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Best of BBtv - Omega Recoil: Electricity as Art

Published on Aug 27, 2008 in Technology

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"Animals," an animated music video for Minilogue by Kristofer Ström

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September 16, 2008

Russell Porter with Laura Marling, at the Mercury Prize (music)

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September 15, 2008

BB Gadgets' Joel at Outside Lands: Crowdfire deconstructed

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September 12, 2008

"To My Surprise" music video by Syd Garon + crew (feat. Slipknot members)

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September 11, 2008

Russell Porter with Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip: interview + music video

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September 10, 2008

BBtv World: Ancient hermit monk caves of Drak Yerpa (Tibet)

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September 09, 2008

BBtv World: Ancient monk caves of Drak Yerpa (Tibet)

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September 09, 2008

John Hodgman: More Information Than You Require.

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September 08, 2008

Russell Porter interviews The Rumble Strips (music)

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September 05, 2008

Carney at Outside Lands - a "Boing Boing tv Bus Session."

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September 04, 2008

Best of BBtv - David Byrne "Playing the Building."

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September 03, 2008

Best of Boing Boing tv: we love monochrom.

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September 02, 2008

Best of BBtv: Hot 8 Brass Band of New Orleans (music)

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September 01, 2008

Best of BBtv - Bill Barminski (animation and short films)

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August 29, 2008

Best of BBtv: Leslie Hall is gem-tastic

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August 28, 2008

Best of BBtv - Omega Recoil: Electricity as Art

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August 27, 2008

Best of BBtv: Cooking Young Bamboo Shoots with Joi Ito (score by Ryuichi Sakamoto)

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August 26, 2008

Steel Pulse founder David Hinds at Outside Lands (music)

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August 25, 2008

Beijing: interview with pro-Tibet videobloggers in hiding, in China.

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August 25, 2008

Boing Boing tv backstage at Outside Lands: (Xeni + Russell Porter)

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August 22, 2008

Klaus Pierre: I Want to Stay (comedy)

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August 21, 2008

BBtv WORLD (Tibet): Inside Lhasa

BBtv WORLD (Tibet): Inside Lhasa

August 20, 2008

Xeni interviews Buzz Aldrin: take us to space!

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August 19, 2008

Russell Porter interviews Candie Payne (music)

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August 18, 2008

Monochrom: Bye Bye (a short film)

Monochrom: Bye Bye (a short film)

August 15, 2008

BBtv: Klaus Pierre, French-German Action Hero, works out.

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August 14, 2008

HOWTO: guerrilla t-shirt silkscreening with "5t311a"

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August 13, 2008

WWII Retro-tech: USS Pampanito sub with Todd Lappin

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August 12, 2008

Russell Porter with human beatbox Beardyman (music)

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August 11, 2008

TCHO Chocolate, pt 3: The Taste Test Trip.

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August 08, 2008

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Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. The Boing Boing tv crew is taking this end-of-summer week off from production, so we're revisiting some of our favorite episodes from the last couple of months -- fun stuff you may have missed. Today: John Behrens and "Omega Recoil" build giant Tesla Coils. Their work explores how electronic fields can be excited in the environment, and their creations become the centerpieces of interactive public art performances. Some of the tinkerers and performers in this SF Bay Area-based collective were previously associated with Dr. Megavolt, an electrical art project which... [featured] a person in a metal mesh suit interacting with artificially generated lighting. The Doctor sets objects on fire with electricity originating from large Tesla coils, spars with the electric arcs and exhorts the audience to worship the elemental force of electricity. Less

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