Jeff Beer

Since … oh, at least 2003.

Creativity: MoMA’s Latest Goes Behind the Art

Posted on June 23, 2009 - Filed Under Creativity | Leave a Comment

(Originally appeared last month at Creativity)
TAXI’s Paul Lavoie and director Azazel Jacobs’ short film looks to attract new audience to the art museum.
by jeff beer

Living in New York, there are gaggles of cultural must-sees and everyone has their own particular way of prioritizing which ones are worth their time. One person’s Lincoln Center is another’s [...]

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Hello Von

Posted on June 23, 2009 - Filed Under Art, Creativity | Leave a Comment

This is an older piece I forgot to post here last year… still dig the Von.
(originally appeared in the Nov. 2008 issue of Creativity)
Hello Von
London illustrator brings artful design to the commercial space
From Madonna to Seal, Bono to Liberace, the mono-moniker has always intrigued. For U.K. artist Von, it works too, and, like those more [...]

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Remixed Before Your Eyes: Eclectic Method

Posted on June 18, 2009 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

(Originally appeared on Creativity-Online.com)
U.K. trio straddles the divide between DJ and film editor
The art of remixing and sampling has been around for decades, and DJs have long been considered rock stars themselves (witness: DJ Hero). But all that has largely been an audio experience. In 2007, technology allowed some enterprising entertainers to manipulate video in [...]

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When art and ads collide, Mike Shine

Posted on June 16, 2009 - Filed Under culture | Leave a Comment

It’s been a while since I’ve jotted anything down here that wasn’t already posted somewhere else, but I guess that’s why this is called a repository… Anyway, a few years ago through my work at Creativity and its obvious involvement in advertising, I became aware of the comforting-yet-creepy art of Mike Shine. Shine’s a principle [...]

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