Mashup Culture

Interesting competition: Liberated Pixel Cup is a two-part competition: make a bunch of awesome free culture licensed artwork, and program a bunch of free software games that use it. 

Josephine--this is absolutely phenomenal. The background sounds are very much like grains of sand dripping onto a floor and crackling, shifting--giving an overall impression of a 'sand dancer' that can dance--or just as easily be blown away. I get an impression of both fluidity and fragility. I'm also reminded of the powerful, anthropomorphic sand-spirit that appeared in "The Mummy"; Do you know if they were similarly produced? Thanks for sharing!

@Rebecca - I know, it's hauntingly gorgeous, right? The sand-spirit animation in The Mummy was produced using motion capture as well, but I think with more 'traditional' methods of motion capture, i.e., using reflective balls and/or other reflective gear that is placed on the body that enables motion tracking (like this: http://flic.kr/p/8MJyW ). The actor Arnold Vosloos, who plays the mummy, said, "They had to put these little red tracking lights all over my face so they could map in the special effects." (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mummy_(1999_film)#Special_effects) - A major difference between this method & the technique used to create the sand dancer mentioned in the article, is that the sand dancer was created using the Kinect, which doesn't need gear to be placed on the body in order to achieve motion tracking. Basically, the Kinect was a huge step in consumer versions of motion sensing because it enabled the user to move around and capture movement in 3D without an extra interface (no reflective balls or lights needed -- the body becomes the interface).

Poor Shepard! More power to him!

Nice!

Oh! Just now seeing this, I love it!

How fantastic is this!!

great repository of data visualizations and mashups

Wow, I probably would have answered like the first two, but seeing what infographicworld.com has produced I can see the value of having an image go viral.

Turn your videos into ascii characters. Like ths: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDJgpKvpCZQ&NR=1&feature=fvwp

great find, thanks

more data mashups!

Datamoshing! You know how videos can screw up and it looks like the last image of the old frame is moving like the new clip? No? Watch and you'll understand. This is how you do it on purpose. Just goes to show that any glitch or artifact can be harnessed for good somehow.

Awesome music video by Arcade Fire! It uses google maps and multiple windows to create a personalized, multilayered piece. Don't worry, you can put your address in without negative consequences.

interactive mashup you tube video game. Kinda bomb.

I love the idea that these types of videos another level interaction on youtube.

This is great. I've seen this sort of thing all over the internet: people taking what was supposed to be a more or less passive watching device and making it interactive. I feel like this imperative to get people involved is what's going to be driving new developments in web technology.

free online dj mashup program. Open Sourced. Bad ass.

It truly is great!

can't wait to try it!

Search for a query and it'll show the list of YouTube videos on the left and a map on the right with markers that pop up the corresponding geo-tagged videos. Features * Watch YouTube videos on Google Maps. * Shows geo-tagged videos.

Looking forward to seeing how this film develops, will certainly be keeping an eye on this. Thanks Josephine!

Photos taken with a flatbed scanner attached to a camera. It has directions for DIY under another section!

Mashup of contemporary music and dance scenes from old movies. When I saw this installed in a big warehouse show, the audoi could be heard through the whole building. The video was projected in a booth with satin curtains and a backlit poster outside.

The internet has intensified connections between people across the planet. In this episode we take a look at the impact of this new interconnectivity on the art world.