blellum’s blog | more ramblings…

Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival is now inviting proposals for commissions in two categories; ‘Artists’ Moving Image’ for an artist or film-maker to make a new piece of moving image work, and ‘Film Score’ for a musician or composer to write and perform a new soundtrack to an existing film or films of their [...]

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Taken from Phasing Grace – thanks.. The fact that we can separate the avatar from the behavior allows an exploration of the extent to which this reliance on visible information in the perception process is due to the lack of conscious control and the relative stability of the body. Perceivers know that the avatar is [...]

Well, thanks (once again) to Jer Thorp (@blprnt) for recommending this book. I have to say, I bought it knowing nothing about Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, or his writings. But, after finishing it, I have nothing but praise for this book. How one can link disparate occurrences- historically and geographically, in such a considered manner, is fantastic. [...]

This I am liking, in fact, I can see a small summer project here: Stuck in a Groove / Phonovideo from Clemens Kogler on Vimeo.

I know I have only been here once before, but I somehow expected this visit to not contain quite as many culture shocks. It was not to be – from coming into Shanghai from Pudong airport, on the fastest land transport I have ever been on – VIDEO HERE to eating the most amazing ‘street [...]

I am about to see a demo of some DMX panels, at the Uni. Obviously, I would like to have something ready to plug into them, but I am still flummoxed by the path to libraries in Processing. I am going to instal Linux (via Parallels) on my MacBook, and compile a new installation old [...]

in relation to the Second Life project I am running at University: The project will enhance learning and teaching through the explicit use of collaborative projects with different learning communities. This approach will give the learner a broader understanding of other approaches with regards to the dissemination of information. The project is original with reference [...]