Gian Pablo Villamil

A “homage” to Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey”, specifically the stargate sequence at the end.

I shot the footage in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and applied a slowly changing gradient map.

Cast: Gian Pablo Villamil

December 30th, 2008 | Tags: oneminuteperday | Category: Portfolio, Video | Leave a comment

Google Earth has just added a hugely detailed database of 3D buildings to a lot of cities, including New York. Careful examination suggests that they’ve used imagery from their Street View project to fill in a lot of the facades. However, at a broad scale, the results are impressive:

New York from Google Earth

And here is exactly the same view, from a photo taken by me:

New York as seen from 300 Mercer

A couple of years ago, a Playstation game was famous for its extremely accurate representations of Tokyo locations. This kind of information is quickly becoming a widely accessible, free resource. It is only a matter of time before the imagery improves in resolution, and is updated more quickly.

Incorporating imagery from something like Photosynth, from security cameras, or other sources will enable the creation of an utterly compelling alternative reality.

December 20th, 2008 | Category: Commentary, New York, Photos, Technology | Leave a comment

The “Bubble Years” in Tokyo led to an explosion of nightlife and partying, wilder than anything seen before. My friend Jude was there, taking pictures and being part of the scene.

Pics courtesy of, and copyright © Jude Brand

Animation in After Effects (that’s why it took me so long to update) and music via Cinescore.

Cast: Gian Pablo Villamil

December 19th, 2008 | Tags: oneminuteperday | Category: Portfolio, Video | Leave a comment

One more video in my ongoing series:

Check out the rest of the daily videos in my One Minute Per Day project.

December 16th, 2008 | Category: Art, New York, Video | Leave a comment