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EXAMPLES TO FOLLOW!

Sunday, October 3, 2010

The exhibition Examples to Follow! presents artistic practices that contribute to the preservation of the planet and aim to influence conscious consumer behavior. Sustainability requires a broadening of perception in the collaborating of the arts and sciences. Boundaries between artistic and technical creativity, between feasibility and idea are abolished.
‘We don’t need morality and abstinence, but [...]

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Near and far

Monday, September 27, 2010

Renzo Martens is a cure for empathy fatigue.
In his documentary Enjoy Poverty he proposes that poverty is a resource that is already traded by media and aid agencies, but that it rightly belongs to the poor. He takes Congolese photographers under his wing to show them how best to capture and commodify pain and suffering. [...]

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CONTRABAND

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Before presenting a ‘global project’ next year which is still under wraps, one of our favourite photographers, Taryn Simon, has just opened a show at Gagosian Los Angeles with a new series: Contraband. The young photographer spent 5 days and nights with customs at JFK airport archiving every item that was refused entry to the [...]

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LESS RISK, MORE FUN

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Today, quite a few people in Berlin gathered to make a strong statement against governmental plans, or deals, to extend nuclear-powerstations’ lifespans.
So, Angie, keep in mind for whom you do the job and who ensures yours. Shut those dirty oldies down. Especially interesting: in 2005, no 7% of the world’s energy consumption were produced by [...]

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KRAUTS ARE CANNIBALS

Friday, August 27, 2010

It’s unbelievable, but if the Guardian picked it up – who knows? There’s a market for it for sure…

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THE NORTH CIRCULAR

Thursday, July 15, 2010

“Knitted by grannies, supported by supermodels”, this is The North Circular motto. Katherine Poulton, Alice Shelby, Isobel Davies and super model Lily Cole have joined forces to create a knitwear collection. Scarves, mittens, collars and other accessories are knitted by grannies using the wool of rare sheep from Wensleydale in England.
“We wanted to return value [...]

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PAUL WAS RIGHT, AGAIN!

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Paul Allen, also known as Paul the Octopus (hatched January 2008) is a common octopus living in a tank at a Sea Life Centre in Oberhausen, Germany, who is used as an animal oracle to predict the results of football matches, usually international matches in which Germany is playing. He came to worldwide attention with [...]

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ON A MOUNTAIN TOP

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Under the headline ‘The Future of Social Media is Here’, Alex Fuller presents us with his latest project in his personal website. Together with Noah Bernsohn, he developed a new social network which denies the popularity contest-driven character he finds in most social media platforms.
About the project, Fuller says: ‘At it’s most basic form, I [...]

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The evolution of empathy

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Likey.

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Mayday, Robotnik!

Saturday, May 1, 2010

In the late 19th century workers in many countries started to recognise their new social status by a public holiday. Only 24 days before Towel Day, each year on May 1st, collectively sleeping in and parades coloured around 630 nm raise awareness to the widespread habit of working.
Today, there are individualised angles to the [...]

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