can remember the URL just a little bit easier ;)