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Creativity

• Creativity, Ironic Culture, News Media / Journalism, POLITICS, Public Art, U$A

  The Future That Could-Be…

  11.20.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  They’re at it again, god bless ‘em! Those rascally Yes Men, masters of the fine art that is ‘culture jamming’, have hoaxed the American media. This time their ruse involved printing and distributing a fake version of the New York Times, predated to July 4th of next year, and chock-full of unlikely, progressive ‘if only’ [...]

• China, Creativity, Texts

  BOOK: When East Meets West

  08.05.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  As part of my graduate studies I am required to design a ‘research’ project that somehow relates to the profession of Community Cultural Development (CCD).  Initially, I was hoping to actually go out into Melbourne and engage with some undefined group of people.  Potentialities included the Chinese, youth, migrant populations, and so on.  But after [...]

• Creativity, Film & Video, Ironic Culture, Weird Web Stuff

  Classic Photography & Legos

  06.10.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I can’t decide if this Lego photography series (with gratitude to Make Magazine for the link) is really clever and insightful, or perhaps a little dismissive of history. Maybe all of the above? I don’t know.
  The artist is a British guy named Mike Stimpson, and on his redbubble profile page he has published (and apparently adopted) this telling [...]

• Creativity, Freegan, Open Source, U$A, Web 2.0, Work / Volunteer

  ccMixter Looking for a Leader

  06.06.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  According to this Boing Boing post from last week, ccMixter is now planning on leaving Creative Commons to reform as an independent project of its own, and they’re looking for someone to lead the team. They’ve graciously opened up the project coordinator search process to include us everyday folks. So get those brilliant project proposals in quick! 
  If you didn’t already [...]

• Cool Tech, Creativity, Film & Video, U$A

  Flip the Media, Documentary Trailer

  06.04.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  The fine folks over at the University of Washington’s Master of Communication in Digital Media program (MCDM) are apparently putting together a documentary about “…how the media landscape is changing.” The filmmakers ask, “With the barriers to technology and distribution becoming nearly non-existent, how will traditional media compete with the masses who will produce work for [...]

• Australia, Creativity, Film & Video, Work / Volunteer, Youth

  Trax: ‘Market Value’, Youth Media & The Preston Market

  05.25.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Lately, I’ve been volunteering at a number of community organizations around town. I suppose I’m attempting to insert myself into the local non-profit scene, maybe meet some new folks, learn some new things, and generally be of assistance. Fortunately for me, Melbourne is chock-full of community groups, be they state-sponsored or entirely independent.  The Aussies [...]

• Australia, Creativity, Film & Video, Youth

  InCite, CAAMA, and Aboriginal Youth Film

  05.23.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I’m a big fan of 3CR, a community radio station here in Melbourne. There are many great shows (more to come on ‘Stick Together‘), but for my interests in digital storytelling the Jumpcut broadcast has proven to be an excellent resource for finding out what’s happening in and around the Aussie film and video scene.
  This week’s [...]

• Creativity, Ironic Culture, Weird Web Stuff

  Online Dating and Cannibalism

  05.22.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I ran across this odd widget the other day (via Rocketboom), and I had to share:
  OnePlusYou Quizzes and Widgets
  What makes this fun little web button even more interesting is that it comes from a free online dating website called One Plus You. I don’t know if they’re making some subtle comment on the modern romantic [...]

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