Archive for October, 2004
Monday, October 25th, 2004
Space Monkeys: Newton Armstrong
Newton Armstrong is a composer/performer, ex of Melbourne, now ensconced in research at Princeton University in the US. His recent project for kids, SPACE MONKEYS, focused on interaction design and performance. It involves rethinking and reconfiguring generic game controllers as tools for facilitating alternative forms of conversation.
In its first incarnation, SPACE MONKEYS was the work […]
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Wednesday, October 20th, 2004
Retrospecto: La Jetée
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Nothing sorts memories from ordinary moments.
They claim remembrance when they show their scars.
CHRIS MARKER. ‘LA JETÉE.’
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The films of Chris Marker are often termed ‘essayist’, participating in a phenomenological play with deep roots in French intellectualism. Working within documentary and pseudo-documentary modes, they mimic the manner in which memory and desire flash from cell to cell […]
