Power, a CNN digital art gallery

The 2012 election in the US is heating up, with Obama facing a tough challenge from Romney. What you wouldn’t usually consider when discussing politics is art, something that CNN tried to explore on their digital art gallery, Power.

Commissioned artists were asked to interpret through a variety of mediums the theme of “power” as it relates to politics, and, this election season, divided into categories that explore various aspects of power.

This isn’t the first similar project by CNN, as they’ve previously experimented with “Ripple”, produced for the 10th anniversary of September 11.

Movi.Kanti.Revo

Great heights are expected when Google Chrome Experiments and Cirque du Soleil collaborate for an interactive project. At Movi.Kanti.Revo, the creative troupe explored a new stage for the latest web technologies, showcasing their performers but also reinventing markup, with divs being played around like actors.

Named after the Esperanto words for Moving, Singing and Dreaming the interactive journey invites the user to use gestures to navigate the beautifully surreal world, following a mysterious character in her adventure.

The 5 month project was created in HTML5, using CSS animations, 3D transforms and an impressive facial detection script, accessing the camera so users could navigate the experience with their gestures.

If you’re technically inclined, find out about the whole developer magic at Behind The Divs and have a peek at the 3D World markup tutorial.

Source:Google Developers Blog

Tap your heels together three times

Remember Dorothy, from the Wizard of Oz? And when she bumped her shoes to take her home?

Believe it or not, Dominic Wilcox created a pair of shoes doing just that, for London Design Festival. When heels are clicked, the GPS gets activated and LED lights point the way home.

No Place Like Home from Dominic Wilcox on Vimeo.

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