Streetwaves

Source: Streetwaves 2010, Streetwaves, viewed 30 August, 2011,

http://www.streetwaves.org/flash

This site is interesting. It looks like a beach-scape that has been made for a 90's CD-ROM game menu. While the aesthetic could do with a little work the ides is good. Each sign nailed to the wall leads to a different part of the website and is the same with many of the other items on the beach.

I have been thinking about making something similar but not quite so computer generated in its appearance. Stu and Aedan makes shaks all the time using various pieces of their and other peoples art. It seems like a great way to incorporate all of the artists from the rage cage on the home page. Making pieces of everyone in the studios work into a shack, stu and aedan style. By clicking on a piece of the shack it will take you to a different part of the website.

Five Impossible Features

Source: Five Impossible Features 2011, Five Impossible Features, Viewed 30 August, 2011,

http://ikt.co.id/#/item-category/everything-you-need-to-know-about-us.html

This is a great example of something that is a bit more advanced than standard web design. This company creates websites so it is important for them to be able to do something that will impress customers. The angled tiles at the right side of the screen react to the mouse being rolled over them. When ou move the mouse left, they move left, when you move right they move right, and so on. The tiles also slightly expand when you roll over each one.

When you click on one of the features in these tiles the tiles flies of the screen only to reappear in the centre as the main focus of the website. The tiles on the side rearrange themselves accordingly to their original order when the tile is replaced.

Its a fairly simple concept but done well. I know from talking to web designers that this type of onscreen movement is simple to the eye but can mean hours of coding.

I like the idea of movement in my website. Its engaging and makes a website more fun and interactive for the user. I will explore further into the web to find more ideas.

Website Research

Given that I only have a few weeks left of my project I am starting to really focus in on the website side of things. I have to say that I have spent so much time on the video side of the project that I haven't considered the website too much yet. I never wanted the project to go too far outside the videos themselves but I realise that to satisfy the criteria of the whole project I must make it into a complete package rather than just some random videos.

So I'm starting to research websites. And not just artist websites but everything. Any website that has great functionality and originality. As I mentioned in the crit, I look at this stuff all the time and yet I take it all for granted. So now its time to start paying attention. I've taken the first step by literally typing in the words cool websites. I'll see where that takes me. If I can look at 50 websites in the next day or so I am bound to find some inspiration.

Source: Scribblesquad 2011, Scribblesquad, viewed 30 August 2011,

http://www.scribblesquad.com/

I looked at this site for a design trio. They have a fun feel to the page and there is a section here where they have combined different fonts with images to tell people what they do. It makes the page more fun to look at. You get a sense of what these guys are about from their homepage alone so its quite successful.

I want to use heavy imagery on my site and combine it with white space to provide that balance.

No crazy html programming going on here. Its a basic site with a fun aesthetic.

BIG BANG BIG BOOM - the new wall-painted animation by BLU

Source: Youtube 2011, 'Big Bang Big Boom', Blu, 2010, viewed 20 August, 2011,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMoKcsN8wM8

Minilogue - Hitchhiker's Choice

Source: Youtube 2011, 'Animals', Minilogue, 2009 viewed 20 August, 2011,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8_OX0ItynE&feature=related


I've made a short stop motion animation so I thought I'd better put a few examples up of stuff I have seen in the past. This is a great little animation, "weird animals, musical motifs and strange devices are quickly inked on paper and just as quickly disappear, whether by morphing into other shapes, being absorbed into the page or just being completely erased". (Minilogue 2009)

Its heaps of fun to watch and very clever. The way the artists hand interacts with the moving image is interesting too.

Minilogue - Hitchhiker's Choice

Source: Youtube 2011, 'Animals', Minilogue, 2009 viewed 20 August, 2011,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8_OX0ItynE&feature=related


I've made a short stop motion animation so I thought I'd better put a few examples up of stuff I have seen in the past. This is a great little animation, "weird animals, musical motifs and strange devices are quickly inked on paper and just as quickly disappear, whether by morphing into other shapes, being absorbed into the page or just being completely erased". (Minilogue 2009)

Its heaps of fun to watch and very clever. The way the artists hand interacts with the moving image is interesting too.

1987 Dailymotion - Fischli Weiss - The Way Things Go - a Arts video.

Youtube 2011, '1987, Fischli Weiss - The Way Things Go', viewed August 15, 2011,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzQvLFSMlSg&feature=related


I talked to James today and there was a feeling that I need to bring more of the studio to life in my identity. Bring the characters who work in there out in my work. The videos are one aspect of it but I need to make the studio the focus of all of my work. I am possibly missing the mark by creating an identity that looks to much like a spray can or a bmx poster.

I can see where he is coming from. He suggested looking at this film by Fischili and Weiss. Called 'The Way Things Go', it deconstructs everyday items and turns them into art. This is an ongoing theme in their work and was the basis for a Honda ad where the car is deconstructed and the various parts work together to make a complete car roll out onto the stage.

So the concept for the Rage Cage project then is to create something that will bring all the aspects of the studio together and bring out the personalities of the artists who work there. This could come in the form of stop motion animation. Illustrative animation. Photo montage or video montage. Bring the studio to life I suppose.

The outcome of this will hopefully be a title sequence and identity that then go on to inform every other aspect of the project.

Back to the drawing board!!

Below is the Honda advertisement that was influenced by Fischili and Weiss's 'The Way Things Go'.




Source: Youtube 2011, 'Honda Ad', viewed 15 August, 2011,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2VCfOC69jc