Cut&Paste NYC 2006

Cut&Paste‘s national tour has begun. Kicking off this Saturday, 21 October 2006, the eight contestants all look like worthy contenders and, with the Audience Design Contest, the launch of Adobe’s new color-matching software, and the raffle of one of here. And, San Franciscans, you still have time (until this Friday, 20 October 2006) to submit an entry for the Bay Area contest. Do it here.

Paint

Following the virally renowned bouncy ball ad (and subsequent Paint," Sony's latest Bravia spot, is an orgasmic choreography of rainbow-colored paint explosions. Directed by Jonathan Glazer, who's known for his music videos, the piece took 10 days and 250 people to film and five days and 60 people to clean up. via Josh Spear

Christian Jankowski: Us and Them

Inspired by juxtapositions of different worlds and subcultures, Christian Jankowski's conceptual work often involves non-artists such as televangelists, psychics, children, and therapists. An extension of Jankowski's previous experiments with commercial filmmaking conventions, "Us and Them," a seasonally-appropriate exhibit of new works including videos, film, photography and sculpture, explores the horror film genre "suggesting how cinematic visions of monstrosity and violence can also communicate broader notions …