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Arctic travels

Arctic travels
Iqaluit, Nunavut, Baffin Island (Canada)

LocoMotoArt Patterns

A collaborative installation called 'Ee'Yullmough' with Rob Scharein at Aberthau Mansion Community Park, Vancouver, BC. Aug 24 2014

A Michel Gondry film

A Michel Gondry film
'Is the Man Who is Tall Happy?' A new film by Michel Gondry, from an interview with Noam Chomsky. Hand drawn animations, and conversation with one of the worlds greatest social minds and philosophers. 

racial dot map

racial dot map
of the USA based on the publicly available 2010 census data 

iOS brainwaves sensor in an iPhone app? 'Neurocam'

a Japanese research project... to map and record what interests you in your field of vision.  

Speed Sister by Amber Fares

A video doc about the evolving sport for young women car racers in Palestine. 

Arts Summit Vancouver 2013

I love the graphic recording notes form the summit by Samm Bradd. Explains the discussions in a clear way that i can literally 'SEE'.

Gay US Airman remembered

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

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
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

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

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

Vote Vision

A campaign video by Gregor Robertson for Vision team.

Occupy Vancouver

Occupy Vancouver
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

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

Why does Palestine reject a "Jewish State"?

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

Fukishima update - not good

Reports indicate Fukushima nuclear crisis worsening and widening

Palestinian Statehood

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'
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.

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.
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
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?
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
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

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

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'

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

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

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

Bear rescues in China

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

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

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

LGBT inclusive advertising

Link to video clips of LGBT inclusive advertising campaigns.

International Womens Day & Mothers Day

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

10 artworks battling censorship

10 artworks battling censorship

'Information Graphics in context'

'Information Graphics in context'

UFO visits Dome of the Rock

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

Zach Wahls speaks on family

Gaza Doctor publishes book

Copyright attack (Bill C-32) Canada

Copyright attack (Bill C-32) Canada

Face Recognition glasses for police officers?

Face Recognition glasses for police officers?

Gostai Jazz (french) telepresence & surveillance robot prototype

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

Twitter subpoena US Justice Dept v. Wikileaks

Twitter subpoena US Justice Dept v. Wikileaks

Jewish, female rapper on Israel/Palestine

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

Wikileaks Central - an Info Website

Wikileaks Central - an Info Website

Safety Tips for net activists & NGO's

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

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

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