MetaFilter posts tagged with Art and flash

NAWLZ

stavrosthewonderchicken — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:23:27 -0800

NAWLZ: A science fiction flash-based graphic novel 'experiment in interactive storytelling' that's pretty cool. Now up to 13 'issues'. The navigation is a little mystery-meaty, maybe, but I think it's pretty intuitive, and adds to the fun.

Slit-Scan

carsonb — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:07:59 -0800

An Informal Catalog of Slit-Scan Video Artworks and References
"Slitscan^w imaging techniques are used to create static images of time-based phenomena. In traditional film photography, slit scan images are created by exposing film as it slides past a slit-shaped aperture. In the digital realm, thin slices are extracted from a sequence of video frames, and concatenated into a new image." [via] There are links to many of the examples listed; they're not immediately apparent, but usually consist of the italic text under each bold heading.

Pixel Inspiration

netbros — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 07:27:38 -0800

RGB Garden is a purely design based web design gallery and web designers community featuring beautiful CSS and Flash based websites. They also feature design related articles and downloads. Check out the developer's personal garden while you're at it.

Art is everywhere

tellurian — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:54:06 -0800

Mingei is a transcultural word which combines the Japanese words for all people (Min) and art (Gei). The site has a flash interface and features over 5,000 high resolution, zoomable objects. More information on the Mingei Movement.

I fel in love with it

cthuljew — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:16:37 -0800

[belated but brilliant] Friday Flash Fun — The Majesty of Colors

HI I'M ON METAFILTER AND I CAN OVERTHINK A WORLD OF BEANS

JHarris — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:32:04 -0800

Tales of the Beanworld ("A most peculiar comic book experience") recently resumed publication after a long hiatus. It's a strange and abstract mix of Native American mythology and culture, with a strong ecological focus, into an wonderfully charming cosmology. While it certainly invites, uh, overthinking, it's also entertaining on a purely casual level.
A sample short Beanworld story is on the Dark Horse Comics Myspace page.
If you have questions about it, the BeanWeb just may have answers, along with illustrations from the comics. There is now a Beanworld Wiki to supplement it, and creator Larry Marder keeps a blog where he talks about things bean.

Okay, now that it's properly introduced... the real point of this post is to link to this awesome Beanworld Flash cartoon, animated by Fashionbuddha and with music by They Might Be Giants!

The Turn - Fredo Viola

netbros — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:35:27 -0800

The Turn is the latest creation from multi-media singer/artist Fredo Viola. Using multi-track recordings of his voice in rich harmony, coupled with unusual video vignettes, The Turn [flash] offers a dozen performances of Viola's interesting integration of voice and visual artistry. His first album was just released this week on iTunes and includes works like The Sad Song.

Eternally Surprising And Self-Generating Artworks

Blazecock Pileon — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 01:01:19 -0800

The bespoke generative design system at the heart of Forever will spawn unique audio-visual films everyday, forever. This winter the V&A John Madejski Garden will come alive with the latest digital commission by Universal Everything, a multidisciplinary design studio founded by creative director Matt Pyke in 2004... Working with a wide range of media from pencils to generative design, Universal Everything is a UK-based studio at the crossover between art and design.

SFMOMA ArtScope

hortense — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:26:47 -0800

SF artmuseum's zooming interface interesting collection, flash found

The Big Chart

blasdelf — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:44:01 -0800

We need a way to have, buy, and sit on fewer and better things. — from the CICINA, a 20 minute video presentation on their effort to compare all things in a massive bracketed set of 2¹⁴ binary judgements. Which is better: Apples or Oranges?

Space Tarzan

Korou — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:03:11 -0800

Aether: lonely boy befriends a mysterious monster, leaves Earth to explore the galaxy. A quick, relaxing, hypnotic, motion-aftereffect-inducing flash game. Programming/music/design by Tyler Glaiel with further art/design by Edmund McMillen. Aether is also available as a download [direct link to zip containing both OS X and Windows versions]. It debuted in early September, being reviewed in Wired, 1up, IndieGames, Joystiq, JIG, and Kot aku.

The Fulgurator

GuyZero — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:35:16 -0800

The Fulgurator. By using a flash detector and a high-powered flash of its own the Fulgurator can project images that are only seen when photographed. "This procedure is very inconspicuous, since it takes place within a few milliseconds." A short video of the Fulgurator in action shows its usage and the results.

