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Time lapse video of the clouds and sun going down. Taken over about 10 – 20 minutes and backed by a nice concerto from Berlioz. Filmed, or rather photographed using a Nikon D40x. Fixed focus but automatic aperture. Mounted on a tripod with a finger pressing the shutter. All while BBQing a nice pork chop.

Clouds at Sunset Time Lapse from Kimble Young on Vimeo.

Not huge news in itself but I have this nagging feeling about my idea. As you may know I have in the past had a penchant towards cows. In particular a silhouette of a cow that I have repeatedly presented on different backgrounds.

I’d like to start a new theme and that is a quick swirl of the paintbrush to produce similar figures to the ones in the picture below. The first being a recreation of the creation scene from the ceiling of the Sistene Chapel by Michaelangelo. Then maybe even a whole series of re-thinking’s of different famous scenes and paintings.

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I’ve started to dabble with Python for S60 on my Nokia E71. There’s a good set of libraries called Nokia Computer Vision which cover using the camera, viewfinder, image processing and most importantly… motion estimation.

So far I have a basic proof of concept using the motion estimation library which, under good conditions will allow you to control the movement of a red square around your screen. The red square, of course, represents an exhibit.

The next stage will be rendering an image with opacity (and possibly animations) which will change as you move around. After that will be placing multiples at different latitude/longitudes. Lastly a GUI will be built on top and the virtual gallery complete.

Now to find some artists. Want to have a go at it?

If you know me then you know that I rant on a bit about Sculpture by the Sea. Even though I love it to death and think it does great things for Sydney’s cultural desert – it does have its issues. Issues like exclusionism and over corporatisation. Take this chap’s plight as an example.

People have asked me – “Why don’t you set up your own show then?”. Well, I’m too lazy. Ok no, I’m not motivated enough to jump through all the hoops it would require. Mainly around permissions to use sites and the logistics of promoting the event.

What if one could install a virtual exhibition in a public place?

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I’ve finally finished my first roll of super 8 and Nanolab have processed and telecined it for me.  Richard from Nanolab was really helpful and even gave me some tips to improve things on the next lot of film.  Here’s the film in all its 3:30 glory. More info after the players.

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Finally..I’ve finished my first roll of 8mm film. I know I said I’d do this film in one continuous roll but I cheated a bit so I’m rolling over two. I still plan on doing the entire movie on the equivalent of one roll though.

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I’ve embarked on a project to document Sydney in the closing days of 2008. It will be filmed on 8mm film in a number of locations in and around the central business district (CBD).

The primary aim of the movie is to document what Sydney looks like in 2008. What wasn’t there in the heyday of the 8mm format and how it has changed since. By using this old film stock I hope to, rather contradictorily, show Sydney in a timeless fashion, in a medium that hasn’t changed for almost 50 years.

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I thought I’d write up a quick post about my conversion of an Ikea Benjamin stool to a “work of art”.   Originally I bought the stool to cover in Marimeko fabric. Due to lack of funds and the cost of Marimeko I shelved the idea for a while. Lo and behold on the next trip to Ikea I saw a stool covered in Ikea fabric.  Suffice to say it put me off the fabric idea.

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Following on from my post about Sculpture by the sea this year in Bondi. I ask the question – What is art?

Is this mysterious bovine art? Read on past the photo…

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Yes people it’s back on. Spring, open air, the ocean and sculptures. What could be better?

For those of you who don’t know Sculpture By the Sea is an annual event held in spring every year in Sydney.  Hundreds of sculptures are placed along the famous Bondi to Bronte seaside walk and hundreds of thousands of people come to look at them over a period of two weeks.

For Sydney siders this has to be the biggest art event of the year. Especially for such a superficial city as ours.

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