Video

Oxford Steampunk Exhibition Documentary

Jake von Slatt — Wed, 11/04/2009 - 12:24

A very nice documentary about the Steampunk exhibition at the Oxford Museum of the History of Science.

This exhibition was curated by Art Donovan who you will recall did a similar gallery show in the Hamptons last year.

[Via Make:Blog]

Oxford Steampunk Exhibition Documentary

Jake von Slatt — Wed, 11/04/2009 - 12:21

Shout-out from Attack of the Show

Jake von Slatt — Thu, 09/24/2009 - 09:02

Oh hai! we got a nice little shout-out from G4's Attack of the Show! (This is from 2007 but it apparently aired again last night - can anyone tell me what episode?)

Modern Alchemy - The building of Ignatius The Firepig.

Jake von Slatt — Wed, 06/24/2009 - 12:44

You may recall Patrick Johnson's marvelous short film Granite Copper Motor from earlier this year. Recently Patrick spent some time with my friends David, Dennis, and Brady, while they designed and constructed a steam boiler dubbed 'Ignatius the Firepig.' I do so love Patrick's calm and peaceful treatment which is the antithesis of todays frenetic, falsely dramatic, cable television style.

Enjoy!

Modern Alchemy from Patrick Johnson on Vimeo.

A short documentary featuring artists David Dowling, Dennis Svoronos and Brady Scott as they design and construct their steam boiler, Ignatius.

Directed by:
Patrick Johnson - www.journeymanstudios.com

Featuring:
David Dowling
Dennis Svoronos
Brady Scott

Music by:
John Murphree - www.johnmurphree.com

Camera by:
Patrick Johnson
Ben Hartman - www.who-is-sure.com

G4 Underground on Steampunk

Jake von Slatt — Mon, 04/13/2009 - 10:37

G4 Underground does Steampunk! Wow this came out pretty nicely. I don't look like a complete idiot and all of my Abney Park friends look fabulous as usual!

A producer showed up at the Workshop with a camera less than a day after G4 first emailed me - I had no time to clean up and I barely got the car out of storage and running. The engine was still a little balky after its winter rest and it chose the moment the producer stood up to get a shot to start missing! I nearly tossed him out on the pavement!

Meet Tom Sepe: Steampunk Artist, Fabricator, Performer

Jake von Slatt — Wed, 03/11/2009 - 14:46

I had the great pleasure to meet Tom Sepe at Maker Faire last year, in addition to being a fine artist he's a fun and entertaining fellow to be around. Tom recently produced the above video to aid him in what I'll call a journey of "Discovery" and I think it does a great job of highlighting his talent. It will also give you a closer look at some of his work which we've published here in the past.

And to pass on an overheard comment: "definitely a candidate for the SteamHunks Calendar" LOL!

Make: TV Preview II

Jake von Slatt — Wed, 10/22/2008 - 15:09

make tv preview ii from make magazine on Vimeo.

Make:TV is going to be so awesome!

The Great Handcar Regatta '08

Jake von Slatt — Tue, 09/30/2008 - 08:49

Nathan Halverson writes:

Some organizers in Santa Rosa, Calif. put together a great event with Steampunk at its base. It was hands down the best event I've been to in Sonoma County in my two years living here. I made a video of it for the local publication.

You'll recall that Meredith wrote about the upcoming Regatta a while back. Well it's happened and it's wonderful to see something like this become a great success! It also seems there were many twirling moustachios in evidence!

MTV Discovers Steampunk

Jake von Slatt — Mon, 09/29/2008 - 12:14

MTV has a piece on Steampunk that's a little different then we've seen before. There's naturally a greater focus on music and fashion but the intarwebs get a mention too.

My only real criticism is that they didn't pick up on some of the more serious aspects having to do with sustainability and social change, but altogether not too bad even if they did misspell my name.

[Note: there are several videos strung together with commercials in between including vids of Dr. Steel and Abney Park]

Jake on WIRED Science

Jake von Slatt — Fri, 09/05/2008 - 12:30

Last year I had the privilege of taping a segment for WIRED Science with Chris Hardwick. As far as I know the piece never aired ("not sciencey enough" I heard through the grapevine! ;-) ) but it's finally turned up on the WIRED Science website.

There is a larger version of the video on the WIRED Science website here.