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April 25, 2013
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Official website for 2014 Sapporo International Art Festival launchedThe city of Sapporo strives to further familiarize art and culture among city residents, support spiritually rich lives in the city, and create new businesses and lifestyles that fully utilize the many resources Sapporo has to offer such as its unique history, culture, natural environment, IT, and design. As a way to show the world the many charms and attractions of Sapporo, we will organize the International Art Festival in 2014 as part of the activities conducted under the “Creative City Sapporo” initiative.The website will provide the latest news on the 2014 Sapporo International Art Festival (Guest Director, Ryuichi Sakamoto), including information on artists, events and art projects.via http://www.smal.jp/en/projects/page.php?id=90

Official website for 2014 Sapporo International Art Festival launched

The city of Sapporo strives to further familiarize art and culture among city residents, support spiritually rich lives in the city, and create new businesses and lifestyles that fully utilize the many resources Sapporo has to offer such as its unique history, culture, natural environment, IT, and design. As a way to show the world the many charms and attractions of Sapporo, we will organize the International Art Festival in 2014 as part of the activities conducted under the “Creative City Sapporo” initiative.

The website will provide the latest news on the 2014 Sapporo International Art Festival (Guest Director, Ryuichi Sakamoto), including information on artists, events and art projects.
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http://www.smal.jp/en/projects/page.php?id=90

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April 17, 2013

The Cosmonaut Trailer (In all your screens - May 14th 2013)
Trailer for “The Cosmonaut” a feature film by the Riot Cinema Collective and 5000 people more.

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http://nofilmschool.com/2013/04/nicolas-alcala-the-cosmonaut/

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April 12, 2013

The Scream from Norway - Edvard Munch

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http://www.aluxurytravelblog.com/2013/04/11/a-fun-commercial-from-visit-norway/

http://www.visitnorway.com/us/the-scream/

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April 12, 2013

The Film Before the Film: An Introduction to the History of Title Sequences in 10 Minutes

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http://www.openculture.com/2013/04/the_film_before_the_film_the_history_of_title_sequences_in_10_minutes.html

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March 29, 2013

Documentary about the founders of the Pirate Bay.
“Two years in the making, TPB AFK is a documentary about three computer addicts who revolutionized the world of media distribution with their hobby homepage. How did Tiamo, a beer crazy hardware fanatic, Brokep a tree hugging eco activist and Anakata, a paranoid cyber libertarian, get the White House to threaten the Swedish government with trade sanctions? TPB AFK explores what Hollywood’s most hated pirates go through on a personal level.”

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March 25, 2013
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Natsumi Hayashi “Today’s Levitation”“On New Year’s Day 2011, Hayashi launched a project on her blog, “yowayowa camera woman diary”, which features photos of herself floating in midair, published at a rate of one a day. These simple photos, taken at a particular location she visits that same day, captures the moment at which she jumps up into the air. The resulting images, however, seem to depict some supernatural phenomenon that defies the laws of gravity.  In addition to her blog, she is also a user of Twitter and Facebook. The main platform for her project is the Internet. Just a few months after the launch of her project, Hayashi sparked a worldwide craze for levitation photos, producing an entire string of imitators who took photos of themselves levitating.  For the first time in Japan, this exhibition showcases a representative selection of Hayashi’s work, with a particular focus on several new pieces measuring 6x9m. In addition to being her first large-scale solo exhibition, this boldly configured space will offer visitors an engaging, fully immersive experience of “Today’s Levitation”. “ Period｜March 26（Tue.）－March 31（Sun.）11:00 - 20:00 　Venue｜Spiral Garden（Spiral１F） 5-6-23, Aoyama, Minato-ku, TokyoAdmission｜FreeOrganizer｜Natsumi Hayashi “Today’s Levitation” Executive CommitteeSponsoring｜Unenana Cool Corp.viahttp://www.spiral.co.jp/e_schedule/detail_504.htmlhttp://www.nanjo.com/todays-levitation/ 

Natsumi Hayashi “Today’s Levitation”

“On New Year’s Day 2011, Hayashi launched a project on her blog, “yowayowa camera woman diary”, which features photos of herself floating in midair, published at a rate of one a day. These simple photos, taken at a particular location she visits that same day, captures the moment at which she jumps up into the air. The resulting images, however, seem to depict some supernatural phenomenon that defies the laws of gravity.
 
In addition to her blog, she is also a user of Twitter and Facebook. The main platform for her project is the Internet. Just a few months after the launch of her project, Hayashi sparked a worldwide craze for levitation photos, producing an entire string of imitators who took photos of themselves levitating.
 
