Critical Path: Choreographic Research Centre

“Critical Path is a choreographic research and development centre for dance artists in New South Wales, Australia. Based at The Drill, a large rehearsal space on the harbour in central Sydney, Critical Path’s program offers:

• Space and support for artists undertaking their own research

• Intensive laboratories and workshops facilitated by national and international artists

• Masterclasses with artists from dance and other disciplines

• Mentoring projects for choreographers to build new relationships with peers

• Discussion events and opportunities for artists to share practice and ideas.”

DIY Project: Window Films

“…using contact paper and a white paint pen, i’ve created some decorative window films that are easy to change, replace, move, etc. if you don’t feel super comfortable with your drawing skills, you can easily print out images or text and trace them onto the contact paper…

What You’ll Need:
1. contact paper, clear (this is for lining drawers, you can find it at hardware or drug stores)
2. ruler
3. scissors or exacto
4. paint pen
5. tape…”

For the complete instructions and examples, visit Design Sponge.

Freezly: Automatically Aggregating Giveaways

Do you spend hours trawling through the net looking for free stuff? If yes, then how about giving the Israeli web-based start-up Freezly a whirl. Freezly searches Twitter for free items or competition-giveaways: they seem to do a reasonable job of finding a large range of items:

“In general, Freezly monitors new tweets as they come in, analyzes their content, and filters out unwanted tweets using a proprietary algorithm. Once the system determines a valid giveaway, it is added to our database…Our method is not fool-proof, but we’re constantly working to improve our algorithm and deliver you legitimate content only. And hey, we’re still in Beta… please give us a chance!”

Mythical Creatures

Mythical Creatures

Find an annotated version here.

netboot.me: Boot Anything, Anywhere, Anytime

Ever wanted to boot up any old o/s at any old time? Well, as long as you have your machine wired + good to go you can – by using a nifty l’tle aid called netboot.me:

“netboot.me works through the magic of netbooting. There are a number of ways to boot a computer with netboot.me. The simplest is to download a bootable image and burn it to a CD, USB memory stick, or floppy disk. Boot off it on any networked computer, and it will automatically fetch the latest boot options from netboot.me and let you choose from dozens of installation, recovery, testing, portable desktop and other tools. You can also start netboot.me from any computer running gPXE, or from any netbootable computer with some simple tweaks to your DHCP server.”

Rapid Protoyping in Ice

“At McGill University (Montréal, Québec) engineers and architects are working together to explore the possibilities of rapid prototyping (RP) systems for construction with ice.

Ice structures built by the FAB@HOME desktop rapid prototyping machine.

In 2006, Professors Pieter Sijpkes (School of Architecture) and Jorge Angeles (Department of Mechanical Engineering and Centre for Intelligent Machines) received a three-year $173,000 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) research creation grant for a project entitled New Architecture of Phase Change: Computer-Assisted Ice Construction. Based in the School of Architecture, this three-year study focuses on computer-controlled techniques for constructing objects at varying scales out of ice.”

Read more about the Computer-Assisted Ice Construction Project here.

Complimenting Strangers

A shiny happy video showing how strangers react to random compliments:
“Just having fun being friendly to strangers, hoping to brighten their day! ”

Watch the video here.

The Venn Diagram of Social Media

The Venn Diagram of Social Media

Primitive: A New Multi-Platform Media Artwork

Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s new multi-platform media artwork Primitive was commissioned by FACT in partnership with Haus der Kunst, Munich and Animate Projects, London. The work is a combination of:

• a multiple- screen video installation
• a music video
• a short film for cinema
• an online film
• an artist’s book.

“This will be the first solo exhibition in the UK by the Thai artist, which forms part of the AND Festival, Primitive is set in Nabua in the Renu Nakhon district of Thailand, which suffered violent clashes between communist communities and the Thai military in the 1960s. Communist suspects were brutally tortured during attacks and those who managed to escape fled to the jungle where they disappeared forever. Nabua’s story undeniably has echoes with the current political turmoil in Thailand, as freedom of expression is still restricted and Thai security forces continue to engage in extrajudicial killings, torture and arbitrary arrests, with new cases of ‘enforced disappearances’ emerging during 2008.”

Read more about Primitive at FACT.

Open Call – New Life Happening

Propose a happening or event for 10.000 participants in Copenhagen during the UN Climate Conference. Your concept should involve collective action and will be implemented alongside New Life Happenings by artist groups Superflex (DK) and Signa (DK/A) among others. The Submission deadline is October 1st 2009. The official Opening of New Happenings is December 7th 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. To submit, please visit: www.wooloo.org.