November 2, 2009 by stephen dirkes
The Evol Intent live “Unconditional Evol” tour hits NYC on Nov. 20th at Club EXIT in Brooklyn ( 149 Greenpoint Ave. ). Check out what the huge buzz about this group is about. Another in the genre mashing “wildlife” series, B. Rich, I-Cue, Odi, FTL and DJ Vandal get it started and keep the party rollin. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: dnb, evol intent, NYC, wildlife
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October 26, 2009 by stephen dirkes
Back last night from a great weekend in the Catskills. Shot this on a Nikon DSLR ( Nikkor 24-200 zoom ) as stills. Manfrotto tripod with pistol grip head.
Extra fluffy water the at end of the clip was shot with 1.5, 2 and 3 second slow shutter.
Animated in After Effects, edited in Final Cut and graded in Color. Pine Hill, NY 2009
Tags: autumn, brooks, catskills, nature, slow shutter, time lapse
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October 23, 2009 by stephen dirkes
Tags: model set, spaceship
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October 22, 2009 by stephen dirkes
went into the VJ Pixalot deep freezer to put this vid together for Borgore’s new track “Ice Cream” ( Trill Bass ). Catch Israeli dubstep producer, Asaf Borger’s first NYC show this friday, Oct 23rd at Coco66, NYC.

Releasing on Trill Bass, Air Recordings, Shift Recordings and Ultragore Recordings, Borgore is based in Tel Aviv and performs on several instruments in several genres.
MySpace – www.myspace.com/borgore
Ice Cream Mixtape
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Tags: borgore, dave gee, dubstep, ice cream, reid speed, trill bass, vj pixalot
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October 12, 2009 by stephen dirkes
Obscure Object Films is proud to present the “Sketch City” series. Welcome to “Sketch City” where a diverse community of people get to tell their own stories in an animated urban world. Fresh stories, to be served up twice weekly in 2-3min episodes. Enter a 3d graphic novel in paper, populated by graffiti artists, djs, models, fashionistas, hipsters and urbanites. Experience their raw, personal, unscripted stories from the Sketch City.

We created a unique environment to function as a platform for user generated stories and storytellers, keeping the best of unscripted “Reality” and adding an extra large dose of production flavor. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: amierinkz, bodie chewning, paper model, peter bill, raymond flynn, red camera, Rodrigo Galvan, sketch city, stephen dirkes, t rex lens, table top shoot, tal shpantzer
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October 10, 2009 by stephen dirkes

Thanks for coming out to “the Object” screening last night and spending some time in Burlesqueland with Dirty Martini and the rest of the Slipper Room’s lovely “Hot Box” performers Gigi & Pop, Jo Boobs, Trixie Little, Peekaboo Pointe, Weirdee Girl, Nasty Canasta, and UK guest , British Heart. The camera was passed around all night so photo credits ( amongst other things ) are a bit vague today… Hope you like the pics. Read the rest of this entry »
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October 6, 2009 by stephen dirkes
Here’s a sneak preview of the latest Obscure Object Films release “the Object” to be screened this Friday at the World Premier Screening Party hosted by international burlesque star Dirty Martini at the Slipper Room ( 167 Orchard St. ), Lower East Side, NYC Friday October 9th at 8pm.
This 4.5 minute film, shot on location in Brooklyn and Long Island City by Tal Shpantzer with a Canon digital Still camera, follows the thwarted lust of an artist for an unattainable woman and leads the viewer from the stage and dressing room of a 1930s cabaret to an animated fantasy theatre of his injured and fragile psyche. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: alexander berne, alison melville, color, drew ravani, final cut, grading, nuke, post production, ray flynn, recording soundtrack, shake, stephen dirkes
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October 2, 2009 by stephen dirkes

Burlesque star Dirty Martini to Host World Premier Screening Party of Filmmaker Stephen Dirkes “the Object” at the Slipper Room, 167 Orchard St., NYC, Friday October 9th, 8-9pm. Our Film Premiere, wrap party, cocktail Party and Dirty Martini’s live Burlesque performance will segue into the Slipper Room’s exceptional live Burlesque Show.
Obscure Object Films announces the release of Stephen Dirkes short film The Object, starring burlesque star Dirty Martini and Paul Richard. This 5 minute film, shot on location in Brooklyn and Long Island City follows a protagonist whose lust for women unattainable leads the viewer from stop action animation to a live action set reminiscent of the best of 1930s cabaret. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: animation, burlesque, dirty martini, stop motion
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September 20, 2009 by peterbill23

A Fine Art, Fashion, Film & Video, Music, & Wine, Champagne, Tequilla, Mezcal Tasting Event at The Black Cat Gallery, 11523 W Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA
peter bill will be showing paintings, spinning video loops, and pushing pixels this weekend, Saturday, September 26th at 7:00pm and Sunday, September 27th at 12:00am.
More info:
http://www.blackcatart.com
http://www.myspace.com/theblackcatgallery
Tags: art, opening, peter bill, VJ
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September 20, 2009 by stephen dirkes

At Howard Schwartz Recording studios on 420 Lexington at Grand Central, recording the voice overs for the up coming Obscure Object Films release of Peter Bill’s animated short, “the Rat Who Stole the Sun”.

