Space Forklifts, Among Others
Friday, May 2nd, 2008Kurt Vile sings faraway ramshackle hymns, wrapped in tape fuzz and styrofoam. Dusted and dusty finger picked weirdness, with an demon pop sensibility. Rewind 200 years and revisit the tribute band to the singing bull of the 1800s whom they called Caroliner. Still celebrating archaic anachronistic melodies more than 25 years later.
Pouring pixels, viscous installation by Kelly Goeller. Matchbook collections from a mother.
Talea is a software system for generating a realtime musical pattern, both aurally and visually. Built upon the Tactu5 library for processing, it looks like a cross between a star map and cell division rendered by a primitive computer. More color coming to a web browser near you, Firefox 3 and color profile support.
The novel Fuji Kindergarten in Tachikawa, featuring rope ladders to skylights and a play area on the roof. Over sea under steel, photos of sea forts. A brief history as well. Briefer and to the point: SixWordSciFi.