Politics

Gay US Airman remembered

25 March 2013

A good story I noticed on the BBC website today, reminding us of the sacrifices it takes to reach out for our rights and protections. Courageous, loving hearts make a difference to the lives of all. 

Idle No More twitterfeed stream

3 Feb. 2013

I put this live twitter feed file together for a first nations music concert. You can download it and run it on any browser software. It will refresh 'idle no more tweets', live.  

BMW Guggenheim lab

BMW Guggenheim lab

27 July 2012

Water tester, smart phone + website upload = real time mapping of water quality.  A great idea? The Kleiner Wassersensor (the Little Water Sensor), a DIY water testing kit José Gómez-Márquez developed as one of his Lab City Projects with his entourage of colleagues and students. This kit is currently being distributed to people all over Berlin.

Winnemem War Dance

28 May 2012

The ceremonies are held on the McCloud Arm of Shasta Lake in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, and in previous years, drunken recreational boaters have ignored the Forest Service’s voluntary closure and have taunted the tribe with racial slurs, flashed them with naked breasts and dumped cremated remains in the river. During the ceremony which marks a young woman’s passage into womanhood. What they are asking for from the State and Federal Government is a show of respect for a very important passage that helps bond the tribe and families.

CBC Petition

29 Nov. 2011

Please sign the petition to express your feelings about not selling off the CBC to private (likely to be US) corporate ownership!

Vote Vision

28 Oct. 2011

A campaign video by Gregor Robertson for Vision team.

Occupy Vancouver

Occupy Vancouver

16 Oct. 2011

4-5000 crowd estimate. Approx 35 Tents. Meditation Circle. Drum circle. Kids area. First Aid. Media tent. Food tent. Donations tent. Speakers, speakers and more speakers :)  Dancing. Music. Talking. Organizing. AWAKE and SPEAKING OUT.

Air Canada flight attendants demand the right to strike

15 Oct. 2011

An informational video by the FA about their demands and a comparison of the pay scales of the exec CEO's.

Naomi Klein

Naomi Klein

9 Oct. 2011

The full length version of her speech at Occupy Wall St.

Why does Palestine reject a "Jewish State"?

4 Oct. 2011

News article explaining the historical root of this naming issue, what it actually implies, and why Palestinians are refusing to accept this term, although they do accept the term 'State of Israel'. There is a huge ethical and real-world difference between the two terms.

jesus was a surfer-biker?

jesus was a surfer-biker?

29 Aug. 2011

How society adapts the past to create the future, and omits the present to protect the status quo.

Fukishima update - not good

24 Aug. 2011

Reports indicate Fukushima nuclear crisis worsening and widening

Palestinian Statehood

24 Aug. 2011

Video and petition by Avaaz

ART HACKS & Hacking the cafes? A new way to exhibit online Art - Internet Cafe 'Speed Shows'

ART HACKS & Hacking the cafes? A new way to exhibit online Art - Internet Cafe 'Speed Shows'

29 July 2011

Computer terminals at a gritty internet cafe in New York City's Chinatown were taken over last week by digital artist Evan Roth in order to debut his internet-based art.

Israeli actor Juliano Mer-Khamis, murdered.

22 July 2011

The story of his life's work in the Palestinian camps in a 16 minute short film by Journeyman Pictures.

Climate Change Facts.

Climate Change Facts.

27 June 2011

If you think technology will save us... think again… and do your part to reduce your carbon footprint. Links at the bottom of the page.

MapSense Workshop by Co-Lab and Vancouver New Music

MapSense Workshop by Co-Lab and Vancouver New Music

26 June 2011

Spent the afternoon at a workshop with Germaine Koh and Gillian Jerome, mapping video, stills, text and poems to an online mapping project of Vancouver's  downtrodden Downtown East Side. I wrote a prose/poem... as a result.

Artists Cost of Living?

Artists Cost of Living?

20 June 2011

The recent Arts cuts in BC cost most independent artists 70% of the income normally derived from non-profits arts organizations commissions. So I asked myself…   "WHAT DOES IT ACTUALLY COST a (fictitious) new media interdisciplinary artist, living in BC?"

Vancouver Hockey Riots discussion & Noam Chomsky

Vancouver Hockey Riots discussion & Noam Chomsky

16 June 2011

I received a group email on the topic this morning. Plus wonderful insight from Noam Chomsky, as always, on the role of team sports in modern society.

"Together is Amazing", the evolution of the FlashMob & Sweet Justice

13 June 2011

A silent FlashMob dance protest at the Jefferson Memorial ended when a couple were arrested for kissing. This sparked the (aggressive) arrest of outraged bystanders as well. Shockingly people were also threatened with arrest themselves for filming the police (at the end of the video). But what has this got to do with Shaw cable TV? Read on...

Pirate Camp at the Venice Biennale

10 June 2011

Mexican performance artist, Emilio Rojas, co-curator at the Vancouver's Vivarium Gallery, final year student at Emily Carr University has been invited to join the Pirate Camp at this years Biennale.

New Song 'Freedom for Palestine'

7 June 2011

Great song, that captures the time we are living in, where people the world over are taking the peace process into their hearts.

Interviews with Hamas

1 June 2011

Fascinating to listen to these men and women's interviews from Gaza and the West Bank

Billboard Darkness Project: Using Photography and Media Art to help youth in Bolton

23 May 2011

Creative workshops to find solutions for night-time issues to fight against antisocial behaviour

Bear rescues in China

12 May 2011

Warning. Some of the images in this video are disturbing. Please consider donating to the rescue organization. Please link to the video to share the cause.

