Editor's note: This video is visually jarring, with bright flashes of light due to the varying exposures and quick transitions between images. If you are prone to seizures or headaches due to such content, proceed with caution.
'Classics are classic for a reason. We’ve all taken these photos. What happens when everything in the world has been photographed? From multiple angles, multiple times per day? Eventually, we’ll piece those photos and videos together to be able to see the entire history of a location from every possible angle.' This is how visual artist SamTheCobra describes the inspiration behind his mesmerizing hyperlapse video consisting of some of the most well-known landmarks, along with scenes from daily life, in New York City.
SamTheCobra spent an undisclosed number of hours sifting through both location tags and hashtags on Instagram, manually, to crowdsource thousands of photos that he converted into the video, above, that clocks in at just under one minute. He spent roughly 200 hours combining his findings from Instagram in Adobe After Effects. The hypnotic soundtrack comes courtesy of a remix from Stones Throw Records, made famous by DJ Shadow's 2012 'All Basses Covered' set.
Cool concept, unpleasant to watch (like a lot of conceptual art).
I agree that it's more interesting slowed down to .25x and without the sound track. In that mode, the constant white flashing of the background is less annoying.
I do like, in general, these attempts to map the visited world through the eyes of millions of snapshot-takers. I'd be interested in seeing more.
This gave me a migraine, I am not joking, my eyes really were affected by this. It is like some kind of Clockwork Orange torture that was designed specifically to hurt my brain along with the audio which added to the effect.
I watched half of it full screen on a large monitor before feeling physically sick and turning it off! Probably not so bad in a small window or on a phone.
Still I totally respect the work and effort gone into this, it is amazing. I don't usually have problems with images etc but this made me unwell so please be warned if you watch it.
I think it's excellent. I find myself wishing it were longer so I could enjoy it more but obviously it's an extremely time-intensive way to produce a video. Well done, I don't think I could persevere long enough to do that.
PS no head-spinning for me. I count myself as a DJ Shadow fan (at least of his older work) and I don't think I've heard that audio before.
well as he gave countless pedestrian photos a greater meaning and a link to something more important , id posit this is an important contribution to the otherwise endlessly banal photography occurring everywhere
oh gonzalu , i didnt realize you only use the "best words" as is the latest twitter in chiefs claim.... anyway .... to help you out ... posit means to consider or think about , banal ? it might refer to near worthless posts like your complaint about 2 5th grade level, 2 syllable words that in this age of near illiteracy strike you as posh or unusual
you really do need some friends to tell you when its best to keep your mouth shut ....lol.... cause when you speak you remove all doubt.
hey doctor NO .... try some Mydol for your period woes ... jus sayin . thats my capital idea of the day! please dont be threatened by my post gradeschool\highschool education , i don't discriminate at this forum .
oh gonzo , didnt you know i was joking t was all a daily show type reverse ? ... i was totally just kidding ... dont you see .... so dont burst a blood vessel!!!
Gonzalo , im gonna be a man and admit that didn't understand your ribbing was good-natured,thus i responded angrily and insultingly ... i now understand it was uncalled for and do regret it
Whew! I lived in NYC for about 30 years and it never quite that frantic but the project did pick out that which represents NYC. A well done project that I would love to see in slow motion
That's an incredible piece of work. Very impressive results, and a wonderful interpretation from a collage of otherwise generic and forgettable photos.
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