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I don't watch TV or get the paper, relying instead on the internet. It's quicker and delivers what's relevant to me. But imagine my joy when I discovered that The Onion had redone their website with flashy video and professional broadcasters. Now even more relevance and truth than you'll find on any (other) major North American news channel!
Link: www.theonion.com
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I love public art. By public art I don't mean that art sanctioned by city councils and governments, that's not art. There is nothing even remotely artistic about it. Governments and Jury's simply don't have the wherewithal to judge art.
No, by public art I mean art given to the people, slipped surreptitiously into their diet of news and misinformation without their knowing. Art that seeds thought. Art that raises questions.
Crop circles are one example. Some people put them down to space aliens trying to communicate with us. Personally, I subscribe to the view of a group of guerrilla artists. Whatever you think, they have become a sort of cultural meme.
Another example I'm very fond of are the Toynbee Tiles. They consist of a linoleum and asphalt blend of tile that's layered into the pavement of streets. Examples have been found in many major cities, the identity of the artist remains unknown. Typically the tiles state:
TOYNBEE IDEA
IN KUBRICK'S 2001
RESURRECT DEAD
ON PLANET JUPITER.
Or some variation thereof.
Further reading:
The NY Times (1999) on the Toynbee Tiles
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Both of these topics I've covered before, but in different links. The link below is a color Cellular Automata program, based (loosely) on Conway's game of life.
http://www.collidoscope.com/modernca/
And this follows some speculation I've done as to the future of technology, and imagining additional senses. While I couldn't find the associated video on TED it's sure to be interesting....
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I've posted before on the evils of the banking system. But it's an easy thing to criticize something without putting forward a solution. And it's a useless thing, criticism - valid, useful criticism - should always offer scope for improvement and accessable alternatives. Here's one writer's alternative.
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An excellent documentary serialized on minimovies.org, "I Love Alaska" reveals one persons story through search terms entered into AOL.
Excellent conception, narration & realization.