Monday, January 21, 2008

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

John Whitney

Arabesque (1975)



John Whitney is considered by many to be the "Father of Computer Graphics". He started in the 1940s building clockwork mechanisms with lights to draw directly on film. Later, he bought WW2 surplus analog ballistics computers and eventually started using digital computers.


"Catalog" 1961



John Whitney's demo reel of work created with his analog computer/film camera magic machine he built from a WWII anti-aircraft gun sight. Also Whitney and the techniques he developed with this machine were what inspired Douglas Trumbull (special fx wizard) to use the slit scan technique on 2001: A Space Odyssey

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

The Future (1970)

Space Colony Art from the 1970s

A couple of space colony summer studies were conducted at NASA Ames in the 1970s. Colonies housing about 10,000 people were designed. A number of artistic renderings of the concepts were made.









Monday, December 17, 2007

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media

The classic Canadian documentary Manufacturing Consent based on the Noam Chomsky/Edward Herman book by the same name. Explores the the propaganda model of the media.

Charlie Brookers Screenwipe

Probably the best thing on TV this year...

Part 1



Part 2



Part 3