French
artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot creates works by drawing on the
rhythms of daily life to produce sound in unexpected ways.
For
his installation in The Curve, Boursier-Mougenot creates a walk-though
aviary for a flock of zebra finches, furnished with electric guitars and
other musical instruments. As the birds go about their routine
activities, perching on or feeding from the various pieces of equipment,
they create a captivating, live soundscape.
What the HELL is social media explains in 2 minutes using 10 key facts why brands need to take notice of social media. [previous text from YouTube poster timetogetsocial]
The video argues for the importance of social media--from a marketing/advertising/PR perspective.
'A hilarious parody of lazily edited news reports from Series 2, Episode 2 of Charlie Brooker's Newswipe [on BBC].' [Text mostly from YouTube poster eightySeventh]
WiseMonkey ventures into Atheistland to see what wisdom he can glean from its inhabitants [all text from YouTube user TheraminTrees, posted on December 18, 2009]
—
MANY thanks to the wonderful YouTubers who made this project such fun to do:
Since ancient times, many attempts have been made to account for the relationship between mind and body. This video examines the inherent flaws in the philosophy of substance dualism, along with some of the fallacious reasoning often put forward to support it. [text from YouTube user QualiaSoup, December 12, 2009]
Demo daylight formation of crop circle for News of the World journalists. Made next to Silbury Hill, England 2001. (Posted by YouTube user truthseekers666 on April 21, 2008)
Matt
and John Lunberg and Rod Dickinson and Wil Russell on HTV West news
back in 2001. Archive footage from the days when I was out making lots
of circles.
Matt
and John Lunberg and Rod Dickinson and Wil Russell on HTV West news
back in 2001. Archive footage from the days when I was out making lots
of circles. (posted by YoutTube user truthseekers666 to YouTube July 07, 2009; above video description by YouTube poster)
The television news report shows how complex crop circles (often first designed with the aid of a computer) can be easily generated 'in the field' in a matter of hours by humans with simple tools such as rope and a wooden board.
MP3 available at http://www.symphonyofscience.com. "We Are All Connected" was made from sampling Carl Sagan's Cosmos, The History Channel's Universe series, Richard Feynman's 1983 interviews, Neil deGrasse Tyson's cosmic sermon, and Bill Nye's Eyes of Nye Series, plus added visuals from The Elegant Universe (NOVA), Stephen Hawking's Universe, Cosmos, the Powers of 10, and more. It is a tribute to great minds of science, intended to spread scientific knowledge and philosophy through the medium of music. Check out "A Glorious Dawn" by Carl Sagan, another Symphony of Science project!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbcAnd my website for more original music:http://www.colorpulsemusic.comClick HQ to watch in better quality. Enjoy!Johnjohn@symphonyofscience.com
LYRICS:[deGrasse Tyson]We are all connected;To each other, biologicallyTo the earth, chemicallyTo the rest of the universe atomically[Feynman]I think nature's imaginationIs so much greater than man'sShe's never going to let us relax[Sagan]We live in an in-between universeWhere things change all rightBut according to patterns, rules,Or as we call them, laws of nature[Nye]I'm this guy standing on a planetReally I'm just a speckCompared with a star, the planet is just another speckTo think about all of thisTo think about the vast emptiness of spaceThere's billions and billions of starsBillions and billions of specks[Sagan]The beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into itBut the way those atoms are put togetherThe cosmos is also within usWe're made of star stuffWe are a way for the cosmos to know itselfAcross the sea of spaceThe stars are other sunsWe have traveled this way beforeAnd there is much to be learnedI find it elevating and exhilaratingTo discover that we live in a universeWhich permits the evolution of molecular machinesAs intricate and subtle as we[deGrasse Tyson]I know that the molecules in my body are traceableTo phenomena in the cosmosThat makes me want to grab people in the streetAnd say, have you heard this??(Richard Feynman on hand drums and chanting)[Feynman]There's this tremendous messOf waves all over in spaceWhich is the light bouncing around the roomAnd going from one thing to the otherAnd it's all really thereBut you gotta stop and think about itAbout the complexity to really get the pleasureAnd it's all really thereThe inconceivable nature of nature
[all text text provided by YouTube user melodysheep (October 19, 2009)]
A review of the logical/argumentative status of claims for the existence of a universe-creator god, including a response to an argument from noted debater and Christian apologist William Lane Craig. The video is notable for its quick, clear use of graphics.
