Category Good news and fun
Slow design and slow parade
Yes there is slow design in Amsterdam! An amazing socially and sustainably responible design project investigating slow creative potentials of people, place and time! In 2010, the design research organization slowLab (US/NL) began a partnership with the Lloyd Hotel & Cultural Embassy in Amsterdam to explore the potentials of a ‘Slow-er’ Lloyd. “As a further development of her project, Lekker Vies, designer […]
The Portrait of a Writer (1)
Inspiring blog about writing!
The birth of the American Film Institute
A very interesting Diane Rehm Show with American Film Institute founding director George Stevens. It offers an inside look at the art and craft of making movies. Stevens has written a new book which presents conversations between students and moviemakers from the 1950s to Hollywood today. Jack Sayles (below) is behind the camera on the 1983 film […]
Sommarprat om idéer som kan förbättra världen och jantelagen
Trita Parsi är idag är flitigt anlitad av både CNN och BBC framförallt på grund av hans expertis om relationerna mellan USA, Iran och Israel. Han blev tilldelad The Grawemeyer Award med motiveringen ”för idéer som kan förbättra världen”. Parsi grundade i början på 2000-talet organisationen National Iranian American Council som verkar för att göra den iranska rösten starkare i […]
Snagfilms – your home for great films
Snagfilms is a great indie documentary site. There are so many films that never get to the movie houses (especially in Scandinavia) and Snagfilms is where you can find some great independent films. On the Snagfilm site*, you’ll find the work of professional filmmakers and there is also a student section. The films were selected by their […]
Cia Rinne – listening for other languages
Hannah Lutz’ paper “Cia Rinne and the soundpoetic event: Listening for other languages” in the online magazine Baltic Worlds introduces the Finnish multilingual and multitalented poet Cia Rinne. Hannah asks in her paper how the soundpoetic event can be approached in the form of an article in a journal. I give the floor to Hannah… Some amazing digital […]
Café N tar gatan i besittning
På Blågårdsgade i Nørrebro i Köpenhman finns ett cafe som heter Cafe N. Det stället har för mig blivit en ledstjärna för hur man kan ta gatan i besittning och göra den till sin fast förutsättningarna inte är de bästa. Under åren 2007 – 2009 var Blågårdsgade både centrum för upplopp och gängkrig med anknytning till Köpenhamns […]
Ylva Rancken-Lutz
"I am linked therefore I am" 