For the first time in Japan, this exhibition showcases a representative selection of Hayashi’s work,
with a particular focus on several new pieces measuring 6x9m. In addition to being her first large-scale solo exhibition, this boldly configured space will offer visitors an engaging, fully immersive experience of “Today’s Levitation”. “
 
Period｜March 26（Tue.）－March 31（Sun.）11:00 - 20:00 　
Venue｜Spiral Garden（Spiral１F） 5-6-23, Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Admission｜Free
Organizer｜Natsumi Hayashi “Today’s Levitation” Executive Committee
Sponsoring｜Unenana Cool Corp.

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http://www.spiral.co.jp/e_schedule/detail_504.html
http://www.nanjo.com/todays-levitation/
 

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March 24, 2013
Who Owns the Future? by Jaron Lanier “Jaron Lanier, groundbreaking computer scientist and infectious optimist, is concerned that we are not making the most of ourselves. In Who Owns the Future? he tellingly questions the trajectory of economic value in the information age, and argues that there has been a fundamental misstep in how capitalism has gone digital. For Lanier, late capitalism is not so much exhausted as humiliating: in an automated world, information is more important to the economy than manual labour, and yet we are expected to surrender information generated by or about ourselves – a valuable resource – for free.” “Making information free is survivable so long as only limited numbers of people are disenfranchised.  As much as it pains me to say so, we can survive if we only destroy the middle classes of musicians, journalists, and photographers.  What is not survivable is the additional destruction of the middle classes in transportation, manufacturing, energy, office work, education, and health care.  And all that destruction will come surely enough if the dominant idea of an information economy isn’t improved.” viahttp://www.amazon.com/Who-Owns-Future-Jaron-Lanier/dp/1451654960http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/feb/27/who-owns-future-lanier-reviewhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/mar/17/jaron-lanier-digital-pioneer-rebel

Who Owns the Future? by Jaron Lanier

“Jaron Lanier, groundbreaking computer scientist and infectious optimist, is concerned that we are not making the most of ourselves. In Who Owns the Future? he tellingly questions the trajectory of economic value in the information age, and argues that there has been a fundamental misstep in how capitalism has gone digital. For Lanier, late capitalism is not so much exhausted as humiliating: in an automated world, information is more important to the economy than manual labour, and yet we are expected to surrender information generated by or about ourselves – a valuable resource – for free.”

“Making information free is survivable so long as only limited numbers of people are disenfranchised.  As much as it pains me to say so, we can survive if we only destroy the middle classes of musicians, journalists, and photographers.  What is not survivable is the additional destruction of the middle classes in transportation, manufacturing, energy, office work, education, and health care.  And all that destruction will come surely enough if the dominant idea of an information economy isn’t improved.”

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http://www.amazon.com/Who-Owns-Future-Jaron-Lanier/dp/1451654960
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/feb/27/who-owns-future-lanier-review
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/mar/17/jaron-lanier-digital-pioneer-rebel

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March 13, 2013

Installation Art: Who Cares? (English)
from We Like Art

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http://boingboing.net/2013/03/04/documentary-on-preserving-tran.html

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March 11, 2013

Fäviken Magasinet
Into The Wild
This remarkable restaurant thrives off its own isolation, serving food according to the seasons and attracting only the most adventurous customers.

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February 18, 2013
‘Armory Show’ That Shocked America In 1913, Celebrates 100 On Feb. 17, 1913, an art exhibition opened in New York City that shocked the country, changed our perception of beauty and had a profound effect on artists and collectors.The International Exhibition of Modern Art — which came to be known, simply, as the Armory Show — marked the dawn of Modernism in America. It was the first time the phrase “avant-garde” was used to describe painting and sculpture. via http://www.npr.org/2013/02/17/172002686/armory-show-that-shocked-america-in-1913-celebrates-100

‘Armory Show’ That Shocked America In 1913, Celebrates 100

On Feb. 17, 1913, an art exhibition opened in New York City that shocked the country, changed our perception of beauty and had a profound effect on artists and collectors.

The International Exhibition of Modern Art — which came to be known, simply, as the Armory Show — marked the dawn of Modernism in America. It was the first time the phrase “avant-garde” was used to describe painting and sculpture.

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http://www.npr.org/2013/02/17/172002686/armory-show-that-shocked-america-in-1913-celebrates-100

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February 09, 2013

THE UNBELIEVERS (2013) - Official Movie Trailer (Richard Dawkins & Lawrence Krauss)

‘The Unbelievers’ follows renowned scientists Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss across the globe as they speak publicly about the importance of science and reason in the modern world - encouraging others to cast off antiquated religious and politically motivated approaches toward important current issues.

