Archive for August, 2003
Wednesday, August 20th, 2003
They Live
by Andrés Vaccari
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Retrospecto is an irregular series raking over the coals of the past… (originally published in Abaddon magazine)
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John Carpenter makes two kinds of film: brilliant ones and absolutely awful ones. They Live, fortunately, is one of the former. In this criminally underrated sci-fi classic, the evil aliens have surreptitiously invaded earth and camouflaged themselves […]
8 Comments » - Posted in Reviews, Film by Andres Vaccari
Wednesday, August 20th, 2003
Sonic Boom: The World of Re-sound
Interview by Alan Bamford
Photograph by Konrad Winkler
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Re-sound, a Melbourne-based contemporary music ensemble, formed seven years ago at Monash University’s School of Music. Guided by artistic director, composer Thomas Reiner, re-sound are bound by neither traditional ‘academy’ values nor transitory fashions of contemporary music composition and performance.
Re-sound’s first (self-titled) CD, from 1998, captures them in no-holds […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Melbourne, Sound, Interviews by Alan Bamford
Friday, August 15th, 2003
Earth is the Alien Planet: An Afrofuturist Discussion
“Afrofuturism” is a long-standing internet discussion group – a listserv – now housed on Yahoo. Its members include renowned author Nalo Hopkinson, DJ Spooky and cybernetic researcher Ron Eglash. According to its web site, the listserv’s main focus is the exploration of “futurism” as a recurring motif in the work of black cultural producers. Science […]
Read the rest of this entry »1 Comment » - Posted in Features, Cosmology, Interviews by Simon Sellars
Wednesday, August 6th, 2003
Junichi Kato: Telepathic Eyes
Japanese culture, it would seem, has always contained a rich vein of magic, mysticism and mind power running through its myths and legends. Is there any connection between this tradition and modern-day UFO sightings? According to Junichi Kato, Director of OUR-J (The Organisation of UFO Research, Japan), there is.
OUR-J’s web site documents some interesting parallels […]
4 Comments » - Posted in Japan, Cosmology, Interviews by Simon Sellars
Friday, August 1st, 2003
The Bridge: Motion-Sculpture for the Masses
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Commentary Enzo Franchetti ||| Photography Dario Argento
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The Jargonists are a self-proclaimed “culture lab” based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Led by Italian expat Enzo Franchetti, they were formed in the winter of 2001 and have since cultivated a somewhat caustic public image, largely fuelled by their incendiary attacks on prominent politicians. Who could forget the Jargonist’s […]
