The Age of Stupid

This is a great doc to share with everyone you know. Wow. Ow.

Some crazy facts from the film:

- If all 6½ billion people on the planet consumed like Europeans or the Japanese, we would need 2 more planets to supply the necessary resources.

- An American uses twice as much energy as a European, 9 times as much as a Chinese person, 15 times more than an Indian and 50 times as much as a Kenyan.

- China builds a new power plant EVERY 4 DAYS!!

- The same PR company employed to convince Americans there is still doubt about the whole climate change debate is the same firm employed to convince Americans that smoking was good for them.

- Everyone agrees that it is necessary to stabilize the temperature at no more than 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels. Anything above that and there are forces in nature that will move the tipping point out of human control.

...and...the point of stabilization MUST BE NO LATER THAN 2015!!!

Age of Stupid: Trailers: The Age of Stupid Trailer Feb 2009 - SD from SPANNER FILMS on Vimeo.

Please stop going to the mall and pay attention.

Google does Pacman

A doodle, they call it. For Pacman's 30th Anniversary, Google has turned their logo into the Pacman game. Try it yourself...

http://www.google.ca/webhp?hl=en

The Story of Bottle Water

An animated look at the invented demand for bottled water, and the full cycle's impact it has on all of us -- USA alone drinks enough bottled water each week to circle Earth five times...



http://storyofbottledwater.org

MUTEK_11: first round of artists just announced

* Actress [UK]
* Ben Frost [Au]
* Brandt Brauer Frick [De]
* the Caretaker [UK]
* Carl Michael Von Hausswolff [Se]
* Cheap and Deep [US]
* Dave Aju [US]
* Demdike Stare [UK]
* Dixon [De]
* Dj Koze [De]
* Guillaume & the Coutu Dumonts [Ca]
* Henrik Schwarz [De]
* Ikonika [UK]
* Jon Hopkins [UK]
* King Midas Sound [UK]
* Marsen Jules [De]
* Matias Aguayo Presents Cómeme [Cl]
* Matmos [US]
* Minilogue [Se]
* Moritz Von Oswald Trio [De]
* Mouse on Mars [De]
* Nicolas Jaar [Cl]
* Paul Kalkbrenner [De]
* Pépé Bradock [Fr]
* Rebolledo [Mx]
* San Proper [Nl]
* Shed [De]
* Theo Parrish [US]
* Tim Hecker [Ca]
* Vladislav Delay [Fi]
* And many more to come...

http://www.mutek.org/festivals/montreal/2010

sebastian errazuriz: THE DAY COWS FLY

for this installation, sebastian rescued a cow from a slaughterhouse and transported it to a recreated farm atop a building in the heart of santiago...

check out his furniture, sculptures and other public art installations @
meetsebastian.com

Han Hoogerbrugge: SPIN

something for you to play with...




check out more of han's art and animation @ hoogerbrugge.com

deru: say goodbye to useless

Maissa Toulet

Cabinet de sorcellerie...

MSG failz

Salmonella bacteria alert. Recalls for 'Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein'aka MSG.



Be aware of the recalls:

USA: http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/HVPCP/

CAN: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/recarapp/2010/20100308e.shtml

CAN: http://inspection.gc.ca/english/fssa/concen/2010salmonqueste.shtml

And P.S., MSG hides under many different names:
http://www.aspartame.ca/msg%20names.htm

In MANY different products :
http://www.msgtruth.org/avoid.htm

FUTURESTATES: beginning on March 8

A new fictional series called FUTURESTATES is set to broadcast exclusively online starting on Monday March 8, 2010.

ITVS (Independant Television Service) and 20+ emerging indie filmmakers have created 11 films in total, including "Plastic Bag" which is directed by Ramin Bahrani and narrated by Werner Herzog.

Check out the trailer:



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Design outside the box

Jesse Schell presenting at DICE 2010 about the psychological and economic impact that Facebook games have, and future predictions for technology and human interaction. Amazing. A must watch...