Wooden Toy by Leviathan Wins FITC Award for Best Animation

Teaming up with musician Amon Tobin of Ninja Tune label fame, Leviathan studio produced the animation for two songs as part of the ISAM 2.0 live audio-visual experience tour. In their stellar promotional video they expose some of their creative process and illuminate the mastery of their studio at work.

Here are some reasons why Leviathan’s multiplatform animation project is especially innovative and most deserving of an FITC award.

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Rediscovering RED Interactive’s Website at the FITC Awards

Having attended the FITC awards show several weeks ago in Toronto, I was inspired to look into more of the projects and companies represented that night. 

Here are some reasons I like the RED Interactive Agency site.

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Toronto is always changing… Slowly, but surely. 

These are some images I’ve taken in the last month from around the city: from a condo on Richmond Street West, from the AGO and from the Sky Dragon mall in China Town.

Wow. Bernhoft performing his song “Cmon Talk” at the Drake Underground blew my mind. Much like he is in his music video, he stole the show with his one-man band, voice range and crowd-pleaser abilities. He is one talented performer. We were lucky to see him before he left for SXSW. He had performed in Brooklyn the night before… He is highly recommended and we were so lucky to see him perform in this intimate venue!

On Friday night I got one of the seats in the balcony to watch the Beat Nation All Styles Dance Battle at the Power Plant theatre in Toronto. Great space for the battle with some great talent!

The dancers battled 2-on-2 for a $1000 cash prize. This showcase was part of “Beat Nation: Art, Hip Hop and Aboriginal Culture.”

How to Live a More Creative Life? - Start by Reading this!

What do you struggle with? What keeps you from being the most inspired and creative you can be? This poster helps you stay on point by suggesting ways to stay inspired in work and life to be more creative.

What are your favourite tactics to stay creative on a daily basis?

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Check out more work by Islam Abudaoud on Behance.

Amazing New Tycho Remix of Ulrich Schnauss’ Song

Listen to this beautiful remix of German composer Ulrich Schnauss’ song ‘I Take Comfort in Your Ignorance’ by Californian artist extraordinaire Tycho. 

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Bonobo’s New Single “Cirrus” & Music Video Dazzles with Mechanical Movements!

Check out this trippy video for a melodic track called “Cirrus” by Bonobo - the first single for his upcoming album, The North Borders, which will be released worldwide on April 1st, and April 2nd in North America. Can’t wait for this album, and Bonobo’s live tour starting in April 2013.

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Intricate graphic art like a kaleidoscope by Andy Gilmore!

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Andy Gilmore creates graphic art, with intense colours and patterns that mimic nature and sometimes the arrangements found in music.

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In this video, watch part of a Byetone performance in Toronto, with some amazing visuals and sounds! 

Byeton is one of the founders of the Raster-Noton label out of Germany.

The music in his recent performance was much like the tracks off of his 2011 album “Symeta”, which are darker and harder than his previous sounds. 

Nosaj Thing’s Amazing New Music Video

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Nosaj Thing’s brilliant new music video for their song “Eclipse/Blue” features fantastic visual work by Daito Manabe. On screen, dancers move to the choreographed set by MIKIKO of Perfume; meanwhile their movements are amplified by projection mapped visuals on a screen behind them. Their bodies also become canvases for the projection; making the visual effects become larger than life. 

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Keeping up with Arthur Oskan

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Arthur Oskan’s recent release “Exit Strategy” (Thoughtless Music, 2012) attracts some attention on the CBC Electronic site. And; what’s more, Arthur has just released a fresh new bio (written by me), that sums up his journey to success and his recent projects.

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Shining a Light on Another Kind of Pollution (Video)

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The 2011 documentary The City Dark, continues to make an impression on audiences around the world. It’s a documentary produced out of Brooklyn, in which the director Ian Cheney goes around the world to discover exactly how harmful light pollution is.

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Architectural Mapping on Gaudí’s Sagrada Família in Barcelona (Video)

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Montreal company ‘Moment Factory’ designed this amazing 15-minute interactive fresco using 3D projection mapping as a tribute to one of the world’s most celebrated architecturally stunning cathedrals.

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Tycho Performs Chilling Hits in Toronto (Video)

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At a concert at The Hoxton this spring, Tycho performed many of the hits from his last two albums on Ghostly International, “Past is Prologue” (2006) and “Dive” (2011).

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