Mar

3

Projection mapping at The Edge

March 3, 2010 | 2 Comments

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We were asked to provide some projection mapping for the opening night of The Edge, SLQ’s new digital culture center in Brisbane, Australia. We used the late Anthony Pryor’s sculpture, Approaching Equilibrium, as a canvas.
Who says you need a white screen? Black steel will do just fine.

Programing & Music: Kyle McLean
Editing: […]

Jan

8

Everyone is Happy Productions wins 1st prize in COL 2009 international video competition

January 8, 2010 | 1 Comment

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We spent a little bit of time in an ex CIA spy station making a short film last year. It was a really fun film to make and we just got the great news that it came first in the 2009 COL competition. We just wanted to share the happy news, plus give […]

Dec

15

Projection mapping in Vienna

December 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment

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Video pillars from Kyle McLean on Vimeo.
I spent a bit of time this summer in Austria programing a multimedia server at Phoenix productions in Vienna. This is a quick demo on some giant stage pillars they have.
Programing: Kyle McLean and Eva Luenig
Music: Kyle McLean
Software: VVVV
http://www.everyoneishappy.com
http://www.phoenixfiredancers.com/

Dec

1

Object manipulations and projections

December 1, 2009 | 4 Comments

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Object manipulations and projections from Kyle McLean on Vimeo.
This is a collaboration with my good friend Jay Latour from France. This is really only the start of our investigations with combining object manipulations and projections, we were pleasantly surprised with the results though!
Object Manipulation: Jay Latour
Programing & Music: Kyle McLean
Software: VVVV, Ableton, Reason
Project proudly supported […]

Sep

12

Elena Shapoval performs a flawless 3 staff act

September 12, 2009 | 2 Comments

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I really like to play with falling sticks, so I was quite happy when my friend Sam showed me this video this morning.
“Das Model” performed by Elena Shapoval

Directed by Taras Pozdnyakov. Check out his youtube channel for some really top notch contemporary Russian circus.

Sep

1

The robots are coming (to juggle)

September 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Ishikawa Komuro has built a robot that can throw, catch, do pen spinning, and even “manipulate a grain of rice”…

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Ha. So maybe it’s early days, but i think i may be out of a job at some point.

Jul

23

Bob Bramson

July 23, 2009 | 1 Comment

Just noticed a great little video of one of my favorite trad jugglers, Bob Bramson, is hosted on Juggling.tv. Love the finale!
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Juggling video hosted @ Juggling.tv
Being on Juggling.tv you can also download it if you like.

Apr

18

Linda Farkas rocks!

April 18, 2009 | 3 Comments

Linda Farkas of Magma Fire Theater, Hungry, performs a wicked contact staff / dance routine:

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Loving how well the movement is integrated.  Linda, I very much hope I get to meet and jam with you while I’m in Europe!

Apr

14

All Staffs. Fire uber tech extravaganza!

April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment

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All Staffs is staffed with:
Valerie Ann Sealey (USA)
Sebastian Berger (Austria)
Steve Joshua Dyffort (Germany)
Antti Suniala (Finland)
Editing credits go to David J Nolan, Vienna based motiongrapher who by all accounts is also quite good at Super Mario World.

Mar

1

Projection Mapping on trees and branches

March 1, 2009 | 4 Comments

We’ve been getting great results maping video to curvy surfaces. Some of our the early results in the video. MMM organic…
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Projection Mapping on trees and branches from Kyle McLean on Vimeo.

Feb

18

Sebastian Berger Solo

February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Sebastian Bergers staff manipulation performance at EJC 2008, Karlsruhe / Germany. I’ve been meaning to post this for ages. Great non fire routine, it’s both light and at the same time very tech.

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http://www.staffmanipulation.comhttp://www.fenfire.at
Video by David J Nolanhttp://www.davidnolan.at
music by: string quartet “piggy” & “bonus”

Nov

14

Crazy Irish Japanese fuison poi style strikes again!

November 14, 2008 | 1 Comment

Yuta and Ronin have released a wonderfully lighthearted poi video.  The oddly titltled:
Squares of Darkness: Poitato Sushi Poitvch1

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Music by Makoto from Jujumohttp://jujumo.net/
Shot in Sanfran at the Vulcanhttp://jp.youtube.com/user/VulcanVideo
Apparently this was originally intended for the COL DVD, but somehow or other it ended up online instead for our viewing pleasure.  Thanks guys!  […]

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