I Know Where Bruce Lee Lives

Posted on January 9, 2012 | 1 Comment

“Enter The Dragon“, Bruce Lee’s first (and only) solo big Hollywood production, ran on Australian television last weekend.  So it is good timing that I have managed to pull together a video case study of my/SKOP’s “I know Where Bruce Lee Lives“. This tells the story of an ultra-interactive KungFu remixer combining the heroism and cheesiness of 70s KungFu films, the ironic use of the VHS video aesthetic with simple yet engaging interactivity. Here’s more on the making of this interactive art piece. Unfortunately we never filmed any of the live installations and performances. Teaches you to document everything well for cases like these.

Many thanks to my former Holler colleague Razif Djamaludin for the animation work.

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Near future communication at Mojo

Posted on December 12, 2011 | Leave a comment
“Swipe, tap and eat” -  a little update from the Creative Technology front at MOJO. We have partnered with Amnesia/Razorfish and the University of Sydney to develop a mobile application that could change the way we order our favourite meals. We helped MA student Stephen Davis to devise, test and program ‘BrandTable’. It is concept that allows shoppers to order food with only a tap of their mobile phone, using near-field-communication (NFC). A popular smartphone feature in Japan and Korea, NFC will sweep into the Australian market in 2012. Our video of the prototype, which you can see here, has already caught the attention of global technology blogs TechCrunch and Engadget.
We know Australians love smartphones and social networking, so we will continue to explore this technology. Any progressive creative idea, from mobile couponing, real-time scavenger hunts to launching branded films, can be propelled by NFC. And that makes it very near-future-communication for us at MOJO.

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Occupy George Washington and Fat Abraham Lincoln

Posted on October 19, 2011 | Leave a comment

Compare this ingenious ‘print on dollars’ protest campaign by Occupy George

Red Washington

Red Washington

with this work by Ogilvy Thailand for a ‘best exchange rate in town’ ad. I reckon one could easily mistake the second for a political ad as well.

Fat Lincoln

Fat Lizzie

Fat Lizzie

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The 10 Most Powerful Facebookers

Posted on October 12, 2011 | Leave a comment

I stumbled upon this list of the 10 most powerful Facebookers (apart from Zuckerberg naturally). The funny thing is, you can almost guess their roles, just by looking at their appearance. Give it a go on this little Bingo table I prepared earlier for Adverblog:

The cheat sheet is here by the way.

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52 Suburbs around the world

Posted on October 11, 2011 | Leave a comment

A while ago I started following the excellent photo blog 52 suburbs by Louise Hawson. She is a Sydneysider who decided to a) turn her interest in photography into a full-time passion and b) discover her own home town in the process. For one year she travelled to one suburb per week,- here’s a video from her appearing at Creative Social and a previous post about her project.

By going out into the ‘burbs, the less fashionable places, she lets us see the humanity and diversity that sometimes escapes us. After turning this fantastic project into that an exhibition and a book she is now taking it further under the title “52 Suburbs Around the World “.  And you might be interested in supporting her via her Kickstarter page. Watch the video below for more.

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