Archive for the ‘arts’ Category
Open call for submissions MONU #13 - MOST VALUABLE URBANISM
Friday, March 26, 2010 15:09 No CommentsMONU, is a bi-annual magazine on urbanism from Rotterdam that connects artists, writers and designers on topics of urban culture, development and politics - probably one of the most forward-thinking contemporary magazines on urban issues and the future of cities about.
The next and 13th issue of MONU will be released in the sumer of [...]
Street With a View: manipulating and reflecting reality
Friday, January 15, 2010 17:30 1 CommentStreet With A View, 2008, image taken from CCCS, Florence, Courtesy Ben Kinsley & Robin Hewlett ©Google, Inc.
Manipulating Reality: How Images Redefine the World
If you visit the Street View section of Google Maps and type in “Sampsonia Way, Pittsburgh” you’re in for a big surprise, because who would have guessed that this one-way alley [...]
Playlist. Playing Games, Music, Art
Friday, December 18, 2009 17:40 2 CommentsPlaylist, an exhibition on the relation between videogames, music and art kicks off this afternoon at LABoral, Centro de Arte y Creaciòn Industrial in Asturias, Spain. The exhibition will run through to May 17 2009.
Images from PLAYLIST courtesy LABoral
Playlist traces a paths through the works of those creators that, during the 90s, worked with obsolete [...]
NomadicMILK posts from Nigeria
Thursday, December 3, 2009 17:40 1 CommentNew media artist Esther Polak continues her journey across Nigeria executing her locative media art project Nomadic Milk that uses GPS technology to track the routes of a primary source of nutrition: milk. It is now possible to follow the project’s progress daily (or almost, depending on internet connection) from Nigeria at the blog space [...]
Cities On Speed: a film series on megacities
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 18:25 4 CommentsThe emergence of megacities over the last two decades has made it necessary to radically rethink the urbanization process. Vast urban agglomerations, the majority in developing countries and advancing economies, now home to over 50% of the world’s population, face immense economical, social and environmental challenges, but equally they generate opportunities in the these spheres [...]














