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News Released: June
15, 2009
New York, New York
Click
3X Launches New Website Featuring Proprietary
Video Engine
Click 3X (www.click3x.com) is pleased to announce
the launch of their completely re-faced and
programmed website created by sister brand ClickFire
Media (CFM). The site features a revolutionary
new video display that is dynamic, intuitive,
fun, and fast. The site is run on CFM's media
video engine platform, a brand-new technology
that will recast the way people view online
video content.
Unlike current systems, which rely on endless
up-and-down scrolls and sliding bars to find
and display videos, producing unreliable images
that can change drastically from one computer
to the next, CFM's new web engine features an
intuitive interface with a smart content management
system that displays high-quality videos. The
new system is powerful enough for CFM will soon
begin productizing it and selling implementations.
"Traditional search engines worked fine
for short playlists, but they were less than
engaging and often required moving from a video
selection back to the actual player. Different
screen sizes exacerbated the problems,"
noted Click 3X President/Partner Peter Corbett.
"Since the existing technology was generally
inadequate, we just rebuilt the entire thing,
coming up with a product with wide potential
applications. The end result really speaks to
the skills of our team."
The totally rebuilt site is the result of months
of coding. The new application features:
* The application is dynamically re-sizable
- the video thumbnails reassemble depending
on how you size your browser window
* Each video is a full 700 pixels across and
loads and plays without downloading on bandwidth
of 1.5 megabits or more
* Intuitive controls embedded into each video
allow for full-screen viewing
* The video player position is dynamic and assembles
itself right where the thumbnail is located
* Each video can be "deep-linked"
to access a unique URL
* A user-friendly content management system
can add categories and change videos and descriptions
About Click 3X:
New York-based Click 3X produces cutting-edge
visual solutions for commercials, feature films,
television, music videos, and broadcast clients
around the globe. Founded in 1993, Click 3X
has become one of the preeminent providers of
innovative media content, housed in an environment
led by artists, yet supported by one of the
most technologically advanced digital studios
in the industry. With award-winning design,
powerful visual effects, and a visionary animation
team, Click 3X has worked on array of diverse
highly-recognizable projects, including a series
of films from academy-award winning directors
like Jonathan Demme and Davis Guggenheim, a
recent multimedia package for eight HD Time
Warner spots, My Home 2.0, a five episode reality
TV series for Verizon Fios, and a long line
of recent commercials for major brands such
as Sharp, Ford, and Goodyear.
In addition to Click 3X's commercial and film
expertise, their interactive design studio,
ClickFire Media, specializes in multi-platform,
media-rich interactive campaigns. CFM partners
with agencies and entertainment industry clients
in the conceptualization, design, and development
of immersive branded experiences. Through insight
and innovation, CFM combines the latest interactive
technologies with the best design, video, animation,
and live action skills from Click 3X to deliver
integrated solutions in the ever-developing
media landscape. Haunt is a division that specializes
in cutting-edge motion design for music videos,
virals, and installations, and has worked with
many of the industry's top music talent and
directors. Click 3X Entertainment focuses on
broadcast branding and design, rounding out
the company's expertise for every screen.
CLICK 3X. CLICKFIRE MEDIA. HAUNT. THE FUTURE.
About CFM:
ClickFire Media is an interactive design studio
specializing in multi-platform, media-rich creative
campaigns. CFM partners with agencies and entertainment
industry clients in the conceptualization, design
and development of fully-integrated, consistently
branded experiences. Through insight and innovation,
CFM combines that latest interactive technologies
with the best design, video, animation and live
action skills from Click 3X to deliver integrated
solutions in the ever-developing media landscape.
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News Released: June
4, 2009
Edem Beach, Piraeus Athens
GOING
PUBLIC ’08. PORT CITY SAFARI
Bristol, Rotterdam, Tanger, Marseille, Palermo,
Athens

Presentation of the international project
GOING PUBLIC´08. Port City Safari.
The book will be launched world wide during
the 2° Athens Biennial on TUESDAY 16th of
June. Flisvos Venue – Edem Beach, Pireus
Athens.
Round table with: Claudia Zanfi (curator); Zafos
Xagoraris (artist); Aristide Antonas (architect),
Elipda Rikou (sociologist), Katerina Koskina
(director Costopoulos Foundation).
PortCitySafari, sixth edition of the Going Public
project, takes us on a journey through some
of the most important European and Mediterranean
port cities. Setting off in Bristol, first stop
the exhibition Port City. On Mobility and Exchange,
then on the site-specific projects created for
the 10°Istanbul and 1°Athens Biennials,
PortCitySafari investigates the cities of Rotterdam,
Tangier, Palermo, Marseille and Liverpool, which
participates through researches, exhibitions
and workshops organised by arts centres and
universities. The project highlights various
investigations into the subjects of mobility,
commerce, productivity, contemporary slavery
of port cities, all documented in this new volume.
To mark the end of the tour, a bilingual 240
pages colour volume has been published by Silvana
Editoriale (Milano), recounting a journey through
Art and port cities carried out by about 40
artists and theorists. The book documents the
discussion phases, the choice of the artists,
the commissions and the projects produced. It
documents a reflection of such crucial themes
as migration, the free market, the transformations
of the port areas and their relationship with
the city and its inhabitants.
This is a rare publication investigating
various aspects of port cities through the eyes
of artists as a method of critical research
and discussion on contemporary art.
The project received the Price Cultura 2007:
It has been supported by The J.F. Costopoulos
Foundation, Fondazione Cassa Risparmio Modena,
Arnolfini, Bristol. Cultural Office Europe.
Among the prestigious contributors to name a
few, Tom Trevor (Director, Arnolfini of Bristol);
Paul Domela (Director, Liverpool Biennial);
Katerina Koskina (Director, Costopoulos Foundation
of Athens); Emiliano Gandolfi (Curator of Venice
Architecture Biennial); Jean Fisher (Professor,
Middlesex University London); Yto Barrada (Artist,
Tangier), Zineb Sedia (Artist, Algiers), Meschac
Gaba (artist), many others.
More information can be found at:
GOING PUBLIC ’08. PORT CITY SAFARI
ATHENS BIENNIAL
Tuesday 16th June 2009, 12 am
Flisvos Venue – Edem Beach, Pireus
Athens
www.amaze.it
www.silvanaeditoriale.it
www.athensbiennial.org
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