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Art: Levi van Veluw - Landscape
Installations in the tradition of Dutch landscape painting but also of “living” and one minute sculptures, Levi van Veluw has created a landscape photo series and a new video…
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Tokyo: Charms against computer viruses
Japan is one of the leading high-tech places around the world but it’s also a country of traditions.
When visiting Tokyo many have a look-around the Akihabara quarter to see the latest gadgets and future computing tools that are often already available there in small series before hitting mass markets around the world.
Next time visiting Tokyo and when you bought some great new computing device in Akihabara, take it with you and visit nearby Kanda-Myojin Shinto shrine.
The shrine sells the faithful special IT prayer charms to ward off computer viruses. Visitors can also have their computers purified to protect them from common electronic ghosts and devils.
The “computer protection services” offered by the shrine have been popular for some time among…
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E.A.Poe - The Raven as an animation
An animation that has E.A. Poe’s image read his outstanding poem “The Raven”…
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Video: The original Technoviking tape
While we’re at it. A short add-on to our previous post …
Still inspiring.
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Art: The Image Fulgurator
The Austrian Prix Ars Electronica organized since 1987 has itself long established as an indicator for trends in contemporary media art. Participation by internationally renowned artists from over 70 countries and almost 38,000 entries since it was first awarded demonstrate its high visibility as an interdisciplinary platform for computer artists around the world to showcase their work and projects in art, technology and society.
This year more than 4000 artist from 62 countries participated with their projects. The winners were announced last week and German Artist Julius von Bismark with his project “The Image Fulgurator” won one of the five “Golden Nicas” this year for his submission in the category Interactive Art.
Julius von Bismark describes The Image Fulgurator as a device to physically manipulate photography. The intervention happens while the image is taken and almost imperceptible by the photographer. Only when reviewing…
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Music: The Whip - Blackout
A few days before their tour through the UK is over and they are moving on throughout Europe and the USA, Manchester electronic pop group “The Whip” has released a video for their next single called “Blackout”…
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Happy Birthday: Keith
We’ve almost missed it - today would have been Keith Haring’s 50th birthday, but he died of AIDS in 1990.
Below we have put together a capture of what is displayed of his work when you search for his name on Google Images…
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Fun: The 10 Best (Vintage) Scooter Clips Online
We love scooters and more and more people leave their petrol guzzling four wheels at home and again take a scooter, for the drive to the office, around town - or best - just to go for a ride.
With so many new (electrical / hybrid) and more ecologically friendly four stroke scooters coming to the market lets take a look back how it all began. The beautiful Lambrettas from Innocenti or the old Vespas from Piaggio that after the second World War were the only mean of transport available to many Europeans.
By now they have reached cult status, modded or plain original versions parked somewhere most of the times get you into a chat with some people admiring them. You get a happy smile on people’s faces reminding them of great times and a new start in the life of many.
Today you often find scooters prominently placed in advertising for products that have nothing to do with scootering. But for the real thing there are a few clips and videos that bring back the time and let you feel the wind in your hair. Those clips and videos we tried to find and the best ones we have listed below…
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Music: All-Time Kate Bush video favorites
A selection of our all-time video favorites by “Kate Bush” available online:
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Time: Thirty years of Granta covers
The UK literary magazine “Granta” was founded 1889 by students at Cambridge University. It had some difficulties in the 1970s and was relaunched 30 years ago. 101 issues later today they provide a retrospective of issues since their restart in 1979. And every issue since then is still available in print.
Contributors since 1979 include Salman Rushdie, Doris Lessing, Paul Theroux, Julian Barnes, Gabriel García Márquez, John Le Carre and George Steiner to name just a few. The content from…
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