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10:00 AM Tuesday 6th Dec. Meet in room 7.745 Vernissage: 4 – 6pm Each team will prepare a 15 minute presentation:
-short description of the project as realized -how it addresses the matter of concern
-short overview of process and snags, successes, reactions, etc. This will be followed by a 15 minute critique. Due December...
Some day this month, the estimated population of the world will top seven billion. But the numerical success of the human species has caused major strained on the planet and human infrastructure. Listen to the show: Seven Billion and Counting
The documentary Gasland by Josh Fox is both sad and scary, the only moment in the whole movie that I sarcastic smiled is the moment that Josh Fox brought his banjo and started playing in front of a live working shale gas extractor. The banjo is in a way a relaxing instrument that makes people smile for its...
Nicolas Henninger of EXYZT and Francesco Manacorda, curator of the Barbican Art Gallery, on the site of The Dalston Mill during the installation of the mill and Agnes Denes “Wheatfield – A Confrontation” Vimeo link: The Dalston Mill
(October 18th, 2011/10-15 minutes) GENERAL THEMATIC What is the matter of concern? How clearly has it been expressed? Why is this a mater of concern? How will you intervene in the matter? What is the proposed response? What is the relationship between the proposed matter and the proposed response? CONCEPT Is the concept clearly expressed?...
This bus beats traffic by driving over it and saves energy / gas. Some people think it is dangerous though because of its risk of an accident could be devastating. Here is the video: China straddling bus
Hurricane Katrina brought profound change not only to the Gulf region but to the news media and crisis reporting. Audiences watched as broadcasters reacted to government inaction and incompetence in New Orleans five years ago with visceral anger, sadness and frustration. Journalism professor Andrew Cline says that this raw emotion has been a long time...
Monsanto Company is an international food company known in the US for it’s involvement in local food politics. Their methods are often compared to those of the Mafia, getting lobbyists to enforce laws that allow GMO-food. In addition they buy up all seed companies and do everything to destroy the existing businesses that they cannot...
The first example of genetically modified foods (GM foods) that we investigated was a Swiss initiative to use genetically engineered foods to solve a very important problem in third world countries. Many people in third world countries suffer from malnutrition. In certain impoverished regions people rely on a single crop, such as rice, for their...
“A screwball true story about two gonzo political activists who, posing as top executives of giant corporations, lie their way into big business conferences and pull off the world’s most outrageous pranks.” link >> The Yes Men Fix the World
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