Vimeo Award 2012 Grand Prize Winner - Symmetry

As you know, Kuriositas uses video almost exclusively from Vimeo which is where both established and tyro filmmakers go to put their work on line. Vimeo held an awards ceremony for the second time this year and the competition was outstanding. There were thirteen categories (including sport, animation and narrative) and from these a single overall Grand Prize Winner. The prize? Nothing much.. only a $25K grant with which to develop a project. Phew.

The winner of the Grand Prize this year was Symmetry by everynone. It won the (new) Lyrical category where it drew great acclaim and is one of those pieces of film which really provoke the old grey matter in to action. Take a look – I am pretty sure this will leave you gobsmacked (readers outside the UK, think in awe and you have it about right).

We will be featuring a number of the other winners over the next few days.

CatPeople - Love Battle

We said we would try and bring you more dance on Kuriositas and here is something quite marvellous. An old lady reflects on her past and finds herself transported back in time with the dance partner from her youth.

The music is provided by the Barcelona based band CatPeople (pictured below). This year CatPeople gave to their fans 50,000 copies of their third album without any music label's help. Although they were popular first only in Spain they have slowly but surely gained a following throughout the rest of Europe. 

You can find out more about them and join their Facebook page here.

Love Battle is a love story told through dancing. It is directed by Los Pérez (Adrián Pérez and Tania Verduzco).

The LightLine of Gotham

Light Lining was recently introduced to the US in an extraordinary fashion. This projection technique maps 3D content. This was part of the 2010 Vimeo Festival and award. The IAC building, designed by Frank Gehry and completed three years ago in 2007 was the ultimate canvas for this amazing exhibition of sight and sound.

You may well have seen and heard of architectural mapping before. Yet, as you will see, this takes it to a whole new level - the combination of sight and sound is simply amazing.

The Chelsea neighborhood of New York had never seen anything quite like this. To view this at its best you mau well want to turn on the full screen option. Go get yourself a drink, sit back and take in this audio visual treat.