MONDOFUNZA

10 minutters peptalk om, hvordan nye og gamle medier skal spille sammen - mit beskedne bud.

Se video: http://www.cpserver.dk/kunder/betahq/qt/henrik-fohns.mov

Link: Betalounge

Gilberto Gil Toasts to Free Beer at the Creative Commons Summit, Rio

I met this robot at the Transmediale in Berlin earlier this year:

Text from the programme:

“In ‘Petit Mal’ the media artist Simon Penny has created an interactive robot that doesn’t have a useful function per se. This charming machine appears to be the diametric opposite of a hi-tech robot: it moves around light-footedly on the two wheels of a bicycle. Penny is interested in the emotional aspects of our relationship with machines, and in the cultural effects of research and development in the field of ‘artificial life’. ‘Petit mal’ is a term borrowed from neuropsychology, and stands for a momentary loss of control. In a subtle way, this criticises the control paradigm and social application of computer technology, in that visitors to the exhibition are confronted with an elaborate machine entity that appears, like a young animal, to desire nothing more than harmless and playful contact. Petit Mal was conceived in 1989. Building and development occurred 1992-95. The robot was damaged during exhibition in Sheffield in 1998. In summer 2005 work began on resurrecting it for transmediale 2006.”

Videoblogging is being hyped. I’ve just missed a workshop yesterday and I’m still not sure what it is that defines a vblogger? I’ve posted video - or at least links for video - that I’ve made for the past two years. Does that make me a videoblogger - vblogger - whatever it is called?

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Though singer Wayne Coyne spent too much of what little was left of his voice on explaining his lyrics, talking about love and bashing on Bush instead of singing this was a great night. Flaming Lips remain one of the top innovative outfits in rock’n'roll.

Enjoy this from the beginning of the concert.

And by the way; Tivoli Concert Hall is great for classical music, but a disaster if you want to dance and drink beer. On stage Flaming Lips preached love, while the Tivoli crew on the floor acted rather harsh against the people in the audience, who tried to move closer to the stage and have a dance. Not a venue for any kind of rhytmic music.