YouTube Play Live From The Guggenheim Highlights

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Last night the YouTube Play event took place at The Guggenheim in New York and was streamed live on the web. Conceived by YouTube and The Guggenheim, it was billed as a biennial of creative video but it is so much more than that. Taking over and transforming one of the world’s most iconic museums, the event made no distinction between live performance and video, art and technology, culture and commerce, high and low brow, it was simply a celebration of passionate creative work. Kudos to everyone involved, in particular the production crews responsible for staging such an extraordinary event.

Here are some highlights of the evening:

Introduction.
 

The amazing video mapping building projections.

Jarbas Agnelli, creator of “Birds on the Wires,” and the Noname Ensemble from the Julliard School.


Pogo, creator of “Gardyn,” and many amazing video mashups.


Kutiman performs “Hungarian Dance #5” by Brahms, accompanied by the Noname ensemble from the Julliard School, YouTube Symphony Orcherstra players and video performances from around the world. 


The LXD translates the video work “Seaweed” into dance.


Everynone uses video to honor the power of words.


OK Go, kings of the YouTube music video, closed the evening with a delightfully subtle acoustic performance.


I find myself profoundly inspired by this event and hope you find yourself inspired too, wanting to share your work with the world. 

 
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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.

Seaweed: @theLXD - excerpt from YouTube Play at the Guggenheim

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Last night I connected my laptop to my tv and watched YouTube Play live from the Guggenheim, while one of my friends, someone I’ve known most of my life, watched in Korea. Three different locations around the world connected by technology to celebrate art, passion, creativity.

This moment that pays tribute to the amazing video work of Seaweed and the truly extraordinary LXD encapsulates in a nutshell why it is awesome to love and want to do creative work today.

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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.

The Gettysburg Address Animated

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Lincoln's speech revisited. Read by Mitch Rapoport. Design and animation by Adam Gault and Stefanie Augustine. Sound design by Chris Villepigue | songloft.com Additional animation by Carlo Vega.

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This is truly beautiful. Gorgeously executed. One of my favorite motion graphics of the year.

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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.

The 600 Years Building Video Projection

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Mapping during 600 years anniversary of the astronomical tower clock situated at Old Town Square in center of Prague. Concept and animations by The Macula (Amar Mulabegović, Dan Gregor) Coworking animators: Michal Kotek Lukáš Duběda Sound: data-live (www.data-live.cz) Production: Tomato Production (www.tomatoproduction.cz)

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Lately we've seen many great examples of video projections and this one is particularly good. The one thing that I've yet to see anyone mention is how important sound design is to these projections. Without good sound design this would not be able to have any context.

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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.

Trailer for the Documentary Influencers

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INFLUENCERS is a short documentary that explores what it means to be an influencer and how trends and creativity become contagious today in music, fashion and entertainment. The film attempts to understand the essence of influence, what makes a person influential without taking a statistical or metric approach. Written and Directed by Paul Rojanathara and Davis Johnson, the film is a Polaroid snapshot of New York influential creatives (advertising, design, fashion and entertainment) who are shaping today's pop culture. Follow INFLUENCERS on http://www.facebook.com/influencersfilm Music credits: © Robert Glasper - No Worries / Blue Note records © Passion Pit - The Reeling / Frenchkiss records -- Follow us on: facebook.com/​ricreative twitter.com/ricreative http://ricreative.tumblr.com

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Curious about this documentary. Looking forward to it.

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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.