BANKSY - LA hit, but will he win an Oscar?

Banksy is up for an Oscar this year for his documentary 'Exit Through The Gift Shop' and for the last couple of

weeks new street art pieces have been popping up all over LA. There is much speculation about his appearance to

the event on Sunday. I think he won't turn up, will he do a stunt if he wins, hopefully. Will he win? Probably not...

I hope so but I think it will go to this film below. Anyway the Banksy documentary is great, even if it is mockumentary.

The Life in a Day - Touchscreen Gallery

If you missed the amazing documentary 'The Life in a Day' you may be able to find it somewhere online.
It's well worth a watch from a filmmaking point of view, with honest and humanistic insight into the world we live in.

Ridley Scott is behind it and to cut a long story short, it's 80,000 clips (45000 hours) of footage cut into a 90-minute

fly on the wall documentary (shot by the people) about everyday people and their life. The best bits make it into the

movie. You can hear Ridley speak about the project in the clip at the bottom of this post.

From a digital data, information tech point of view, I think what these guys have done below is very cool!

Pink Ponies - A Case Study

Fully integrated campaign ;-)

John Cleese - Creativity!!!

Disruptive funny man and original innovative thinker, John Cleese shares his thoughts and processes on creativity ;-)

Mulberry - Love Blossoms (Valentines Card)

There are plenty of cheesy online digital cards to send to your loved one today, but probably none as
lovely as these specially animated ones created by Daniel Brown for leather heritage brand Mulberry.

WARNING, they might expect a bag as well, and take this digital card as some type of clue.
Which would be a great clue if you do have a bag, online / offline integration ;-)

More info about Daniel Brown can be found on SHOWSTUDIO here...

Use the app to send some flowers here...
xxx

The Most Expensive Indian Film Ever!

What it lacks in story it seems to make up for in comedy action. Has anyone seen this film?

The Future of Art - an immediated autodocumentary

The Future of Art from KS12 on Vimeo.

Art is often a reaction to the world we live in and as the world around us is shifting, not just in terms of technology
but also within behaviour, it's really exciting to see how the art world is embracing and experimenting within it.
Not that artists are new to embracing technology, but there are much more possibilities opening up. It's interesting to
see how these individual perceptions and technologies are illustrated and explored within the art world.
Art often influences the advertising world (amongst other fields) due to style, original techniques and thinking,
I look forward to seeing more artistic reactions to the behavioral shifts to the world we are currently moving more into.
On the other hand, I like my classics so I imagine that original thinking and simplicity will be most influential to me.
One of the best things about art is that it's open to interpretation.

This is a great little documentary that doesn't try to answer all the questions, but rather bring them to the table.
A lot of great and influential speakers/artists in there as well ;-)
I'm not sure if I totally agree with Aaron Koblin and his opening line about time, maybe he has more time than most?

Back to blog...

Well it's been sometime since my last blog post! After a lovely extended Xmas and New Year holiday in Morocco...
we're well into 2011 now, it's almost like there wasn't any holiday or even a 2010. Where does the time go?
But being busy is a good thing ;-)

Thanks to all my readers/viewers in the world. The most interesting thing I've found is that I now have more
visitors from Australia, jumping up to number 2, below the US but just ahead of Sweden and the UK. Thanks Oz!

During my time away from blogging I've immersed myself in a lot of reading, 2010 in reflection and all the
fantastic predictions for 2011 and beyond. In January social media was ablaze with brands, forums and individuals
sharing and blogging like crazy. I decided to take the opposite approach and let everyone try and shout over each other...
opting to look for my own 2011, based on where we've been, 2010, industry innovations, social and people shifts... etc.

Mico-blogging has also sucked me in more, my iPad makes it a much easier way to view content faster and keep
informed, since July last year my UX with the device has shifted (tablets will change behavior a lot, but in time)
but my Read It Later apps have come more into play, resulting in a good way to store links but making it harder
to finish longer articles :-( I hope to reverse this habit this year, somehow.

2011
Apart from reading up on many different subjects lately, I've been rather busy with work projects and private
projects, some of which I will showcase here in the next few months.
And, as well as focusing on all the new creative inspiration and innovation stuff (as usual), I'll also be revisiting
and clearing out my blog folder (the vast collection of planned but never realized links) from over the years, to then
post the most creative, interesting and still valid things.
If time is on my side, or even not, I will endeavor to post more, realising the personal value of a blog again...
remembering why I originally started to blog, with or without visitors.

Anyway enough about me, check out this cool vid from London NYE...



When I first saw this after the holidays, my first impressions were...

1) Wow! Amazing! I miss London (well sometimes maybe)
2) WTF, 10 minutes of fireworks! Why didn't they give the money to charity or something/someone in more need?
3) Well, London and the UK are in need. After the hard y€ar or so, everyone can do with cheering up right?
Plus, this works as a great PR tool for the city of London, keeping it on the world map. The 2012 Olympics are just
round the corner, London needs those tourists!

Have a great 2011, more posts coming, speak soon ;-)