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The Euthanasia Coaster
Euthanasia Coaster is a hypothetical euthanasia machine in the form of a roller coaster, engineered to humanely kill a human being. The rider is subjected to a series of intensive motion elements that...
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Save Mediamatic, Waag society, WORM, STEIM, NIMK, V2_, Submarine Channel
I've just had a long long day so please don't hold it against me if i take no more than two minutes to copy paste a plea that could help save Dutch new media art institutions. As you might know...
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Urban Stargazing
Back from a quick visit to the Royal College of Art Summer Show in London. I stayed 3 hours there and only managed to speak to 5 students, that's how ridiculously inefficient i am. Urban Stargazing...
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Heathrow Heritage
A second project from the Royal College of Art graduate exhibition which remains open until 3 July 2011 on Kensington Gore. Last year, stories of families forced to spend their holidays inside Heathrow...
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Fungutopia
Back to Berlin where a few weeks ago i was visiting the DMY design festival. As i explained the other day, the most exciting part of the exhibition was the MakerLab where visitors could discover,...
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The Smell of Control: Fear, Focus, Trust
Bomb disposal robot Another project from the graduate show of Design Interactions at RCA. What should a robot smell like? Kevin Grennan has augmented three existing industrial robots with 'sweat...
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Robin Rhode: Variants
Extract of a skype chat between The Boyfriend and I: regine: Hey! Just seen a fantastic exhibition of Robin Rhode's videos at the White Cube gallery. boyfriend: ok regine: too bad i can't really blog...
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rep.licants.org, a virtual prosthesis for the online introvert
Last week, i was dragged out of bed at the most scandalously early hour to participate to the final jury of the projects presented by the students of the Master in Media Design at the Geneva University...
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Gone with the Wind - three pioneers of sound art
Members of the media art community, sound designers, musicians and other art lovers, don't miss Gone with the Wind, a gem of an exhibition on view till mid-July at Raven Row. The art gallery, located...
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The Energy Pilots
Cost is still a major limiting factor for low-carbon energy technologies. What if consumers were able to fund these technologies just by trying out some new and exciting entertainment experiences? The...
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A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters
From 2008 to this year, Taryn Simon travelled around the world researching and recording bloodlines and their related stories. The result of her endeavours is A Living Man Declared Dead and Other...
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Exhibition tip: Vivian Maier at the German Gymnasium
Today i feel like recommending The London Street Photography Festival which opened a few days ago with exhibitions, talks, walks and workshops. There's a particularly moving show at the German...
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Watch Me Move: The Animation Show
I wasn't planning to blog about this exhibition today but i'm just back from Watch Me Move: The Animation Show at Barbican and if i don't share with you a couple of gems i saw there, i won't be able to...
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Cruiser Charisma
The dream of self-sufficiency and sustainability has become true. Everyone is now able to produce goods, to communicate with anyone without being charged or tracked and to fulfill their basic needs...
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See Yourself Sensing: Redefining Human Perception
See Yourself Sensing: Redefining Human Perception by architect, artist, film director and Professor at Columbia University and Parsons Madeline Schwartzman (available on amazon UK and USA) Black Dog...
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Anahita Avalos
Sorry for being so silent over the past few days. A combination of medicine-proof flu and weak wifi at the hotel have thrown me into the arms of Jo Nesbo again and i've only emerged from this lethargy...
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A quick chat about robots, Lego and air bags with Nils Völker
A couple of years ago, Nils Völker cooperated with one of wmmna's favourite designers, Christien Meindertsma, to create a robot that replicates the way we look. In one space, an eye-tracker records...
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All that Fits: The Aesthetics of Journalism
Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin, Chicago #10 While i was in Nottingham for the Making Future Work events, i decided to take the bus to Derby and check out All that Fits: The Aesthetics of...
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Gambiologia, the Brazilian art and science of kludging
Coletivo Gambiologia (Fred Paulino, Ganso and Lucas Mafra), Gambiociclo, 2010 (image Eduardo Berthier) Gambiarra is the Brazilian practice of makeshifts, the art of resorting to quirky and smart...
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An Illusion of Familiarity
Chris Moulin is a cognitive neuropsychologist at the Leeds Memory Lab who has recreated the sensation of déjà vu in a laboratory. Déjà vu is that unsettling sensation of feeling that you have witnessed...
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