Archive for July, 2010

East Falls Glassworks

Artist Jon Goldberg making a piece from the Tectonic Ordinate series at East Falls Glassworks in Philadelphia, PA.

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Keynote Speakers : Enrique Penalosa

"If we in the Third World measure our success or failure as a society in terms of income, we would have to classify ourselves as losers until the end of time," declares Penalosa. "With our limited resources, we have toAinvent other ways to measure success. This might mean that all kids have access to sports facilities, libraries, parks, schools,Anurseries." Learn about what Penalosa did by clicking the link below.

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What are Coconut Headsets?

The term "coconut headsets" refers to a behavior of theACargo Cults. These cults are usually tribal people who were exposed to military forces of major countries during a war.

Famous examples of cargo cult activity include the setting up of mock airstrips, airports, offices, dining rooms, as well as the fetishization and attempted construction of western goods, such as radios made of coconuts and straw. Believers may stage "drills" and "marches" with sticks for rifles and use military-style insignia and "USA" painted on their bodies to make them look like soldiers, thereby treating the activities of western military personnel as rituals to be performed for the purpose of attracting the cargo. The cult members built these items and 'facilities' in the belief that the structures would attract cargo intended to be sent to them. This perception reportedly has been reinforced by the occasional success of an 'airport' to attract military transport aircraft full of cargo.

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Wildman at Work

Ultimately, in the argument about work and how it should be done, one has only one's pleasures to offer. It is possible … to be in one's place, in such company, wild or domestic, and with such pleasure, that one cannot think of another place that one would prefer to bea€" or of another place at all. One does not miss or regret the past, or fear or long for the future. Being there is simply all, and is enough. Such times give one the chief standard and the chief reason for one's work. -AWendell Berry, "Economy and Pleasure" (Continue reading the article by clicking the link below)

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Pak Sheung Chuen

Pak Sheung Chuen has taken a number of works he previously exhibited at the 53rd Venice Biennial Hong Kong Exhibition "Making (Perfect) World" and reassembled them to this exhibition entitled "Hong Kong Diary", which displays the artist's unique observations and thoughts on Hong Kong daily life and the variety of his creative approach. Through a display of works that have appeared in newspapers, Pak seeks to inspire the audience to explore daily life in a new light with his artistic insight so as to serve as an extension of his creation.

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Quote of the Day

Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing. Either you're first or you're last. - Vince Lombardi

Dave McClure on Tapping into Consumers' 'Reptilian Psyche'

And to make a product really matter, McClure says, entrepreneurs need to "tap into the reptilian psyche" of consumers. Make your serviceaand the visual elements on your website, if it's Web-basedaappeal directly to people's primal need for things like sex, power, money, fight-or-flight response, protecting loved ones, and so forth. Simplify the interface and focus on one or two aspects, making use of people's natural visual affinity for things like faces, buttons, and edges.

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Cleveland Public Art : White Cloud

White Cloud was commissioned by the Cleveland Museum of Art in partnership with Cleveland Public Art. The project was selected from approximately two dozen ideas to become the backdrop for the museum's annual Summer Solstice party, which attracts over 5,000 people.

CPA and artist Mark Reigelman spent nearly two weeks constructing White Cloud, which appeared to float against the exterior of the ceremonial entrance to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Comprised of nearly 100 eight-foot weather balloons, a dozen 22-foot steel poles, and rope, White Cloud was a soft, organic complement to the symmetrical grandness of the Museum. When the wind blew, the balloons appeared to dance precariously above the ground, in stark contrast to the sturdiness of the Museum's marble walls. White Cloud was spectacularly lit by local lighting designers at Vincent Lighting.

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DIY: How to Start Seeing Magnetic Fields

Magnetic fields are everywhere- you just can’t see them*.

Here we introduce some basic and inexpensive visual tools, as varied as iron filings and Arduino, pre-school toys and OpenGL, for getting to know your local fields. It’s not exhaustive, but might provide you with some useful starting points for your own exploration.

(*Unless you count the magnetic fieldAinside those photons that you use to see things.)

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