Radar Music Videos

05.11.09
radarmusicvideos.com An inspired idea from founder Caroline Bottomley saw a music festival transform into an online network – what better way to see the work of up and coming music video directors without leaving the comfort of your own home? Simply put, Radar Music Videos is a space not only to showcase work, but also for record labels and bands to advertise their music video briefs ...
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John Gerrard, Animated Scene

30.10.09
John Gerrard, Animated Scene John Gerrard’s Animated Scene was what impressed me most by far at this year’s Venice Biennale. The setting wasn’t bad either – in a warehouse on an island where water buses only do request stops. Three animated landscapes played on three large screens – created in Realtime, an animation software more usually associated with computer games, using Gerrard’s own photographic and video documentation of ...
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The Caravan Gallery

23.10.09
thecaravangallery.co.uk The Caravan Gallery is a moving image site in so much as it is a mobile photographic exhibition venue that can be found temporarily visiting many UK locations. The project is run by artists Jan Williams and Chris Teasdale who are on a mission to record the ordinary and extraordinary details of life in 21st century Britain. If you haven’t yet been fortunate to chance ...
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The Auteurs

14.10.09
theauteurs.com Essentially, The Auteurs lets you watch high quality streams of movies on your computer, mostly for a small fee (£3 for longer films, £1 for shorter ones) though some films are free. Slanted towards the more esoteric end of the cinematic spectrum, it abounds in titles that your local Blockbuster – or, for that matter, LoveFilm – is highly unlikely to carry. October’s film of ...
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Bill Domonkos

07.10.09
bdom.com Bill Domonkos is an American artist who experiments with computer animation, archival footage and live action. On the site you can watch a selection of Domonkos’s works, including excerpts from music videos Domonkos created for the avant-garde music/art group The Residents. The works are exquisitely ethereal, summoning sinister new worlds out of images of the past.
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Directors Notes

28.09.09
directorsnotes.com Directors Notes is a site dedicated to independent filmmaking, featuring audio interviews, film clips and a blog. The podcasts feature in-depth interviews with a broad range of filmmakers from animators, documentary filmmakers, music video directors to experimental mixed-media artists, helping to demystify the production process. Recently they’ve quizzed the likes of animator David Wilson on his superb video for Moray McLaren and American filmmaker Stewart ...
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Quayola

21.09.09
quayola.com Quayola.com is the website of London-based visual artist Quayola, who creates hybrid works that blur the boundaries between art, design and film. Through his work he creates worlds where the real and the artificial co-exist, as can be seen in works such as Rome, Strata #1 and Strata #2. In these works church architecture is transformed by the appearance of geometric, computer-generated shapes which ...
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