PROGRAMMED2THRASH -- fweg0 CAPS

little video i edited for one of my side projects, programmed2thrash.

Formation (difference and repetition) I, 2011

Made using an Afghanistan-based video game, Baden Pailthorpe’s 'Formation' series, explores the aesthetics and dynamics of opposition. In the work, two opposing forces of US soldiers and Taliban combatants follow invisible waypoints side-by-side. Oblivious to each other’s presence thanks to a hacked game setting, the usual violence of this relationship is transformed into a poetic, uncanny rhythm that repeats and amplifies the avatars’ movement.

by Baden Pailthorpe

more here http://vimeo.com/user5157711

'True 3D' Display Using Laser Plasma Technology

help me obi wan kenobi, you're my only hope

aftermath: population zero

i haven't watched the whole thing yet but it looks like a lot of fun. i lovez the sci fi pseudo documentaries!

stoned ape theory -- duncan trussell

yay, short animation of terence mckenna's "stoned ape theory," from one of my favorite comedians, duncan trussell.

terry gilliam's do it yourself animation show

if you know lickingyourmindseye, you know i love art-education-do-it-yourself stuff. terry gilliam from monty python!!! has an animation show and this clip is all about cut out animation (yesss!!!) i love it because these lo fi animation techniques translate perfectly into doing gifs in photoshop.

drone II -- datdatdat

a moving collage by studio datdatdat...so pretty

the human animal - the human zoo

this is part three of a series called "the human animal." this episode called "the human zoo" follows the consequences of industrial and technological urbanization but us as humans still retaining tribal social notions. "The cameras of the Natural History Unit capture the subtleties of human hierarchy in an English pub, the urge to set up and defend territory in a Tokyo park, and tribal behaviour as displayed by gangs in Los Angeles." it's a super fun watch. you get to see people and different living conditions all across the globe from the comfort of your computer screen

let you go (official vid) -- marble players

this has to be the best music video i've seen all month. maybe i just love virtual reality/electronic avatars and house music. I LOVE FUNKY DEEP HOUSE! the feeling, the graphic and everything is just right! my anthem for this upcoming weekend for sure. enjoy!!!

directed by jerome potter (lolboys)http://www.hot-tropic.com

sure shot -- beastie boys sesame street edit

good sesame street edit of one of my favorite bboy jams of all time yo!

cigarette duo -- princess chelsea

came across this song today and i dig it. i was stoked to find out she's from new zealand too (not for any specific reason, i just always liked to imagine new zealand is like california but out in the middle of the ocean). its a really laid back, almost old fashiony duet. kinda loungy, reverb on the vocals. i guess she calls her style "dream pop?" if you've been listening to hard/fast stuff all day long and you want a change of pace and even want to undwind, take a gander at this.

imagining the tenth dimension

if you are like me, you've already seen "carl sagan explains the 4th dimension." i love that video, carl's like a mr. rogers of science. it's pretty chill and you can even watch it under the influence. so, in the pursuit of knowledge, here is the next step, which not only goes to the 5th dimension, but beyond that all the way to the tenth. depending on how your minds ability to cognize concepts, you might want to watch this sober, or w/ a boost. lol. either way, some minds are gonna implode!!!

the mindscape of alan moore

the writer/creator/shaman alan moore tells about his upbringing, social climate that inspired him to write watchmen and v for vendetta, thoughts on the future, and what it means to be an artist/shaman. hiiiiiiiiiiighly highly recommended especially you friends that enjoy terence mckenna.

everything is a remix pt.1

first episode of a 3 part series by kirby ferguson. its pretty fun and gives good insight to remixing as a type of art. i was writing a manifesto before correlating hip hop culture to collaging and cubism and i think this doc definitely picks up on the same ideas i was trying to put down. in this short 7 min episode he takes us through chic's legendary 'good times' bassline, some william burroghs, and goes through a couple of old blues songs that led zepplin ripped off. nice

Remixing is a folk art but the techniques involved — collecting material, combining it, transforming it — are the same ones used at any level of creation. You could even say that everything is a remix.

the history of hacking

great short doc put out by discovery channel awhile back. i'm not exactly sure how old it is but it does look a little dated but that just adds to the ambiance for me. i had no idea what phone phreaks where but now its all coming together... do you remember all that rollerblade phone stuff that was in the movie hackers with angelina jolie? soooooooo jokes!

it was never meant to be (ford & lopatin a.k.a. games remix) -- cfcf

synths and sportscars is a motif a lot of people are using nowadays. i've been wanting to do one since last year but wow i might have to give up cuz its going to be pretty hard to top this. originally unofficial but now semi-official music video by franck deron

apollo throwdown -- the go! team

fun video for a fun song

simulation theory and glitches

when i used to play "tokyo xtreme racer zero" (freeway racing video game), my ex gf would ask about the lives of the drivers in the civilian cars i was passing up (or crashing into). "i wonder where they are going and where they live. they must be driving to work or going to see their girlfriends in the middle of the night." i thought this was cute and even though there weren't actual drivers in the cars, there were little sims in there programed to drive like law abiding citizens to make the simulation i was playing seem more real.

that was almost 10 years ago. simulations are much more real now. enter simulated reality and sweedish transhumanist philosopher dr. nick bostrom.
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Dr. Bostrom assumes that technological advances could produce a computer with more processing power than all the brains in the world, and that advanced humans, or “posthumans,” could run “ancestor simulations” of their evolutionary history by creating virtual worlds inhabited by virtual people with fully developed virtual nervous systems.

Some computer experts have projected, based on trends in processing power, that we will have such a computer by the middle of this century, but it doesn’t matter for Dr. Bostrom’s argument whether it takes 50 years or 5 million years. If civilization survived long enough to reach that stage, and if the posthumans were to run lots of simulations for research purposes or entertainment, then the number of virtual ancestors they created would be vastly greater than the number of real ancestors. - NY Times
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dr. nick puts us at about a 20% chance that we're living in a simulation right now. other simulation philosophers now propose that the "creator/designer" not tending to the simulation could be the reason why everything bad is happening. it could even just be for entertainment, hurricanes, famine, glitches and all. that's kinda heavy... and then i entertain myself with my own simulation glitch.


it cracks me up because of the realistic commentary by joe rogan, mike goldberg and the crowd chanting, but man i'd probably flip my wig if this happened in "real" life

history of house music pt2

here's the second installment of 'the history of house.' this episode breaks down: the disco backlash of 79',the underground rise of frankie knuckles, where the term "house" comes from, the hotmix 5 and WBMX

war talk -- dominique young unique

oh man i like this song too much. dominique has some fast raps. yaaaa, so does rye rye, but rye rye doesn't rap over funky disco house beats!