The Joy of Box

The New Aesthetic: Waving at the Machines

This is an hour long talk by James Bridle on the crossover between real world and digital aesthetics. This talk is chock full of interesting examples and insights so make yourself a large cuppa and sit back.
Here.

Also go here for the ongoing new-aesthetic blog. Tasty stuff.

21.12.11 | 12:15

Origamibiro live Review @ Nottingham Contemporary

“...the performance elevates itself into more than just a show, a gig, beautiful music; it becomes art, a spiritual experience, almost religious. Several times I felt myself welling up and yet I couldn’t quite tell you why...”

review by come2whereimfrom

16.12.11 | 16:16 | More...

Interview with David Kraftsow

A short but interesting interview with the creator of online applications such as ‘First Person Tetris and my favourite ‘yooouuutuuube’ (now a downloadable app for smartphones etc)

here.

For those of you who havent tried yooouuutuuube already

Try it already....

(Make sure you are sitting comfortably and turn flux mode on)

16.12.11 | 16:01

KURT HENSCHLAGER: ZEE

How do you describe a powerful sensational phenomenon that is also an art installation that is impossible to document and is different for everyone who experiences it....?

I’m still kicking myself that I missed it

13.12.11 | 16:52

Quad Time: Reviewed by Dummy Mag

“Soothe screen-burn with this spell-binding live video from the Nottingham trio. The fall of a typewriter key, the pluck of a double bass, the ripping of paper – all these tiny, transient moments become the notes with which Nottingham “audio visual collective” Origamibiro compose a world of sound around them in the video above. And it’s an extraordinary world: strangely calming in its slow revealing; startlingly beautiful in its climatic chiming; strong enough to cut through pixelated ennui.”

Ruth Saxelby

13.12.11 | 16:48