In this video from PSFK CONFERENCE NYC 2012, new media artists Jonathan Harris talks to the audience about how he walked away from success and notoriety and was inspired to counter current online trends to build Cowbird.com

Here We Go Magic - “How Do I Know” 

If you have to watch one documentary this months it’s certainly this one.

“Bob Marley’s universal appeal, impact on music history and role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled. MARLEY is the definitive life story of the musician, revolutionary, and legend, from his early days to his rise to international superstardom. Made with the support of the Marley family, the film features rare footage, incredible performances and revelatory interviews with the people that knew him best.”

Directed by Kevin MacDonald
In theatres and on demand 4.20.2012

A$AP Rocky - Goldie (Explicit) (by LIVELOVEASAPVEVO)

17 year old Brooklyn native Joey BadA$$ debuts his video for “Survival Tactics” the first release off his solo Project “1999” slated to drop late march 2012. The song features fellow Brooklyn based artist Capital STEEZ .

94 Elements is a new web-based global filmmaking project, exploring our lives through the lens of the elements. Become part of the project now at indiegogo.com/94elements

There are 94 naturally occurring elements, from Hydrogen to Plutonium. Together they make up everything in the world. The stories of the elements are intimately connected to the stories of our own lives. Everything we use and create is made from them. Our own bodies are mostly made from just 6 of the elements. They affect our lives in countless ways, and their stories reveal our relationship with our resources and the patterns of our economies.

The project is creating a collection of unique human stories by award-winning filmmakers and the best emerging filmmaking talent about the endless ways the elements touch our daily lives. Each filmmaker will create an authored 4-7 minute film around a way we extract or use one element. The films are surprising and moving human stories involving the elements – this is not about science, but about our human relationships with our natural resources.

Visit the project website now at 94elements.com

An inspiring photographic project by Julian Bialowas.

“No matter where you live, adventure is much closer than you think. New experiences, unknown surroundings, and exciting opportunities are just waiting to be discovered. Sometimes all it takes is a bit of motivation and knowing where to start.

We’ve traveled to ten locations within a 90-minute drive from downtown Portland, Oregon to showcase the awe-inspiring landscapes that are waiting to be explored. From highway pull-offs to backcountry overnighters, and sun-baked coastlines to snowy mountainsides, there is something for everyone, everywhere.

At each location we captured a featured photograph and paired it with an interactive 360 degree panorama and Google map to help you find your way. Hopefully these destinations will light the fire for you to look beyond and explore the endless beauty waiting outside your door.”

Experience the project at: ThisisOR.com

Webisode 1 - Oli Adams Introduction (by Protest Boardwear)

Where one stands in the present is known as here and where one aspires to be in the future is known as there. Surfing is an undefined course that creates a different here and there for everyone, from simply catching a wave to coming out dry from the heaviest barrel you’ve ever surfed. Protest takes you on a journey “From here to there” with 5 of their professional surfers, following them on their journey from their personal here to get there, whether it’s a search for solitude and empty breaks, winning contests under pressure or simply searching for the perfect wave in imperfect locations.

A short and beautiful video summary of a summer in South America by videographer BabaBC . 

Travel to Thailand through this short movie of Bangkok shot with the 5d Mark 2 by  Laurent Tixhon. 

Keaton Henson - Small Hands (by Keaton Henson)

An American advertising producer in Shanghai tries to sell fast food to the Chinese. An endearing portrait of a modern day “Mad Man.”

Directed, Photographed & Edited by Doug Nichol

Music by Richard Hair

Official Selection:

True/False Film Festival, DOCNYC, Mill Valley Film Festival, Palm Springs, LA Shorts Fest, SF DocFest, Hot Springs Documentary Festival, Big Apple Film Festival, Woods Hole Film Festival, SF Shorts

An experimental photography project in Paris and Pushkar, India has transformed an apartment in each city into a giant pinhole cameras. The Stenop.es project, devised by French photographers Romain Alary and Antoine Levy, used the interior of the two apartments to function as a canvas for a projection of the cityscape outside.

To get it to work, the photographers firstly has to darken a room in each apartment and cover it with foil. They then made a small pinhole in the wall that let a beam of light from outside into the space. This was then magnified and turned into an internal projection, which was beamed on to the objects and surfaces inside the room. The images that resulted – which included buildings, traffic and passersby – were all captured by a video camera, and added to a sound recording from the street outside.

The Pinhole Movie Project is an ode to city life and watching the array of images is a beautiful, visual experience. To see the videos and find out more about the project, just visit the Stenop.es website.

Another great video by The Avant/Garde Diaries: The Brett Loudermilk & Rob Zabrecky - The Magic of Being Different 

POLICA - Lay Your Cards Out (Official Music Video) (by polica)