0 FLOAT is ON

The latest collection of student work from The Student Creative is now available!

FLOAT asked students to respond to this challenge: Create a moment of magical realism using high speed photography. Inspired by the work of Philippe Halsman's Jumpology series and fast shutter speed artists from around the world, students froze in time a moment that seems impossible.

FLOAT! by The Student Creative | Make Your Own Book

All profits from FLOAT benefit the Jacaranda School for AIDS orphans in Malawi.

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0 Floating Paint

Working on the F L O A T project?*

Here's some inspiration.
Warning: This could get messy.

*You should be. Whatsamatta you?

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0 FLOATOBALL

Update 11/19: The Rotoball link is down, I'll update again when its back up. The project however, goes on!

No, I'm not mixing projects, although I haven't been getting a lot of sleep and it does conjure some interesting ideas...

If you're working on F L O A T, or thinking about it, here is the keynote powerpoint presentation (.ppt file) that I used with my own students*. Since one of our objectives in this project is for each community and class to approach it in their own way, feel free to use, change, ignore, laugh at, pity, or alter this presentation in anyway that fits your own curricular needs. You can also watch the presentation here, although it doesn't make as much sense without the included presentation notes:

Float

Not that 'making sense' is one of my strong points, but there you go.

In other news, if you are now, have ever been, or would like to participate in the Rotoball Project, the site for 2011 is up! Be sure to check to make sure that your school is listed and get the students started! Remember that despite its name, any kind of animation would be welcomed! Now in its fourth year as a global collaboration, I'm even willing to be flexible on the parameters of the project itself. If you want to be really different, all I'm asking for this year is that the ball enter from the left and exit the right in about 15 seconds. What happens in that time is totally up to you.

Wow, I was nervous about putting that out there, but now that I have, it feels right.

*I converted to Powerpoint after a certain Mac Labber suggested that not everyone uses Keynote. I know, can you believe it? A Mac Labber!

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0 Float On!

After a successful run of our first book, Paint the World with Light, the Student Creative is proud to announce our second student challenge, FLOAT. Where Paint the World challenged students to create unique works of long exposure photography, Float asks students to use high speed photography. With a high shutter speed, students will capture a moment to fast to be seen with with the naked eye, and freeze time in such a way to create an image of magical realism.

Final images will be posted in online and selected images will be published in our second book when the project reaches its deadline on February 28th, 2011. As with our last project, the proceeds of this book will benefit the Jacaranda School for AIDS orphans in Malawi.

Alright don't worry even if things end up a bit too heavy.
We'll all float on.
- Modest Mouse

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