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EMPTY KINGDOM TOP 100 Artists of 2011

January 31, 2012
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EMPTY KINGDOM TOP 100 Artists of 2011

(Photo by: Dara Scully, EK Flickr Pool Submission) Welcome, ladies n’ gentlemen, lads n’ lasses… gems n’ germs. The EMPTY KINGDOM Top 100 Artist of 2011 is here!
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Dragon Tattoo // Title Sequence

January 13, 2012
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Dragon Tattoo // Title Sequence

Intensely stirring title sequence from David Fincher‘s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Envisioned and directed by Tim Miller of Blur Studio. Musical track is called Immigrant Song (featuring Karen O), a cover (original by Led Zeppelin) by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross.
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We Were Wanderers On A Prehistoric Earth

January 8, 2012
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We Were Wanderers On A Prehistoric Earth

James W. Griffiths‘ 2011 We Were Wanderers On A Prehistoric Earth captures the vast and beautiful nature of Malaysia, all with an added awe-inducing excerpt from Joseph Conrad‘s 1899 Heart of Darkness.
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La Gaîté Lyrique

December 14, 2011
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La Gaîté Lyrique

Yves Geleyn‘s La Gaîté Lyrique is a promotional short from 2009 for a new media arts museum of the same name.
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HANDMADE vs DIGITAL by Julien Vallée

November 23, 2011
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HANDMADE vs DIGITAL by Julien Vallée

Based out of Montréal, Canada, Julien Vallée is a graphic designer and art director who has been featured in numerous publications, such as Computer Arts, IdN and Gestalten‘s book Tangible. Vallée is one of those rare artists that does everything – literally everything…out of paper. Vallée has also exhibited internationally from Berlin (Germany), Zurich...
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EMPTY KINGDOM TUMBLR

November 20, 2011
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EMPTY KINGDOM TUMBLR

Follow+ us on tumblr http://emptykingdom.tumblr.com
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The 2011 Top 100 are coming!!!

October 18, 2011
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The 2011 Top 100 are coming!!!

(photo credit: Marc West) Hello beautiful people! Last year our impromptu Top 100 mega-post spread like wildfire on the internet, causing both acclamation and controversy (although none of the artists we selected seemed to argue with us)  …so you better believe we’re gearing up for another mega-post featuring our top one hundred favorite artists...
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Steve.

October 6, 2011
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Steve.

“Find what you love.” -Steve Jobs
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CHAOS CINEMA: EK INTERVIEW

September 19, 2011
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CHAOS CINEMA: EK INTERVIEW

CHAOS CINEMA is a well thought out video essay by Matthias Stork, administered by Indiewire’s journalistic blog PRESS PLAY.  I would like to say that I saw Drive, and it is the antithesis to chaos cinema. I think, but what do I know, I’m just a cake-loving bunny.
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Heliotropes, by Michael Langan

September 11, 2011
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Heliotropes, by Michael Langan

A short film by Michael Langan, narrated by the reading of a poem by Brian Christian. Where is my bluebird.
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San Miguel: Una Vida Bien Vivida

August 15, 2011
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San Miguel: Una Vida Bien Vivida

A beautiful narrative take on a life of a San Miguel beer bottle. Created by Saatchi & Saatchi, “Una vida bien vivida, Spanish for a “a life well lived”. Check out the commercial after the break.
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SIGUR ROS -INNI

August 12, 2011
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SIGUR ROS -INNI

Sigur Ros has a new “film event” directed by Vincent Morriset called Inni that will be showing at the Venice Film Festival.
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INTERACTIVE: WILDERNESS DOWNTOWN

July 21, 2011
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INTERACTIVE: WILDERNESS DOWNTOWN

Check out Arcade Fire’s new interactive video, directed by Chris Milk.  It won some sort of cyber Grand Prix or something at Cannes.   Check it out: thewildernessdowntown.com
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Digital Kitchen: This Is DK

July 15, 2011
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Digital Kitchen: This Is DK

It has been an great year for the talented people at Digital Kitchen and this is their 2011 show reel.
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Empty Kingdom Hiring Worldwide!!!

July 11, 2011
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Empty Kingdom Hiring Worldwide!!!

Hello beautiful people around the world, get your resumes and portfolios ready, because Empty Kingdom wants you.
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Barnaby Roper: Pauline

June 23, 2011
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Barnaby Roper: Pauline

What you see displayed right now, on our main header of our website is Barnaby Roper’s new interactive and innovative portrayal of fashion but spliced moving images. Each moving still or video is composed with a specific musical piece and with the images as a whole ends with a beautiful musical score.
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THINGS FALL APART

June 14, 2011
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THINGS FALL APART

Killer.  Mr. Mclellan has the right idea. www.toddmclellan.com
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Amnesty International “Shine a Light”

June 10, 2011
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Amnesty International “Shine a Light”

Another video commemorating Amnesty Internationals 50th Anniversary. Created pro-bono by the Betterment Bureau, a department of Loyalkaspar inc.
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Nobuyoshi Araki on Erotic Realism

June 8, 2011
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Nobuyoshi Araki on Erotic Realism

Nobuyoshi Araki, the man known for his S&M slant turned his lens to Japan’s bleeding edge to shoot the second issue of limited-edition Tokyo-based style magazine The Reality Show. View more for the video.
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