LA gets a post-nuke-svankmeyer-vermin rife treatment in this dark modern adaptation of a traditional Native American Indian tale. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: animation, beth bartley, Howard Schwartz Recording, hsr, native american indian tale, nyc recording studio, obscure object films, peter bill, rodgrigo galvan, stephen dirkes, tal shpantzer, voice over
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September 15, 2009 by stephen dirkes
We congratulate Obscure Object Films/ Labtest colleague, Peter Bill’s award of the the John Muir Gold Award for his “Yosemite Schematic” short film in the Environmental Film Competition of the ‘09 Yosimite Film Festival.

Another in his California landscape series of time lapse films, this beautiful panoramic montage of digital still and super 8mm film, time lapse footage was shot on Nikon D200, Canon S50, and super-8 cameras. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: John Muir Gold Award, landscape, panorama, peter bill, super 8mm, timelaspe, Yosimite Film Festival
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September 14, 2009 by stephen dirkes

Some location stills for an upcoming Obscure Object Films production. Johannes Kirsch is a 19th century German church in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Read the rest of this entry »
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September 3, 2009 by stephen dirkes
We’ll have a free screening of “Obscure Object Part 4″ outside on the walls of 33 Washington St., Rabbithole Studio and under the Manhattan Bridge at 5 Front Restaurant from 5:30 to 9pm, in Dumbo, NYC for Brooklyn Art Project’s First Thursday Art Walk event Sept. 10th ( we know its actually the second Thursday ).

The latest in the “Obscure Object” series of short films is shot as digital stills by photographer Tal Shpantzer on location in Greenpoint and Dumbo, Brooklyn. From storyboard to final scoring, Stephen Dirkes has created a unique world inhabited by media agents, spies, lovers, watchers and hunters. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: bara van der kuech, brooklyn art project, Dumbo, first thursday art walk, obscure object films, outdoor screening, roderick glanville, shawn lyons
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September 1, 2009 by stephen dirkes

Locking down the edit for the most recent Obscure Object Films release, “the Object” starring Dirty Martini and Paul Richard. This 5 minute short film takes us backstage to the steamy intrigue of a 1930’s New York City Burlesque Nightclub.

Photographer, Tal Shpantzer, successfully wrangled audience scenes, cast almost exclusively with French actors visiting NYC. These young Frenchmen were masters of; wearing hats, smoking lustily and the subtle skill of feminine charms appreciation. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 1930's nightclub, Ayka Ayka, burlesque, dirty martini, Masha Gvozdov, miklos buk, NYC, obscure object films, paul richard, Rebecca Trent, stop motion, tal shpantzer
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August 28, 2009 by stephen dirkes
Our good friend and colleague, Masha Gvozdov, put together an art exhibition in Greenpoint this Thursday, August 27, 2009 at Coco 68, 68 Greenpoint Ave., Brooklyn, NYC. Photographer Tal Shpantzer and I submitted our film “Obscure Object part 3″ as a looping DVD and 2 16×20 prints from the film.

This short features Juliette Morel ( Paris ) and Carlos Vidal ( NYC ) as “Alphaville” and “Tetsuo” inspired agents and was shot entirely as digital stills in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Carlos Vidal, coco68, Juliette Morel, Masha Gvozdov, nyc art exhibiton, obscure object, raymond flynn, stop motion animation, tal shpantzer
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August 24, 2009 by stephen dirkes
Just finished this up and offering a peak at a 6.5 minute animated film I put together for a band’s up coming national tour. I started with stills from Muybridge’s animal locomotion series and time lapses I shot in Big Sur as well as some stills from Tal Shpantzer. The band had seen my “Motion Etudes:Flight” online and I created something similar.
Lots of play with pixelizer effects. The upper part of this video is the main channel (4:3) that will be projected large behind the band. The bottom strip of this video is the 2nd channel (16:9), ( its doubled side by side in this vid ), which will be played on LCD screens downstage and forming a proscenium. Thank you Jars of Clay and Nettwerk Management for the call.
Tags: animation, jars of clay, nettwerk management, time lapse
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August 20, 2009 by stephen dirkes
Friday, August 21, 2009
BlkMarket Membership presents
VJ PIxalot fills the room with Velvety smooth milk chocolate visuals
AGNES Live [Sthlmaudio / Perspectiv - Geneva]
RIPPERTON DJ [Sthlmaudio / Perspectiv - Geneva] – New York Debut
DAN BERKSON & JAMES WHAT Live [Pokerflat / Dessous - London]
and residents TAIMUR+FAHAD
Opening set by:
NATHANIEL JAY [Pitch It Down - New York] Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: AGNES, BlkMarket Membership, DAN BERKSON & JAMES WHAT, Perspectiv, RIPPERTON, vj pixalot
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August 17, 2009 by stephen dirkes

Back at it this Thursday, August 20th, VJ Pixalot fills Chealsea Art Museum with ROBOTS on 2 turntables and 1 projector. Electro (nu skool/ol skool), Bass, Bassline, Dub and Dancehall on the Decks and ROBOTS from the ’30s to present battle it out on the screens. DJ Cervieri wil be mixin breaks and grooves from dub to deep house. Last time was PACKED w/lineup at the door! Had too much fun. Thank you UK dupstep fans for the support. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: chelsea art museum, dj cervieri, nyc art, vj pixalot
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August 6, 2009 by stephen dirkes

Working on an animated short to open the set for a band’s upcoming national tour. Here are some examples of the looks and how I got them from my first animation tests. Read the rest of this entry »
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