01 Mar 2008 Leave a comment
in Design Indaba, Inspiration, Opinions & reviews Tags: breathing earth, design indaba 2008, internet stethoscope, new media, shakura scape, takemura
Takemura was for me the most interesting speaker of the day:
He started his talk by playing a sound of water dripping. He introduced himself and started speaking – and then explained that the sound is a real time feed of a water feature in a temple in Kyoto. We were listening -admittedly with some latency – to water dripping into a ceramic vessel thousands of kilometers away in Japan. He called this a “internet stethoscope”
28 Feb 2008 Leave a comment
in Inspiration, Opinions & reviews Tags: art south africa, cape town art, outdoor performance, spier, transports exceptionnels
Ive just come back from seeing a performance of Transports Exceptionnels at the Parade. This is Philipe Priasso dancing with a digger operated by William Defresne.
This was an exceptional performance dance pieces. Philippe Priasso must be in his late 50’s – he does a slow and stately dance with danger. The digger moves gracefully and responds to his touch and gestures, folding its articulated arm, curling its iron scoop, swinging itself around and up. More
27 Feb 2008 1 Comment
in Design Indaba, Inspiration, Opinions & reviews Tags: airside, design indaba 2008, interactive design, stitches, the alien god meeghoteph
Today I got to go to one of the design indaba lectures – this one by Airside.
This is what I remember, aided by screenshots from their website at www.airside.co.uk
They call themselves a multidisciplinary design agency.
They’ve lasted for 10 years so far – their main aim is enjoyment and fun. They want their work to be experienced as one does a toy.
26 Feb 2008 1 Comment
in Inspiration
These are done with actionscript. The spider follows your mouse.
17 Feb 2008 1 Comment
in Inspiration
Mr and Mrs frog from Hajime Emoto’s virtual museum of fantastical creatures. He makes them out of paper, paste and bamboo.
17 Feb 2008 Leave a comment
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article on shirabyoshi – female traditional dancers. With swords.
Masha du Toit 
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