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March 29, 2018
Esther Perel Interactive Keynote at SXSW 2018 [Video]
“I imagine a world in which we can experience our relationships with a sense of vitality, aliveness, and vibrancy, because I live with one perennial truth: the quality of your relationships is what determines the quality of your life.”
Iconic psychotherapist and bestselling author Esther Perel deconstructs the complex system of relationships, evolution of sexuality, and how listening to stories from others help us navigate our own relationships during her profound Interactive Keynote, “The Future of Love, Lust, and Listening,” at the 2018 SXSW Conference.
Relationships are going through a complicated cultural shift. The norms are changing quickly and rules must be made as we go. Historically, the social hierarchy made the decisions for us surrounding relationship roles from defining the caretaker to the breadwinner. Now the monumental shifts in modern society are shredding the pages of these antiquated rulebooks and leaving an open, unwritten labyrinthine path for the future of relationships.
“At this moment, we have unraveled this system and created a world of options and choices and unprecedented freedom. But as a result we have to negotiate everything – it’s all up for grabs.”
Unpacking this conundrum, Perel puts it into context by exploring the history and evolution of relationships, identifying the key components in recent cultural shifts including sexuality and equality, and the balancing of two sets of fundamental human needs – change and stability. “Reconciling security and adventure, reconciling love and desire, in one relationship has become one of the great challenges.”
During the keynote, Perel instructs the SXSW audience to look under their seats for a blindfold. By limiting the sense of sight with the blindfold, Perel tells the audience it will activate the sense of listening. “It is our first, most primal connective sense,” says Perel. “When we listen deeply to other people we reach into their humanity, we also get to see ourselves, and we certainly get to understand otherness.” Using audio clips from her podcast Where Should We Begin? – a “virtual village” for people to hear real conversations about relationships – the blindfolded audience tunes into an intimate conversation of a couple.
“Many of these things are not a problem that we have to solve but these are paradoxes we have to manage.
In this brave new world of curated Instagram lives and “swiping culture,” searching for “the one” amidst thousands at your fingertips is daunting. With very few guidelines and a lot of options, the question Perel most often is asked is: How do I know that I have found the one? “For you my beloved, I will delete my apps – is the new ritual of commitment,” Perel jests but not without some truth to this new social construct.
As these cultural and technological shifts pave the way for modern relationships, it also has placed one of the oldest power dynamics under the magnifying glass again – sex and power. This has allowed for, as Perel puts it, “the unique opportunity to finally open up the narrow boxes in which masculinity, femininity, male, and female have been locked up for way too long.”
Watch the entire 2018 SXSW Conference Interactive Keynote with Esther Perel followed by an audience Q&A and walk away with more insight on relationships – perhaps even heed her words to make a phone call to someone you simply owe a “checking in.”
“Relationships are your story – write well, and edit often.”
Perel’s newest book is the New York Times bestseller The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity. Perel is also an executive producer and host of the popular Audible original podcast Where Should We Begin?
Get inspired by a multitude of diverse visionaries at SXSW – browse more 2018 Keynotes, Featured Sessions, Red Carpets, and Q&A’s on our YouTube Channel.
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2018 SXSW Keynote Esther Perel – Photo by Amy E. Price/Getty Images
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March 29, 2018
Royal Caribbean turns to AR, VR to help visualize its new private island project
To launch its new Perfect Day private island in the Bahamas, Royal Caribbean created AR and VR demos to help people visualize what it would look and feel like, before it opens in 2019.
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March 28, 2018
Lyor Cohen Music Keynote at SXSW 2018 [Video]
“I am open for change, I’m psyched for change. And more importantly, I love music.”
Lyor Cohen – whose work with Def Jam Recordings oversaw the rise of hip-hop from a niche genre to an omnipresent cultural phenomenon – takes us on a trip through time in his autobiographical Music Keynote at the 2018 SXSW Conference starting with his move to New York to work for Rush Productions in 1984 up to his current position as Global Head of Music for YouTube and Google. Cohen is joined on stage by DJ/producer D-Nice, who splices the songs from Cohen’s stories into the Keynote to help transport the audience into the music.
With three decades of experience to draw upon, Cohen illustrates that although there have been cataclysmic shifts in the music industry, his openness to change has enabled him to stay on top of the ever-evolving industry. Early career successes with Def Jam were followed by a string of bad artist signings that left the label $19 million in debt, a situation that many would have folded under, but with a string of hits, including Warren G’s “Regulate”, as well as expanding the artist roster to include genres outside of hip-hop, Cohen guided the label back to prominence. Hear more stories about his experiences over the past 30 years in the music industry in his Keynote.
“Once again, it was clear to me that the one constant in the business and this life is change.”
