2009 January « Gian Pablo Villamil

Blue Roundels

More abstraction, this time working a bit more with elements of randomness.

(Done in After Effects, but this is really a job for Processing…)

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Who is this robot?

I saw this robot embedded in the pavement, on 4th Street in Greenwich Village. I’ve also seen one like it on Lafayette, near Astor Place, and other places. What is his story?

(Posted from my iPhone, using the snazzy free WordPress for iPhone app.)

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My favorite camera is a toy camera

Takayuki Fukatsu’s Toy Camera is my favorite camera now.

The randomly applied effects make you look at your photography in a new way – it’s really uncanny.

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Pigeons making site-specific art

At the De Young museum in San Francisco, I saw these two pigeons making a nest. The male would go off, painstakingly search for a leaf, and then tuck it under his partner. Clearly they’d been at it for a while, and had made a nice little nest, visually […]

Making iPhone ringtones with free software

One of the many appealing features of Apple’s iPhone is the ability to make custom ringtones. However, as with most things Apple, there is a an official (and limited) way of doing things, and an unofficial (and much more fun) way of doing things. Those who use sites like KubaDownload will know all about the […]

Color Bubbles

Back to abstraction – I am playing with subtle changes in timing, and a very limited repertoire of shapes and colors.

Cast: Gian Pablo Villamil

Tags: art, abstract and colors

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Hot Numbers

A montage of the tiny “bodywork” ads from the back of the Village Voice. I’ve wanted to highlight the unreality of the images shown, the low print resolution, and ultimately, the relentlessness of the business behind it.

(And no, I don’t condone the exploitation that underlies a lot of these business – think of this project as a way of drawing attention to it.)

Cast: Gian Pablo Villamil

Tags: art and montage

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