This moving performance is by 24 year old Ukrainian artist Kseniya Simonova, who gives her interpretation of Ukraine’s invasion by Germany during WWII through a mix of music, sound effects and sand art.

This particular performance won her the 2009 Ukraine ‘s Got Talent final, and by the end of the piece, many members of the audience were overcome with emotions.

A nice celebration of visual effects stretching the last century. Probably should have included the Matrix for its development of ‘bullet-time’ camera effects, and Lord of the Rings, for its mixing of miniature sets, matte painting and motion graphics compositing. The inclusion of Benjamin Button was spot on to indicate the current state of the visual effects industry. Will Avatar be added soon?

Produced by Owen Gatley and Luke Jinks, this short animation takes the audience on a journey through mankind’s discoveries and his theory of life and existence. Luke’s illustrations are both detailed but abstract, and Owen’s soundtrack couples perfectly with the look and feel of the piece.

A short animation loosely based on the scientific recording of life’s great species. And how this has given us clues that piece together, for us to discover the secrets of the evolution and diversity of life on Earth

This is the Gold exhibition that will be installed at Tent Digital, 24-27th September 2009, at the Truman Brewery, London, UK. It is a real time render of video captured by an infra-red camera and output in 1080p HD using OpenGL.

“Gold” is an interactive installation which explores our obsession with super-stardom, and the extravagance that accompanies it. Through a ‘magic mirror’, revel in a world of excess where you are the super-star. Shower in glittery gold, experience almost omnipotent powers as you materialize, morph and dematerialize into pure sparkling gold dust. Immortalize yourself as a shimmering golden statue, before you collapse and disintegrate into the wind.

Check out some still shots here.

Eros gives a brief look at what a blind person might perceive in their mind. While the concept of him imagining a beautiful women is unrealistic, unless he became blind later in his life (which then would mean he could recall the memory of the women), the way in which Tom Geraedts has revealed the image of the women is amazing. He uses a brilliant mix of vector motion graphics and transparency effects showing the brain almost plotting the shape of her face gradually into focus (01:48). The powerful soundtrack was engineered by Jeff Dodson and really combines seamlessly with Tom’s concept.