clearance culture

In an interesting article The Globe and Mail explores the difficulties especially documentary film makers face due to changing copyright laws which make clearance and even re-clearance for elder documentaries almost unaffordable. (via) Some are calling this the new “clearance culture,” in which access to copyrights affects the creation of new art as much as, […] Read More

Berlin Special

.. a short collection of links and upcoming events in Berlin: the article Berlin Wheatpasting provides a nice inside view into some nightly activities which leave their traces all over the city (via Design Observer) KLARTEXT (straight talk) 14.01. – 16.01.2005 – A conference that aims … to explore the current use of the category […] Read More

The Power of Nightmares

.. continuing on the issue of fear of terrorism the three part series aired on BBC last october under the title ‘The Powers of Nightmares‘ (part2, part3) seems to be one of the rare productions offering a different view, which includes some analysis in general politics. The film written and produced by Adam Curtis explores […] Read More

elections under occupation ..

concerning this point the upcoming elections in Palestine and Iraq have something in common. As both areas share as well to be too easily condemmed for terrorism in western opinion the currently ongoing debate on open democracy for the forthcoming Madrid summit on terror and democracy may help to question approach and understanding. Karin von […] Read More

voices

.. not often heard: Palestinians from Balata Camp (Refugee Camp) speak out about the elections for the Palestinian Authority on January 9th, 2005 in this movie done by the Balata Film Collective. The Balatacamp.net Film Collective is made up of Palestinian volunteers living in Balata Refugee Camp. (via) Read More

across the press …

Comparing expenses of war to official pledges for the tsunami victims makes up an interesting bill as shown by this comment in the Guardian and should remind to the devastating situation left behind in an Iraq short to upcoming elections (BBC) … (an extended coverage collection can be found on iraq occupation watch) … Read More

in the news ….

… words are all over: BBC and Reuters … village voice has the story about saving Annan, and in ‘sontag and tsunami‘ Rebecca Solnit is trying to reflect on what is left out in the images we see …. reminding not to forget about it, recalling the importance of doing things …. Read More

Connected Unplugged

Reading ‘Connection in Visibility (pdf)‘ .. I basically got attracted by the article headline’s focus on visibilty and still am interested in a few points mentioned here. Especially the relation of an increasing visibility in public life through mainly invisble technological developments call for a rethinking of the paradoxes of many of our everyday life […] Read More

wireless reconnect ……..

via boing boing two interesting reports on usage of wireless technologies in the recent disaster szenario. The first link focuses on sms usage when all other transmission devices failed, and the second article about efforts and possibilities of Post Tsunami Reconnect for free wireless communication services. Read More

welcome … 2005 ….

.. with a short look back: I updated the post from 25 december with a link to networked performance, as I was glad to find that as a more public platform for the ongoing discussion initiated through an article by Coco Fusco and Brian Holmes‘ (french link) answer. Responses also keep appearing on nettime …. […] Read More

Regarding the pain of others ….

(link) … some of the comments (BBC, guardian, slate, … others to be found … ) on the death of Susan Sontag … might lead to reflect on her outspokenness again … … and to remember some of her articles like ‘Regarding the Torture of Others’ which was mentioned on this blog under the title […] Read More

.. re-located on the cartesian grid ….

Brian Holmes cites in an interesting article in the austrian art magazin springerin Althusserl with the following “Ideology represents the imaginary relationship of individuals to their real conditions of existence” and reminds though to continue analyzing the current situation and development of locative technologies under critical aspects. … Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this […] Read More