Watch the video above for the full 2018 SXSW Conference Keynote with Lyor Cohen. Learn from a diverse group of thought leaders at SXSW – browse more 2018 Keynotes, Featured Sessions, Red Carpets, and Q&A’s on our YouTube Channel.
Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and SXSW News for the latest SXSW coverage, recaps, announcements, and stay tuned for information on SXSW 2019.
2018 SXSW Conference Keynote, Lyor Cohen – Photo by Katie Marriner
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March 28, 2018
PlayStation VR price drop makes the peripheral even harder to pass up
Sony’s PlayStation VR headset has received another price drop. For $300, you can get everything you need to play in virtual reality, including a copy of the game Doom VFR, made specifically for VR.
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Source: Digital Trends VR
March 27, 2018
Nvidia hits the brakes on public autonomous tests after fatal Uber crash
Nvidia put a halt on testing autonomous vehicle technology on public roads after Uber’s deadly incident in Arizona. For now, the company will likely rely on simulations and private lots as it investigates the Uber crash.
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March 27, 2018
SXSWfm 2018 Showcasing Artist Interview: Wallows
During the week of SXSW 2018, SXSWfm was given the opportunity to interview Cole, Dylan, and Braeden from the Californian band Wallows. We chatted about first meetings, past band names, our favorite Beatles songs, new music, and their time here in Austin. Read an excerpt of the interview below, and listen to it in full on our mixcloud.
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Wallows Interview Highlights
How many times have you played at SXSW? Is this your first year?
Dylan: This is our first year – first time.
Oh welcome!
D: Yeah thanks!
Why was coming to SXSW so important to you?
D: I mean honestly, it was so important just because it’s a right of passage for upcoming artists to play here, do showcases, and introduce themselves to new audiences and fans alike who want to come; and there’s just so many awesome people who play here every year. And for us, we were just stoked to be a part of it. We’ve always looked at South By and said “oh one day we will play at South By” and now we’re here which feels right and really cool. I’m hoping to come back next year … just one day we’ve been here and we’re already having a really good time.
Cole: We’re only doing four showcases, but I’ve seen bands that are doing 16 or something ridiculous, and it’s like, I want to come back and do even more. It’s a really good vibe around this place.
D: We really wish we were playing like that. I want to do the full experience. But we are starting light. Only five songs out right now, it makes sense.
Okay, so let’s start at the beginning. I heard you formed at a very young age. A long time ago. How did you guys meet, how did this happen? How did Wallows happen?
Braeden: We met when we were all very young. Dylan and I met when we were very, very young. We were like nine. We kind of bonded over music, classic rock music. I started playing guitar – my dad’s a guitar teacher so he taught me – so I learned Green Day songs, the classic bit. And then we started listening to The Beatles and stuff … Dylan actually invited me to this music program in L.A. called “Join The Band” where they bring random kids together to hang out and jam, and then play a show on the strip, on the Sunset Strip. And then Cole was actually the drummer that was in the room when we showed up. And then we thought he was awesome and cool so we decided to keep it rolling … that’s crazy, that’s going so far back! But then we just kind of stuck with it and we went through different variations of band names and Wallows formed last year as that name and these songs. Yeah, we’ve been together for a long time.
So when you guys were that age, did you think “Oh, we are going to be so big.” Did you know you would be at the success level you guys are at now?
D: I’d say we were the most confident when we were 13. I think our confidence level has gone down as we’ve gotten older. Not in a bad way – I think our brains got more realistic. I mean, no we never thought we were going to be big. I mean I remember when we were 14 we were like “if we toured forever doing 200 people clubs, that would be awesome!” So it’s kind of the same mindset honestly as when we were kids. It’s just however many people latch on to it, we are fine with. I’m not afraid to be super huge; I’m also not afraid to be super underground. It’s just whatever kind of audience we get.
As long as you’re playing.
D: As long as we’re playing; as long as people like it. As long as we have fun doing it, and we enjoy what we’re doing.
How would you guys describe your sound to a new listener because you have been compared to some crazy big bands.
C: I mean we have been compared to The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys, and that kind of – or the old Arctic Monkeys. But I don’t really want to say what I would describe our sound because I feel like it’s subject to change. I don’t think we want to be tied down to any one particular thing. But I will say our main influences are Arcade Fire, Dylan is a total Frank Ocean dork, sorry I just really attacked you.
D: I’m on the reddit page all the time. I’m a part of the cult.
So you’ve released five songs, like you said, since April. Is it important for y’all to just keep pumping out music? You didn’t want to just do two and have that be an EP? Was it important, as a new band, to keep sending those singles out to have more content?
