Chris Joseph

for remix_runran, from hair by bunchofpants (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 license) + la cicciolisa

flash source: hair.fla [328KB]

“I want it long, straight, curly, fuzzy
Snaggy, shaggy, ratty, matty
Oily, greasy, fleecy
Shining, gleaming, streaming
Flaxen, waxen
Knotted, polka-dotted
Twisted, beaded, braided
Powdered, flowered, and confettied
Bangled, tangled, spangled, and spaghettied”
- Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical, by Rado/Ragni

Ars Electronica 2007
GOODBYE PRIVACY
5. - 11. September 2007
Linz, Austria

A new culture of everyday life is now upon us, bracketed by the angst-inducing scenarios of seamless surveillance and the zest we bring to staging our public personas via digital media. One in which everything seems to be public and nothing‚s private anymore. Panopticon or consummate individual freedom of expression? At symposia, exhibitions, performances and interventions, the 2007 Ars Electronica Festival will delve into what the public and private spheres have come to mean and the interrelationship that now exists between them. And while this is happening, the issues and themes under scrutiny, the discourse venues and even the framework of the Festival itself will blend into a fleeting illusion as it becomes impossible to differentiate between virtual and real spaces and avatars come to life. For almost a week, all of Linz will morph into Second City.

For program details, go to www.aec.at/privacy

www.cafeculturel.org.uk

facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2436256842

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Music is an art form that touches everyone in the world. We use it to map our lives. It stirs passions responsible for bringing people together or keeping them apart. But what are the properties of music that make it so important to us? Is it even the music itself that most of us care about or is it just a social tool to give us a common reference point?

U2, Sting, Phil Collins… James ?Effing? Blunt?

At some point we make a decision to stop listening to just anything and start making choices. But how are our tastes shaped? How influential are those around us, the media, and the big labels in defining which music we love and which we hate? What makes certain musicians so universally praised and others so despised?

As a prelude to Leicester’s premier music festival, the Summer Sundae Weekender, Cafe Culturel will take a look at what makes a good song so very, very good and a bad one so awful.

Join the discussion at the LCB Depot on Tuesday August 7th from 6.30pm

LCB Depot, 31 Rutland Street, Leicester, LE1 1RE

http://www.cafeculturel.org.uk/2007/08/sundae_bloody_sundae.html