January’s tour with Einar Stray will take me all over Germany!
So today, i’m psyching myself up for the task of being responsible of 9 people’s lives on the autobahns of midwinter Germany for 20 days at the same time as being on time for soundchecks, hotels and most importantly, food.
Rooftops (by Lee Chapman, UK) - using LG KC910 Renoir
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Victoria river mysteriously turns bright green: Horrified nature-lovers at Goldstream Provincial Park watched as the Goldstream River turned bright green late Wednesday afternoon.
Guess we know where the Ecto-Cooler factory is now. That’s right, upstream from this river.
oh m god why
easy answer: my favourite artist - Olafur Eliasson
http://www.olafureliasson.net/works/green_river.html
Eliasson watches spectators [present and media forms] and studies their responses in a search for new ways of surprising them, of heightening their perceptions. When he talks about his Green River project, for example, it is mostly in terms of how the witnesses react. Green River involves dyeing a river green, and so far he has done it four times. In Tokyo, he says, ‘a lot of people stopped and looked… And of course they were stunned. I did it in a spot where the cherry blossom comes out a month later. It’s well known as a beautiful place. Actually the police came and. basically I ran away. And the police then put up posters asking anybody who had seen somebody suspicious to contact them. [He laughs.] I have a photograph of the poster.’
It is, as he puts it, ‘a kind of action’. He doesn’t seek permission (though he makes sure the dye is safe) and he doesn’t give notice; he also picks fairly small sites and it’s all over in two or three hours. ‘If you do it on a big stage the mediation of the project immediately becomes quite sensational. I’ve tried to avoid that spectacular approach.’ The purpose of the project is the response. ‘Los Angeles, Stockholm, Tokyo are places where the relationship between the water and the city is completely different, and the way people experience and refer to the water in their local setting is very different. It has been interesting for me to investigate that relationship.’](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_le8zwfdjas1qze0z6o1_500.jpg)
Victoria river mysteriously turns bright green: Horrified nature-lovers at Goldstream Provincial Park watched as the Goldstream River turned bright green late Wednesday afternoon.
Guess we know where the Ecto-Cooler factory is now. That’s right, upstream from this river.
oh m god why
easy answer: my favourite artist - Olafur Eliasson
http://www.olafureliasson.net/works/green_river.html
Eliasson watches spectators [present and media forms] and studies their responses in a search for new ways of surprising them, of heightening their perceptions. When he talks about his Green River project, for example, it is mostly in terms of how the witnesses react. Green River involves dyeing a river green, and so far he has done it four times. In Tokyo, he says, ‘a lot of people stopped and looked… And of course they were stunned. I did it in a spot where the cherry blossom comes out a month later. It’s well known as a beautiful place. Actually the police came and. basically I ran away. And the police then put up posters asking anybody who had seen somebody suspicious to contact them. [He laughs.] I have a photograph of the poster.’
It is, as he puts it, ‘a kind of action’. He doesn’t seek permission (though he makes sure the dye is safe) and he doesn’t give notice; he also picks fairly small sites and it’s all over in two or three hours. ‘If you do it on a big stage the mediation of the project immediately becomes quite sensational. I’ve tried to avoid that spectacular approach.’ The purpose of the project is the response. ‘Los Angeles, Stockholm, Tokyo are places where the relationship between the water and the city is completely different, and the way people experience and refer to the water in their local setting is very different. It has been interesting for me to investigate that relationship.’
Take your pick, Kate. Which one shall we have in the future? ♥ you can name too :)
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Ludwig van Beethoven's ninth symphony
Forget the time-warped bieber, or sigúr rós tracks. The concept of slowing music down was first done by Lief Inge of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony - One of the most recognised symphonies of all time. The revised symphony lasts a total of 24hours without using any pitch distortion.
Since 7th May 2005, 8:15pm ( the moment of sunset (local time) in Vienna, Austria, where Beethoven’s ninth symphony was first performed, on may 7th, 1824) , a stream has been playing out 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on the internet purely of this piece.
Click the link to listen.
