Celebrate the Difference. Check out our homegirl Lauren — in this work with Flying Lotus for Adult Swim on TV.

Dame55 Live at Revolutionary minds 12.9.2011 from Anthony Evan Originals on Vimeo.

Some ill footage from Civil’s party with Revolutionary minds featuring Dame55 and Mark Marcelo!

As we get down to the next SLATE, here we visit the highlight video for the previous Summer SLATE, Civil Clothing’s Omar gives a little insight into the tradeshow at 1:00.

Trailer for the New Batman Movie.

While the strength and originality of Christopher Nolan’s movie is clearly evident in the first two movies, will it be evident in the completion of this trilogy? I think the Choice of Bane is villain is an interesting path. I’m not sure why suddenly the movie dropped off the Riddler and Johnny Depp in the cast.

Although lacking the mainstream popularity with such villains as the Joker, Penguin or the Riddle, for true die hard comic fans, Bane is the pinnacle of a complex villain. With Superhuman Strength fueled by a dependency on Venom a steroid like substance, Bane also posses a near genius intellect and is known for breaking Batman’s back in the Dark Gotham Story Arc.

What brought striking originality to the story arc’s the previous movie’s were that they were able to recreate the characters and complex story lines that worked well for the movie, rather than sticking so closely to the comic. While die-hard fans often complain a movie follows the comic too closely, as with the Watchmen, a well-written as well as well-directed movie is able to balance the story telling of the comic with an original twist by the director. Batman’s Origins in the first movie, utilizing the very interesting Ra’s Al Ghul for the origins of his combat and fighting methods was something I haven’t seen before. It brought a new story telling arc to the series with stunning visuals as well as a developed back story.

Utilizing Heath Ledger’s performance of The Joker in a very Dark Twisted version of the Joker, also took the story into an original twist. What I feel about the title of the new movie, The Dark Knight Rises is it feels very much like a sequel without the ability to stand alone like the other movies have had. We will see.

Ice Cube illustrates his esoteric knowledge and reveals that he used to study architecture before his career in hip hop. In his segment of interview with the NY Times, Cube takes us on a tour of a few architectural landmarks. An artist revealing his multifaceted nature is an example of Celebrating The Difference, Cube dropping his knowledge in architecture and paying tribute to Eames is nothing short of that.

“What was appealing was showing off Los Angeles to people who think they know what Los Angeles is all about… Everybody who comes here thinks they got the place figured out, but you can never get this place figured out.”

Driving down Inglewood Boulevard in South LA, the rapper also breaks down “the good, the bad and the ugly” about art and architecture in Los Angeles. Things that make his good list: the Forum, 5 Torches, Cockatoo Inn and Watts Towers.

For Ice Cube, the worst thing about LA is the worst thing on everyone’s list: traffic. The 405 is filled with “bougie traffic.” The 110 is “gangsta traffic.” “There’s a difference!” he insists. “You gotta know where you at.”

brainfeeder/vj.pack (one) from beeple on Vimeo.

More Retinal Candy!

Celebrate The Difference.

Anamnesia is an archetypal sci-fi myth conceived of by resident Brainfeeder audio-visualist [dr.] Strangeloop. In the future, a utopian civilization is driven mad by a mysterious imbalance in the fabric of space and time. As reality comes apart at the seams, Anam, mysteriously unaffected by his civilization’s schizophrenic break, journeys through vast unmapped territories looking for answers to aid his dying world.

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Strangeloop (Brainfeeder) will be writing and directing Anamnesia.

Micah Nelson, visual artist, will be designing the characters of Anamnesia.

Leigh J. McCloskey, artist behind the artwork of Flying Lotus’s Cosmogramma, will be providing artwork and input into the cultural aspects of the mythical civilizations of Anamnesia.

Mono / Poly (Brainfeeder) will be creating the sound-design and musical score to the worlds of Anamnesia.

Brandon Tay (Syndicate), a Singapore-based video artist will be providing compositing and visual effects work.

Gavin Gamboa, video artist behind the Fields-tv.com experience, will be assisting with the construction of the Anamnesia net-narrative.

Dan Miller, visual artist, will assist in the process of coloring scenes for the film.

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Tomorrow’s Bad Seeds on Tour Rocking Civil’s Final Tribe Tee and the LA!

Between August and October 2011, the crew aboard the International Space Station filmed low-orbit images of earth. This said footage was then placed in Michael König‘s artful hands, and — after much processing and editing — came a gorgeous five-minute rendering of earth and its nighttime landscape from space. Snow filled peaks, aurorae borealis, sparks of lightning and the yellowish, lava-like glow of civilization all command the screen as the ISS orbits steadily over. If there ever was a video of earth from space you had to see, this is the one.

Here is a list of the locations in the video in order of their appearance:
1. Aurora Borealis Pass over the United States at Night
2. Aurora Borealis and eastern United States at Night
3. Aurora Australis from Madagascar to southwest of Australia
4. Aurora Australis south of Australia
5. Northwest coast of United States to Central South America at Night
6. Aurora Australis from the Southern to the Northern Pacific Ocean
7. Halfway around the World
8. Night Pass over Central Africa and the Middle East
9. Evening Pass over the Sahara Desert and the Middle East
10. Pass over Canada and Central United States at Night
11. Pass over Southern California to Hudson Bay
12. Islands in the Philippine Sea at Night
13. Pass over Eastern Asia to Philippine Sea and Guam
14. Views of the Mideast at Night
15. Night Pass over Mediterranean Sea
16. Aurora Borealis and the United States at Night
17. Aurora Australis over Indian Ocean
18. Eastern Europe to Southeastern Asia at Night