Daft Punk memes for July, 2010

If you’re anything like me, then it’s possible that you’ve got nothing on the cards for the next 17 months and have been considering making a reconstruction of Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo’s Daft Punk helmet. Well, you may as well give up now, guy, because someone has beaten us to it.

^This is Harrison Krix, a 27-year-old prop maker from Atlanta, who was commissioned to make the one-off piece by a client who I can only assume has ‘mad bank’. If you’re good at following step-by-step instructions, and have access to some industrial-grade resin, check out Krix’s website for a journal of photos that document his creative process.

^This is Janet Hansen. She is the founder and chief fashion engineer at Enlighted Designs (she also has a PhD in biomechanics, should the LED clothing industry ever go ‘belly up’). Among her work, Hansen has constructed light-up garments for Kanye West, Daft Punk, and M.I.A.

“In this episode of Motherboard, Janet shows us her San Diego studio and explains her technique for coaxing the robot side out of some of the world’s biggest future-minded performers. After learning to sew at age 7, she began installing miniature lights in her own dollhouse, and as her costume-making hobby bloomed, she began to incorporate more electronics into her fashion.”

^This is Gaspar Noé. If you happen to be one of our Melbourne-based readers, you can check out his new film, Enter The Void, at MIFF this weekend. I was able to catch a screening earlier this year, and may I just say, a more physically nauseating film you will not find (and I’ve seen Paul Blart: Mall Cop). Here are the opening titles, which, incidentally, have a soundtrack provided by Thomas Bangalter (i.e. the other Daft Punk broey):