The Artist Who Made a Career Out of Forgery - Dressed as a Priest
Directed by Terri Timely and produced by Brady Welch and Sophie Harris, the documentary above profiles an ingenious oddity, a man who has managed to dupe nearly 50 regional art institutions into accepting forged artwork.
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January 24, 2013
January 24, 2013
A Mesmerizing Time-Lapse of Stars Over the Eureka Valley Sand Dunes
“Armed only with boxed wine, firewood, and our DSLRs,” the filmmakers at Sunchaser Pictures trekked through Death Valley National Park to observe the Geminid meteor shower on December 13.
January 21, 2013
January 15, 2013
Float Over New York City at Dusk in a Gorgeous HD Video
Aerial footage from Melisa Dunbar captures Manhattan’s skyline at magic hour, just as lights come on and commuters flood the avenues.
January 15, 2013
Beautiful but Terrifying: Kayaking Over a Waterfall
Trekking through the Tlapocayan jungle in the state of Veracruz, Mexico, seven men from Forge Motion Pictures brave bugs and inclement weather to capture water in its most natural, most treacherous state: the waterfall.
January 11, 2013
January 10, 2013
The Perfect Shot: A Man, a Moon, and a Thin Piece of Rope
Moonwalk by Bryan Smith is part of a National Geographic Channel series called The Man Who Can Fly. This particular scene features Dean Potter, a record-breaking climber who lives in Yosemite, walking on a highline between two enormous granite rocks.
January 9, 2013
This Is What It Looks Like When Dolphins ‘Stampede’
Once in a while, very — very — rarely, dolphins will abandon their standard serenity and go on a romp that we humans refer to, aptly, as a “stampede.” The phenomenon, which involves sub-pods joining together into one splashy social — and which does indeed resemble the crowd dynamics of wild horses — is an amazing sight: The creatures, choreographed in a synchronized system that would put our own social networks to shame, leap and churn and leap some more in frenzied-yet-graceful unison.
January 8, 2013
Cyborg Music: Watch a DJ ‘Play’ Facial Expressions via Electrical Impulses
Taking the role of programmer, designer, DJ, VJ, and composer on each of his projects, Daito Manabe is able to realize scenarios that change our perception of how our bodies interact with technology. Whereas most electronic musicians control sound with their hands, Manabe uses the electrical impulses of his facial muscles. Most of us just walk in sneakers, but Manabe fitted various pairs of Nikes with sensors that trigger and manipulate sound. DJs have long dreamed of having a third arm to mix and scratch with, and Manabe has already traversed this possibility.
January 8, 2013
A Method to the Madness: A Day With New York City’s Pothole Crew
Inspired by a Tumblr called “The Daily Pothole,” this earnest documentary spotlights a service that few knew existed and that many take for granted. As Richard Cicale, Director of Manhattan Street Maintenance says, his thick Brooklyn accent more audible with each word, the crew is “a vital, important part of the city – to some people anyway.”
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