Tuesday, March 23, 2010

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

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

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

Sunday, March 14, 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

Saturday, March 13, 2010

deru: say goodbye to useless

Maissa Toulet

Cabinet de sorcellerie...


Tuesday, March 09, 2010

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

Thursday, March 04, 2010

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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