Review of a book of a festival of a brain-tickling idea. “The goal of science and the arts, and of education must be to decipher, not the genetic code, but the perceptual code,” Marshall & Eric McLuhan, ‘Laws of media … Continue reading
by Sean Healy, March 8, 2007 1 Comment
Large video storage sites are booming, which means at least some of them are making lots of money off the advertising being shown alongside user contributed videos. Not many of them however, are actually compensating users for their work. Scott … Continue reading
by Sean Healy, January 25, 2007 0 comments
David Lynch’s Inland Empire ( official site, wikipedia background on it ) is slowly getting around, it’s distribution mirroring the unusual and independent path of it’s production. Wired magazine recently published a long uncut interview with the man behind much … Continue reading
by Sean Healy, January 11, 2007 1 Comment
“I don’t want your spare coins. I want change.” – Melbourne graffiti. Mad World Statistics Who wants to compile them, let alone digest their brutal shapes? We’re awash in all kinds of cruel numbers : the species disappearing daily, the … Continue reading
by Sean Healy, December 14, 2006 0 comments
In the central control tower, they’re beaming out skulls. Have you noticed? From pole posters to surfboard covers, every second fashion boutique window and the walking one shouldered, Oxford st tee-shirt brigade, the skull seeps into our day. Even saw … Continue reading
by Sean Healy, September 4, 2006 0 comments