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JUMP!!: PS1 & 5 POINTS NYC

Go on second edition of Jump!! You may remember from our first edition, the genesis of this project but if not, here’s a brief recap. My friend Nita sent me a brilliant web site from Allison Reimus devoted to jumping in art museums. After giggling at my desk, I hatched a jumping plan of my own. Hence, Jump!! Part 1: The MoMa edition.

The idea behind these pictures is to layer art on top of art: the background masterpieces overlaid with animated expressions of joy. Jump time.

Location

PS 1, our first location, is located on Long Island City, a sneeze away from Manhattan. We set out to take pictures in front of Wack!: Art and the Feminist Revolution but ended up taking many pictures in the courtyard in front of different pieces of art including Concrete Waves by Ryan McGuiness. The picture below enveloped in darkness is from Olafur Eliasson’s just opened Take Your Time exhibit.

5 Points, our second location, is across the street from PS1 and covered in the most beautiful graffiti this jumper has ever seen.

Jump!!: PS1 & 5 Points NYC Video

Being a part of this new ADD generation, I liked this idea for its accessibility to me and as an extension my larger target demo. These pictures and the process helped us to interact with the art and experience it in ways previously unimaginable.

Enough of the writing. . . More jumping.

Making Of Video

For more jump fun, click here or on any of the images above to view the entire photo stream.

Jumpers & Photo Credits:

Kelly Browne

Ashmi Dang

Caroline Giegerich

Joolee Lee

Crystal Park

Sarah Petroski

Shannon Roop

Merrily Rees

Cynthia Singiser

Security Guard (Anonymous)

Additional Thanks:

Martha Rivera & Leon

Live it loud.

BROADCAST/CABLE

Chinese Americans protested outside CNN’s offices in Los Angeles on Saturday, calling for the dismissal of commentator Jack Cafferty, due to his recent anti-Chinese remarks. (Iwantmedia 4/21, http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cnn20apr20,0,2778839.story 4/20)

Viacom, Metro-Goldwyn Mayer and Lions Gate said Sunday they would form a joint venture to create a new premium channel and video-on-demand service that will launch in the fall of 2009. The channel, still unnamed, will run movies and series from the companies’ libraries and will be in direct competition with existing pay channels such as HBO, Showtime and Starz. (The Wall Street Journal 4/21, The Washington Post/Reuters 4/20)

President Bush will make a guest appearance on Monday’s “Deal or No Deal” on NBC. Bush taped a video message for “Deal” contestant Capt. Joseph Kobes, a U.S. Army transportation officer who served three tours of duty in Iraq. Kobes named the president as “one of his heroes.” (Iwantmedia 4/21, http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cnn20apr20,0,2778839.story 4/18)

CBS chief Les Moonves paid a surprise visit to CBS News on Friday to support embattled anchor Katie Couric. Moonves told employees that “there are no plans for a change.” That doesn’t mean her status won’t be reviewed if ratings continue to lag, but that won’t happen until after the election. (Iwantmedia 4/21, http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080418/tv_cbs_couric.html 4/18)

Several U.S. television networks are starting to break with tradition by importing international productions to air in the United States. Thanks in part to the Internet, Americans are more “comfortable” with international programming, says CBS Entertainment exec Nina Tassler. (Iwantmedia 4/21, http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117984270.html?categoryid=2522&cs=1 4/18)

HBO has acquired an additional 85 theatricals from Disney, which the channel can begin running in 2012. The new deal includes movies such as “Chicago,” “National Treasure” and “Sin City” and follows a previous pact between the two companies for 100 movies. (The Hollywood Reporter 4/20)

Spike TV has acquired the rights to all four “Rambo” movies. The guy net recently picked up the 2008 “Rambo” for $4.5 million from Lions Gate, which it can partner with the previous three it bought from CBS “Rambo: First Blood,” “Rambo: First Blood Part II” and “Rambo III.” (Variety 4/20)

ESPN’s coverage of the 2007-08 NBA season jumped 14%, to 1.2 million homes, according to Nielsen data. During its 70-game schedule, ESPN averaged a 1.3 rating, an 18% increase over the previous season. (Mediaweek 4/18)

ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA

Google’s stock soared 20% Friday, after weeks of worry about an online advertising slowdown. Google shares surged $89.87 to finish at $539.41, marking the biggest one-day gain since the Internet giant’s IPO in August 2004. Also: Google is named the world’s “most powerful brand.” (Iwantmedia 4/21, http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080418/ap_on_hi_te/google_fever 4/18, http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/apr/21/googlethemedia.digitalmedia 4/18)

Google rolled out a new video search interface enabling users to toggle between list view, grid view and TV view as they search for videos or browse the most viewed, most shared, most blogged about or movers & shakers. (Cynopsis 4/21)

Yahoo faces a critical juncture Tuesday, when the embattled online giant issues what arguably will be the most closely watched quarterly report in the company’s history. Coming up short could push CEO Jerry Yang’s company a big step toward being taken over by the reviled Microsoft. (Iwantmedia 4/21, http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/yangs-last-stand-yahoo-earnings/story.aspx?guid=%7B34E97C3D%2DD3DF%2D40F1%2D85E4%2D8554B0CD6743%7D 4/18)

As part of its full court press for the NBA playoffs, TNT’s broadband channel NBA.com-based TNT OverTime will feature 4 exclusive live video streams. Included this year are two “fans’ choice cameras” isolating individual players as determined by user votes, a scoreboard camera offering fans a bird’s eye view and a “cable cam” that zips up and down the court during the game. Also new this year are a video player & widget capturing the top 5 moments from Inside the NBA the night before, available on NBA.com, TNT.TV and on the league’s MySpace page, jointly produced by Turner Sports. (Cynopsis 4/21)

