Videodrome

The sound of melting ice/Il suono del ghiaccio che si scioglie

(EN) Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky last summer traveled by ship through the icy waters around Antarctica and recorded images and sounds. While staying there he also stumbled upon some extremely rare Soviet footage that later mixed into a 70 minutes’ multi-screen live performance: Terra Nova, the Antartica Suite. He writes: One of the things I noticed first and foremost, is how much the different nation states had “scripted” their territorial competitions in Europe into claims onto what is essentially a moving and ever transforming landscape. For me, Antartica’s ice was a perfect metaphor for today’s contemporary geo-political flux. The 5 minutes’ trailer includes some infographic about the state of Antartica. ————- (IT) Paul Miller aka DjSpooky ha passato l’estate scorsa navigando nelle acque ghiacciate dell’Antartico registrando suoni e immagini. Si è poi imbattuto in rari filmati di archivio sovietici ha rimixato creando un’installazione live multi schermo di 70 minuti: Terra Nova, the Antartica Suite. Paul scrive nella presentazione: Una

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John Lennon animated interview/L’intervista animata a John Lennon

(EN) In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon’s hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview about peace. 38 years later, Jerry has produced an animated film about it: “I met the Walrus”, Oscar Nominated. Using the original interview recording as the soundtrack, director Josh Raskin has woven a visual narrative which tenderly romances Lennon’s every word in a cascading flood of multipronged animation. Pen drawings by James Braithwaite and digital illustrations by Alex Kurina. Graphic animation is exploring new fascinating applications and Lennon’s words become even more part of nowadays political life. —– (IT) Nel 1969 il quattordicenne Jerry Levitan, fun dei Beatles, armato di un registratore a nastro si è intrufolato nella stanza d’albergo in cui stava John Lennon e l’ha convinto a rilasciargli un’intervista sulla pace. 38 anni dopo Jerry ha prodotto il film animato nominato agli Oscar “I met the Walrus”

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Are you “having a life”/ Può esserci vita in un business model?

(EN) Athletics is an interesting art and design collective. They attracted my retina with this simple but dense infographic showing how their business model differenciates from those that are more traditional. They insert concepts like “big picture”, “creative happiness”, “larger cultural context” and “having a life” that usually don’t find room in everyday work experience. They also refresh designer Charles Eames‘ scheme “What is design?” and give me the chance to show you his wife 1977 video “Power of ten”, in which they depict the relative scale of the Universe in factors of ten. (IT) Athletics è un collettivo di arte e design che ha colpito la mia retina grazie alla recente infografica che hanno creato per mostrare come il loro business model si differenzia da quelli più classici. Hanno infatti inserito concetti come “felicità creativa”, “contesto culturale pià ampio”, “avere una vita” che non emergono solitamente nella vita lavorativa di cui abbiamo esperienza ogni giorno. Rinfrescano anche uno schema

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Hi rates of E-talking/ Si alzano i livelli di e-talking

(EN) Some weeks ago World Health Organization has published a new report titled: “Global alcohol, Tobacco, Cannabis, and Cocaine Use” showing not only that USA and New Zealand love cannabis, but that 16% of americans use cocaine and “stringent user-level illegal drug policies did not have lower levels of use than countries with more liberal ones”. The study describes data coming from 17 countries and other interesting foundings are: USA has the highest level of legal and illegal drugs Higher income is related to drug use of all kinds Marital status is found to be linked to illegal drugs Cocaine and cannabis are more likely used by people never married or previously married Men use more drugs than women This survey remind me that E-Talking video that i chose for this post, by the belgian Soulwax, is still a precious resource 😉 ———— (IT) Qualche settimana fa l’Organizzazione mondiale della Sanità ha pubblicato una ricerca intitolata “Global alcohol, Tobacco, Cannabis,

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350ppm, 90 seconds, zero words/ 350ppm, 90 secondi, zero parole

(EN) Since the pre-Industrial Revolution concentration of carbon (Co2) in the atmosphere was roughly 275 ppm (parts per million). Carbon dioxide, mostly from burning of coal, gasoline and other fossil fuels, traps heat that otherwise would radiate into space. To decelerate Global Warming, CO2 will need to be reduced from its current 385 ppm to at most 350 ppm. 350 is the magic number, the safety line. The United Nations is working on a treaty, which is supposed to be completed in December of 2009 at a conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. But the current plans for the treaty are much too weak to get us back to safety. America has been producing more co2 than any other country, and leads the industrialized world in per capita emissions. Even though China now, for the first time last year, produces more co2 annually, the US still produces many times more carbon per person than China, India, and most other countries. And America

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