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geekgirl (r)osiex aka the metal cupcake publishing about interesting things for a really long time!
Dubbed electroluminescent yarn, or “EL yarn”, this new fabric is created from a multi-layer electroluminescent thin film composite material made of regular yarn on the inside dipped in a special light-emitting ink. Developed at Manchester University’s School of Materials, EL yarn could be put to a variety of uses, such as outfits for joggers and cyclists, novelty and promotional applications or for emergency situations.
In September this year Dr Melinda Rackham, ANAT’s Director and 3D world author and theorist, was invited to join a 6 member international Jury assessing the Annual Second Life Architecture & Design Competition, a first of its kind, held at the 2007 Ars Electronica Festival in Austria. The jury deliberated over the 126 submissions before a live audience at the Architekturforum Linz, while being simultaneously streamed into Second Life. Four outstanding projects, that took advantage of both the artistic and technical possibilities afforded by Second Life were selected as finalists, Tanja Meyle’s “Living Cloud”, DC Spensley’s “Full Immersion Hyperformalism”, Adam Nash’s “17 Unsung Songs” and Max Moswitzer’s “White Noise”. The selected projects were presented online where the public were invited to vote for their favourite. The winner, Tanja Meyle, was announced on October 25 and received a 1,000-euro grand prize. Dr Melinda Rackham will be contributing an article based on the -empyre- Second Life discussion to the upcoming book, an outcome of the competition, entitled “The Space Between People”.
A cute site that allows play with a delightful set of Tarot cards.
Ric Burns, 234 mins, USA, 2006, Digital Betacam. Courtesy: Madman Cinema. Narrated by Laurie Anderson, and featuring Andy Warhol voiced by Jeff Koons
Renowned filmmaker Ric Burns (The Civil War, New York: A Documentary Film) returns with an absorbing portrait of one of pop culture’s most enthralling and influential figures.
Described by art historian Neil Printz as “a touchstone of the culture we live in”, Warhol’s world of commerce/high art meets underground is examined in full, as is the larger story of American cultural history from the 1950s to 1970s. Andy Warhol once described himself as a “deeply superficial” person. But what’s underneath that notoriously vague and vacuous façade? Renowned filmmaker Ric Burns scratches through the shiny mask of this pop art icon in Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film. Screening as part of our First Look series, the film uses archival materials and interviews to examine the intoxicating world of Warhol’s art and life while simultaneously charting America’s own cultural history from the 1950s to the 1970s. And as the artist who amplified Warhol’s unique mix of art and consumer culture to new heights, it’s appropriate that Warhol is voiced in the film by Puppy creator Jeff Koons. It’s fitting too that seminal art goddess Laurie Anderson narrates.
“A must for culture vultures” Variety Magazine
Screened at 2007 Berlin International Film Festival and the Film Forum New York. Australian Premiere!
dates Thu 25 Oct 2007, 7pm Fri 26 Oct 2007, 7pm Sat 27 Oct 2007, 7pm Sun 28 Oct 2007, 3.30pm
Showing at ACMI.