http://mmmlabs.com/w Momo the Monster Media Labs Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:26:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Brahmarama is an interactive storytelling system. You type in words, and Brahma creates it out of thin air (well, okay, out of Flickr’s database). Many more features are planned, this can be considered the first reasonably-functional version, released for the grand opening of the ... http://mmmlabs.com/w/2009/09/brahmarama/ MSTR.CTRL.STATION is a 2-Player Interactive Video machine built for temporary installation near stages with loud music. Like the Ribboncube, the interface is unlabeled, and its controls are discovered through experimentation and play. One button may cause a flock of birds to cross the screen, another plays video of a flying ... http://mmmlabs.com/w/2009/08/mister-control-station/ I worked with the team at Ant Farm Online to produce concepts, comps and final banners for the Home Video release of Oliver Stone's biopic 'W'. My responsibilities included graphic design, actionscript 2 coding, graphics optimizing, preparation and staging of boards, and final packaging of SWFs and backup images for ... http://mmmlabs.com/w/2009/05/oliver-stones-w/ The legendary downtempo electronic duo The Orb played a very special night at the Gehry-designed Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, rocking the hallowed halls with a slew of performers in a late-night extravaganza. I curated the group of video artists who performed throughout the night in the many ... http://mmmlabs.com/w/2009/04/lava-at-the-orb-show/ I was just recently invited by Brett Spivey of Xochi Media to join their crew for Coachella this year! I had to skip out last year as I was packing up my life to move to Portland. I'm heading down about two weeks ahead of time to learn their system, develop ... http://mmmlabs.com/w/2009/04/vjing-at-coachella-09/ Entertain the Brutes needed a functional game to pitch a project. Scott St. John came to me with the functionality of the game, and I produced a basic working version. Once he was happy with the way the game functioned, I designed the look and feel, including all graphics and ... http://mmmlabs.com/w/2009/03/flash-game-for-pitch/ The Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC) hosts two conferences every year, bringing together an international member base of organizations that work with food system reform in a spectrum of capacities. I created a site which would provide potential attendees all the pertinent information in an easy-to-navigate fashion, based on the design ... http://mmmlabs.com/w/2009/03/farm-to-cafeteria-conference/ This site is a promotional vehicle for the Lionsgate film "Still Waiting', which is a sequel to 'Waiting', a no-holds barred comedy about working in a restaurant. I worked with the Ant Farm Online team in developing the design, and programmed the site single-handedly, building on Steve Sacks' excellent Gaia ... http://mmmlabs.com/w/2009/03/still-waiting-website/ I worked with the team at Ant Farm Online to produce concepts, comps and final banners for the Home Video release of Still Waiting. You can also see the Website I created for Still Waiting. 300x250, 40K Click banner to replay 728x90, 40K [kml_flashembed fversion="8.0.0" movie="http://mmmlabs.com/w/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/swt_728x90_v1.swf" width="728" height="90" ... http://mmmlabs.com/w/2009/03/still-waiting-banners/ Alma Har'el got in touch with me through the LAVA (Los Angeles Video Artist) meetings I was hosting at the time. She needed someone to build a system whereby Taylor Hawkin's drum playing would directly drive live video projections. I built a custom setup in Isadora that read MIDI Triggers ... http://mmmlabs.com/w/2009/03/sample-video-post/