marquearts http://www.marquearts.com : where making meets meaning Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:33:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Press, Pause, Play http://www.marquearts.com/2012/01/15/press-pause-play/ http://www.marquearts.com/2012/01/15/press-pause-play/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:33:04 +0000 admin http://www.marquearts.com/?p=280 “The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent in an unprecedented way, with unlimited opportunities. But does democratized culture mean better art or is true talent instead drowned out?” Starring Moby, Seth Godin, Sean Parker and more.

Trailer (1:05)

Full Film (1:24:31)

PressPausePlay from House of Radon on Vimeo.

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Pixar’s creative process, according to President Ed Catmull, simply involves going from “Suck to Nonsuck.” This essentially means embracing a messy process by which films are storyboarded and iterated upon until they emerge as swans from ugly ducklings in the final phases of production. “That’s because Catmull and Pixar’s directors think it’s better to fix problems than to prevent errors.” Read more about their process on Fast Company’s

Pixar’s Motto: Going From Suck to Nonsuck

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View on QIdeas.org’s website.

About Bobette Buster from her website: After serving as creative executive for Tony Scott, Larry Gelbart and Ray Stark, Bobette Buster continues to consult for Hollywood’s leading decision makers and creatives at leading studios including Pixar, 20th Century Fox, Disney Animation, and Sony Animation. Bobette conducts seminars for the most elite film school programs around the world.

Bobette’s well-known and inspiring lectures have elicited extraordinary reactions from professional audiences around the world. Leading film industry figures, writers, communications leaders and other storytellers have also cited the effect it has had on the transformation within their own lives.

To read more about Bobette, please visit her site bobettebuster.com

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“Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power that enables us to empathise with humans whose experiences we have never shared.”

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Watch global design and innovation consultancy IDEO’s vision for the future of the book. What new experiences might be created by linking diverse discussions, what additional value could be created by connected readers to one another, and what innovative ways we might use to tell our favorite stories and build community around books?

The Future of the Book. from IDEO on Vimeo.

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“The only unique contribution that we will ever make in this world will be born of our creativity.” Brené Brown
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“More than 500 galleries have displayed their wares at Affordable Art Fairs around the world since Will Ramsay pioneered the idea with a debut show in Battersea Park in 1999.” View the full article on The Telegraph.

For more info see the Affordable Art Fair

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by Carl Richards

More fun sketches at Behavior Gap

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For the lazy curator. My show is called, “Breaking Illusion: Achieving and Undermining Juncture.”

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Cebix C-Peptide Overview from Marquearts on Vimeo.

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