Happy DMV Day!
From the Creators of “Free Parking Day” Happy DMV Day!
Daily life is full of situations, actions, and routines that many people find unpleasant or agitating. (i.e. feeding your parking meter, waiting in line at the post office, etc.) For many of us, these are The Sources that lead or contribute to a “Bad Day.” This is your chance to turn those “Bad Days” into Holidays.
Abstract: Two people declared a holiday to ease the frustration many people experience at the Department of Motor Vehicles. They provided complimentary 1st class treatment to everyone at the DMV (refreshments, hot towels, newspapers, hugs, jokes, compliments, etc.). In addition, they provided instructions for others to Pay-It-Forward, extend random acts of kindness, and create their own Holiday.
Declare Your Own Holiday: Download Instructions
Special Thanks to:
Rocky Cofrin, Nikki Sharp, & All the Supporters of DMV Day
By IAN COFRIN
Music:
“We Are All Made Of Stars”
Performed by Moby, 2002
Images:
Monopoly © 2007 Hasbro.
Support Random Acts of Kindness – “Pay-It-Forward”
DANGEROUS MIMES (Theatrical Trailer)
Abstract: These Mimes aren’t following the rules anymore. Fed up with mistreatment, two mimes wreak havoc using one of the world’s oldest art forms. Using “Pantomimed” objects, these two can cause some real trouble.
Seeing Is Believing…
PUESEDES PRODUCTIONS Presents
An IAN COFRIN Film
“DANGEROUS MIMES”
BEN KABILI, EBEN PELCYGER, PAIGE COFRIN,
and NIKKI SHARP
Music “HEY MAN NICE SHOT” By FILTER
Cinematography by ROCKY COFRIN
Pyrotechnics by ELLIS CUNNINGHAM
Set Designer SHIMON KABILI
Artist Statement:
Inspired by René Magritte’s painting The Treachery of Images (1928-29); this video aims to critique movie trailers (previews). I have always enjoyed movies trailers as finished/completed works of art rather than prologues to the full-length feature. Many people are disappointed with movies that do not meet their expectations, and criticize trailers for revealing too much or not enough. But who is to blame for framing such expectations?
A movie trailer is an advertisement. People do not expect to look like an “Angel” with the lingerie shown in a Victoria’s Secret advertisement.
Movie Trailers grab viewers’ attention and influence their perception with deliberate and careful selection of what to show and what to hide. For this reason, I used Mimes as a mechanism to express these characteristics. Ask yourself “Is Seeing Believing?”
Perception is ultimately at the control of the individual.
After Neverland (Updated)
“After Neverland” (Remix of the popular classic Peter Pan) depicts the Irrepressible Spirit of Youth, not as a child, but as a state of mind. Its aim was to remind us of all the simple pleasures that make our lives rich.
“After Neverland” by Ian Cofrin
Special Thanks:
Bianca
Rocky Cofrin
Ethan Van Duzer
“Coexist”
In society, people are distinguished by their differences. This video focuses on the differences that people use to divide and segregate. It aims to explore the relationship between differences in beliefs/values and identity. Ultimately, I wanted to show how differences can serve for the identity of an individual as well as the identity of a society.
“Coexist” by Ian Cofrin
Music:
“Fix You” by Coldplay, 2005
Special Thanks:
Ethan Van Duzer
&
Rocky Cofrin
“Free Parking Day!” (Culture Jamming – Hacktivism)
This artist created the performance art piece “Free Parking Day.” One Friday afternoon, the West end of pearl street mall (4 city blocks) in Boulder CO received free parking for each parking-meter. This site displays Photos of the Performance Art piece in a board game style (Monopoly) navigation. For those of you who have never played Monopoly: You start from the square labeled “Go”
Support Random Acts of Kindness – “Pay-It-Forward”
Note: Recently Pearl Street Mall replaced all of the parking meters with “Parking Stations.” An individual must pay the station, print a receipt, and display the receipt on their dashboard.
Obviously, this is a setback for future Free Parking Days. Show your support and help “Free Parking Day” rise again!
Education…
Yeah, It’s That Important!
We are raising money for this very important cause and I’m asking you to help by making a contribution! Please use the link in this email to donate online quickly & securely. You will receive email confirmation of your donation and I will be notified as soon as you make your donation. I thank you in advance for your support, and really appreciate your generosity!!
The 5th Annual Buffalo Bicycle Classic
50 Miles for Student Scholarships
September 9, 2007
www.buffalobicycleclassic.com
Please send this link to as many people as you can to encourage them to donate as well!
