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Pixar Art Exhibit at MoMA, with Podcast

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the things-to-listen-to dept.

yodelingjedi writes "Pixar's CG models, paintings, pencil drawings, maquettes, color scripts, and sketches are the subject of the special exhibit Pixar: 20 Years of Animation, now being held at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC until February 6 of '06. A complete Pixar film retrospective is being shown as well. What's especially cool is that MoMA, like some other museums, is providing a Podcast you can load into your mp3 player and listen to as you're standing beside a specific artwork. Be sure to check out MoMA's RSS feed and listen to the Exhibition Guide (entries 670 to 688.) Each mp3 file corresponds to a numbered artwork. A link on the Pixar exhibit page, Listen to the audio program, brings up a Flash presentation with the same audio as the Podcast, but of lower quality. It does have sample images though. Perhaps MoMA should provide an enhanced Podcast? Enjoy!"

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  1. Red's dream is turning into Red's Nightmare by DoktorFuture · · Score: 2, Informative

    The only things I've seen more of than Pixar's shorts over the years is original Star Trek episodes. If you, like me, are Pixar'ed out, then detox go and watch some awesome more National Film Board of Canada films:

    http://www.nfb.ca/trouverunfilm/?v=h&lg=en

    WAY more material here. (anyone remember the Jumblies stamp movie! oooh that was great!)

  2. not a podcast by That's+Unpossible! · · Score: 4, Informative

    This mis-use of podcast is what causes similarly clueless people to say things like, "Why did they need to create this word, podcast, when all it means is an http link to an mp3 file?"

    A podcast is typically an audio presentation that you can subscribe to receive on a regular basis, simplified with RSS, and tools that sync the audio up to your player du jour. There wasn't a word to describe this succinctly, so "podcast" was born.

    What MoMA has done is provide an audio file you can download on your audio player to explain an exhibit.

    Now pass me a kleenex.

    --
    Ironically, the word ironically is often used incorrectly.
  3. This is an amazing exhibit. by GreenKiwi · · Score: 2, Informative

    I was lucky enought to attend the opening for this exhibit. I was stunned. The drawings and models are amazing. I would highly recomend that everyone make an effort to go an see it.

    kiwi

    (And I don't work for Pixar...)