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Friday 1 March 2013
Interview of Bart Hess
« Searching for the limits of the material and the body »
Blurring the boundaries between the body and the technical, the handcraft and the digitally assisted, the fetish and the fantasy, Bart Hess explores with materials and medias the fluidity of our presence, physical and online, ubiquitous and mutant, dual and in-between. Read more
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Friday 1 February 2013
Now Watching : A video selection by Network Awesome [5/5]
120 Megabytes Best Of 2012
During this week devoted to Berlin, Jason Forrest - from Network Awesome - is our online video curator. But today let's discover Mark Brown selection, another curator that finds weekly the best, most interesting videos that sit somehow between music video and art. Here his Best Of 2012. Watch the video
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Thursday 31 January 2013
Now Watching : A video selection by Network Awesome [4/5]
The story of Bülent Ersoy
During this week devoted to Berlin, Jason Forrest - from Network Awesome - is our online video curator. The following selection tells the story of Bülent Ersoy, a transgender Turkish celebrity and popular singer of Ottoman classical music, and a symbol for the increased tolerance for LGBT figures in Turkish media. Watch the video
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Wednesday 30 January 2013
Now Watching : A video selection by Network Awesome [3/5]
VHS tapes, Punks and Dancing
During this week devoted to Berlin, Jason Forrest - from Network Awesome - is our online video curator. Let's time travel with him to San Diego's clubs to watch people dancing and observe the origins of New Wave ; one of the definitive genres of the 1980's, one of the big revival of the 2000's. Watch the video
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Tuesday 29 January 2013
Now Watching : A video selection by Network Awesome [2/5]
Cyberpunk
During this week devoted to Berlin, Jason Forrest - from Network Awesome - is our online video curator. Discover today a must-see documentary made by Marianne Trench about the cyberpunk phenomenon and our increasingly internet-dependent experience that is as important today as it was in 1990 when the film was created. Watch the video
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Monday 28 January 2013
Now Watching : A video selection by Network Awesome [1/5]
The Show - Episode 3
During this week devoted to Berlin, Jason Forrest - from Network Awesome - is our online video curator. Jason is one of those who believe in the power of TV to inspire. Just as Experimental Half Hour, our last guests. And guess what ? They have worked together. Watch the video
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Tuesday 18 December 2012
Sound & Vision
Live audio/visual in the digital era
A small recap of live A/V (audio/visual) and the position of the viewer experiencing it. From the almost defunct VJ-ing to co-creations between artists and musicians, from concert halls to art centers, are we the instruments of new marketing codes or happy hypnotized spectators? Read and watch the videos
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Thursday 18 October 2012
Superhero burnout
The superheroes are tired. Once triumphant myths of an America that still believed in itself, these idols with feet of clay now spend all their energy saving face and meditating on their origins. Here we try to expose the creatures who have put their uniforms back in the closet. Read more
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Tuesday 16 October 2012
Africa and Sci-fi
A world in full expansion
Bristol, June 2012. For the first time ever, an art center conceives of an exhibition that focuses on the relationship between Africa and science fiction. "Super power: Africa in Science Fiction" attempts to understand what these new affinities are made of. Oulima Gueye takes the opportunity to explore the issue. Read more
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Friday 12 October 2012
Chris Marker: Immemory
Something in the air
On September 24th, the Cinémathèque Française paid tribute to Chris Marker, who died over the summer. Here are some thoughts on a man who, very quietly, revolutionized documentary filmmaking and turned the Internet into his playing field. Read more
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Tuesday 9 October 2012
Interview with Paola Antonelli
The Futures of Design
Paola Antonelli, senior curator of the "Architecture & Design" department as well as Director of Research and Development for New York’s famous Museum of Modern Art, agreed to spend a bit of her precious time with us to discuss recent developments in design. Read more
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Friday 5 October 2012
A history of hip-hop
From the Bi-bop to the Blackberry
The music videos and lyrics of French rap show the fondness of the singer-songwriters for German sedans, drug trafficking, naked biyatches and Smith & Wessons… and, on a more subtle level, for cell phones. From the first Sony Erickssons to the Blackberries, focus on an everyday object that is not so insignificant. Read more
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Tuesday 7 August 2012
Video selection: Perfect Escapism
To celebrate the advent of the summer break – hurray! – let us give our brains a holiday and dip our minds into the sunny corners of the surreal. From multicoloured sand faces to the seduction of sea creatures and intrepid microscopic explorers, this should set you up for switching the work brain right off. Watch the videos
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Monday 30 July 2012
The Sim City: a simulated city, between fantasy and reality [3/6]
From SimCity to the Smart City, Philippe Gargov – our tour guide in cities made of pixels – tells us about the evolution of the simulation of cities and shows us how fantasized constructions shed light on our perceptions of reality. Read more
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Wednesday 25 July 2012
The city-as-backdrop, from simulacrum to simulation [2/6]
The first entry in the « City and video games » series, the city-as-backdrop is, by definition, a contextual city that « can’t be manipulated directly». Philippe Gargov presents its evolution, from Defender to GTA V, from stylized skylines to immersive hyperrealism, from simulacrum to simulation. Read more
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Monday 23 July 2012
Alain Damasio, a writer of worlds
From Sci-fi To Video Games
Sci-fi author Alain Damasio is best known for his two seminal works: « La Horde du Contrevent » (The Shutter Gang) and « La Zone du dehors » (The Outside Zone). Here we find out that he also leads a double life as a writer in the world of video games! We interviewed him to learn more. Read more
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Friday 20 July 2012
Video games and the city: a marriage of reason [1/6]
First in a series of six articles. Philippe Gargov – geographer, digital city expert and founder of urban [pop-up], an urban prospective agency – uses our summer program "Joue le Jeu" (Play the Game) as an opportunity to shed light on the relationships between urbanism and videogame cultures. Read more
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Wednesday 11 July 2012
Video selection: Graduation special
Graduation has recently been and gone. From cutting edge 3D animation to a reappraisal of vintage photography, the range and originality of work being produced from these select schools does not disappoint. Let's watch it and bring on the holidays! Watch the videos