A change of slogan, attitude, identity and goals can be noticed in the renewed Twitter updated since yesterday with a different design.
The search engine box is larger and the main slogan changed to "Share and discover what’s happening right now, anywhere in the world."
Shift has been trying to offer artists many platforms to showcase their works online. The Shift calendar competition held from 2003 successively, pushes the boundaries between online and off line using a "calendar" as its medium. Entries are invited from all over the world and selected works will be distributed throughout the world in the format of a physical calendar.
Submission starts on July 15th. The deadline is September 10th, 2009
For more information about the datails of the submissions click here.
This truly rare and one of a kind collaboration painting between Brian M. Viveros and Mathew Bone; done exclusively for Last Rites Gallery and the SOUTHERN exhibition. With a custom frame, this piece measures 31" x 37" inches. For more info or to purchase this original, please contact Last Rites Gallery
You can check the work of Brian M. Viveros in a exclusive interview with Nelson Medina at “Revolutionart 13 – Politics”
Beware the enchanted, magical creatures and secret charms that inhabit the unearthly minds of FriendsWithYou; they might suck you in like they did us. Kidrobot loves FriendsWithYou!
Established in 2002 by Miami-based artists Samuel Borkson and Arturo “Tury” Sandoval III, FriendsWithYou (FWY) spreads the message of magic, luck, and friendship around the world.
Since its conception, FWY has developed into a fully established multi-disciplinary creative studio. Their work ranges from fine art to commercial design and spans all creative realms. FWY is recognized for their ability to bring magic and imagination to life by creating once-in-a-lifetime experiences, live events, performances, large-scale experiential art installations, playgrounds, pop-up theme parks, as well as one-of-a-kind collector toys and apparel. FriendsWithYou was created with one basic concept in mind, to become Friends-With-You!
Online magazine SHIFT presents DOTMOV Festival 2009, a digital film festival aiming to discover talented creators and provide them with an opportunity to show their works. Works submitted from all over the world will be screened throughout the world venues from November 2009 (screening schedule will be different depending on the venue). Last year’s total submission was 289 works from 37 countries. The tour schedule will be announced on the website.
Festival Mission
The goal of DOTMOV is to discover talented artists and provide them with an opportunity to show their work. We are also trying to increase the international scope of the festival by inviting guest creators, active on the front lines of the creative world, to participate as judges. During the festival, holding a lot of related audio & visual events, we explore the possibility of digital films.
OUTLINE for Submission
ENTRY: May 15th – September 10th, 2009
WORKS TO SUBMIT: The work should be digital film works such as animation, design or music clip.
FEES/AWARDS: Submission is free. Any money for film production or prizes are not given.
JUDGE: Feed Deutschland, Jiro Ohashi (SAL magazine), Ian Anderson (The Designers Republic),
Yoshi Sodeoka (c505), Sugarcube, Motion Theory
NOTE: Please see the website for more information regarding submission. http://www.shift.jp.org/mov/
OUTLINE for DOTMOV Festival 2009
FESTIVAL SCHEDULE: November 1st – 30th, 2009
FESTIVAL SITE: Japan and overseas (major cities in Asia, Europe, North &South America)
ENTRANCE: Free (Charged if any events are held.?
HOST: SHIFT MAGAZINE
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Michael Jackson died of a cardiac arrest on June 25, 2009, at his home in Los Angeles, California. The cause of the cardiac arrest is not clear. There are reports that his death came approximately one hour after receiving an injection of pethidine (Demerol), a painkiller to which his friends say he was addicted His personal physician, Conrad Murray, says he found Jackson in bed, not breathing but with a faint pulse, and administered CPR to no avail. Murray denies prescribing or furnishing Jackson with Demerol.
His death triggered an outpouring of grief around the world, creating surges of Internet traffic and resulting in soaring album sales.[3] He had been scheduled to perform 50 sold-out concerts to over one million people at London’s O2 arena, from July 13, 2009 to March 6, 2010, which Jackson implied during a press conference would have been the final concerts of his career.
Art Dubai, the leading contemporary art fair for the Middle East and South Asia, is now accepting gallery applications for its 2010 edition. The fair has featured world-class galleries from over 35 countries alongside the groundbreaking Abraaj Capital Art Prize, the Global Art Forum, and a dynamic programme of curated projects.
Web: www.artdubai.ae
Europe’s longest running Disability Film Festival ‘Wie wir leben!/The Way We Live!’ invites filmmakers from all over the world to enter their latest work for preselection. The festival is looking for provocative, radical, fresh, controversial, excellent films which represent people with disabilities, chronic or mental illnesses, their lives and their experiences.
The festival has proved an excellent platform for young filmmakers and to launch films within the disability film circuit.
The films entered should be no longer than 60 minutes and produced in 2007 or later. They can be fictional, documentary, animation or experimental films.
A selection of about 30 films will be screened in our international competition programme.
There are three awards, presented by an international jury, as well as an audience award.
International Short Film Festival ‘Wie wir leben!’
c/o abm
Bonner Platz 1
D-80803 München
Web: www.abm-festival.de
The Ellensburg Film Festival celebrates the art, innovation and culture of filmmaking and film-viewing by showcasing the best in global, independent, documentary, and short films. Our motto is simple: See the EFF films, talk about the EFF films, live the EFF experience!
PO Box 1071
Ellensburg, Washington 98926
Web: www.ellensburgfilmfestival.com