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Books: Complete George Orwells work online
If you want to read one of George Orwell’s classics like 1984 or Animal Farm again (or read it for the first time because you grown up in a country like the former Soviet Union that made it illegal to read or own his work) then have a look at George-Orwell.org.
Besides his well known writing it also includes his essays like for example “How the Poor Die”. You will also find links to the complete work of Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare on the site.
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Movie: New Star Trek Trailer
New feast for trekkies is coming with a new Star Trek movie to hit the theaters next May. And from the trailer(s) (see below) it looks like this one might become one of the best ever.
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Scratch video: Coldcut vs TV Sheriff - Revolution ‘08
Scratch video has been around for a while and was / is particularly popular in the UK. In this compilation “…Dancefloor hooligans Coldcut join forces with America’s leading audio-visual vigilante TV Sheriff to bring you an election vivisectionRevolution ‘08…”
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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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