November is National Homeless Youth Awareness Month. Virgin Mobile declares that youth homelessness is public enemy number one. Through RE*Generation, the charity arm of Virgin Mobile, a charity concert with performances by Public Enemy, Blink 182, Weezer, and more was held at the George Washington University Lisner auditorium. All proceeds went to Sasha Bruce House, a non-profit shelter for homeless youth in Washington D.C.
Contributing to the night was Textual Healing, “a series of interactive public projections and performance formats that encourage creation of dialog through text messaging from mobile phones.” At the concert, anyone could text their message to a specific number and see it projected it onto the auditorium wall. Txtual Healing has done a series of projects a round the world, you can view more of their work here.
KTV Media worked with Showtime Network for Dexter: Early Cuts, a series of webisodes that serve as a prequel to the wildly popular and multiple Emmy winning show Dexter. Dexter is a serial killer who works at as a blood splatter forensic officer at a police department with a very selective process of choosing his victims. The webisodes reach deep into Dexter lore and gives fans insight into three watershed killings that mark the beginnings of Dexter’s bloody career.
Tronic directed and animated a short film based on the loss of nature in our increasingly man-made landscape. Sebastien Agneessens, founder of Formavision, interviews Vivian Rosenthal of Tronic Design. Formavision “specializes in creating compelling cultural content and dynamic experiential environments.” Tronic Design uses creativity and technology to “transcend preconceived notions of how to arrive at a particular solution.”
KTV Media collaborated with the Brooklyn Brothers agency to build an iPhone app for Hornitos tequila. KTV Media prides themselves on launching products, services and brands with consistency, continuity and award-winning creative. The Hornitos iMischieve app is their latest in innovative engineering and flawless execution. The iMischiev app is meant to be played with an adventurous group of at least three people. Roll the “mischieve die” to reveal your question or task such as “who from this game would you kiss/date/marry?” or “call an ex on speakerphone.” Players are also allowed to customize the app by submitting their own “mischieves.”
Comments Creative Director Guy Barnet: “We wanted to give the kids of Long Island their own Nike moment. But for a Payless budget. If you ask me, we got a slam dunk, a three-pointer, an alley-oop and many other basketball puns rolled into one awesome film.”
Roy, star of Dog Judo, recently sat down with the blog editor for an exclusive chat at the dojo. Roy was generous enough to spare some time from his busy Judo training schedule to fill us in about Rexley’s latest antics, his Olympic Judo dreams, and what’s next in store for the canine martial arts pair.
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