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Beauty Is Here – The City Limits
Timelapse – The City Limits You are looking at the cities of Montreal, Toronto, Quebec, Manhattan and Chicago from late 2010 into 2011. The film ‘The City Limits’ was made by Quebec City “motion photographer” Dominic Boudreault. He calls himself a motion photographer because he attempts to show the beauty and speed of the world
CreativeVANITY in Australia
CreativeVANITY travels to the land down under to get a feel for the culture, and atmosphere of the two beautiful cities, Sydney and Melbourne
Urban Growth – New York Farm City
Where does your food come from? What does it take to get it from the field to your table? What’s in your food? What’s on your food? The formation of the modern agri-food system, nudged and prodded into shape by the emergence of a global economy has given rise to some unusual patterns in food creation
Up All Night – T.O. Nuit Blanche 2011
The Event Toronto’s Nuit Blanche 2011 took place over the weekend; an all-night celebration of contemporary art. Toronto is a city with nearly half of its population composed of immigrants (45.7%, I always have to check the numbers whenever I say this because it is so remarkable). Toronto is a hyper-diverse and extremely vibrant city
Given A Voice – Lost Tribes of NYC
The Lost Tribes of New York City Team London Squared (Carolyn and Andy London) put on their urban anthropologist hats and set out into New York City to allow some of the city’s most underrepresented citizens to speak to the world. The short is playful but honest
Broadcasting National Pride – CCTV Ink
CCTV Ink This little animation says more about the place it comes from than you’d think. Troublemakers.tv, the Paris based production company created this TV spot for Chinese state television brand CCTV. The spot uses ink to illustrate the story of a country with an immensely beautiful landscape and a depth of culture and history
Now Playing – 49th NYFF Starts Today
The 49th New York Film Festival opens today. The festival is one of the oldest in North America. Film festivals are places where deals get done. The atmosphere during a festival is electric, full of high hopes and keen eyes with people on the edge of their seats and executives in the halls on their [...]
Language Is Place
A language is a place, it is a culture. A language contains all of the thoughts, ideas, desires, fears and joy of a society. It is something extraordinary to behold when you travel to a place with a different language to your own
A Design Premiere: Urbanized
Urbanized premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival September 9th. The film was created by Gary Hustwit, the same name behind such design films as Objectified and Helvetica. It is about the subject of urban design: the design of the use of public space, and the function of cities and towns
30 gifts for 30 years
30 gifts to 30 strangers in Sydney Lucas Jatobá is a Brazilian art director currently working in Australia. To celebrate his 30th birthday, he decided to show his gratitude to the people of his surrogate home, Sydney. 30 gifts to 30 strangers in Sydney is the video resulting from the celebration of his birthday and his home
Melbourne Paints The Town Multicoloured
The city of Melbourne jazzes up its streets with street art – A vibrant and colourful way for graffiti artists to express themselves. I stumbled across an alleyway called Hosier Lane in the city which was filled with these illustrations
Wait a minute! Or two…
Waiting. Pondering. Wondering. Whilst travelling around Sydney between Bondi Beach (SUCH a beautiful area), Roseville, Darling Harbour, I hadn’t realized how much of my time I’d spent waiting. Waiting at Bondi Junction When we think about travelling and experiencing new places, our thoughts automatically include adventure
A Universal Story – Steam Of Life
The sauna is an incredibly Finnish thing. It is an integral part of Finnish culture, so much so that at Finland built a sauna in the basement of their embassy in the United States. The story of contemporary Finland is one that is rarely heard. Indeed any story of Finland is one that is rarely heard internationally
Cook+Fox – One Bryant Park
One Bryant Park, architecture that is aware of the impact it has on the world. Systems have been integrated into the design to address the impact this one building has on global issues of energy consumption, waste and climate
Now Playing in Australia – Somebody That I Used To Know
Well if you’re in Australia today this song is nothing new to you. For the rest of the world, say hello to the song stuck in Australia’s head, Somebody That I Used to Know from Gotye.
The Market Scene
Endless stalls after stalls of little trinkets and things. When the weather is nice and the scene is right, who doesn’t enjoy the market scene?
Globalization – the never-ending debate
A world where there are no borders, no limits, no boundaries…tourism studies often touches upon the subject of globalization. It has been studied from many aspects, but the question still remains – is globalization a good or a bad thing?
Yearn to learn more!
The last of Rick Mereki’s short films in this three-part journey around the world; this film “Learn”, enhances the creativity of these guys, actively showing them learning new things…
Eat…drink…and be merry!
Through some split-screen editing and countless delicious dishes…Rick Mereki brings us food from different cultures and places.
Around the World in just One Minute!
A quick, creative and definitely enjoyable way to display so many different places and landscapes! In this, for STA travel, Rick Mereki takes us through streets, beaches, and mountains…
555 Kubik
I came across a promo event that Parker, the pen company, held last year in New York. It was a ’3D’ video projection onto the Museum of Arts and Design. I didn’t enjoy it as much as I am sure I would have if it were my first time seeing 3D projection, but it wasn’t my first [...]