Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Red Alert 3: Trailer & Teaser
After the events of Red Alert 2 the leadership of the doomed Soviet Union devises a plan to travel back in time and assassinate Albert Einstein (whose own time travels led to the events of the previous two games) in order to change history and restore the Soviet Union as a world power. However, during the mission, something goes quickly and horribly wrong and an alternate timeline is inadvertently created, which alters the technological evolution and creates a new, technologically advanced superpower in the East, known as the Empire of the Rising Sun. And thus, World War III breaks out among the Soviets, the Allies and the Empire and is fought with exotic weaponry such as "Tesla coils, heavily armed War Blimps, teleportation, armored bears, intelligent dolphins, floating island fortresses, and transforming tanks".
In the Red Alert games, it is asserted that Adolf Hitler was prevented from rising to power, which prevented Nazi Germany from forming and prevented World War II as we know from taking place (Joseph Stalin is the main aggressor against Europe in that timeline).
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Friday, July 11, 2008
Artists Grow Photos For Wimbledon
For this years Wimbledon Tennis Championship, HSBC commissioned artists Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey to create a series of large photographs using one of their favorite mediums, grass. The pair started by photographing three people prior to the event; Tara Moore who competed in the qualifying tournament, Eddie Seaward the 15 year veteran groundsman at Wimbledon, and Coach Lizzie May who guides the Wimbledon Junior Tennis Initiative.
Back in the studio the artists develop the photos in a very similar way to printing in a darkroom. Large panels are seeded with grass and the images are projected on to them as negatives. The areas that get more light allow the grass to produce more chlorophyll and darken. It took about a week for projecting the image for 12 hours a day to complete the Wimbledon work.
The pair actually discovered this technique by accident. A few years back they were installing an indoor wall of grass in a gallery and left a ladder leaning against it. When they later moved it, a faint outline of the ladder appeared. The artists then began to experiment with projecting images onto grass with a slide projector. Once the panels are exposed to sunlight or bring interior lights thought they begin to fade. They have developed light control techniques to lengthen the effect in gallery spaces.
[via creative review via marktd]
Footballer Makes Impossible Shot for Nike
Directed by Acne and produced by Film Naster. In the video World Cup Italian national team footballer sets up the impossible shot and, with a bit of fancy footwork and intelligent use of physics, makes the shot.
No heavy branding, Just an entertaining shot for those who love the game.