Category Inspiration
Africa for Norway: raising money in Africa to help poor Norwegians struggle through winter
Who says Africa can’t contribute to us in the cold north? The Norwegian Students’ and Academics’ International Assistance Fund – an aid agency in Norway (www.saih.no) – has made a video in cooperation with South African students which turnes the tables and question about solidarity and power relations concerning third world development organizations are put in […]
Zlatan´s ego in French
“Les Guignols de l’info” (news puppets) is a French satire program known to make fun of famous people. Now Les Guignols has taken on Zlatan Ibrahimovic and has created a doll that resembles Zlatan and he has several times been “interviewed” by the news anchor doll in live broadcast before and after games. He responds […]
Läshunden Alfa – Alfa the readingdog
Läshunden Alfa finns på plats varje tisdag fr.o.m. 2.10 kl. 13-14 på Ekenäs stadsbibliotek. Uppmaningen på bibliotekets hemsida lockar: Tycker ditt barn om hundar? Går han eller hon i lågstadiet och behöver träna extra med sin läsning? […]
Remake labbet på Kulturkarnevalen 2012
Sådant som Remake labbet på Kulturkarnevalen behöver vi mera av! Tack Hanna Enlund för det! Relaterat – Fixers movement and repair cafés.
Spanarna i Sveriges radio P1 – mitt svenska favoritprogram i radion
Spanarna den 9e november 2012 var speciellt rolig. Ja, vad skulle man göra utan spanarna? Lyssna på detta avsnitt om ni inte gjort det redan. Och musiken är alltid lika bra. Här nedan kan ni t.o.m se dem i studion.
The first photograph ever taken in Finland
A fellow blogger – Mats Söderlund – has published on the Crop Factor blog the first photograph taken in Finland. Wow! It really looks as something someone could have taken with a pinhole camera at our Photography summerschool at Goldsmith! It was taken by Henrik Cajander, a doctor who lived on the very street the photo was taken. […]
Maj Lind competition in Finland – many 100.000 finger movements
We had taped the Maj Lind competition and watched it this grey Sunday morning on Finland. It is amazing! In many ways, artistically of course and for me as a non-professional it seems just overwhelming and hard to understand technically that anyone in such a skillful way can move their fingers across the keyboard so fast […]
Lönar sig livet?
Lönsamhet vad är det? Lönar det sig att leva? Jag har funderat mycket på två kommentarer, en som min pappa fick när han efter 20 år som bibliotekarie på Ekenäs stadsbibliotek beslutat sig för att säga upp sig för att heltid börja jobba på Emmaus, där han redan jobbat all sin lediga tid i många […]
How blogging is a rhizomic practice
Rhizome is used by many and maybe not even 100% understood by anyone except perhaps by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, the philosophers who coined the term. Maybe we are not supposed to “master” nor totally grasp the concept of rhizome. But what I do understand concerning the concept is enough for me: It describe a way to […]
Felt hats and the wonderful people who make them
The above slideshow is about some beutiful people who make and wear very colorful and imaginative felt hats. Check out Felt Factions web site – a company founded by Elina Saari and Aki Leppänen in 1999. They make unique hats, clothing and wall textiles and almost anything out of felts. They describe their lifestyle with […]
Ylva Rancken-Lutz
"I am linked therefore I am" 