this Andy Warhol quote pretty much sums it all up:
WHEN PEOPLE ARE READY TO, THEY CHANGE.
THEY NEVER DO IT BEFORE THEN, AND SOMETIMES
THEY DIE BEFORE THEY GET AROUND TO IT.
YOU CAN'T MAKE THEM CHANGE IF THEY DON'T WANT TO,
JUST LIKE WHEN THEY DO WANT TO,
YOU CAN'T STOP THEM.
why not clue you in a bit on what i'm doing for a day job these days... i work with directors who also design & animate in highly creative & cost effective ways. the global economic downturn keeps spearheading positive change every day, and i'm excited to be part of it... i love working with talent that understands the establishment while operating in a manner that is innovative, current, pragmatic & unburdened...
the first clip is by Fede Alvarez who brings us this wicked Sci-Fi short about the inevitable day when the giant robots finally get tired of us sticking forks in our toasters and come to hand us all our asses. It’s called "Panic Attack" and yes, seeing 200 foot Iron Giants striding purposefully out of the fog to stomp pedestrians and hurl alien firepower at our vulnerable capitols is a pulse quickening experience:
Fede went to college in Amsterdam, directed a slew of cool commercials & returned to Montevideo (Uruguay) to direct, design & animate "Panic Attack," which hit youtube with a bang last week. Fede is with LA based Cortez Brothers for commercial work & just signed with CAA as well... his work reminds me a bit of Neil Blomkamp's (whose District 9 hit theaters earlier this year). i'd say Fede is to South Americans what Neil is to South Africans...
in Cannes, Doble Nelson won a Gold Lion for these:
this other Doble one cracks me up; i've lived like this:
here too, Doble Nelson has a heavy hand in the design & animation. Doble most recently worked with Crispin Porter & Bogusky on the west coast... again, i'll be happy to send you their reel...
you might already know about the full service production house Arsenal & the award winning promos Arsenal directed, shooting the live action & doing all the design & vfx in-house. here was the latest which until recently was airing on the tube & screening in theaters:
most recently, Arsenal's OneSize directed & designed the opening credits for the Playgrounds Festival... the film offers us a first-hand look at an action-packed playground battle in super slow motion:
: enough screeners for now!
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here are some more super lo-fi mobile phone pics i took on the fly last sunday night. as usual, i donned a pair of oversized Grey Ant wayfarers from Sirens & Sailors... the irresistible Rashida who hosted, spontaneously joined the Lady Tigra for a sexy little number, in front of hotter than ever Kelis . last time i bumped into Kelis was years ago at Hoy Como Ayer in Little Havana (Miami) where she jumped on the cramped stage to perform with the bar's drummers...
for pics of another party Rashida hosted, click HERE
10 years ago already, Kelis was Caught Out There:
when this chick turned around, i just had to shoot...
please be patient, i have 2 new playlists but they're both sooo long i'm gonna have to decide which tracks are best before posting.
click HERE for more recent pics...
back in Echo Park, Sirens & Sailors had a trunk show:
