Archive for July, 2010

‘Inception’: Three Film Theories

‘Inception’: Three Film Theories

If the proof of the synthesis of the dream-life and real time is the meta-dream of the cinematic, then Christopher Nolan’s Inception, a film of grandiose mechanics and mnemonic architectures, introduces cinema itself as a powerful allegory for the possibility of shared dreaming.

| July 30, 2010 | 9 Comments »

Art, Lies, and Spectral Cameras

Art, Lies, and Spectral Cameras

Martin Kemp’s daily work involves a magnifying glass, an archive of art books, a nimble memory, and a keen eye. As one of the world’s leading art authenticators he has transformed works that were once thought to be worth pennies into objects that now have the value of small 3rd world countries.

| July 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Future Funk: Searching for the Lost Groove

Future Funk: Searching for the Lost Groove

Funk was born from the sludge, the grainy mud of the earth. It festered in the primordial soup until the spirit of life sucked itself into its own existence, and grew into form, and that form changed under the cycles of the sun and moon and stars. The funk has since changed in shape 

| July 21, 2010 | 8 Comments »

Animation Learning: This Is Your Brain on a Whiteboard

Illustrated Youtube lecture series "RSA Animate" piques the brain with movement, shape, text, and sound. And teaches some cog-sci to boot.

| July 18, 2010 | No Comments »

Toltec on Safari: Getting at the Galactic Consciousness

Toltec on Safari: Getting at the Galactic Consciousness

An exploration of Robert Anton Wilson on Ezra Pound, poetry and the galactic humanoid.

| July 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »

BP’s Catastrophic Fictions

BP’s Catastrophic Fictions

We all know by now that the BP Deepwater Horizon oil well explosion has pretty much destroyed the entire gulf coast ecosystem. It's a real life nightmare going on over there, but BP and their publicity team want to make sure we forget. Corexit will disperse the evidence, and workers don't have to wear 

| July 13, 2010 | 2 Comments »

The Riot Act: Oakland’s Oscar Grant

The Riot Act: Oakland’s Oscar Grant

Despite the media's call for riots, the people of Oakland respond with solidarity, peaceful protest, a little mischief, and a whole lot of art.

| July 11, 2010 | 4 Comments »

Sounds from the Sun

Sounds from the Sun

Solarist whales will have a special seat in a rare, cosmic concert.

| July 10, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Karen Dalton In Her Own Time

Karen Dalton In Her Own Time

Karen Dalton was a singer from the Greenwich Village folk revival set, and one of Bob Dylan's favorites. Many compared her unique, somewhat androgynous voice to Billie Holiday's. After leaving New York City, she lived a solitary life in a small cabin in Colorado. Years of troubles with recording executives and heavy drug and 

| July 10, 2010 | No Comments »

As Cosmology Unfolds onto City Space: Blu’s ‘Big Bang Big Boom’

If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install Flash Player if it's missing. Get Flash Player from Adobe. When graffiti artist and experimental stop-motion animator Blu claimed his wall-painted video short, MUTO, was just a test for a larger, more thoughtful narrative, I didn’t 

| July 9, 2010 | No Comments »