Final Project “Free Will” (Updated Version)
“In Descriptive Psychology, we define a Person as
an individual whose history is, paradigmatically,
a history of deliberate actions.”
-Peter G. Ossorio
Actions of Free Will embody our choices.
Animals are driven by stimuli,
Machines are bound by logic,
People make Choices.
Created By IAN COFRIN
Special thanks to Rocky Cofrin
Music:
“Hope Overture” by Clint Mansell & “The Legend Spreads” by James Horner & London Symphony Orchestra
Give a Hoot, Bike Commute
A 1 minute film by Ethan Van Duzer.
“I am a 23 year graduate of the University of Colorado who likes to ride bicycles. I am from Boulder, CO and decided not to get my drivers license at age 16, seven years later I have discovered that riding bikes is a wonderful part of my life and I want to share this and encourage others to also give it a try. If bike commuting, carpooling, or public transportation is not for you, try another way to give a hoot about the environment.”
Reverse 911 Text Messaging (If it can save lives why haven’t we made it work?)
“How many more will it take?” (Film Your Issue ’08 Video Entry)
Emergency Broadcast/Alert System (Update)
WATCH VIDEO “Cellular Emergency Alert System”
I am sending this message to anyone/everyone that will listen because I believe it could SAVE COUNTLESS INNOCENT LIVES!
Recent events (Virginia Tech Massacre) as well as many other tragedies around the world (Hurricanes, tornados, terrorist attacks, etc.) all share something in common…
THE DEATHS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE!
In each case, efficient use of communication could have saved lives. Reverse 911 calls have helped save lives for quite some time. Yet, for some reason, emergency broadcasts are not being utilized with cell phones.
Using current technology, we can triangulate a person’s location using the service towers their cell phones are linked to. Ok… so why don’t we send emergency broadcasts to warn people (via SMS – text messages) of threats in a specific area? Mass text messaging is already being used for “Amber Alerts” as well as various other notifications (i.e. announcement from your cell phone service provider).
I have been researching the limitations of cellular networks and thus far I cannot find ANYTHING that might inhibit a system of Cellular Emergency Broadcasts. If there is some reason this system wouldn’t work… I know we can figure out a way that it could.
I am sending this message to anyone/everyone that will listen and I urge you to pass it along.
A simple adjustment to our cellular networks could SAVE COUNTLESS INNOCENT LIVES!
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Cellular Emergency Alert System
Related Video: (Film Your Issue 2008 Entry: “How many more will it take?”)
A public service announcement addressing the problems of the current Emergency Alert System. Delivered by TRON.
Early Warning and efficient communication are powerful tools when it comes to saving lives. Despite all of our technological breakthroughs, the “Emergency Alert System” remains terribly inefficient.
Cellular networks are capable of (using current technology) delivering geographically specific warnings/notifications. Furthermore, cellular phones are quickly becoming one of the most accessible forms of communication technology; 1stworld – 3rd world alike. There are 2,168,433,600 Cell phones in use as of 2005. By the year 2011, Global cellular penetration is projected to reach 75%.
I chose to represent this message with a “TRON” theme because I wanted to illustrate how technology can be used to help humanity. I found this film to be quite appropriate as it depicts man and machine working together for a common good. “TRON” further conveys this point, as it was the 1st movie to use Computer Graphic Imagery (only 15 min; the rest was animated by hand). Hence, man and machine quite literally worked together to produce the footage.
Though this video was not as fluid as I had intended, I believe it carries an important message. A few changes to our Emergency Alert System, could save countless lives all across the globe.
By Ian Cofrin
Video Footage:
“Me on KY3 News”
“UNC Emergency Plan (SMS)”
“Tsunami Relief by the Red Cross”
“Virginia Tech Massacre”
How stuff works “Cell Phone”
http://www.howstuffworks.com/cell-phone.htm
TRON (1982)
Directed by:
Steven Lisberger & Robert Meyer Burnett
Produced by:
Donald Kushner & Harrison Ellenshaw
Written by:
Steven Lisberger & Bonnie MacBird
Studio:
Buena Vista & Walt Disney Video
Music:
“Voodoo People”
Performed by Prodigy
Music for the Jilted Generation, 1994
November 14, 2007 Posted by regul8r | Digital Art, Life, REGUL8R, Society, Technology, Thoughts, Video | Alert, analysis, Cellular, commentary, Emergency, Humanity, Life Saving, Message, PSA, SMS, Technology, Tron, Video | 1 Comment