Tropfest, the little Aussie short film festival that has become an international success, is celebrating its 20th year this year. To celebrate, the organisers have decided to host Tropfest screening events in even more locations, including Wollongong and New Zealand. More »
Old purists of Glastonbury festival may argue that an app goes against everything Glastonbury – replete with hippies and other unwashed revellers – used to stand for. But give me an app with a map and customisable line-up any day. More »
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Giant music festivals are awesome, but wouldn’t it be nice if you could just hover above without any of the packing or mud-caked feet? This tilt-shifted video gives a stellar vantage point and makes it all look so damn cute. More »
While I’ve not ever dropped-acid-and-burnt-wicker-men-alive (at least, not at Burning Man festival), from my understanding the event is meant to be somewhat of an escape from the humdrum of daily life. Meaning, you leave the iPhone at home. More »
Twitter is so hot right now, you guys. It’s so hot it influences things totally unrelated to Twitter, like the Nikon Festival — a digital film fest that challenges micro-auteurs to create 140-seconds-or-less digital videos. Obviously, Ashton Kutcher is involved. More »
During the Lantern Festival last month, one village in China celebrated the same way they have for 500 years—by throwing molten iron at a wall to create showers of make-do fireworks.
Brooklyn’s Blip Festival 2008, which is taking place this weekend, December 4th through 7th, is a celebration of modders, music, vintage game consoles, and graphics. Artists come from all over the world to perform electronic music created with Game Boys, Commodore 64s, and Famicoms, and it’s more than just bleeps and bloops: this stuff is really fun.
