Dubi Kaufmann’s Blog

Above is my design for theBike Winter 2011 Sticker contest .

I shot this over the weekend.

Some of the laughter you hear is mine. Kids running and shrieking with glee crack me up.

I needed a way to carry Bike Salute shirts with me to an event and I did not want to carry a big backpack. Looking around me at what people are using to haul stuff on their bikes I noticed the prevalence of milk crates attached to bikes. I took some photos.

That sparked an idea. What if there were milk crates branded with cool brands like NPR or Chicago bike federation? If you don’t want to steal a create you can buy a generic one for $10 at the container store. The crate from the container store is not as sturdy as the ones from the dairies. The dairies pay $6 for their crates. I floated the idea at a local cycling message board - the chainlink and got some good feedback. I did some reading myself and concluded that if a non-profit wants to use branded milk crates as a fund raising tool they will have to find a way to cut the cost of shipping from from the manufacturer.

When I made the Obamafy plugin for photo booth in 2008 I used OSX 10.5 (Leopard) which was the current operating system at the time. I have been getting a lot of emails asking me to make a version of that plugin for Snow Leopard. I did not do that but I recently stumbled upon a short term solution that lets you use the plugin in Snow Leopard. Simply run Photo Booth in 32 bit mode. Choose the application in the finder and File>get_info. in the info window open the General tab and check the 32 bit mode check box.

Also here is a version of the plugin for VDMX5.

The 50 Alderman/50 Artists show is moving to the Chicago Photography Center at 3301 N. Lincoln Avenue.
Opening party Fri 4/30 from 7-9 PM
Show runs through Fri 5/28

My short film LIX will be shown in these two venues:

South Loop Film Festival
April 8th 7:30-9:30
ShowPlace ICON Theatre 150 W. Roosevelt Rd Chicago

and

Spectre Gallery
April 17th - May 15th
Opening Reception May 17, 5-9PM
287 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Today is the closing reception of the Chicago aldermen project at Johalla Projects Gallery. The show will travel to a different venue. I am yet to know where.

For the show I made a Lego portrait of Alderman Reboyras of the 30th ward.

Photo by Suzanne Nathan.

I am participating in this show.

50 Chicago artists who made portrait of the 50 aldermen (member of the city council).
It open Friday, March 19 from 7-11 PM at Johalla Projects Gallery, 1561 N. Milwaukee Ave in wicker park.
http://chicagoaldermenproject.blogspot.com
A story about the show in the New York Times

A youtube user who goes by Jaloskee made this video using my Obamafy plugin for photobooth.
I am flattered that he used the same song I did for the video.

One of my film teachers in college warned the class not to make movies with senseless violence.
violent stop motion animation is to the film major freshman what bad poetry is to the English major. What photos of urban decay are to the first year photography student.
A friend who wanted to learn more about animation came over yesterday with some props and we shot this.