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Magma ╳ The Vein & Dvein

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May 22, 2013

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Intriguing music video Magma by The Vein paints an abstract geological terrain filled with swirling floods of color and smoothly embedded facial landscapes. Constructed and envisioned by Dvein (previously mentioned on EK here).
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Daria Endresen

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May 12, 2013

Daria Endresen - Empty Kingdom - Art Blog
Daria Endresen is a digital artist/photo-manipulator that works out of Oslo, Norway and Paris, France. "The time heals not all wounds. There is humans, those bleeds a life long. That is the price, which pay the protection among us. Certainly they are admired, perhaps even loved – nevertheless they bleed – each day – each hour… You do not see correctly. Nobody does that."
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Musical Laser Forests… ╳ Marshmallow Laser Feast

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May 1, 2013

Art Blog - Marshmallow Laser Feast - Empty Kingdom
What better way to create new and interesting forms of technological art, than to combine all of our pre-existing ones? Meet studio Marshmallow Laser Feast, with their amazing showcase of Musical Laser Forests, Light Painting, and Quadcopters. In association with The Creators Project
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Anthony McCall

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April 8, 2013

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Anthony McCall is a British-born American avant-garde artist specializing in the power of light, projected film, and cinema. His works are simple projections that emphasize the sculptural qualities of a beam of light. Be sure to catch his current exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, London, UK.
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Émilie Léger

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April 6, 2013

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Émilie Léger is an artist and a graphic design student based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Although digital art and writing are her main means of creating, she prioritizes effect, texture and emotion over the medium itself.
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Riot ╳ Leonard Mechiari, Mattia Traverso, & Ugur Ister

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April 5, 2013

Art Blog - Leonard Mechiari, Mattia Traverso, Ugur Ister - Empty Kingdom
The crowd-funded political activist simulator Riot, brings our most recent and ongoing societal strifes to the multiplayer masses. The gameplay has been leveled, allowing no bias and instead immerses its participants to see things from both sides of the story. Developed and realized by Leonard Mechiari, Mattia Traverso, and Ugur Ister. Joined by compositor Simon Michel, and sound designers Eric Wegener and Rolando Nadal.
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Katerina Bodrunova

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March 20, 2013

Katerina Bodrunova - Empty Kingdom - Art Blog
Katerina Bodrunova is a Russian surrealist photographer that defies gravity.
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Choros

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February 24, 2013

Art Blog - Michael Langan, Terah Maher - Empty Kingdom
Choros experiments with the historical beauty of chronophotography, where the simplest of movements become stretched, extrapolated, echoed, and decayed in a single passing moment. Created and directed by Michael Langan and Terah Maher.
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EK Interview: Philipp Artus

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February 15, 2013

Art Blog - Philipp Artus - Empty Kingdom
Physics and mathematics are the underlying mechanics that seem to drive the natural wonders around all of us. They are also the key forces of aesthetic influence to well-versed artist Philipp Artus. Check out the in-depth Q&A spread after the jump!
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Everything You Wanted

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February 12, 2013

Forwards or backwards, the future / past has been predetermined, according to Clubfeet's latest music video entitled Everything You Wanted. Produced by Oh Yeah Wow, with direction / VFX by Josh Thomas.
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The Centrifuge Brain Project

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February 10, 2013

Human centrifugalization and its vast untapped power to cure all of mankind. Curiosities unraveled in Till Nowak's The Centrifuge Brain Project. More info after the jump.
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Marcin Karolewski

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February 4, 2013

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Talented Polish illustrator/animator Marcin Karolewski directed a monstrously cool video clip for Oszibarack's single Liquid Song.
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EMPTY KINGDOM TOP 100 Artists of 2012

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January 31, 2013

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[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

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January 28, 2013

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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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Javier Riera

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January 19, 2013

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Javier Riera's photographic light projections make a round treetop look like a mazed cube. Riera is currently exploring the harmonious relationship between geometry and landscape, using geometry to change our perception of the scenery and objects we thought we knew so well.
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Adam Voorhes part two

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January 17, 2013

art blog - Adam Voorhes - empty kingdom
Adam Voorhes was previously featured on March 2010 for his phenomenal photographs of fragmented, exploiting objects. His curiosity and original style expand further exploring not only the make-up of an object, but the relationships between his subjects.
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Catherine Nelson

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January 9, 2013

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Catherine Nelson is a visual artist who uses the digital medium to paint images together into personal and imaginary landscapes. Trained as a painter in Sydney and London with years of experience in creating visual effects for feature films like Moulin Rouge and Harry Potter, she now has dedicated her skills to her own art work combining the techniques from both these worlds into a new contemporary art medium.
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EK Interview: Chris Boyle

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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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Firewall

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January 4, 2013

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Firewall is an interactive audiovisual experience created by Aaron Sherwood and Mike Allison, two tech-artists working in the realm of media installations.
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2013: THE BEGINNING IS NEAR

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January 3, 2013

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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.

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