D: Yeah, I think content is extremely important. I think some of the most thriving artists right now are putting out music left and right, and consistently good music. So if you can find a way to consistently release great music, that’s the best thing possible. But also just doing it at a realistic rate and at a rate that’s not overbearing either, like four singles we put out, and then the new one will be on the EP. So we will have ten songs out because the EP is six songs, and then we are going to record our album this spring and have an album out by the beginning of next year. By the time we come back to South By, for example, we will have, what, 20 songs out, or something near that, which will be exciting to actually have more material to play. It definitely is a goal – like the tour we just did was great and really fun, and South By is great, but it will be fun to go back on the road and do South By and all of this again when audiences and people can come to the show and know all of the songs we play. I’m just excited to move on already – do our work and move on and do this all again when people care even more.
So the new EP – it’s going to be new songs? You know people release singles and then that’s the EP. It’s going to be all new songs?
D: The EP is all new songs besides “Pictures of Girls.” We released that as its own single, but that’s from the EP.
So what’s next? You’ve got the EP, you said the album, are you still touring?
D: We are recording an album, and then we are going to do some one-off shows for the rest of the year because we won’t have enough time to do another tour. But we will be doing some major city stuff, and festivals. And then next year, I think once the album is out, we will probably do a much bigger version of what we just did. I’m not saying venues, but just longer, more cities, worldwide, kind of stuff. We can foresee the next year and a half, and then who knows what will happen after that.
Tune in to hear the full interview with Wallows below. Keep checking our Mixcloud page in the coming weeks as more interviews with 2018 SXSW Showcasing Artists are released. You can listen to SXSWfm 24/7 via our online player.
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2018 Showcasing Artist, Wallows – Photo by Shelby Magness
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March 27, 2018
Illustration Process: Battle by Thomas Rohlfs
Illustration Process: Battle by Thomas Rohlfs
Thomas Rohlfs is an illustrator from Amsterdam, Netherlands with a very unique style. He shared a illustration post on his Behance profile showing a bit of his process from sketches to the final piece. The most amazing thing for me is the sense of movement added by a quite aggressive perspective. In addition to that, the color scheme and textures are top notch.
Illustration Process
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Mar 27, 2018
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March 26, 2018
Architecture Photography: Financial Tombstones
Architecture Photography: Financial Tombstones
I am a fan of architecture and high-rises. If you follow me on Instagram you would probably know that by now. So it’s inevitable that I would feature any photographer or post that shares the same passion of mine. That’s the case of the post that Carsten Witte featuring a set of beautiful architecture photography of buildings titled Financial Tombstones.
There are a lot of things to love about this set of photos. From the perspective to the color treatment, it sometimes feel almost unreal, like a computer generated image. It’s a testament of the quality of the work of Carsten Witte, a photographer based in Hamburg, Germany with work featured in so many amazing publications like Harpers Bazaar, Vogue, Marie Claire, Elle, GQ, EIN, Leica S-Magazine and many more. For more information make sure to check out http://carstenwitte.myportfolio.com/
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Mar 26, 2018
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March 25, 2018
Watch: What’s the Difference Between A-Roll and B-Roll Footage?
A-roll and B-roll footage are both important pieces of the filmmaking puzzle.
What is A-roll and B-roll? If you’ve just embarked on your filmmaking journey, you may have never heard of these terms before, but these two fundamental concepts in filmmaking are important for every new filmmaker to recognize as well as implement in their work because of the crucial roles they play in the storytelling process. This video from Pond5 will help get you up to speed on what they are and why they’re uniquely important. Check it out below:
The fundamental difference between A-roll and B-roll is this: A-roll, or principal photography, is the footage used to tell the story, and B-roll, or supplemental footage, is used to support or add depth and context to A-roll.
Source: NoFilmSchool
March 24, 2018
17 Trademarks of Wes Anderson’s Idiosyncratic Filmmaking
Thanks to his peculiar brand of cinema, you always know when you’re watching a Wes Anderson movie.
Love him or hate him, director Wes Anderson is one of the few contemporary filmmakers who have an easily recognizable style of filmmaking. In fact, you can’t see Futura font or a carefully arranged symmetrical overhead shot without immediately thinking of films like The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic, or Moonrise Kingdom. But why?
Anderson’s many cinematic conventions and stylistic signatures have been studied since he came on the scene back in the late 90s, but with every new film he releases, the conversation surrounding his modus operandi gets reopened and contextualized to include his latest effort. And now that Anderson’s 9th feature film, Isle of Dogs, has officially hit theaters, the team over at ScreenPrism (check out their Patreon page here) has decided to examine the films of Wes Anderson in order to break down exactly what makes them uniquely his.
Source: NoFilmSchool