Cabinets & Pods

Make animations from stereoscope cards

Administrator — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:49:41 +0000

The New York Public Library website has an online program that lets you create animated GIFs from old Victorian and early 20th Century stereoscope cards. Try it here
Here are a couple of examples:

Festive foam near Blackpool

Administrator — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:45:56 +0000

It looks like snow, but is actually some sort of foam (probably decomposing algae) blowing in from the sea at Cleveleys near Blackpool.

Rocking around the Christmas Tree

Administrator — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:00:02 +0000

Put your face (and your friends faces) into a video of the song! link

Another excellent video projection

Administrator — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:18:36 +0000

Some very nice effects in projections on a building in Berlin (promoting a new LG phone).

Time of Rats

Administrator — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 06:50:30 +0000

One of the mechanical sculptures at the Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre in Glasgow. link

Video projection on building

Administrator — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 14:46:33 +0000

We’ve posted other examples of this effect before, but in this installation the audience can control the projection using a microphone.

PERSPECTIVE LYRIQUE from 1024 on Vimeo.

Ray Harryhausen animations

Administrator — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 14:40:57 +0000

A compilation of every creature animated by Ray Harryhausen in feature films (in chronological order).

Buckets & Pulleys

Administrator — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 14:38:50 +0000

The Fabrica art gallery near our school has a new installation by Stephane Cauchy called ‘Cascade’. Buckets connected by pulleys rise and fall as they are filled with water and then empty. link

Floating Micro-Origami

Administrator — Fri, 20 May 2011 16:32:52 +0000

Tiny origami creations (2-3 cms across) opening slowly on the surface of water (due to capillary action).

Flottille (detail) from Etienne Cliquet on Vimeo.