More Bells and Whistles

This is kind of old but I thought it was pretty impressive when it came out five or so years ago and still is. They're animated music bits properly titled, "Animusic". They are comprised of 3d rendered machines that have music programed into them which play as they animate. I always found these contraptions fun to look at as well as listening to the funky beats (yeah I said "funky") that accompanied them.

Other links to these little pieces I highly recommend:

Pipe Dream

Acoustic Curves

Gyro Drums

Water Works

So many ways to convey visual medium... such as this piece of work in Canal City in Fukuoka, Japan. One of the most original ideas for welcome sign for a shopping complex I've ever seen. It's a man-made waterfall programmed to form symbols, pictures and letters in the air while falling, it's quite impressive and no verbal description can really do it justice.

Such is the power of human ingenuity, no?

Life In Red, Green, Blue & Mind-fuck

The digital box that makes up so much peoples' lives today is composed of and organized by three little colors: red, green and blue. I don't necessarily get it, but all I know it lets me watch HD movies from DVDs in nearly the same quality as a modern projector. I've been invested in studio art as well as art in other media for much of my life so visual concepts translate quite well with me. But shift gears towards the digital age where everything is code, illusion, and is like not even there... but is there man (you know?) and I can't even begin to explain how it works. My mind reels and my eyes twitch, in the good kind of way not the seizure-inducing kind. But it's such a heavily integrated part of my (and perhaps your) lifestyle that it makes me want to solve these mysteries, explore these paradoxes and most importantly bask in the splendor of mind-fucking visual effects.