Our business cards

By leditup, May 11, 2011

Our business cards are here! Very big thanks to Milly from Pantheon drukkers and of course our designer Roxanne. We needed cards that had all of our individual info on them, so we wouldn’t have to create 5 different cards. Worked out well! As yo...

Today, Team Led It Up has been to Tilburg to...

Team Let It Up@Tilburg

By leditup, May 4, 2011

Today, Team Led It Up has been to Tilburg to meet the team of Mundial Festival! Actually it is our second appointment with Niki and her crew. They were interested in our project and would be glad if we can be present during the two-days festival…So do we! During this meeting, we talked about the [...]

After a couple of days programming we are pleased to...

First prototype finished!

By leditup, May 4, 2011

After a couple of days programming we are pleased to announce that the first version is working. Through the mobile phone you can connect with facebook and the screen will select a movie and a word to play. If the user chooses to join the game he can start to guess the word. Meanwhile he [...]

Project update – Easter break!

By leditup, April 21, 2011

Howdy folks! Because of Easter and Good Friday, today will be our last day at the Lab until Tuesday. A well deserved break to enjoy the sun and an unhealthy amount of chocolate; here’s why: Last week we had a promising meeting with Maarten, Gijs and Evelien @Sound & Vision. Everyone was pretty happy with [...]

Remixing the law – the role of copyright and CC in our project

By leditup, April 13, 2011

Throughout our project, copyright and intellectual property law play an important role. These have been hot topics in the remix and participation culture we live in for quite some time now. Remix has been part of our society for centuries but has exploded ever since participation culture, and especially Web 2.0, gave rise to what [...]

It’s been a while since our last update so it’s...

Braindrain – project update

By leditup, April 6, 2011

It’s been a while since our last update so it’s time for us to drop a line. The last 2 weeks we’ve been draining the creativity from our brains to come up with several concepts. It was challenging to incorporate and merge together the wishes and goals from all parties involved. For Dropstuff the central [...]

Led It Up @ Breda

By leditup, March 25, 2011

To have a first impression of the mobile Paviljon, the big Dropstuff screen we will work with, we visited Breda March 23rd. The screen was present for the International Film Festival and of course, Dropstuff was there! We met Steef and he introduced us to the screen and how it worked… We also wanted to have [...]

As a follow-up to his visit and great presentation at...

Video Postcards from Dr. Strangelove

By rachel, March 21, 2011

As a follow-up to his visit and great presentation at Video Vortex #6, Dr. Michael Strangelove put together these video postcards of the experience. If you weren’t able to come to Amsterdam for the event, these audiovisual impressions will give you a quick glimpse into the happenings of Video Vortex #6. Thanks again to everyone [...]

On Wednesday March 10th, at the Netherlands Media Art Institute,...

Animated GIF Mashup Workshop Video – the results!

By rachel, March 21, 2011

On Wednesday March 10th, at the Netherlands Media Art Institute, artist Evan Roth hosted a workshop as part of Video Vortex #6. Over 6 hours, participants worked fervently to collaboratively put together a mashup of their favourite animated gifs, resulting in a music video. Participants learned about the open source animated mashup software Roth built, [...]

Evening Screening with Artist Natalie Bookchin

By serena, March 18, 2011

By Serena Westra As the final event of the sixth Video Vortex, YouTube lovers, video artists, and enthusiasts of all types were invited to enjoy an evening screening and discussion with media artist Natalie Bookchin. The screening was held in SMART Project Space Amsterdam, hard to find but a great location. On Tuesday March 15th, [...]