The film includes interviews with celebrities and other influential people who support the work of these controversial speakers, including:

Ricky Gervais
Woody Allen
Cameron Diaz
Stephen Hawking
Sarah Silverman
Bill Pullman
Werner Herzog
Tim Minchin
Eddie Izzard
Ian McEwan
Adam Savage
Ayaan Hirsi-Ali
Penn Jillette
Sam Harris
Dan Dennett
James Randi
Cormac McCarthy
Paul Provenza
James Morrison
Michael Shermer
David Silverman
…and more.

Follow us at:
www.unbelieversmovie.com

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February 08, 2013
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The City as a Transmedia: New Aesthetics, International Symposium for Creative City Sapporo
The City as a Transmedia:  New Aesthetics is conceived as an opportunity for media architecture and urbanism to meet.
The  symposium will discuss the transmedia platform, the new storytelling, the new sense of beauty elicited by an increasing presence of media and screens in urban environments.
 
Friday | Jan. 22 | 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
at Northern Regions Academic Information Center PORTO (Hokusho University Sapporo) http://goo.gl/maps/xfHmB
Admission Free
Resgistraion：
please register until Febraly 20 with a your Name & Number of peoples here: join@smal.jp
 
Welcome address
Fumio Ueda,  Mayor of Sapporo City
 
Invited Speaker:
Daniel Rossa (Art Director, URBANSCREEN)
‘Staging Architecture: An artistic approach’

Symposium
‘The City as Transmedia’
Panelists:
Daniel Rossa (Art Director, URBANSCREEN)
Kazuhiko Kameda (Chief Producer, WOW)
Moderator:
Mitsuhiro Takemura (Director, SMAL)
 
An English⇔Japanese simultaneous interpreter is prepared.
 
Sponsorship: City of Sapporo
Cooperation: Hokusho University, Prism Inc., T.C.P Inc.

Daniel Rossa is a german-based art director and media artist.
Having studied at the Bauhaus University in Weimar, his artistic approach is shaped by the urge for interdisciplinary experimentation and clear decisiveness regarding an analytical view of aesthetic perception.
The recreation of links in between the digital world and existent reality is a main focus of his work – driven by the need to bring together virtual and actual reality within a physical and immediate aesthetic experience. The field of activity is as versatile as its experienceable channels and project-related challenges: From architectural stagings within the urban area via sculptural installations through lighting concepts and stage designs.
 
Since 2007 Rossa collaborates closely with URBANSCREEN as an artistic director, conceiving site-specific video projections on architecture for the cultural and commercial sector.
Received awards and nominations include Cannes Design Lions, Art Directors Club Germany, German Design Award, Art Directors Club Europe and the German Lighting Design Prize. Amongst others, his work was shown in the context of Hamburger Kunsthalle, Thessaloniki International Filmfestival, Bauhaus Dessau, Theater Bremen, International Dance Days Muenster, MuseumsQuartier Vienna and the Sydney Opera House.
http://www.urbanscreen.com/
 

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January 16, 2013
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R.I.P. Nagisa Oshima (1932-2013) An award-winning provocateur who challenged censors but found a devoted following, Japanese director Nagisa Oshima has sadly passed away at the age of 82. via: http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/r-i-p-nagisa-oshima-1932-2013-20130115

R.I.P. Nagisa Oshima (1932-2013)

An award-winning provocateur who challenged censors but found a devoted following, Japanese director Nagisa Oshima has sadly passed away at the age of 82.

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http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/r-i-p-nagisa-oshima-1932-2013-20130115

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January 14, 2013
A 27-Story Vertical Forest Grows in Milan via: http://blogs.artinfo.com/objectlessons/2013/01/11/a-27-story-vertical-forest-grows-in-milan/

A 27-Story Vertical Forest Grows in Milan

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http://blogs.artinfo.com/objectlessons/2013/01/11/a-27-story-vertical-forest-grows-in-milan/

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January 14, 2013
Interview: CHRISTINE SCHOPF co-artistic director of the Ars Electronica festival via: http://www.digitalarti.com/blog/digitalarti_mag/interview_christine_schopf_co_artistic_director_of_the_ars_electronica_festival

Interview: CHRISTINE SCHOPF co-artistic director of the Ars Electronica festival

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http://www.digitalarti.com/blog/digitalarti_mag/interview_christine_schopf_co_artistic_director_of_the_ars_electronica_festival