The American Memory Project (A.M.P.) & Bill Morrison

5 May 2011

An archival image & video/music playback technology experiment. Canadian film director and musician, Bill Morrison has been at the forefront of experimentations with new video paradigms since the 1980's. Open Source artists should check this out. It's Creative Commons. Bill has long supported the democratization of both the internet and technology.

Mozart for Palestine - Danile Barenboim conducts in Gaza

4 May 2011

25 handpicked musicians from europe cross into Gaza through the Egyptian Rafa crossing and play Mozart in 'Orchestra for Palestine'. Fantastic!

LGBT inclusive advertising

4 April 2011

Link to video clips of LGBT inclusive advertising campaigns.

International Womens Day & Mothers Day

9 March 2011

Some thoughts on the day. Links and an NFB animation film.

10 artworks battling censorship

9 Feb. 2011

10 artworks battling censorship

'Information Graphics in context'

9 Feb. 2011

'Information Graphics in context'

UFO visits Dome of the Rock

5 Feb. 2011

The thing I find most exciting about this video footage is that in 2002 I myself saw two 'UFO's' close ...

Zach Wahls speaks on family

4 Feb. 2011

Zach Wahls speaks on family

Gaza Doctor publishes book

19 Jan. 2011

Copyright attack (Bill C-32) Canada

12 Jan. 2011

Copyright attack (Bill C-32) Canada

Face Recognition glasses for police officers?

11 Jan. 2011

Face Recognition glasses for police officers?

Gostai Jazz (french) telepresence & surveillance robot prototype

11 Jan. 2011

http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/gostai-jazz-telepresence-robot-unveiled

Twitter subpoena US Justice Dept v. Wikileaks

8 Jan. 2011

Twitter subpoena US Justice Dept v. Wikileaks

Jewish, female rapper on Israel/Palestine

4 Jan. 2011

Invincible feat. Abeer & Suhell Nafar (DAM) - People Not Places from EMERGENCE Media on Vimeo. People Not Places (Detroit, ...

Wikileaks Central - an Info Website

30 Dec. 2010

Wikileaks Central - an Info Website

Safety Tips for net activists & NGO's

21 Dec. 2010

Some links to help you be more secure on the net. Especially useful for human rights activists and NGO workers. ...

Art Censorship USA. Ants on a cross

21 Dec. 2010

http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Hundreds_rally_against_censorship_in_New_York-9573.aspx http://blogs.artinfo.com/modernartnotes/2010/12/only-on-man-smithsonian-secretary-pulled-video/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/30/AR2010113007227.html http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/11/30/smithsonian-remove-ant-covered-jesus-cross-video-exhibit/ I watched the 20 minute video. You can see it in full below. The 11 second ...

I love the CBC Petition

19 Dec. 2010

Wikileaks donations

18 Dec. 2010

Direct Bank Transfers in EU via Swiss Datacell https://payments.datacell.com/ http://www.datacell.com/news.php Wikileaks Donations Page - Info on ways to donate http://wikileaks.ch/Support.html?jhgjhj

Wikileaks reviews/discussions

10 Dec. 2010

This page is my personal gathering place for links of interest on Wikileaks. Some for and some against. It is ...

Wikileaks DIRECT LINK to website

8 Dec. 2010

Wikileaks DIRECT LINK to website

Coalition of the Willing SWARM

8 Dec. 2010

Coalition Of The Willing from coalitionfilm on Vimeo. Get iPhone/iPod version of the film http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/coalitionfilm/id378687239?mt=8 Relevant Essays http://coalitionofthewilling.org.uk/essays/beyond-copenhagen/

Wikileaks mirror sites

8 Dec. 2010

Wikileaks mirror sites

Wikileaks: Assange's theory

6 Dec. 2010

Wikileaks: Assange's theory

Green Energy from waste

2 Dec. 2010

World Aids Day

1 Dec. 2010

World Aids Day

BC Liberals 'delete' Arts Minister

26 Nov. 2010

http://www.vancourier.com/Gordo+Liberals+gutted+arts+culture+funding/3883718/story.html Some crucial excerpts from this story: (in case you are too busy to read it in full!)
"The ...

Capitalism as the End Times?

12 Nov. 2010

Capitalism as the End Times?

Young Jewish Proud Disrupt Netanyahu

10 Nov. 2010

http://www.youngjewishproud.org/

Ghandian Engineering

9 Nov. 2010

Extreme Affordability.  Inclusive Innovation. More from Less, for More (people). Not "more for your money"... but "More for the Many" ...

Dead Sea Scrolls ownership

7 Nov. 2010

Social Arts Network (SANE)

7 Nov. 2010

Social Arts Network (SANE)

Batsheva Dance: Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions

6 Nov. 2010

Here is the content from an email interview that I did during the intense discussions in Vancouver about the boycott ...

An Artist's Pledge to Boycott Israel

5 Nov. 2010

An Artist's Pledge to Boycott Israel

Zeitgeist Movies by Peter Joseph

5 Nov. 2010

"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society"  Khrishnamurti Discuss... Trailer for 'Zeitgeist: ...

iPAD light-painting

8 Oct. 2010

Making Future Magic: iPad light painting from Dentsu London on Vimeo.  

Gideon Levy Israel/Palestine

6 Oct. 2010

Israeli author and journalist speaks out. Dateline: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 by Dennis Gruending  Published in Straight Goods, a Canadian ...

New Media promotes galleries

28 Sept. 2010

A BBC (UK) story on internet promotion and new media events in art galleries, to attract audiences.

Makoto Photographic Agency

28 Aug. 2010

Makoto Photographic Agency 

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