akira and repo man

two clips that seem relevant (both films were recommended to me by james wiltgen):

tetsuo's mutation from the classic anime akira

and the closing scene from repo man, in which the chevy malibu begins to look like kac's alba

Microcosmos

I mentioned this in class today--the film is available through the CalArts library.

Playing videogames with life

from Michael Bryant.

Tron exists.

Read more about it here.

The Biotechnic Opera (Novum series at Strophe)

This is happening on January 22nd (for more info, click here).

The flyer was designed by Megan Broughton, who took my "Take Care of Yourself" class.

Who owns your genes?

On Henrietta Lacks:



On the question of biological material as property:



More on this in Vandana Shiva's Biopiracy book.

Carsten Höller, SOMA

Footage of Carsten Höller's project at Hamburger Bahnhof museum in Berlin:



For more info, click here and here.

The part with the mice at 0:55 reminded me of the grid in Tron.

More reindeer art, this time by Tea Mäkipäa, here.

Telegardening

Read more about it here.