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Amangiri

Amangiri (peaceful mountain) is a luxury resort located on 600 acres in Canyon Point, Southern Utah, close to the border with Arizona. The resort is tucked into a protected valley with sweeping views towards the Grand Staircase – Escalante National Monument. Built around a central swimming pool with spectacular views, the resort blends into its dramatic surrounds where deep canyons and towering plateaus create a raw landscape of immense power. Amangiri’s Aman Spa features a floatation therapy pavilion, water pavilion with sauna, steam room, cold 
plunge and step pool, fitness centre and yoga pavilion.

(with the blessing of Manitou :-)

SHORT FILM :: Sleepover LA

An innocent tourist travels to LA and unexpectedly conjures her sister’s last night alive.
Bold score, stylized dance and an eclectic cast weave a luminous film that revamps traditional narrative.
Directed by Lily Baldwin, produced by Nicole Disson and co-written by Andrea Claire Maio, it features an original score by Mark degli Antoni (Werner Herzog, David Byrne, Soul Coughing) with musical guest Room8.

Thierry Konarzewski :: Damaged Objects

http://thierrykonarzewski.com/

Catherine Wheel ♫ Black Metallic

SHORT FILM :: Bad Day at the Office

Wallace D. Popple's workday delivers a series of painful mishaps. Yet within this off-kilter tale about happiness lies a twist for the twisted.

Jonas Bendiksen :: Water

http://www.jonasbendiksen.com/

Fibonacci Zoetrope Sculptures

These are 3-D printed sculptures designed to animate when spun under a strobe light. The placement of the appendages is determined by the same method nature uses in pinecones and sunflowers. The rotation speed is synchronized to the strobe so that one flash occurs every time the sculpture turns 137.5º—the golden angle. If you count the number of spirals on any of these sculptures you will find that they are always Fibonacci numbers.

For this video, rather than using a strobe, the camera was set to a very short shutter speed (1/4000 sec) in order to freeze the spinning sculpture.

John Edmark is an inventor/designer/artist. He teaches design at Stanford University.