555 KUBIK: facade projection
August 21, 2009
The conception of this project consistently derives from its underlying architecture – the theoretic conception and visual pattern of the Hamburg Kunsthalle. The Basic idea of narration was to dissolve and break through the strict architecture of O. M. Ungers “Galerie der Gegenwart”. Resultant permeabilty of the solid facade uncovers different interpretations of conception, geometry and aesthetics expressed through graphics and movement. A situation of reflexivity evolves – describing the constitution and spacious perception of this location by means of the building itself.
Production: urbanscreen.com
Art Direction: Daniel Rossa – rossarossa.de
Technical Director: Thorsten Bauer
3D Operator: David Starmann shineundsein.de
Sound Design : Jonas Wiese
Realized with mxwendler.net mediaserver
Why is it hard to “unlearn” an incorrect fact?
August 11, 2009
(image by Jeremiah)
Why is it that once you learn something incorrectly (say, 7 X 9 = 65), it seems you never can correct your recall?
—J. Kruger, Cherry Hill, N.J.
Cognitive psychologist Gordon H. Bower of Stanford University answers:
Identifying, correcting and averting our memory errors are part of a cognitive process called memory monitoring. Incorrect associations can be tough to change, but we can use techniques to retrain our brain.
When strong habits impede our ability to acquire a desired new habit or association, we experience a common phenomenon known as proactive interference. Wrong associations appear in common spelling errors such as “wierd” for “weird” and “neice” for “niece.” Persistent mistaken connections also can cause embarrassing errors, such as calling a man’s second wife by the name of his first. Interference is stronger the more previous wives you’ve had to deal with, and it is more difficult to overcome the stronger the habits are.
Continue article HERE
August 11, 2009
“Revolution is not ‘showing’
life to people, but making
them live. A revolutionary
organization must always
remember that its objective
is not getting its adherents
to listen to convincing talks
by expert leaders, but getting
them to speak for themselves,
in order to achieve, or at least
strive toward, an equal
degree of participation.”
—Guy Debord [“For a Revolutionary Judgement of Art”]
Square Bubble
August 3, 2009
buBbLe is an independent, nomadic, flexible dwelling mechanism that allows its occupants to give an answer to different time situations. buBble comprises a basic kit for up to two days’ stays, and various kit accessories that will complement the needs of long stays.
buBbLe is a project by Studio MMASA (Patricia Muñiz + Luciano G. Alfaya) and the architect-artist Cipriano Chas.
More info Here
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The Longest Way
August 3, 2009Perhaps inspired by Tehching Hsieh’s Time Clock Piece (perhaps not), Christoph Rehage took one year journey on foot through China (Beijing to Ürümqi) during November 9th 2007 to November 13th 2008.
Through The Green Fuse
July 18, 2009“Robert Buelteman works indoors in total darkness, forsaking cameras, lenses, and computers for jumper cables, fiber optics, and 80,000 volts of electricity. This bizarre union of Dr. Frankenstein and Georgia O’Keeffe spawns photos that seem to portray the life force of his subjects as the very process destroys them.
Buelteman’s technique is an elaborate extension of Kirlian photography (a high-voltage photogram process popular in the late 1930s) and is considered so dangerous and laborious that no one else will attempt it—even if they could get through all the steps.” (text from WIRED)
Read more HERE
Material & Applications
July 14, 2009“Materials & Applications is a non-profit organization that produces installations twice yearly and hosts open air discussions, workshops, performances and other public events. We also create outreach programs to educate and inspire property and business owners to make choices that increase the sustainability of their buildings and properties. M&A was created to experiment with public space at a scale proportional to a community, a space that can be understood, worked with, reconfigured and used. M&A is located in front of the offices of infranatural, and is a testbed for us to work with a community to realize new and important concepts in building. “
Materials & Applications / Architecture and Landscapes Research.
Hairy Children
July 14, 2009
Hairy Children Portraits by Erik Mark Sandberg. His show opens tonight at Johanssen-Gallery in Berlin.
SOUR ‘日々の音色 (Hibi no neiro)’
July 12, 2009Yes!
