The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity
Luca @ June 13, 2008 # No Comment Yet
On 29th May, a report setting out a “comprehensive and compelling economic case for the conservation of biodiversity” was presented by the report’s author Mr. Pavan Sukhdev. The work was launched in 2007 by Minister Sigmar Gabriel of Germany and Stavros Dimas the Commissioner responsible for Environment in the European Commission, to promote a better […]
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Industrial Music: David Byrne - Playing the Building
Ilari Valbonesi @ June 11, 2008 # No Comment Yet
David Byrne: Playing the Building (BBTV)
Playing the building is a sound installation in which the infrastructure, the physical plant of the building, is converted into a giant musical instrument. Devices are attached to the building structure — to the metal beams and pillars, the heating pipes, the water pipes — and are used to make […]
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My [public] space
Luca @ May 28, 2008 # No Comment Yet
From 24-05-2008 until 21-06-2008
Hasan Elahi, Martijn Engelbregt, Kota Ezawa, Dora Garcia, Susan HÃrtig, Jill Magid, Eva and Franco Mattes a.k.a. 0100101110101101.ORG, Eduardo Navas, Guy Ben-Ner, Marisa Olson
The exhibition ‘My [public] space‘ is a follow-up to the exhibition ‘Territorial Phantom’. In the previous exhibition the occupation of and claims to space by corporations, organizations or countries […]
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Carlitopolis
Ilari Valbonesi @ May 4, 2008 # No Comment Yet
AtomFilms.com: Funny Videos | Funny Cartoons | Comedy Central
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Albert Hofmann Died on 29th April
Luca @ April 30, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Albert Hofmann (January 11, 1906 – April 29, 2008[1][2]) was a Swiss scientist best known for synthesizing lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). He was 102 years.
He hoped LSD could be used to treat mental illness, but it became a popular street drug in the 1960s. ‘Turn on, tune in, drop out’
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Bicycle Day (Forever Hofmann)
Ilari Valbonesi @ April 30, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Hofmann’s discovery of the effect of LSD in Basel came 5 years after his original synthesis of the molecule in 1938. LSD-25, as it was called then, was synthesized and tried on animals. No interesting effects appeared, and the molecule was consigned to the “useless” heap. If it had stayed there, the state […]
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Ars Electronica 2008: A New Cultural Economy
Luca @ April 26, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Ars Electorinica 2008 will be from the 4th to the 9th of September in Linz.
The most important digital art festival focuse this year on the crucial problem of the intellectual property, the capital of the post-industrial society. The problem is that till now this capital is still un-regulated and if it’s the capital has […]
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Immersive Media
antonio @ April 22, 2008 # No Comment Yet
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