In December 2007, Percussionist Leah Scholes collaborated with Penelope Bartlau as part of Leah Scholes' Master of Percussion, to create Breakfast Serial. This is Object Theatre married to percussion, in a seven minute piece where Scholes transforms an ordinary breakfast into a theatrical and musical feast to the amusement of her 7-year-old son (played by Dashiel Agar). [Text from YouTube poster 'barkingspidertheatre']
'Remember that we’ve always been told that free markets and free people go hand in hand? That was a lie. It turns out that the most efficient delivery system for capitalism is actually a communist-style police state, fortressed with American “homeland security” technologies, pumped with “war on terror” rhetoric.’-Naomi Klein
Antonio Negri was denied a visa for entry to Japan, evidently based on political accusations surrounding his alleged relationship with the Italian Red Brigades in the late 1970s.
As the United States congress debates the FISA bill, or more importantly - the retroactive immunity for telecom companies currently under consideration, the surveillance society is continually strengthened and a police state expanded. And while it seems that the government and telecoms are immune from law, above law, and therefore sovereign - a study released last week says that 1% (actually 1 in 99.1) of their subjects [Americans] are in fact in violation of law and currently in prison.
As reported on the sci-fi blog io9 (part of the Gawker brand), Amazon.com has run into some opposition now that the fact that many books which deal with same-sex themes have had their sales rank removed has caught the attention of Twitter users. They have labelled the move "AmazonFail." (updated yet again)
Thomas Horn's book, Nephilim Stargates: The Year 2012 and the Return of the Watchers, warns that genetic engineering may allow the 'Giants' described in the Genesis creation story to rise again.
In the context of the US conflict in Vietnam 1968 is predominantly remembered for the Tet Offensive, which marked the beginning of both spring and the largest northern offensive in southern Vietnam. For the US government, the offensive coincided with increased opposition to the war at home, heightened expectations, and strategic miscalculations, all of which would ultimately turn global popular opinion against American involvement. A story that is often overlooked however is the internal struggle occurring in “southern Vietnam”.
Geoff Nunberg reports that the metadata for the works in Google Books' online library—the means to finding books in the first place—has been seriously mis-managed.
Editor B., of the long-lived online television show (perhaps the first), ROX (on BCAT in Bloomington, IN), has recently posted an audio clip of a discussion of ROX and the whole internet 'thing' from a "drive-time radio show in St. Louis" in 1995: ROX on KSD FM.
As reported in the London Times, the Cologne city archive was destroyed on Tuesday, March 3, 2009, when the building unexpectedly collapsed. The archive housed one-of-a-kind documents—such as manuscripts by Marx, letters by Hegel, documents from Heinrich Böll, and continuous Cologne town council minutes reaching back to 1376—many of which have no known copies. Brian Leiter has a link for anyone who happens to have saved scans of the documents or who can offer assistance.
A new Australian publisher, re.press, dedicated to publishing works in philosophy, has adopted the Open-Access standard and publishes as many of their books as possible as free, downloadable .PDF files under an Open Access copyright, while simultaneously publishing them as physical, print-on-demand books, with titles ranging from new translations of Hegel to works by and about Alain Badiou.
The artist and professor Steve Kurtz, who has been fighting charges of bioterrorism for years, has now seen the federal indictment against him dismissed by a judge. Story from the Progressive magazine | CAE Defense Fund. The government has until May 21, 2008, to appeal the dismissal.
Life Before Death is a sombre series of portraits taken by German photographer Walter Schels and his partner Beate Lakotta of people before and after they had died. The work consists of recorded interviews with the subjects in their final days and their thoughts about living and dying. The exhibit runs from April 9-May 18 at the Wellcome Trust in London.
This years Greener Gadgets Design Competition showcased Jim Mielke’s wireless blood-fueled “tattoo” - a subcutaneously implanted touch-screen that operates as a cell phone display, with the potential for 3G video calls, visible through skin. It's powered by a fuel cell that converts the energy found in blood with a non-toxic substance used to draw electrons from glucose.
The European Commission has awarded a grant of €2.75 million to project SEMAINE which aims to build a Sensitive Artificial Listener (SAL) system, which will engage with users by perceiving their facial expression, gaze, and voice.
A Review of Manuel De Landa, A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History New York: Zone Books, 1997.
by Geoffrey Winthrop-Young
(From electronic book review, Jan 1, 1999)
