Join us at SXSW

11 Mar 2010

Flux will be hosting what promises to be one of the more fun panels at this year’s SXSW… “How to Create a Viral Video.”
How to Create a Viral Video
Saturday, March 13, 11am
From pranks and mashups to world-changing talks, viral videos infect our minds every day. But how does a video go viral? Jonathan Wells from […]

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Chris Cairns’ Holographic Performance

22 Feb 2010

Filmmaker Chris Cairns has created a performance version his awesome film, Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc. We screened the original film back in September as part of the Flux Screening Series, when Chris mentioned he was cooking up a live performance version.
To bring his film to life Chris collaborated with holographic house Musion, best known for […]

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Banksy’s film, Exit Through The Gift Shop

25 Jan 2010

Last night at the Sundance Film Festival, what’s billed as “the world’s first street art disaster movie” premiered to much acclaim. Our spy in Park City said the audience loved the film, which mostly takes place in LA with some scenes in Paris. Geoff Barrow of Portishead scored the movie. The LA Times has […]

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Remembering MLK

18 Jan 2010

On a recent trip to San Diego I discovered this plaque in front of the New Children’s Museum. It stopped me in my tracks… so true.

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Celebrate the Season

11 Dec 2009

Flux commissioned one of our favorite artists (and one of this year’s Flux Super 8), Miwa Matreyek to make a series of 6 animations to run through the holidays on Cooper Design Space’s video wall in Downtown Los Angeles. The music score is by Miwa’s Cloud Eye Control collaborator Anna Oxygen The animations run […]

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Protoclip prefers Paris

29 Nov 2009

Photos by Jonathan Wells Stéphane Berla accepts award for his Matthieu Chedid video
French actor/comedian and Protoclip Awards MC, Nicolas Ullman donned a kilt and a pair of Doc Martens in honor of this year’s festival focus on the UK. Last night’s spirited awards for the 5th Annual Protoclip music video festival took place at […]

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Paris Oddity

On my way back from lunch with filmmaker Pascal Forneri where I heard all about the fascinating Serge Gainsbourg documentary project he is currently finishing, I stopped to admire the view of “La Tour” and the replica of the Statue of Liberty’s flame. I was then told that the flame overlooks the tunnel entrance where […]

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Parisian Love

25 Nov 2009

On the eve of my trip to Paris for Protoclip I watched this very simple yet very effective spot for Google search, part of their Search Stories series.
I’m curious who wrote and produced this. Anyone know?

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Hello Kitty’s Birthday Party

12 Nov 2009

Photo by Sarah M. Golonka The LA Ladies Choir serenade Hello Kitty for her birthday celebration

Name: Hello Kitty’s Birthday Party
Date: Sunday November 1, 2009
Location: Three Apples exhibit at Royal-T, Culver City
Who was there: Gary Baseman, Buff Monster, Sushi Girl, Lady Sinclair, Piper Ferguson, Miwa Matreyek, the LA Ladies Choir, and Hello Kitty (of […]

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Revisiting the Flux Super 8

28 Oct 2009

This summer Flux curated the first Flux Super 8, our new annual showcase spotlighting emerging international talent in visual art, film and interactive media. The video above includes interviews with this year’s featured artists as well as footage of their artwork and the show opening at the Scion Installation L.A. gallery. Delve even deeper with […]

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