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A great talk from the fantastic 99% conference, that perfectly suits some of the current endeavours I’m involved with (more info to come). “How can personal projects feed our professional development? Ji Lee changed his career trajectory with 30,000 stickers and a guerrilla art approach.” More info regarding Ji available here.
The Unfinished Swan is a first-person painting game set in an entirely white world. Players can splatter paint to help them find their way through an unusual obstacle course. It could be described as puzzle meets art. It’s nice to see originality in a market that is continually becoming saturated with repetitive content. The game is still in development and no release plans have been announced. XLR8R has been pumping out some decent content for a while now. One of the things I believe they excel in is showcasing upcoming electronic and hip-hop talent. In many cases, the acts they feature tend to be just about ready to blow up and reach mass audiences. Proof: check out 2008’s featured artists and compare it to this year’s line up at SXSW. They have put together a new magazine called vis-ed which is a mash up of everything from graffiti, photography, industrial and graphic design. It’s quality, and completely FREE. Vol.1 here via Vis-ed.
Also worth mentioning is that this is Scion sponsored, which seems to be a company really getting its hands into music and the arts. Its a marketing/image thing, but I’m down for corporate sponsorship as long as it helps keep creative juices flowing (and free). If you’re ever in the |
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