The CW’s teen soap “Gossip Girl” — a television series about a blog — is seen as “the first show that seems to have succeeded primarily on the Internet.” Fans post sightings of the actors on gossip sites. “It’s not appointment television; it’s a 24-hour conversation.” (Iwantmedia 4/21, http://nymag.com/arts/tv/features/46225 4/21)

Rupert Murdoch’s effort to turn his $580 million MySpace acquisition into an advertising powerhouse is turning News Corp. into a toxic stock. Fox Interactive Media says it will miss its $1 billion revenue goal for 2008. Marketers “don’t know what their brands will be placed next to.” (Iwantmedia 4/21, http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSN1828472520080418 4/21)

MySpace is launching an advertising platform called Community Builder that gives advertisers more control over their presence on the social-networking site, allowing them to build, maintain and customize brand profiles. (Iwantmedia 4/21, http://www.brandrepublic.com/login/News/803573 4/21)

Facebook is asking its users to help translate the social-networking site’s framework into nearly two dozen languages — for free — aiding the company’s global expansion. Says Facebook exec Javier Olivan: “Our goal would be to have everybody on the planet on Facebook.” (Iwantmedia 4/21, http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080419/ap_on_hi_te/translating_facebook 4/19)

The Independent Film & Television Alliance weighed in on the net neutrality debate, urging the FCC “to establish rules to prevent network operators from blocking or discriminating against lawful use of the Internet.” (Cynopsis 4/21)

ComScore vigorously defended its paid click numbers refuted by Google in a company blog post, noting that ComScore reports only U.S. search ad results, leaving out international numbers as well as revenue from AdSense ads placed on partner sites. (Cynopsis 4/21)

AOL will cut about 100 jobs in its Web advertising-selling unit Platform-A. The Time Warner Internet division’s recent acquisitions of companies including Tacoda, Quigo and buy.at have resulted in jobs duplications. “At the end of the day, it’s about consolidation,” says a spokeswoman. (Iwantmedia 4/21, http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSN1828472520080418 4/18)

Six Apart, the San Francisco-based blogging software company, is acquiring creative agency Apperceptive and launching its own advertising network. The revamp positions Six Apart to compete with blogging agencies like Federated Media, which sells ad campaigns for its member blogs. (Iwantmedia 4/21, http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080419/ap_on_hi_te/translating_facebook 4/21)

AT&T and Verizon have spent $70 billion in the past two years to enhance network capacity. Consumers may ultimately foot the bill. Some carriers are eyeing Internet service plans that charge by the megabyte, setting the stage for Web plans that are priced on consumption. (http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2008-04-20-internet-broadband-traffic-jam_N.htm 4/20)

With traditional video distributors such as NBC, Fox, CBS and ABC making their content available for free online, IPTV services from Verizon and AT&T are less likely to create much buzz, according to this report. “I don’t think that IPTV initiatives will be as big as [the carriers] hoped that they would be when they started down this path,” said Dmitry Shapiro, CEO of Veoh Networks. Light Reading (4/18)

A recent patent filing by Apple has raised speculation about the company’s plans for a new virtual-sales strategy. The patent, titled “Enhancing online shopping atmosphere,” suggests possible plans for a venture similar to the “Second Life” virtual concept. (CNET 4/20)

Podcast and Online Video Show Ads scored unaided ad recall results from 68% of users compared to industry benchmarks of 21% for streaming video and 10% for traditional TV, according to two-year study conducted by TNS for Podtrac. Spending on online video ads is still in its infancy - representing less than 4% of all Internet advertising and just 1% of the amount spent on TV, according to eMarketer. But the company is forecasting that U.S. spending on online video ads will more than triple to $4.3 billion in 2011. (Cynopsis 4/21)

WIRELESS

Tween-focused Radio Disney launched a new mobile website and texting program with mDisney to give fans mobile access to Radio Disney music and other content. The site, accessible by texting 347639 (DISNEY), also allows listeners to request songs and send shout outs to other users. (Cynopsis 4/21)

GAMING

Fans of MTV’s “Rock Band” video game and the classic metal group Judas Priest will be able to download a full album to play along with as they sing, “blast” guitar controllers or pound a fake drum kit. For the first full-album release with “Rock Band,” MTV will charge $15 for Judas Priest’s “Screaming for Vengeance,” while still allowing users to pay $2 apiece to download individual tracks. (Reuters 4/18)

Electronic Arts said it will extend its $2 billion offer for Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two Interactive by another 4 weeks after its hostile takeover bid failed to win shareholder approval. At the same time, EA threatened to lower its bid slightly to motivate the game publisher to sell. (Cynopsis 4/21)

Paramount Pictures’ “Iron Man” is expected to be a summer blockbuster. But it may find its early box office take hindered a bit since it will be released the same week as “Grand Theft Auto IV,” a much-anticipated video game from Take-Two Interactive. Both are aimed at young males. (Iwantmedia 4/21, http://www.nypost.com/seven/04202008/business/media_battle_on_tap_107324.htm 4/20)

Nintendo’s broadening demographic for its Wii console has propelled it to strong sales, but this group of gamers seems to feel less of an urgent need to snap up new games when they hit the market, according to this article, which points to industry statistics showing that owners of Wii consoles buy 3.7 games a year, while Xbox and PlayStation 3 owners buy 4.7 games and 4.6 games, respectively. (The New York Times 4/21)