quinta-feira, 08 de julho de 2004

Liquid Stone Liquid Stone: New Architecture in Concrete The Associated Press has an interesting article about the translucent concrete developed by Hungarian architect Aron Losonczi. During the mixing process, glass fibers are added to the traditional stone, cement, and water. This enables light to shine through the material. Several variations of the new material are on display as part of a National Building Museum exhibit called Liquid Stone: New Architecture in Concrete. Judging from the Web site, it looks to be a stunning exhibit. Link (to AP article) Link (to Liquid Stone) (Thanks, Gabe!) LiTraCon(hungarian architect Áron Losonczi homepage) [Boing Boing] 5:21:19 PM  Google It!  comment []

WPS1 Art Radio WPS1 Art Radio Art scene and heard. Located in an historical Queens elementary school building, P.S.1. Contemporary Art Center has been a hub of avant-garde art and culture for nearly three decades. Now, P.S.1. also has an Internet radio station: WPS1 Art Radio. As you might expect, WPS1 features an eclectic mix of programming. No Clear Channel station is going to give you the voice of Marcel Duchamp, the techno of Todd Sines, and a discussion with Taipei City mayor Ma Yingjiu about public art. From this week's schedule: 11:30 am The Bio-Blurb Show, Edition #3: Bio-Art or Bio-Terror? - In this most provocative program, host Suzanne Anker speaks with former Whitney Museum director David Ross, art journalist Stephen Henry Madoff, and filmmaker Virgil Wong about the federal government's Patriot-Act case against the activist artist Steve Kurtz and the Critical Art Ensemble and the criminalization of the American artist in general. Must-hear listening! 12:00 noon Love Crazy, Edition #4 - Whazzup workaholics! For this session of her music series for WPS1, chanteuse Nora York zeroes in on how much we love our labors, especially when they're lost to song. 1:00 pm Curbside Cassette, Edition #3 - Okay, work's covered. How about school? Recent high-school grads Joe Ahearn and Max Kagan celebrate their diplomas with a science-and-math music mix. Indeed, where would we be without "Calculus Man"? Without the Beastie Boys, for one thing, joined here by Mos Def, Sun Ra, Elvis Costello, the Pixies, White Stripes and more. Link [Boing Boing] 5:12:54 PM  Google It!  comment []

Classic Gamer #2 is online. The second issue of Classic Gamer magazine is out. CM is a lush, web-only hymn to the lost games of the 8-bit Golden Age, well-written and lavishly illustrated with images from classic game ads and other bumpf. I would include a quote here to show you how nice this mag is, but the authors have opted to turn on PDF's ineffectual "protection," which keeps me from copying and pasting unless I go look up a crack, something I can't be bothered doing. Pretty regrettable -- and inexplicable -- decision. 7.6MB ZIPped PDF Link (Thanks, Cav!) [Boing Boing] 5:09:02 PM    comment []

Museum to Offer Photos of Art to Download (AP). AP - Art lovers may soon be able to dial "M" for masterpiece. The State Hermitage Museum plans to offer cell phone users an opportunity to have reproductions of the museum's masterpieces on their screens, the museum's director said Wednesday. [Yahoo! News - Technology] 5:06:33 PM    comment []

Guardian on Gyford. The Guardian has published a wonderful profile of my pal Phil Gyford, whom you may know from the Pepys's Diary blog -- but who has also helped hack together some of the UK's best political advocacy websites. His latest project, TheyWorkFor You.com, was launched last month with the intention of bringing parliament closer to the British people. With a team of almost 20 volunteers, Gyford helped build the site, which provides information on members of parliament and a readable version of Hansard, the parliamentary record. "There's lots of interesting stuff," he says, explaining the motivation behind the site. "But it's so unappealing to read the Hansard site. For example, there's no way that webloggers can link into it. Presenting it in a readable way was something that had been talked about a lot before, but never done. We started making plans for it last August or September, but we probably started working on it properly just before Christmas." Link [Boing Boing] 5:02:17 PM    comment []

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