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Brooklyn Informed, our new web series, profiles real people pursuing the practice of sustainability in BK, a breeding ground for greening activity. The series jumps off with an episode on water, going deep with artist Mary Jordan and entrepreneur Sean Meenan on their respective water conservation projects in the borough. ...read more
New York photographer Sean Lynch uses infrared film to render his surroundings in an unearthly manner. Using Kodak Ektachrome--a professional infrared film that was discontinued six years ago--Lynch transforms everyday views into surreal scenes, with hot pink plantlife popping out against icy blue skies. The above slideshow features images he shot since the fall in New York City, as well as......read more
We managed to miss this one when it dropped late last year, and goddamn if it may just be one of the videos of the year. At 8-plus minutes, "The Shrine/An Argument" is a certified epic, and maybe the best track off the Seattle folk heroes' patchy 2011 LP, Helplessness Blues. The video, directed by Sean Pecknold (brother of Fleet Foxes frontman Robin), features some eye-popping stop......read more
In the profoundly weird new video for "Ivory Coast," Portland-based duo Pure Bathing Culture heads to the Oregon coast where singer Sarah Versprille and her blue alien baby are followed around by a hologram shark. Fairly normal stuff. The clip was directed by Sean Pecknold, the brother of lead Fleet Fox Robin, who manages to squeeze some emotion into what is otherwise a very strange......read more
With Like A Lunatic, talented filmmaker Sean Pecknold adds to his growing list of videos that have found a happy home here on SHFT. Combining a variety of animation techniques with still motion, Pecknold's latest clip offers up some friendly advice for happy living in the internet age. As a manifesto of sorts, it gets a wee preachy at times, but the overall message--spend time in nature, be......read more
Since it's ski season, and some of our team is at the Sundance Film Festival, we thought this short might inspire. Enjoy!...read more
Sean Slobodan just released this scenic video with local skaters from the Salt Lake and Utah Valleys. The mellow soundtrack comes courtesy of Sean's friend Micah Andersen, who wrote the tune specifically for this project. Shot in the high-altitude light of western Utah, the clip stars local rippers Daniel Roman, Alex Washington, Logan Summers, Chandler Siepert, Matt Winskowski, Matt Bergmann,......read more
Los Angeles cinematographer Sean Stiegemeier developed his time-lapse technique in Iceland, where he shot the Eyjafjallajökull eruption with amazing results. This music video, for "Untitled/The Dark Divider" by Stomacher, picks up where that one left off. Shot over the period of a year, the video includes footage shot in Prague, Japan, Banff, Utah, Oregon and California. Bonus: Download......read more
They’re calling it “the greenest neighbourhood in the world.” Built on an abandoned brownfield site, the 1.5 million square foot 2010 Vancouver Olympic athlete's village is the crown jewel in the City's sustainability plan. The list of green features at the eight-block site runs long: rainwater harvesting, green roofs, upgraded insulation, and interiors containing low-VOC......read more
How's this for bitter irony? Most forms of the color green, the chosen emblem of environmentalism since the 1960s, are not only not ecologically responsible but potentially poisonous. Writing in the Design section of the New York Times, Alice Rosthorn says that because the color green is so difficult to create, manufacturers have to use toxic chemicals to stabilize it. That means that......read more
