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EMPTY KINGDOM TOP 100 Artists of 2012
January 31, 2013
[Photo by: Lauren Treece]
The beginning is, in fact, finally here. After shifting through exactly 1470 posts for the entire 2012 calendar year, a dozen pots of coffee made, several holes punched in the drywall during heated deliberations, and several concussions suffered from office supplies hurled at each others' heads, we proudly present the third annual EMPTY KINGDOM TOP 100 Artists of 2012!
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EK Interview: Dark Matters
January 28, 2013
Copenhagen-based studio Dark Matters consists of only a handful of multi-talented creatives constantly experimenting with the dual nature of light and shadow. Their endeavors share no analog or digital bias, but rather a mutual hybridization that has allowed them to generate spectacular videos and live visuals. Check out the exclusive Empty Kingdom interview with said studio after the jump!
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EK Interview: Chris Boyle
January 8, 2013
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No matter what the medium, Chris Boyle will utilize anything within the reaches of his artistic grasp to create it. Storytelling becomes the key to Boyle's drive, while live events, short film, music video, video games, animation, and you-name-it become the paint to his canvas. Read more from our one-to-one interview after the jump!
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2013: THE BEGINNING IS NEAR
January 3, 2013
2012 was an unpredictable, fast, scary, wild, and beautiful year in many ways. While the media want to talk about the Mayans and debate the end of the world, to tell you the truth none of that matters. Because every day is somebody's last day on earth. Every day people lose loved ones who mean the world to them. While we would love nothing more to speak only of the beautiful wonderful possibilities of the new year, 2012 was sobering in many respects and it would not be honest to ignore some of the incredible human tragedies of the year.
[Vacuum]
December 17, 2012
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Vacuum realizes the collaboration between fashion designer Fernanda Quilici and Brazilian-based animation / design studio Sinlogo. Making something, out of literally nothing.
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Marilyn and N°5
December 5, 2012
A reporter from LIFE Magazine once asked Marilyn Monroe the question, "What do you wear to bed?". Monroe responded, "Just a few drops of N°5". This reply was arguably what made Chanel what it is today. With this, they dug deeper into this never published world-famous response by teasing us with her new film entitled "Marilyn and N°5."
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Dumb Ways to Die
November 30, 2012
Yes, there are so many Dumb Ways to Die, as explained in the awesome PSA by Julian Frost. Written by John Mescall and Ollie McGill, with the voice talents of Emily Lubitz. Commissioned by Metro Railways, Australia.
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Fernando Forero’s Portfolio
November 26, 2012
You saw his sketches on January 2010 but this is where it gets real! Fernando Forero's talents stretch beyond his amazing imagination and illustrative skills into the world of graphic design, typography and even animation. Talents, which were picked up by MTV Live, in a sweet animated video, in collaboration with 77 Creativ and “Freakish Kid,” check out the link bellow!
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CPR Makes You Undead
October 10, 2012
The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada teams up with filmmaker Vincenzo Natali (SPLICE, CUBE) to produce The Undeading, a smart and inventive short about spreading the importance of hands-on CPR, set against the backdrop of a zombie apocalypse.
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The Gaian Project 2012
October 3, 2012
The Gaian Project is a digital media based community creatively generating works inspired by the natural environment surrounding our daily lives. This year's promotional trailer gets a re-polished shine from its original creators Steffen Knoesgaard (who's previous work has been featured on EK here) and Fredrik Ekholm.
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Sincho.tv
September 15, 2012
A creative spot animated and directed by Hiraoka Masanobu detailing a young boy's video-recording excursion. This textually / visually morphing ad was commissioned by Sincho.tv (a sort of user-generated video site).
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DON’T WORRY, DRIVE ON…
September 3, 2012
DON'T WORRY, DRIVE ON / Fossil Fools & Fracking Lies, is a sweet little info-graphic about the troubles of peak-oil.
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Amphitrite / Underwater Goddess
August 30, 2012
Eclumes Studios member Damien Krisl directs the very cool and epically sequenced fashion short Amphitrite / Underwater Goddess.
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RELICS OF THE NEW WORLD
August 16, 2012
EK Studios is proud to present a new video we produced to promote a group show thrown by Cassel Gallery featuring our good friend Lucien Shapiro, Henry Lewis, Lango Olivera, and Charlie O'Hanlaon.
RELICS OF THE NEW WORLD // SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 2011 // 8PM-11PMIntroducing Google Fiber…
July 30, 2012
1stAveMachine (featured earlier on EK here), is a team of creative wizards developing "digital and experimental content for TV, print, web and mobile, all with a unified singular vision." Their latest entry sees the group partnering back up with Google, to produce the smart and simple stop motion vid entitled Introducing Google Fiber: The Next Chapter of the Internet (the title says it all). Pioneered by Ben Steiger Levine and Aaron Duffy.
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The Power of X
July 14, 2012
TED, you always bring the best out of people, and for that I love you. The Power of X is a short and mind-blowing intro to TEDxSUMMIT created through the collaboration of WE ARE Pi, Koerner Union, and BIG Productions. Check it out after the jump!
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Cocaine Unwrapped / The Machine
July 2, 2012
Leo Burnett London, production studio Stink, and director Tomek Bagiński come together to form the social ad campaign short known as Cocaine Unwrapped / The Machine. A disturbingly truthful and metaphorical message that gets abruptly to the point...
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Famine
June 6, 2012
The creative agency that has made itself widely known as Future Deluxe (previously featured in November 2011) has teamed up with the african poverty fighting corporation known as ONE, to bring you a short advertisement bursting with vivid imagery, a dark but refreshing burgundy warmth, and brilliantly clever transitions.
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Déjà Vu
May 24, 2012
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To all you Wong Kar-Wai fans out there, you know who you are... As much as I anticipate the advent of said-director's latest feature, The Grandmasters (earlier post here), I am just as equally excited to watch his Chivas Regal 25-produced romance short entitled Déjà Vu.
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Something Savage
April 22, 2012
The culmination of stunning work from Brooklyn-based studio Something Savage comes from the imaginative mind of self-taught designer / animator Daniel Savage. Savage works within both architectural and digital spaces, his projects spanning from personal nostalgia all the way to high-end commercial productions.
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