This music video was shot for Sour’s ‘Hibi no Neiro’ (Tone of everyday) from their first mini album ‘Water Flavor EP’. The cast were selected from the actual Sour fan base, from many countries around the world. Each person and scene was filmed purely via webcam.
Director: Masashi Kawamura + Hal Kirkland + Magico Nakamura + Masayoshi Nakamura
SOUR official site: http://sour-web.com
Chinese Pigeon Whistles and Flutes
July 8, 2009
As this is another dying custom of Ancient China it is difficult to find much about pigeon whistles and flutes.
The China Fancy Pigeon Conservation Center was created by its founder “Wang Shixiang” now ninety three years old. This center is dedicated to the breeding and preservation of as many ancient Chinese pigeon breeds as possible. It houses some 137 breeds and Wangs interest in many of Chinese cultures lead him to write the definitive book on Chinese Pigeon Whistles.
I was shown around the center by Mr. Hou the head technician and given a demonstration to the whistles in flight.
Go to the end of the website and see the video to understand how perplexingly amazing this is.
CLICK HERE
Discovering Species in Nangaritza, Ecuador
June 26, 2009
A Refuge for Species
“Located in southeastern Ecuador, near the Peruvian border, the Nangaritza River valley is mountainous, heavily forested and relatively inaccessible to most people. The upper river valley is known for its Tepuyes, or tabletop mountains, which are home to many species that are found nowhere else on earth, as well as other species whose populations are threatened in other locations but remain plentiful here.
Nangaritza’s isolation has not only helped to protect the mountain ecosystem from destruction, it has also long posed a challenge to detailed scientific study. Part of the region is under the protection of the Nangaritza Protected Forest, but wildlife experts believe that more land must be protected for this unique environment to thrive.
The Shuar indigenous association and a local farming organization have been granted management over much of the protected forest, but these groups are proposing that the lands be upgraded to a higher protection status, where they will be more sustainably managed. Before this step can be taken, however, more scientific data is needed.”
Text by CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL
GEONAMES
June 24, 2009
“The countries of the world in their own languages and scripts; with official names, capitals, flags, coats of arms, administrative divisions, national anthems, and translations of the countries and capitals into many languages”) to get to the meat of the site, a collection of links to various pages: Days, Months, Planets, Mountains, etc.; a huge list of languages with each name given in the original (with transliteration where appropriate); various other random items (including a small set of famous people: it’s fun to see the varying forms of Charlemagne); an Alphabets section; and finally a set of Glossaries, with a few hundred English words translated into, well, everything (divided into manageable sets: Albanian|Greek|Armenian, American|Polynesian, Asian, Balto-Slavic, Basque|Caucasus, Celtic, Constructed, etc.).
http://www.geonames.de/
Car Full of Gas
June 20, 2009
A mini cooper filled with cooking gas, the gas is release from 2 large tanks. in the window a small hole was drilled, letting the gas that is trapped inside escaping and burning as a small flame. An installation by Ariel Schlesinger.
Eleven Heavy Things
June 18, 2009
Eleven Heavy Things«, 2009, a series of eleven outdoor sculptures by Miranda July.
The Natural History of Art
June 5, 2009
Thomas Cole / Romantic Landscape, about 1826.
Close-up of Rain on Butterfly Wings (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Beauty is not just in the eye of the beholder. It’s embedded in our genes.
“Demonstrating that we have a biologically programmed positive response to nature is more difficult, because we don’t respond as dramatically to something that’s not a threat.
But numerous studies since the 1970s suggest the subtle power of natural scenery to heal both body and mind. Texas A&M researcher Roger Ulrich, for instance, has shown that people who watch a calming nature video after a stressful experience have markedly lower muscle tension, pulse, and skin conductance activity after less than five minutes. This translates into significant medical benefits.
Ulrich monitored patients after gallbladder surgery and found that those assigned to a room looking out on trees needed far fewer painkillers than patients in rooms that faced a brick wall.
Heart surgery patients in rooms with nature scenes on the wall experienced less anxiety and smoother recoveries than patients with blank walls or abstract art.
Likewise, cosmonauts confined for months in outer space quickly lose interest in video programs and other diversions. They prefer to stare out the window at the untouchable Earth.”
Read about it: The Natural History of Art
