Archive for September, 2008
Cinema Nosso is a media arts-based organization in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that uses film and video as a means of education, empowerment and cultural expression from diverse perspectives.
Pip and I will be working with them early next year. Rio, here we come!!
Sep 23, 2008 by mejiann
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Dougherty's works allude to nests, cocoons, hives, and lairs built by animals, as well as the manmade forms of huts, haystacks, and baskets, created by interweaving branches and twigs together. Many of his works look 'found' rather than made, as if they were created by the natural force of a tornado sweeping across the landscape. He intentionally tries for this effortless effect, as if his creations just fell or grew up naturally in their settings.
Sep 23, 2008 by mejiann
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Creative Media Partnerships is based in the heart of Belfast's Cathedral Quarter. They are funded by Peace II and the Cross Border Consortium to deliver a two year multimedia arts access project to community groups and schools in Northern Ireland and the border counties of the Republic of Ireland.
Sep 17, 2008 by mejiann
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Nokia's explanation of the 4 screens: Theatre, TV, Computer, Mobile
Sep 15, 2008 by mejiann
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you make the news - they put it on television
Sep 15, 2008 by mejiann
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On one thing, the experts seem to agree. The differences between hillaryclinton.com and barackobama.com can be summed up this way: Barack Obama is a Mac, and Hillary Clinton is a PC. Entertaining article from the New York Times.
Sep 15, 2008 by mejiann
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Cynthia E. Smith is the curator of
Design for the Other 90% and manages travel exhibitions at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Here is her design
blog.
Sep 08, 2008 by mejiann
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The Elders are a group of high profile individuals who have had much experience in seeking solutions to human rights abuses. People such as Mary Robinson, Aung San Sunn Kyi...
Sep 08, 2008 by mejiann
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A series of portraits of American soldiers set to adorn roadside billboards in Minneapolis, site of next week's Republican convention, was abruptly cancelled by the billboards' owners, which feared they would be deemed disrespectful to the US military reports the Guardian.
Sep 03, 2008 by mejiann
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The three-day event will convene key stakeholders interested in the use and application of mobile technology in support of social action. Participants will include NGO/nonprofit practitioners using mobile phones in innovative and creative ways; mobile technologists; researchers studying the use of mobile phones; government officials; donors, and representatives from the telecommunications industry.
Sep 01, 2008 by mejiann
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