Contemporary French Punk - La Femme

Well some people say that punk is dead. And for some people French culture is an opposite of a punk rock. But the French band La Femme perhaps would slap those people in their faces with a CD named Psycho Tropical Berlin, which is their debut album released in 2013 (it has a nice cover).

La Femme - Psycho Tropical Berlin

This psyche-punk rock (according to Wikipedia) catched my ear on a radio and I was happy to find it on the internet and to study it a little bit more. Melodic vocal of a French girl ads some romance to the sound, keybords bring a feeling of a modernism and a punk rhythm makes you to move your head. Also I have to add that male vocal perfectly fits in too. Love this combination. 

Glad to see a new form of punk (they might be not the first), punk of a 21st century style, which is evolving. Maybe La Femme is not very rebellious, but it sounds in a subtlety way and it still have a fire.

La Femme - Sur La Planche

La Femme online

http://lafemmemusic.com/

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One of The Best Art Installations of 2013

One of the most magnificent artworks of 2013 I would call "Little Magnificent" which is an installation made by young artists Gediminas Šiaulys and Andrius Kirvela. This example of a digital contemporary art tells us a fairy tale in a modern way where a composition of simple objects becomes a three dimensional screen. A harmony between shape of figures, visuals which are projected on those figures and hypnotizing music brings a spectator to the warm fantasy world, somewhere near childhood.

Here is video of this installation filmed at Contemporary Art Center in Vilnius, Lithuania. 

No other installation fascinated me so much this year like an artwork by these Lithuanian artists. One of the reasons why it is so strong is that the spirit and the body of an artwork ideally fits each other.  Well crafted visuals and sound creates an aura of a fairy tale (spirit) and then a spectator is amazed by the surprising technique how the visuals appear on blank figures (body). In that way it endorses the sense of a mystique and brings viewer even more into a stance of  a childish dream. 

Little Magnificent - Gediminas Šiaulys and Andrius Kirvela

This installation was made as a scenography for a theater play "Daddy's Tale", where an imagination of an audience was manipulated by using a combination of modern technologies and live acting. 

A Lust For Clicks

A click. Today a click can mean profit. More clicks on a news website can result in more revenues from advertisement, more clicks on an ad of an online shoe selling shop can lead to an increased number of sales. The more clicks you get the more money you earn. Some people think so... However, this kind of belief can bring you to a big loss as well. The video below illustrates that just perfectly.

You have to know what kind of clicks your ad or a website gets. There are many tools which can help you to analyse a traffic and a quality of clicks. One of the most popular is Google Analytics which is free and every website should start with it.

So if you love clicks, you have to know them better ;)

Digital is Natural

The digital technology is changing the way we behave and think. By being an inseparable part of our daily life, new devices are becoming natural to us. The video, which was promoting Europe’s biggest digital technology event ICT 2013, shows the natural relation between people and technologies. 

Is it the Future of Google Glass?

Can it be that the movie They Live (1988) shows us how Google Glass is going to open our eyes in the future? Or should I say - to blind us... :)

The New Era of Social Media Begins

A Report on teenagers behavior using social media channels in the USA (2012-2013) shows dramatic changes towards Facebook. Twitter and Instagram ouvertook Facebook as the most important social media site.

Source: The Huffington Post

The importance of Facebook among teenagers decreased rapidly just in one year. From the chart above it looks like Instargram and numerous smaller social media sites named as "Other" took most of Facebook "votes".
Visual Communication is in Human Nature
It is no surprise that Instagram is steadily gaining support since people naturally prefer to collect information visually. Instagram allows us to share emotional experiences using pictures and express ourselves instinctively. The growth of Youtube is another example how its important for people to be visible and to observe others. It’s human nature.

Niche Networking
A number of various social media sites is constantly growing allowing us to choose from a wide variety of ways how to communicate using digital media. Technological advancement opens new possibilities for communication and allows us to choose a number of ways how to be in contact with others. As societies are becoming less and less standardized (read Alvin and Heidi Toffler book "Revolutionary Wealth" about revolutionary changes in the 21st century) people choose their own ways of communication which suit their personalities best. Niche social networks offer us that possibility.
Decentralization
It is probable that the golden age of Facebook is in the past. Perhaps it will remain an important player for years to come, but other types of social media which are orientated to satisfy specific needs of society will take over a significant amount of communication traffic and continue to decentralize the market. Facebook understands that and is constantly looking forward to buying new social networks (it bought Instagram in 2012 and is interested in buying Snapchat).

Our human nature and the way we communicate is shaping the social media market. It is exciting to observe how the act of expression is altered with the help of digital technologies.

The Real Avantgarde Muisc Video

A lot of artists try to hijack the name of avantgarde. Sometimes they do chaotic random stuff and call it avantgardism. However, the real avantgarde artist is required to have not only some kind of "madness" in him, but also a good sense of style and beauty. Avantgarde art has to radically surpass the general taste of the masses, but at the same time it has to stay art.

I want to present you a music video which is an example of a real avantgarde artwork. It was created by a new band Pincers. The main singer is known as Ronnie Flotsam, who is a talented surrealist painter as well. You can check out his artworks here.

Pincers - A Sociopath to Fame

Onwards to the 22nd century!

This blog is about the digital world and the artistic way of life. The two pillars of modern civilization. Onwards to the 22nd century!