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Cinema Electronic arts Video

Cultural analytics

A definition of cultural analytics by video artist Kurt Ralske.

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Electronic arts Politics

Beyond Manzanar

The virtual reality artwork Beyond Manzanar represents the Internment Camps where some Japanese-Americans were detained during WWII – from that it depicts the growing fear of Americans for Muslims, starting with the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979-1980.

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Electronic arts New technologies

Art in outer space

Space Synapse is engaged with the European Space Incubator into the exploration of outer space and the solar system – create new business opportunities there, use our ability to escape planet Earth for artistic projects.

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Cinema Electronic arts

Expanded Cinema

Named after the classic book by Gene Youngblood, this exhibiton at the new Dutch Film Museum runs until December 2nd.

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Electronic arts Science

Hypnagogia

Hypnagogic Light Experience with this electronically-controlled lamp, inspired from the Dream Machine by Gysin. Supposedly it would stimulate our third eye, visible for example in the baby sphenodon.

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Electronic arts

Digital Humanities

The Digital Humanities Companion.

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Cinema Electronic arts

gesamt

A collective film project by Lars Von Trier, now open for submissions.

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Electronic arts New technologies

hackerspaces

hackerspaces : where you can learn how to build and de-construct almost anything, in geneva, lausanne, and tel-aviv.

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Electronic arts Interactive design

Biophilia

Andy Cavatorta and James Patten have built an electronic harp for Björk and her Biophilia tour.

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Cinema Electronic arts

Disney meets Darwin

I have been so busy not celebrating my 35th birthday.. I am rediscovering the work of pioneers in computer animation and artificial life, including Karl Sims, Christopher Langton, Craig Reynolds, John Whitney, etc. In academia, the work of the Visible Language Workshop at MIT Media Lab, and the Thalmanns in Geneva and Lausanne.