TETRIS is the fourth video performance of the GAME OVER Project, directed by the French-Swiss artist Guillaume REYMOND (NOTsoNOISY creative agency)
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Human Tetris
TETRIS is the fourth video performance of the GAME OVER Project, directed by the French-Swiss artist Guillaume REYMOND (NOTsoNOISY creative agency)
Tom Waits Plays the Devil in New Terry Gilliam Flick
There are few films i can barely wait for. The Imagination of Doctor Parnassus is one of them. Can you blame me?- Terry Gilliam, Tom Waits, Jude Law, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell...
And if this is not good enough news-- Tom Waits will be in St. Louis June 26th! What better birthday present can i ask for?!
Budget Hero
If you ever wanted to control where your tax dollars go- here is your chance to decide.
Budget Hero
The Game seeks to provide a values- and fiscal-based lens for citizens to examine policy debates during this election year. Partisan messages tend to cloud the real issues at play during campaigns, and most candidates are loath to attach detailed financial impacts to solutions which make up their platform. Budget Hero provides an interactive experience involving policy options that have been extensively researched and vetted with non-partisan government and think tank experts to enable players to objectively evaluate candidates.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Flying Penis attacks Kasparov
After the security guard swatted it to the ground, Kasparov says, "I think we have to be thankful for the opposition's demonstration of the level of discourse we need to anticipate. Also, apparently most of their arguments are located beneath the belt." Someone in the audience shouts, "Finally the political power shows its face!" Kasparov quickly replies, "Well, if that's its face..." to laughter from the audience.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Suburban Tragedy
This is a great TED video,
James Howard Kunstler: The tragedy of suburbia
discusses the importance of public space architecture and aesthetics and the influence of thereof on the culture
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
David Byrne's - Playing the Building
Playing the building is a sound installation in which the infrastructure, the physical plant of the building, is converted into a giant musical instrument. Devices are attached to the building structure — to the metal beams and pillars, the heating pipes, the water pipes — and are used to make these things produce sound. The activations are of three types: wind, vibration, striking. The devices do not produce sound themselves, but they cause the building elements to vibrate, resonate and oscillate so that the building itself becomes a very large musical instrument.
Read all about it here
Monday, May 12, 2008
finally speaking the truth
I don't care if you disagree, I have to give the guy credit for having the balls to speak the truth.
Tom Robbins used his keynote address at the National Association of Broadcasters conference on April 14 to speak out about the "dangerous lack of diversity of opinion" that characterizes the state of broadcasting today.
I urge you to read this article and if you get a chance listen to the speech.
I sent it to a friend, and he pretty much ripped Robbins apart saying "Anyway, Robbins is a flake. This whole speech made me want to puke because he's going on and on how the industry needs to change for the better. Money makes the world go round. Always has, always will. He acknowledges that the companies need to be profitable, but he just doesn't get it if he is making this speech to begin with."
And though in some ways he is right, I feel that the situation is changing. This is HOW change HAPPENS. First people feel, think, that someone speaks up, that causes a ripple, more people speak up, causes a wave and action comes next. Media can change, little by little and educate people different. Business is still driven, but perhaps we can improve the "fuel"...kind of like switching to renewable?...
Thanks to technology, it is easier for us (who have access) to influence content. We can make a difference. Look at the rise of Open Sourse, look at the issues we are discussing. We need to take responsibility, be informed and inform others.
Another video that goes right in hand with Robbins, is this one by Clay Shirky
So...i wanted to share that. Hope they cheer you up as well.
Enjoy and stay posted
Tom Robbins used his keynote address at the National Association of Broadcasters conference on April 14 to speak out about the "dangerous lack of diversity of opinion" that characterizes the state of broadcasting today.
I urge you to read this article and if you get a chance listen to the speech.
I sent it to a friend, and he pretty much ripped Robbins apart saying "Anyway, Robbins is a flake. This whole speech made me want to puke because he's going on and on how the industry needs to change for the better. Money makes the world go round. Always has, always will. He acknowledges that the companies need to be profitable, but he just doesn't get it if he is making this speech to begin with."
And though in some ways he is right, I feel that the situation is changing. This is HOW change HAPPENS. First people feel, think, that someone speaks up, that causes a ripple, more people speak up, causes a wave and action comes next. Media can change, little by little and educate people different. Business is still driven, but perhaps we can improve the "fuel"...kind of like switching to renewable?...
Thanks to technology, it is easier for us (who have access) to influence content. We can make a difference. Look at the rise of Open Sourse, look at the issues we are discussing. We need to take responsibility, be informed and inform others.
Another video that goes right in hand with Robbins, is this one by Clay Shirky
So...i wanted to share that. Hope they cheer you up as well.
Enjoy and stay posted
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