ArtReview.com

psmealey — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:38:52 -0800

Create your own Pollock [Friday Flash Fun] and some decent art -related content , utilties and blogs as well on ArtReview.com

FillCell poster wall

Wolfdog — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:05:59 -0800

FillCell is a sort of graffiti wall of mini-posters drawn with very simple tools (to impressive effect, in some cases). Flash - drag the background to see more of the wall.

we know a place where no cars go

ZachsMind — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:35:20 -0800

"Not much chance for survival, if the Neon Bible is right." Presented by Arcade Fire which is a band that hails out of Montreal. Okay. So I'm easily entertained, but you will believe a turkey can roast marshmallows. Requires flash.

speculative landscapes and radical reconstruction

salvia — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 21:48:44 -0800

An interview with Lebbeus Woods -- designer and illustrator of speculative futuristic landscapes and buildings. Woods just set up his own website, which has an amazing quantity of drawings, photographs, and text focusing on his lesser known projects [for those willing to deal with a frustrating flash interface and sound. It's better in IE than Firefox.] From his comments at a recent conference (transcript, summary with video) and the overview to his website, it appears he wants to start some conversations.

Sugar and spice and nothing nice

ZachsMind — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:54:24 -0800

"A paper around her neck said she was Ida, but Ida said nothing at all." So tells the story of the saddest, unluckiest girl that ever lived. Don't forget to watch part two, after part one, of course. Children R Skary dot net is available in flash too, if you're so inclined. These children have been very naughty, but methinks Santa fears them. Katy Towell isn't sad or unlucky, but she's a very busy little girl. If you like her stuff more than I do, you can help. heh... i can't believe no one before me has posted this artist's incredible work to The Blue. I did searches and can't find her. Well, she's here, but you have to know where to look.. and I'll leave it at that. =)

Flash game offers doorway into madness

daHIFI — Wed, 02 May 2007 13:09:33 -0800

Game, Game, Game, and Again Game or belief systems are small clumsy rolling-type creatures is a digital poem/game/net artwork hybrid of sorts, or so says the designer, Jason Nelson. Joystiq says thus: It's a portal into insanity. Seriously, we're not even sure that you want to click it, lest you lose your already tenuous grip on reality; for that is the price of Game, Game, Game and Again Game, the weirdest thing that's ever happened to us. We know that sounds like hyperbole, but we don't know what else to call a "game" that forces you to collect hand-drawn syringes, represents your score with spinning arrows and punishes you for dying by replacing your "character" with the words "Not Alive" as a disembodied voice chants "C'mon and meet your maker."

Neat.

dobbs — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:08:46 -0800

Abnormal Behavior Child's got some interesting things to look at and watch or play with. Site self-describes as "visual poetry". {second link's got flash/sound}

It's alive!

Blazecock Pileon — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:16:11 -0800

Gary Stasiuk's beautiful Digital Creatures pulls the curtains on the kinematics of geometric objects, after which he plays with the mathematics and user interactivity of generative art and shows how to build the appearance of AI behaviors into Flash objects.

savoring the everyday

nickyskye — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 18:37:33 -0800

Ukiyo-e, a collection of dreamy, mostly charming, flash animations of Edo period Japanese paintings. Pictures of the floating world (everyday life) by Hokusai, Hiroshige, Utamaro. Encyclopedic list of floating world images on the web. Hokusai sketches in flash. [related]

Jump!

mrgrimm — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:58:58 -0800

TechDawg's I Ride the Lines has the best Line Rider movies I've ever seen. Van Halen is nuts, as is this awesome video with an atrocious soundtrack. (Previously)

A flash story

tellurian — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:01:00 -0800

Days in a day [flash]. The story finishes once the notebook is completed.

A title's pointless. Who wouldn't click on a link called that?

dobbs — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 08:47:30 -0800

Architecture and the Velvet Fist of Happiness - click 'view the book" in the top left. {Flash, slight sound, NSFW}

Chaos

tellurian — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 01:07:14 -0800

BramTV [flash] [possibly NSFW] Art + interaction = data-dandy behaviour. If you like to be in control you may well find this extremely annoying.