Apr

16

Excerpts of Circles

April 16, 2008 | 3 Comments

I had the pleasure to meet Nicolas Longuechaud in Paris last year, and was blown away by his skill and creativity with hoop isolations. The video Extraits de Cercles (which I believe translates as Excerpts of Circles, please correct me if you know otherwise) is a nice collection of musings and research. It’s fairly long, but filled with all sorts of visual tastiness. If you are not in the mood for watching the whole thing, I’d still recommend letting it preload so you can have glance through. Brilliant stuff :)


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Feb

23

RoMaRo

February 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment

(Ro)b + (Ma)elle + (Ro)nan + Camera = RoMaRo = really really good poi video.

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Ronan, you are a madman.  Loving the contact poi!


Feb

13

Old Time Circus in New Time Files

February 13, 2008 | 1 Comment

When I’m performing as a visualist one of the genres that I sometimes like to use is vintage circus.   There always seems  to be a lot of people that come and ask where one can find the old stuff, and even people that are not particularly circus orientated seem to find it fascinating.  So here are some links to some fine digital incarnations of the circus of yesteryear…

First stop would be to swing by Juggling TV where they have a very good Historical section.  A few of the other places where I used to get clips from are now kind of obsolete as you can find them all here and more.  Too much stuff to poke a stick at, but a top pick would be to check out Francis Brunn if you haven’t seen him before.

Archive.org is a pretty amazing source of culture from times gone by.  Some good old dance clips to be found here, and a search with ‘circus’ and ‘newsreel’ brought up this slightly disturbing gem filed under the categories of Motherhood and Surrealism.

The US Library of Congress has some very old archived moving pictures.  There are quite a few historical collections and subcollections there to check out.  The American Variety Stage is a bullseye for circus fans.
 The LoC site explains:

The American Variety Stage is a multimedia anthology selected from various Library of Congress holdings. This collection illustrates the vibrant and diverse forms of popular entertainment, especially vaudeville, that thrived from 1870-1920.

Deeper link to the  List of films from the collection. Most of these are over 100 years old. Enjoy!


Nov

27

New Mr Om Video

November 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment

My favorite contact juggler, the legendary Mr Om, has a new promo video! Both the juggling and the production values are top notch.


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Mr Om performs with AYA Company. You can find another nice video and some beautiful photos on the site.


Nov

25

Theo Jansen

November 25, 2007 | 2 Comments

Kinetic wind powered sculpture crafted with the assistance of evolutionary algorithms, trial and error, and low-cost, low-tech materials…


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Here is an article in Wired if you would like to know more about Theo and his creations.


Oct

4

Graffiti meets Glowsticking meets VJing

October 4, 2007 | 3 Comments

Taking long exposure to some very creative places…

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By Germen based crew Lichtfaktor .

While we’re on the topic of techno graffiti, really must mention Projection Bombing. Feel like redecorating your city? Here’s a step by step guide.