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An Essay on TARANTINO and VIOLENCE

An Essay on TARANTINO and VIOLENCE

Let’s talk about violence. More specifically: let’s talk about the way movie director Quentin Tarantino displays violence in his movies and let’s find out what his style has in common with the 16th-century style in art history: Mannerism.

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Maturity Level : all

Why we Love to Watch The Kardashians

Why we Love to Watch The Kardashians

Reality shows… They appear to be a recent phenomenon, gaining immense popularity with programs like Big Brother and Idols in the early 2000’s, but if that is the case, what do shows like Keeping up with the Kardashians have in common with 17th-century artists like Vermeer, Jan Steen, and Gabriel Metsu?

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An Interesting Take on Emoji’s

An Interesting Take on Emoji’s

Have you ever looked at a word and realized how amazing written language actually is? How did all this come from, and what do emojis have to do with the earliest forms of written language?

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The Evolution of CGI

The Evolution of CGI

You might say there is something off about the final fight scene in the movie black panther. It kind of feels like you are watching a computer game, right? So, why is it that some visual effects artists convince with their use of CGI and others don’t?

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A THEORY that Changes the Way we Watch

A THEORY that Changes the Way we Watch

As we were going through the comment sections we noticed that you guys want us to do videos on anime, video games, and comics. So we figured let’s combine them all into one video. How? By focusing on something called color theory.

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The Power and Danger of Good Political Cartoons

The Power and Danger of Good Political Cartoons

Sometimes an image can be so powerful, so profound... that it has the power to convey the complexity of an entire political era in a single frame. That’s exactly the reason why our school books and newspapers are filled with political cartoons. But where do they come from.. and how are they linked to 16th and 17th-century satire and propaganda?

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Hidden Jokes of Great Artists and Their Meaning

Hidden Jokes of Great Artists and Their Meaning

What’s E.T. doing in Star Wars Episode 1, the Phantom Menace? And why is there always a fly on this 400 year old painting? Are you watching closely? Because in this episode, we’re hunting for easter eggs!

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Monsters: From Ancient Mythology to Modern Cinema

Monsters: From Ancient Mythology to Modern Cinema

Monsters are everywhere. Under our beds, in our closets, lurking in the dark and ever present in our nightmares. But how unique are these monsters? And what makes up a good demon? We’ll take you on a journey through 2.500 years of monster design.

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How McDonalds is Using Art Principles to Sell Their Food

How McDonalds is Using Art Principles to Sell Their Food

Do the burgers you buy look anything like this? Probably not. But why and how do these restaurants succeed in making food look so tasty in the photos? Although the answer to this question might seem easy, this has challenged artists for centuries.

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Maturity Level : all

Fundació Mies van der Rohe: Presentation

Fundació Mies van der Rohe: Presentation

The Fundació Mies van der Rohe was set up in 1983 by the Barcelona City Hall with the initial purpose of reconstructing the German Pavilion, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich for the 1929 Barcelona International Exhibition.

Duration : 5m
Maturity Level : all

The Enduring Passion for Ink: Xu Bing’s Semiotics

The Enduring Passion for Ink: Xu Bing’s Semiotics

Xu Bing is widely recognized as one of the leading conceptual artists of language and semiotics working today. A recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, he is celebrated for his “capacity to contribute importantly to society, particularly in printmaking and calligraphy.” He has famously re-invented Chinese characters and the English alphabet, rendering Chinese nonsensical and English into legible Chinese characters, effectively challenging comprehension of both.

Duration : 17m
Maturity Level : all

Talk outer space

Talk outer space

In this talk Najjar introduces the public to the outer space project.

Duration : 11m
Maturity Level : all

Mission Space

Mission Space

Artist Michael Najjar is preparing himself for a journey into space as part of his outer space art project. This documentary film shows his preparations at various aerospace training centers in the USA, Germany and Russia.

Duration : 48m
Maturity Level : all

CLAUDIA COMTE

CLAUDIA COMTE

Mini-documentary by Claudia Müller asking Claudia Comte who is her favorite woman artist. Comte is a Swiss artist and works in a variety of media including sculpture, engraving, installation, murals, and painting.

Duration : 3m
Maturity Level : all

CHIHARU SHIOTA

CHIHARU SHIOTA

Mini-documentary by Claudia Müller asking Chiharu Shiota who is her favorite woman artist. Shiota is mostly renowned for her vast, room-spanning webs of threads or hoses, where she links abstract networks with concrete everyday objects such as keys, window frames, dresses, shoes, boats and suitcases.

Duration : 3m
Maturity Level : all

JULIETA ARANDA

JULIETA ARANDA

Mini-documentary by Claudia Müller asking Julieta Aranda who is her favorite wpman artist. Julieta was born in Mexico City. She is a conceptual artist that lives and works in Berlin and New York City.

Duration : 3m
Maturity Level : all

Fondation Beyeler

Fondation Beyeler

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Duration : 12s
Maturity Level : all

Anna Heringer - The Walls Are Dancing

Anna Heringer - The Walls Are Dancing

It is much more than just a building. It’s a social space. It really has an impact on the society, on the community”, says German architect Anna Heringer about her recently finished Anandaloy-center in Bangladesh. “With this building everything comes together.”

Duration : 8m
Maturity Level : all

Vandkunsten Architects- Love of Wood

Vandkunsten Architects- Love of Wood

“It’s a living material, and so are we.” In this short video, two architects from the influential and prizewinning Danish architecture firm, Vandkunsten Architects, talk about the merits of wood as a building material – from its climate-friendly qualities to its soothing effect.

Duration : 3m
Maturity Level : all

Anupama Kundoo- Taking Time To Rethink

Anupama Kundoo- Taking Time To Rethink

“I feel that a lot of the problems we have in today’s world have come because of that wrong notion that time is money. No, time is the only resource we have when we are alive. What else do we have?” asks the renowned Indian architect Anupama Kundoo in this video.

Duration : 5m
Maturity Level : all

Peter Eisenman- Field of Otherness

Peter Eisenman- Field of Otherness

“Architecture, I believe, is necessary to mark collective memory.” One of the leading contemporary American architects, Peter Eisenman, here shares the thoughts that went into building the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, and how he sought to transform a feeling of “being lost in space in time” into the memorial.

Duration : 9m
Maturity Level : all

Terunobu Fujimori- A Feeling of Freedom

Terunobu Fujimori- A Feeling of Freedom

Meet Terunobu Fujimori, one of Japan’s most influential architects, who has enchanted the world with his playful, often elevated buildings made of natural materials such as wood, earth and stone. In this short video, Fujimori talks about his original interpretations of a traditional Japanese building – his iconic raised tea houses.

Duration : 6m
Maturity Level : all

Tatiana Bilbao- Architecture and Nature

Tatiana Bilbao- Architecture and Nature

How can the built environment work with nature instead of against it? Watch the award-winning Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao offer her take on this, emphasizing the enriching dialogue between nature and architecture, which we must be very cautious to preserve.

Duration : 7m
Maturity Level : all

Junya Ishigami- Creating Nature with Time

Junya Ishigami- Creating Nature with Time

“If things created by humans should function next to natural things, the passing of time is necessary. Only the passage of time will bring forward the kind of landscape I want to create,” says the renowned Japanese architect Junya Ishigami. Learn about his award-winning project, the poetic landscape ‘Water Garden’, in this short video.

Duration : 3m
Maturity Level : all