Crisis of Credit Visualized
For a great example of visualizing the current economic credit crisis, see this project by students at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
http://www.crisisofcredit.com/
If you’d rather see it as a YouTube video (which loaded faster for me) see: Part 1 and Part 2.
It’s part of a new animation/explanation aesthetic we’ve been seeing on the net for the last few years. When I get a chance, I’ll post more about this. In the meantime, Google “knife party what barry says” and “motrin moms” to get the idea.
This kind of content would be quite fascinating to see in Wikipedia, as it is the one clear area where Britannica and Encarta, mostly on CD and DVD format, have an advantage. Their multimedia features and video clips make it a much more graphically rich experience.
It is notoriously tough to do animations and time-line based media as a collaborative effort. Kaltura is one of the folks who have tried to work with the Wikimedia Foundation to bring collaborative, Web-based video editing to the community. It would be great to see more.
