Joseph Gordon-Levitt has always struck me as a very genuine actor (not to mention he's quite a cutie). When I decided to follow him on Twitter today I found that he also sponsors a type of haven for about 200,000 artists of all types: visual art, music, audio, film, etc. One collaboration, a documentary on dreams, actually made it onto the
Blu Ray for the movie Inception (the ever-adorable RegularJoe plays Arthur in that movie for those of you who don't know). After perusing around the site I was impressed by the variety of what I would call "indie art,"which ranged from photographs, to vocal recordings, to mixes, to homemade videos. And all of it is free to download. I'll definitely be looking into
this site a bit more...
"Wonderful Chaos" uploaded by xobreexo23
Gordon-Levitt states in the site's introductory video that most of the work is incomplete, but has potential. The site seems to encourage multiple contributors to work on a single piece together, therefore establishing a network of artists to bounce ideas off of each other.
"A Mistake" uploaded by taylorcaudle
By no means are these artists restricted to the visual, there are places where writers can post their work (words) for the world to see.
The Magic isn't in the star shooting across the velvet night.
It's in the little girl's ability to hope.
"The Magic" uploaded by anothermeghanne
Fortunately there is a way to view the site's work through the publication of
RECollection, a book encasing artwork, writings, and even a CD and DVD that showcase the artwork of 471 collaborators. It's fairly cheap, (around $30.00) and all of the profits go to the site and the artists.
So if you have a neat hobby that may or may not be profitable, hitRECord is a good place for inspiration!
