Society Promotions » Duo http://www.societypromotions.org Promoting art experiences that benefit and inspire social change Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:40:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc ThruYOU http://www.societypromotions.org/blog/2010/04/04/1443/ http://www.societypromotions.org/blog/2010/04/04/1443/#comments Sun, 04 Apr 2010 22:28:59 +0000 Josh http://www.societypromotions.org/?p=1443 Every now and then comes something that is a perfect expression of what the Internet is about.

The latest, if you haven’t already heard, comes via Kutiman, an Israeli Web impresario who mashed up video clips of amateur YouTube musicians to create a near-flawless overture to the Twittering masses.

Read more HERE.

Check out the songs on the Thru You video site

Kutiman’s MYSPACE.

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Read the article HERE.

Read reviews HERE.

Making of Avatar Video Short

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Screen shot 2009-12-12 at 6.30.23 PMIf you look at the latest animation scene – Pixar, DreamWorks – it is all about the computer animation. Every big name, animated feature is in 3-D. With precise modeling or the use of shadow, perspective and movement, animation is created more from software and less from the pencil and pen of an artist…[READ MORE]

A REVIEW from Cinematical.

A REVIEW from Rotten Tomatoes (84%).

The Princess and the Frog SHOWTIMES in Gainesville.

Watch the TRAILER.

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U2′s 360 Tour is in full swing and the tour design innovates and amazes while creating a great experience.

Here’s an article about their show in Tampa and the “Claw” stage piece.

Here’s a write up on the lighting design.

Rolling Stone article on stage design.

Here’s a piece on the giant 360 LED screen.

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The Graphic Imperative: International Posters for Peace, Social Justice and the Environment traces the impact of poster art as an instrument of social change. [Read More]

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The Two Futures Project is a movement for the abolition of all nuclear weapons. We face two futures and one choice: a world without nuclear weapons or a world ruined by them.

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]]> http://www.societypromotions.org/blog/2009/06/06/the-two-futures-project/feed/ 0 Fiddling With History http://www.societypromotions.org/blog/2008/08/21/fiddling-around-with-history/ http://www.societypromotions.org/blog/2008/08/21/fiddling-around-with-history/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:21:47 +0000 Jason http://www.societypromotions.org/?p=199 Gene Weingarten got his Pulitzer Prize, by being so original. So should he now turn his prize back in?  …read more

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