Addi Somekh realized he could make people laugh at the age of 19 when he became a balloon twister. He travels around the world giving people balloon hats and documenting people’s reactions through photos. “There are some things that connect all human beings…laughter being one of those things…laughter sounds the same in every language.” Check [...]
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On many dimensions where beauty can be seen, on the beauty of the mystery in the world, and of not knowing. Excerpt from the video: And therefore, when we go to investigate it, we shouldn’t pre-decide what it is we’re trying to do except to find out more about it……I can live with doubt, an [...]
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In the article When Practice Alone Isn’t Enough, Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim looks at performance psychologist Noa Kageyama and his work with musicians who cope with solo performance pressure. I found this article fascinating, since I personally know the pressures of solo performance. I think the article gives good insight into practicing and performing: just [...]
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Check out these out-of-this-world hair styles at Moscow’s Alternative Hair Show. Click here to view more. Photograph by Denis Sinyakov/Reuters
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In this TED talk, William Ury , author of “Getting to Yes,” offers an elegant, simple (but not easy) way to create agreement in even the most difficult situations — from family conflict to, perhaps, the Middle East. Excerpt from the talk: There’s a lot of conflict. And the question is, how do we deal [...]
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Check out Papergirl San Francisco, a mail-art and delivery systems art project. Artwork from all over the world is delivered like a newspaper by bicycle. Over at Metafilter, they had this to say about the project: “Papergirl was founded in Berlin by Aisha Ronniger and has been carried out once a year in the summer since [...]
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Artist Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva is the first artist chosen for the Artist in Residence program at Pied a Terre, a gastronomic restaurant in London. Love these cross-disciplinary ‘art-ing’ going around places! My main course of black-leg chicken arrives. “Oh good,” says Hadzi-Vasileva, peering greedily at my plate. “I’m glad you ordered that, I need more wishbones. [...]
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Artist AnneMarie van Splunter has created a giant tree/an interactive sculpture using tires headed for landfills. ‘Tree out of tires? Gross!’ No, actually it is quite beautiful and the whole spectacle is rather surreal. What I love about this project is that she has not only created an amazing artwork, but by recycling tires, she [...]
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Thanks to Lee Wei Chen for her amazing creation, a hybrid laundry-video game; now we can enjoy ourselves while doing the chore! A great project/product that brings art, design, technology and play together. Love it. Check it out here.
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The BMW Guggenheim Lab is a mobile laboratory traveling to nine major cities worldwide over six years. Led by international, interdisciplinary teams of emerging talents in the areas of urbanism, architecture, art, design, science, technology, education, and sustainability, the Lab addresses issues of contemporary urban life through programs and public discourse. Its goal is the [...]
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